Editing Penz, Helena Siemens (1900-1979)

''Mennonite Brethren Herald'' obituary: 1979 Oct 12 p. 31

Birth date: 1900 Feb 20

text of obituary:

<center><h3>MRS. HELENA PENZ</h3></center>

(Mrs.)
(Mrs.) Helena Penz (nee Siemens) of
Waldheim, Sask. passed away on July 31.
She was born in Russia on February 20,1900.
She married Henry Penz on November 24 in
the Gortchakovo MB Church in Ufa, Russia.
They came to Canada via Germany, leaving
Hamburg on April 23, 1923. In the Waldheim
area Mrs. Penz used her seamstress talents
to good advantage in days of poverty. The
pulse of her prayer life could be sensed in her
public prayers at church meetings. She had a
stroke on June 29, 1972 and was transferred
from a Saskatoon nursing home to the Ros
them (Sask.) nursing home in December of
that year. Her husband died in 1964. She is ·
survived by seven children: Margaret and
Arthur MacIntosh of Toronto, Kay and Ed
Funk of Clearbrook, B.C., Jim and Roberta of
St. Paul, Alta., Lou and Marlene of Toronto,
John and Helen of Victoria, Frieda (Mrs.
Earl) Harder of Edmonton, Harold and Anne
and daughter-in-law Margaret of Waldheim;
21 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
The funeral service was held on August 4 at
the Waldheim MB Church.

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