Editing Bergmann, Maria Enns (1891-1968)

''Mennonite Brethren Herald'' obituary: 1968 May 17 p. 17

Birth date: 1891 Aug 15

text of obituary:

<center><h3>MARIA BERGMANN</h3></center>

Mrs. Maria Bergmann,  of  Virgil,
Ontario, went to be with our risen Lord
in her seventy-seventh year, on Easter
Sunday,  April 14, 1968. She had been
in failing health for several years. 

Maria Bergmann  (nee  Enns)  was 
born in  South Russia on August 15,
1891. She was  orphaned in early child
hood and was cared for by fr~ends and
relatives.  In  her youth  she' accepted
Christ as her personal Saviour. She fol
lowed the Lord in baptism in 1907 and
became a  member of  the  Mennonite
Brethren Church. During the  difficult
year of 1921 she was married to John
P. Bergmann.  The Lord blessed their
union with five children, two of whom
deceased in early childhood. Emigrating
to Canada in 1924 they made their home 
in Hochfeld (near Winkler), then later
at Poplar Point, Manitoba. In 1941 they
moved to  Ontario where they  settled 
near Niagara-on-the-Lake and later in
Virgil. 

She leaves  to mourn, her blind hus
band, John P. Bergmann; 2 daughters, 
Martha and Mary, who have tenderly
cared for her; one son, Walter  with his
wife, Helen; and five  grandchildren. 

Funeral services  were  held in  the 
Virgll Mennonite Brethren Church with
the  Rev. J.  G. Baerg and Rev. F. J. 
Wiens  officiating.  Burial was in  the 
Niagara Lake Shore Cemetery. 

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