Editing Klassen, Mary Janzen (1912-2005)

"Mennonite brethren Herald" obituary: 2005 Apr 29 p. 27

Birth date: 1912 Mar 2 

text of obituary:

<center><h3>MARY KLASSEN</h3></center>

Mary Klassen died Oct.
17. She was born Mar. 2,
1912 in Schoenwiese,
Slavgorod, Siberia to
Heinrich M. and Justina
Janzen. She accepted
Christ as her Saviour at
11 and in 1927 was baptized in the Gnadenheim
MB Church. The family
immigrated to Coaldale,
Alta in 1929, moving to North Kildonan, Winnipeg in 1931. She married Cornelius Klassen
May 7, 1933. She had a tremendous faith and
trust in God. She loved singing and music was
always present in the home. Predeceased by
Cornelius in 1991, she is mourned by sons John,
Neil, Henry, Herbert, Jake and Richard; daughter
Tilly Hamm; 15 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren. The funeral was Oct. 22 in North Kildonan MB Church with George Klassen and
Roland Marsch ministering.

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