Editing Sawatsky, Eva Funk (1903-1976)

''Mennonite Brethren Herald'' obituary: 1976 Apr 02 p. 31

Birth date: 1903 Aug 11

text of obituary:

<center><h3>(MRS.) EVA SAWATSKY</h3></center>

(Mrs.) Eva Sawatsky (nee Funk) was born
011 August 11, 1903 on a farm near Hague,
Saskatchewan. After accepting the Lord as
her personal Saviour at the age of 11, she
was baptized two years later by Rev. David
Dyck and received into the Brotherfield
(5ask.) Mennonite Brethren Church. She
remained a faithful church member and
fo!lower of her Lord to the end of her life.
She married George Sawatsky in 1924, and
the couple farmed in Aberdeen, Saskatchewan for the next 19 years. They then moved
to Yarrow, B.C. Their 50th wedding anniversary in 1974 was a long anticipated and
joyous celebration.
Mrs. Sawatsky never fully recovered from
an operation in 1974, and she passed away to
be with her Lord on January 14, 1976. She
was predeceased by her parents, four sisters,
and her only brother.
Pastor Abe Klassen officiated at a funeral
service on January 19 in the Yarrow Mennonite Brethren Church.
She leaves to mourn her beloved husband,
George; four daughters, Laura (Mrs. M.)
Effa of Phoenix, Arizona, Susan (Mrs. D.)
Sperling of Abbotsford, B.C., Frances (Mrs.
G.) Harder of Outlook, Sask., and Evangeline, (Mrs. K.) Scarrow of Langley, B.C.; 10
grandchildren; and two sisters, (Mrs.) Annie
Sawatsky and (Mrs.) Agatha Peters.

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