Editing Driediger, Margarete Koehn (1887-1974)

''Mennonite Brethren Herald'' obituary: 1974 June 28 p. 31

Birth date: 1887 Dec 09

text of obituary:

<center><h3>MRS. MARGARETE DRIEDIGER</h3></center>

It pleased the Lord to take Margarete Driediger to himself June 3.  She was born to Peter
and Maria (nee Dyck) Koehn December 9, 1887 in Alexandcdeld , Caucasus,
Russia, as their ninth child. There she spent
her childhood, found her Lord and Saviour,
and was baptized and accepted into the
Mennonite Church in 1908.

It was there that she married Franz
Driediger in May, 1912. Five children were
born to them, of whom Melita and Hella
passed away in early childhood, and Franz
and Peter never returned from World War
II . Short and troubled were the years of
married life: soon after her husband returned
home from the medical corps in World War I
in l!H 9 he caught typhoid fever and died.

In 1942 they were evacuated to Germany.
She spent some years in the Mennonite
Home for the Aged in Enkenbach, Germany,
from where she was permitted to join her
daughter in Winnipeg in 1956.

She joined the Winnipeg Central MB
Church. Because of her poor health and
hearing she lived quietly in seclusion, although she hardly ever complained. She
found comfort in the rich treasury of God's
Word, and faithfully interceded for her
family before the Throne of Grac(;. She
longed to see her Lord and be reunited with
her loved ones.

She leaves to mourn her passing: her
daughter, Mrs. Margarete Ganza, and son-inlaw , Walter Ganza; one brother, Johann
Koehn , in Russia, and many relatives and
friend s. Her husband, four children, six
brothers and four sisters predeceased her.

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