Editing Paetkau, Katharina Neufeld (1902-1972)

''Mennonite Brethren Herald'' obituary: 1972 Nov 03 p. 31

Birth date: 1902 Mar 27

text of obituary:

<center><h3>KATHERINA PAETKAU</h3></center>

Kron stal, Ru ss ia to Abraham and Sara
Neufeld . A t th e ag e of foifte en she
accepted 't'h e Lord. A year later she was
bap t'ized and becam e a member of the
Mennon'ite Brethren Church. In 1925 she
wa s marri ed to Korne'lius Paetkau. They
were blessed with five children one o·f
which died at the ag e of seven we e'ks.
Th eir mrw'iage was not qui,te thirteen
years wh en her husband w as banished t o
a conce ntration camp and never returned .
Difficuit years foll owed as sh e wa s left
with four young ch'ildr en to ra'ise.
In 1943 th ey cam e to Germa ny. Six
y ears la'ter, tihrou·gh t he efforts of
relatives, th ey w ere able to com e to
Canada . It w as a hard decision, since one
of the family h,ad to be left beh ind. Th ey
se'ttl ed in V irgil and enjoyed th e feillowship of th e believers.
On M ay first Mrs, Pae'tkau suffered a
strok e. A lthough she im proved s'lowly, she
developed pneumonia and went to be wH'h
th e Lord on Septem ber 16 haV'ing reached
the age of 70 y ea rs an d fi ve mon . She
le'aves to mourn her chi ld ren: Anni e and
Hans Froes e. St. Cathar ines; Ka~ ie
Paetkau, Vi rg il; Kornelius Paetkau ,
G'erm any; Henry and D'ian e Paetkau, St.
Catharines. Al so four grandchi'idren.

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