Editing Niessen, Liese Pankratz (1890-1969)

''Mennonite Brethren Herald'' obituary: 1969 Nov 18 p. 30

Birth date: 1890 Jun 24

text of obituary:

<center><h3>LIESE NIESSEN</h3></center>

On October 30, it pleased the Lord totake  to  himself Mrs. Liese Niessen (nee 
Pankratz) of Coaldale, Alberta. 

She was born on June 24,  1890, in 
Nikolaithal, South Russia and when only 
13 years of age, was forced  to take over 
the family's  household duties due to the 
death of her mother. While in  her teens 
she  accepted  the  Lord  Jesus  as  her 
personal Saviour and at 20 years of age 
was baptized by Elder Isaak  Dueck and 
made a member of the Mennonite Church. 
Through immersion she joined ,the  fellowship  of the  Mennonite Brethren Church 
in  1942. 

On September 16, 1910 she married David Niessen. The Lord blessed their 
union with eigh1  children of which five 
predeceased  their  mother. During  a 
typhoid  epidemic  in  1922  her husband 
was taken from her. 

The 47 years  of her widowhood she 
sacrificed  to  her  family  and  invalid 
sister. In  1943, after years of famine  and 
religious  persecution,  she  managed to 
escape the  tyranny  in  Russia by jOiining 
a group of refugees.  The Lord  marvellously  granted  her  emigration  rights  in 
1949. Her fami'ly  (except  for  one son) 
and her handicapped sister also came to 
Canada.  Here  Mrs.  Niessen  took  up 
residence  in  Coaldale,  and  spent  the 
remainder of her years. 

Funeral  services  for  the  late  Mrs. 
Niesse;1 were held in  the  MB Church on 
November 1.  Officiating, Rev. D.J. Pankratz spoke on the request, the confession 
and the  desire of a parting saint (Gen. 
24:56).  Rev.  H.P.  Nikkel stressed  the 
thoughts of faith,  of death and of heaven 
when looking  into  a grave (2 Cor. 5:1). 
At the  graveside  Rev.  H.H.  Kornelsen 
read  Rev. 21:1-7 and  prayed. 

Mourning, but not as  those  without 
hope, are: two  daughters, one son  (in 
Russia), one daughter-in-law, three  sonsin-law,  24  grandchildren,  eight  greatgrandchildren  and  many relatives  and 
friends  both here and abroad. 

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