Editing Esselink, Helen Olga Giesbrecht (1916-2005)

"Mennonite Brethren Herald" obituary: 2005 Apr 29 p. 28

Birth date: 1916 Mar 4

text of obituary:

<center><h3>HELEN OLGA ESSELINK</h3></center>

Helen Olga Esselink died Feb . 5. She was born
Mar. 4, 1916 to Jacob
and Maria Giesbrecht in
Dalmeny, Sask. Her
mother died when He-
len was 10 months old.
She accepted Christ as
her Saviour and was
baptized at 17. She at-
tended Dalmeny Bible
School, Prairie Bible Institute, Three Hills, Alta.
and Tabor College, Hillsboro , Kan. She became
a home missionary with Western Children's
Mission in Saskat chewan and worked with
Western Tract Mission. She moved to North
Battleford, Sask., becoming a proofreader for a
newspaper. In 1977 she ma rried Richard Es-
selink and moved to Grande Prairie, Alta. They
moved to Vernon and then to Kelowna in
1992. They were hospitable and generous in
prayer and finances . They became parents to
Roy and Becky Ott in Vernon, and grandpar-
ents to Juanita Neufeld . She was predeceased
by Richard in June 2002. The funeral was in Wil-
low Park Church, Kelowna.

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