Editing Dorn, Anna Wiens Baergen (1905-2004)

"Mennonite Brethren Herald" obituary: 2004 Sep 24 p. 25

Birth date: 1905 Jan 20

text of obituary:

<center><h3>ANNA WIENS DORN</h3></center>

Anna Wiens Dorn died
july 16 . She was born
jan. 20, 1905 in Land -
skrone, South Russia to
Gerhard and Mar-
garetha Baergen. Her
mother died when
Anna was 7. She com-
mitted her life to the
Lord at 12 and was lat-
er baptized. The family
migrated to Chinook/Sedalia, Alta. in 1926.
e married David Wiens Apr. 15, 1928. They
~d in East Coulee, Munson and Gem, Alta.
e loved caring for her family and often sang
lile she worked. They retired to Three Hills,
:a. in 1969. David died in 1971. She married
:ob Dorn in 1977 and moved to Coaldale,
:a. He died in 1996. She moved to Sunny
uth Lodge and then to Didsbury (Alta.)
ng-term Care. She was cheerful and posi-
e, graciously accepting change. She loved
usic, poetry and art and nature. She en -
,uraged others and enjoyed grandchildren's
iits and sharing in their lives . She knit for
!r family. She read her Bible through many
nes and was faithful in prayer. Predeceased
, husbands David and jacob, son john in
)04, 3 grandchildren, 2 sisters, 6 brothers, 7
>Iings in infancy, she is mourned by daugh-
rs Anne Doerksen, Gem; Mary Harder, Tum-
er Ridge, B.C.; Margaret Siemens, Olds,
ta .; Thelma Dirks, Hepburn, Sask .; Karen
Ihl, Three Hills, Alta.; sons George, Kelowna,
c.; David, Duchess, Alta.; 47 grandchildren;
• great-grandchildren; 2 sisters; 2 brothers.
Ie funeral was july 21 in Bethel Evangelical
lission Church, Three Hills .

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