Editing Harder, Elizabeth Wall (1906-2005)

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

Birth date: 1906 Mar 24

text of obituary:

<center><h3>ELIZABETH HARDER</h3></center>

Elizabeth Harder died
Feb . 25. She was born
Mar. 24, 1906 to Hein-
rich and Eli zabeth Wall
in Orloff, Sagradowka,
southern Russia . In No -
vember 1919 the Mach-
no bandits killed her fa-
ther and grandfather.
Elizabeth accepted Jesus
as her Saviour and was
bapt ized at an early age . The family immigrat-
ed to Canada in 1926, settling in Winnipeg
where she worked as a maid . Relatives invited
them to move to Gilroy. She married John
Harder Nov. 13, 1929 . They moved to Glen-
bush, Sask . In 1967 they sold the farm and
moved to Saskatoon. She enjoyed gardening
and quilting. John died in 1982. In 2002 she
moved in with daughter Martha and in March
2004 she moved to a care facility in Spiritwood,
Sask. Predeceased by John, daughter Edith
White; 3 grandchildren; 2 sisters and 1 brother,
she is mourned by daughters Martha Boldt,
Betty Smith, Lorena Kehler, Agnes Olfert; sons
Ben, Walter, Jake; 21 grandchildren; 23 great-
grandchildren ; 5 great-great-grandchildren; 4
brothers . The funeral was Mar. 4 in Dalmeny
(Sask .) Funeral Chapel with John D. Klassen
ministering.

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