Hiebert, Mary Loewen (1847-1936)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1936 May 6 p. 4

Birth date: 1847

text of obituary:

Grandmother Marie Hiebert.

Grandmother Marie Hiebert (nee Loewen) was born Aug. 23, 1847, in the village Waldheim, South Russia, where she grew to womanhood and also was joined in marriage on Feb. 19, 1867, to our deceased father, Johann Hiebert.

In the year 1874 they migrated to America, settling near Steinbach, Manitoba. After a year's stay in Canada they move3d to Kansas and made their home in the village Alexanderfeld near Hillsboro. Our parents were religiously inclined from their youth, and yielded to the convictions of the Holy Spirit, repented and found peace with God and were baptized and received into the church. They have often testified of how the Lord led them thru many deep experiences.

Our mother has been a dear and loving mother to us, helping along in material things and teaching us the way to eternal life.

In the year 1893 they moved from Kansas to Oklahoma, here they settled near Hitchcock. Here the first few years were very hard and toilsome, but the Lord blessed their labors and they later enjoyed a comfortable home.

After our father passed away on Aug. 7, 1923, our dear mother felt very lonely. She continued to live in her own home in Hitchcock with her youngest daughter, Lizzie Laura, for a period of about 10 years. After Lizzie Laura died about three years ago she stayed in turns at the different children, excepting during the last three weeks when she was in the Bethesda Old People's Home in Goessel, Kans. She frequently expressed her gratitude for the good care she received. Here she died on April 20, at 6:40 a. m. and went, as we believe, to her eternal reward.

She lived to the ripe old age of 88 years, 7 months and 27 days. She lived in matrimonial life for 56 years and as widow after the death of father for about 13 years.

She was the mother of 14 children, 7 sons and 7 daughters, of which 3 sons and 5 daughters preceded her in death; grandmother of 48 grandchildren of which 12 died; great-grandmother of 38 great-grandchildren, of which 1 died. She leaves to mourn her departure: 6 children, 36 grandchildren, 37 great-grandchildren, 1 brother, Dr. Jacob Loewen, and many relatives and friends. — The children.