Editing Bartel, Susie Friesen (1919-1978)

''Mennonite Brethren Herald'' obituary: 1979 Feb 02 p. 36

Birth date: 1887 May 03

text of obituary:

<center><h3>MRS. ELIZABETH PETERS MARTENS</h3></center>

(Mrs.)
(Mrs.) Susie Bartel of Sardis, B.C. went to
be with her Lord on November 20, 1978. She
was born to Frank and Anna Friesen on
June 15, 1913 in Schowrow, southern Russia.
The family moved later to Grigorewka,
where her mother died in 1920 and her father
in 1923. The children moved to Klippenfeld
to stay with her aunt Aganeta and uncle Otto
Benke. In November 1926 they left for
Canada via Mexico, arriving in Winnipeg in
1927. They lived in Graysville and then in
Holland, Man. She moved to Vancouver and
worked there 1932-34. On July 1, 1934 she
married John Bartel in the Sardis Mennonite
Brethren Church. She had accepted the Lord
as her Saviour in her youth, and in 1934 she
was accepted into the Sardis church.
The family remembers her as a faithful
and loving wife and mother, and is comforted
by her victorious faith . She is survived by
her husband John; two sons, David and
Hilda, and Ed at home; two daughters,
Hilda and John Komelson and Lillian and
Larry Robertson; five grandchildren; two
sisters and one brother, Mrs. Agnes Bergen
and Mrs. Katie Friesen, and Jake Friesen;
and two half-brothers, Ben and Dick Friesen.

[[Category:Mennonite Brethren Herald obituaries]]