Editing Esau, John Henry (1898-1979)

'Mennonite Brethren Herald'' obituary: 1979 Dec 21 p. 32

Birth date: 1898 Sept 08

text of obituary:

<center><h3>JOHN HENRY ESAU</h3></center>

John Henry Enns of Clearbrook, B.C. pass
ed away on October 15. He was born on Sep
tember 8, 1898 to Heinrich and Margaret
(Isaak) Enns in Dolinsk, Neu Samara,
Russia; served in the medical corps during
the war; married Anna Loewen of Dolinsk on
August 4, 1921; both accepted the Lord in
1922, were bap
tized in the River
Tok, and joined the
Donskoi MB
Church; two sons
were born to them
but died in a
typhoid and diph
theria epidemic;
left Russia in fall
1925, arriving in
Dalmeny, Sask. in
October; moved to
Beechy, Sask. af
ter a year and lived there 18 years; moved to
Clearbrook in February 1944; became mem
bers of the Clearbrook MB Church; his wife
died on August 24, 1956; married Anna
Doerksen on December 28, 1959. He is sur
vived by his wife Anna; ten children: John of
Abbotsford, Ernest of Richmond, Peter of
Abbotsford, Henry of Surrey, Kay (Mrs.
George) Goertzen, Vancouver, Margaret
(Mrs. Peter) Barg, Summerland, Esther (Mrs.
Aldon) Wiens, Donna (Mrs. David) Epp, both
Richmond, Susan (Mrs. John) Suderman and
Ruth (Mrs. Walter) Thielmann, both Prince
George (all B.C.); stepchildren: Len Doerk
sen, Betty (Mrs. John) Kampen, both Clear
brook, Esther (Mrs. Ben) Loewen, Houston,
B.C., Ruth (Mrs. Peter) Klassen of Tsawwas
sen, B.C. and Daniel Doerksen of St. Catha
rines, Ont.; 50 grandchildren and nine great
grandchildren. The funeral was held on Octo
ber 20 in the Clearbrook MB Church with
pastor John Baerg and H. Lenzmann in
charge.

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