Editing Unruh, Marie Berg (1907-2005)

"Mennonite Brethren Herald" obituary: 2005 Aug 12 p. 27

Birth date: 1907 Aug 11

text of obituary:

<center><h3>MARIE UNRUH</h3></center>

Marie Unruh died May
27. She was born Aug.
11, 1907 in Schoen-
horst, Chortitza,
Ukraine to Anton and
Anne Berg . Her mother
died in Dec . 1919, 6
weeks after Marie ac-
cepted Jesus as person-
al Saviour. Her father
remarried in 1921. She
was baptized, joining the MB church in
Kalirstarawka. In 1926 the family immigrated
to Canada . She worked at the Ninette, Man_
TB sanatorium, then studied nursing, gradu-
ating in 1937. She married George Schellen-
berg. They farmed in High Bluff, Man. After
18 years they sold the farm, moving to
Headingley, Man. She worked at Deer Lodge
Hospital, retiring at 65. George died in 1971 .
In Sept. 1975 she married Cornelius Unruh.
They lived in B.C. He died in 1988. In Dec.
2002 she moved into Tabor Home, Abbots-
ford . The verse in 2 Cor. 12:9 was a comfort
to her. Predeceased by husbands George
and Cornelius, 1 daughter, 1 grandson, she
is mourned by sons Garry Schellenberg of
Man., David Schellenberg of Alta ., Neil Un-
ruh of Sask .; daughters Marianne Wall of
Man., Stella Passmore, Betty Wells, Laura
Giesbrecht and Tina Hrabovsky of B_C.; 20
grandchildren; 35 great-grandchildren; 1 sis-
ter. The funeral was June 2 in Clearbrook MB
Church, Abbotsford, with Jay Neufeld, Heinz
Ratzlaff and Walter Wiens ministering.

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