Editing Braun, Anne Reimer (1915-2006)

"Mennonite Brethren Herald" obituary: 2006 May 19 p. 26

Birth date: 1915 Sep 26

text of obituary:

<center><h3>ANNE BRAUN</h3></center>

nne Florence Braun
died Feb . 24. She was
born Sept. 26, 1915 in
Wiesenfeld, Ukraine
to Abraham and
Maria Reimer. At 8,
Anne's family moved
to Canada, first to Sas -
katchewan and then
to Chilliwack, B.C. Anne was baptized in 1931
and joined the Greendale MB Church where
she met and married Isaak Braun in 1940. Theirs
was the first wedding in the second Greendale
MB Church. The Brauns had several homes in
the Chilliwack area. In 1948, during the Fraser
River flood, their yard was covered with 13 feet
of water and the family was evacuated. After the
flood, Anne and Ike established Braun's Nurser-
ies. Anne was known for her wonderful baking
and flowers, especially roses. In 1987, the couple
moved to their dream home in Sard is and a
year later, Isaak died. In 1995, she wrote, "1 am
so thankful that we can always depend on the
Lord. He helps each one of us through .. .joys
and sorrows ... ." Predeceased by her husband;
son Ken; 8 siblings; she is mourned by children
Ben (Mary Lue), Walter (Judy), Julie (Dick) Baerg;
grandchildren; 1 brother; 1 sister.

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