Editing Muller, Olga Schmidt (1906-1973)

''Mennonite Brethren Herald'' obituary: 1974 Jan 11 p. 30

Birth date: 1906 Oct 22

text of obituary:

<center><h3>OLGA MULLER</h3></center>

On November 28 the Lord took to himself a loving wife and mother of nine children
Mrs. Olga Muller of Abbotsford, B.C., afte
a brief illness.
Olga was born on October 22, 1906 at th
Terek in Russia, the third child of Christia
and Katharine Schmidt. She spent her yout
there. It was also there that she lost her
father and oldest sister because of typh
fever and three others of the family throu
starvation.
The family fled to the Kuban area
Russia. Here she accepted the Lord as
personal Saviour, basing her faith on Isa
43 :1 in particular, "Fear not, I have
deemed thee, I have called thee by thy na
thou art mine." She kept this assurance t
she was a child of God to the end of her l
In the Kuban she was also married
Henry H. Muller. Shortly thereafter th
came to Canada. For 45 years they w
permitted to share their joy and sorrows.
had a pleasant, honest and loving dispo
tion, which helped her to gain many frien
Her own family was her first concern a
obligation. She was in a true sense
mother and sunshine in the family. She tr
to lead the children to the Lord in their ea
years, and practised the reading of Go
Word and prayer.
She leaves to mourn her husband, Hen
two sons, Bruno and Henry; seven dau
ters: Rita Radzikowski, Erna Gobbet;t, O
Friesen, Kathy Hintz, Eva Dueck, Do
Friesen, Maggie Wiens; 27 grandchildren
sister-in-law, Erna Maier; and relatives
Russia, Germany and the United States,
well as many friends.

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