Editing Esau, Anna Neufeld (1896-1976)

''Mennonite Brethren Herald'' obituary: 1976 Sept 17 p. 31

Birth date: 1896 Dec 22

text of obituary:

<center><h3>MRS. ANNA ESAU</h3></center>
Anna Esau of Chilliwack, B.C. was born
on December 22, 1896, in the village of
Kamenka, Orenburg, Russia to Jacob and
Anna (Penner) Neufeld. She passed out of
this life on June 4, 1976. At the age of 18 she
took the Lord Jesus as her personal Saviour
and in the same year was baptized and
received into the Mennonite Brethren Church
in Kamenka. On March 27, 1918 she was
married to Peter Esau, a union blessed with
five sons and four daughters, two sons of
which died in infancy.
In July, 1926 the Lord directed them to
Canada, where they found a welcome first
with relatives at Laird, Sask. In 1929 they
moved to Melita, Man., and in 1943 to
Chilliwack, B.C., where they bought a farm
on Annis Road. In 1957 they retired to the
town of Chilliwack. Though Anna first
became ill with diabetes in 1966, and later
experienced more serious illness, the Lord
gave her strength and grace and she held
firm to him.
She is survived by her husband, with
whom she shared 58 years; three sons, Peter
J acob and John; and four daughters, Susanna
(Mrs. Jacob) Thiessen, Helena (Mrs. Henry)
Giesbrecht, Magareta (Mrs. Erwin) Gienger
and Anna (Mrs. Abe) Thiessen, and their
spouses, all of B.C.; 26 grandchildren; 14
great grandchildren; and two brothers and
five sisters in Russia.

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