Editing Neufeld, Mary Willms (1912-2008)

"Mennonite Brethren Herald" obituary: 2008 Sep p. 29

Birth date: 1912 Jan 8

text of obituary:

<center><h3>MARY NEUFELD</h3></center>

Mary Neufeld died
May 11, 2008 at age
96. She was born in
Hamberg, Ukraine
to Gerhard and
Katharina Willms.
On Oct. 13, 1931, she married David
Neufeld. Her first child, Victor, born in
1933, died before he was a year old. In
Septmber 1945, Mary's husband was
taken, along with other village men, to
a Siberian concentration camp where
he died. Guided by Mary's strong faith
in God and tenacious spirit, her family
arrived in Germany in 1945. Mary was
a resident of Virgil, Ont., at the time
of her death. Predeceased by David;
son Victor; granddaughter Karla; she
is mourned by children Hedy (Henry)
Winter, Hertha (Victor) Boese, Henry
(Anne); 10 grandchildren; 15 great-
grandchildren.

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