Editing Unruh, Anna Sawatzky (1919-2003)

"Mennonite Brethren Herald" obituary: 2003 May 2 p. 29

Birth date: 1919 Jul 21

text of obituary:

<center><h3>ANNA UNRUH</h3></center>

Anna Unruh of Menno
Hospital, Abbotsford,
B.C. died Feb. 15. She
was born July 21, 1914
to Franz and Aganeta
Sawatzky in Saratov,
Slavgorod, Siberia. When
she was 5, her father
died, leaving 4 children.
Her mother married Pe-
ter Warkentin, a widower
with 11 children, 6 years
later. In 1928 her mother died. Anna accepted
the lord when she was 15. She was later bap-
tized and joined the MB church. In 1929 she fled
to Harbin, China as the foster daughter of Isaac
and Liese Wiens. In 1932 they moved to
Paraguay. She married Isaac Martens Oct. 16,
1932. They had 7 children . In 1969 Isaac died.
In 1974 she married Abram Dyck of Clearbrook,
B.C., a widower with 3 children. She volun-
teered with MCC and at the Clearbrook Com-
munity Centre. In 1982 Abram died. On Nov.
23, 1996 she married Abe Unruh. Predeceased
by husbands Isaac and Abram, 1 daughter in in-
fancy, son David of leukemia at 42, 1 grandson
and 2 great-grandchildren, she is mourned by
Abe; sons Franz, Helmut, Eric and Edwin; daugh-
ter Elsie; 17 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchil-
dren ; 5 great-great-grandchildren; step children
Alvin, Gary and Grace Unruh. The funeral was
Feb . 21 in Clearbrook MB Church with Heinz
Ratzlaff and Walter Wiens ministering.

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