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Siemens, Peter (Mrs.) (1858-1929)
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1929 Jul 3 p. 4
Birth date: 1858 Jun 5
text of obituary:
Mt. Lake, Minn., June 27. — Funeral services for Mrs. Peter Siemens were held last Sunday afternoon from the First Mennonite church, with a large number of friends and relatives who had come to pay their last respects, in attendance. Death occurred last Wednesday shortly before noon at Wolf Point, Montana, where she had spent the past fourteen months with her two daughters, and the body was went here for burial in the local cemetery.
The deceased was born on June 5, 1858, in the colony of Bergthal, south Russia. Her mother died at the age of ten, but she was given a stepmother through her father's second marriage. In 1875 her parents emigrated to America, and settled in Canada. Others came to Minnesota and the deceased came with the Daniel Enns family. She spent several years with the Enns family and also with Elder and Mrs. Gerhard Neufeld. In 1885 she was married to Peaer [sic Peter], a widower with five children. This union was a happy one, duration over a period of 34 years, 10 months and 10 days. Five daughters and two sons were born to them, one son dying at the age of 4, and one daugter [sic] three years after her marriage.
In 1901 the family left Lamberton, their former home, and moved to the Bergthal settlement near Butterfield. In 1912 they changed their residence to Mountain Lake, and in 1920 they moved to the present residence near the First Mennonite church, now owned by the Estate.
The deceased left her home here fourteen months ago, to join her daughters Helen and Susan at Wolf Point, Montana, where she was in ill health practically all of the time. During the last two weeks she was taken with an attack of pneumonia, which brought about her death on the 195h of June.
She leaves to mourn her death one sister, one step-sister, one brother, one step-brother, nine children fourteen grandchildren, and 28 step-grandchildren, as well as a large number of other relatives and countless friends. — Mt. Lake Observer.
