Editing Loewen, Nettie Giesbrecht (1906-1976)

''Mennonite Brethren Herald'' obituary: 1976 July 23 p. 30

Birth date: 1906 July 07

text of obituary:

<center><h3>MRS. NETTIE LOEWEN</h3></center>

(Mrs.) Nettie Loewen was born in northern
Russia in Karaguj, Orenburg, the daughter
of William and Katherine Giesbrecht (nee
Braun) . She grew up in the village of
Grossfuerstenthal and later attended high
school in Suworowka in the Terek region.
Here she found the Lord, was baptized on
her confession of faith in 1923, and was
accepted into the Mennonite Brethren Church.
Psalm 91 became very meaningful to her.
In 1919 a typhoid epidemic took her
parents, one brother and three sisters. As
orphans the remaining children emigrated to
Winkler, Manitoba, staying with the Johann
Duerksen family. After a short time in
Gretna, Manitoba also, she moved with her
sister to Kitchener in 1927. During a later
stay in Winnipeg she met and married Peter
J . Loewen on September 13, 1931. The
couple made their home in Kitchener.
A time of study at MBBC (Winnipeg)
commencing in 1948 enabled her to complete
a B.R.E. degree. The Loewens taught in
public schools in Manitoba and then in
Hamilton, Ontario. They retired in Waterloo
in 1974.
As a teacher she was able to express her
love to lonely, fOfsaJ.ten children and instruct
many in the way of the Lord during religious
classes. She was a faithful helper to her
husband in t.he diaconate, and taught Sunday
school for many years.
After a lt1ngthy illness, the Lord took her
to be with him on May 30 . A funeral service
was held ,June 2 at the Kitchener Mennonite
Brethren Church at which pastor J. F .
Froese and F . C. Peters spoke.
She leaves to mourn her beloved husband,
Peter; and four sisters, (Mrs.) Margaret
Boldt, (Mrs.) Susie Duerksen, (Mrs .) Agatha
Enns, and (MfS.) Sara Kutz.

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