Reimer, Gertrude Penner (1905-2002)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2002 Oct 14 p. 8

Birth date: 1905 Nov 30

text of obituary:

GERTRUDE REIMER

Gertrude Reimer, 96, of Beatrice, Neb., died Sept. 22, 2002, at Parkview Care Center. She was born Nov. 30, 1905, in rural Beatrice to John F. and Catharine Penner.

She married Bernhard Reimer on Sept. 26, 1929. They lived and farmed west of Beatrice until moving to Beatrice in 1976.

An active member of First Mennonite Church of rural Beatrice, she served as Sunday school teacher and member of the Mission Circle. She loved her family and prayed for each one by name regularly.

Survivors include a son, Bernhard H. and his wife, Alda, of Beatrice; two daughters, Marion Reimer of St. Paul, Minn., and Catherine Friesen and her husband, Harold, of Dunwoody, Ga.; a sister, Elizabeth Anderson of Fort Wayne, Ind.; four grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Bernhard; a brother, Fred P. Penner; and a sister, Martha Dyck.

Services were held at First Mennonite Church of Beatrice. Burial was in the church cemetery.