Editing Block, Laurena Katherin Neumann (1941-1974)

''Mennonite Brethren Herald'' obituary: 1974 Feb 22 p. 30

Birth date: 1941 Feb 23

text of obituary:

<center><h3>LAURENA KATHERIN BLOCK</h3></center>

Laurena was born to Helen and Dick Neumann in Calgary on February 23, 1941.
With the family , she moved to B.C. The
following year, Laurena was 'predeceased by
her father in 1948, when she was eight years
old.

While in her childhood, Laurena accepted
Jesus Christ as her Lord and master. She
was baptized and joined the Yarrow Mennonite Brethren Church as a teenager. After
high school she spent three years studying at
Bethany Bible Institute in Hepburn, Sask.,
where she first met Henry Isaak Block.

Laurena and Henry were married in Vancouver on July 27 , 1963. The Lord blessed
their marriage with two daughters, Heather,
nine, and Fern, seven, and one son Steven,
aged four . Laurena will always be remembered as a kind and loving wife and mother.

The Lord permitted Laurena to become
involved in a traffic accident on January 8 in
Kitimat. Despite all possible help given by a
wonderful medical staff, she passed away in
flight to Vancouver on January 9.

She leaves to mourn her loving husband,
Henry; their three children: Heather, Fern,
Steven; her mother, Mrs. Helen Neumann;
her three brothers and their wives; Ernie and Lorraine, Ron and Sylvia, John and Shirley;
her husband's parents, Rev. and Mrs. Isaac 
Block; Henry's sister Rosella and husband
George; his ten brothers and their wives:
Albert and Ella, George and Louise, Isaac
and Alvina, John and Gloria, Neil and Ruth,
Ruben and Edith, Dan and Ellen, Dave and
Pearl, Ben and Margaret, Art and Deanna;
and his brother Harold. Also mourning
Laurena's passing are many other friends
and relatives.
Laurena treasured most highly Psalm 121.
She exemplifies to all of us one who did
indeed lift her eyes to those "hills" to which
she has gone, and from which we also receive
help and comfort.

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