View source for Isaac, Katherine Niebuhr (1902-1970)

''Mennonite Brethren Herald'' obituary: 1970 Oct 02 p. 30

Birth date: 1902 Mar 21

text of obituary:

<center><h3>KATHERINE ISAAC</h3></center>

(Mrs.) Katherine Isaac of 275 Donalda
Ave., Winnipeg, passed away September
13, nearly five weeks after suffering severe burns in an accident at home. She
was born in Olgafeld, South Russia on
March 21, 1902, the fifth of 12 children
of Jacob and Helena Niebuhr. Through
the influence of godly parents she came
to a knowledge of Jesus Christ as Saviour
and Lord and in time she was baptized
and entered into the fellowship of the
Mennonite Brethren Church in Olgafeld.

In 1921 she married Peter Lepp. A
son, Peter, was born to them, but at 11
months her child died in the typhoid
epidemic. Two months later her grief was increased when her husband also died
of the same disease. They had been
married two years.

In 1926 she came to Canada, to
Winnipeg, and for a number of years
worked in various homes as a domestic.
In 1932 she married Henry Isaac. Two
sons, Ernest and Arthur, were born to
them. The family lived in the north end
for a number of years and in 1946 moved
to East Kildonan. In 1961 her husband
passed away and for the remaining years
of her life she lived alone.

She was called home to be with the
Lord on September 13 after great
suffering. The funeral was held on
September 16, in the Elmwood (Winnipeg)
Church with William Schmidt and John
B. Epp speaking messages of encouragement and comfort.

She is mourned by two sons, Ernest,
and his wife Esther, and their three
daughters, and Arthur, his wife Gretta,
and their two sons; five sisters, (Mrs.)
Helena Doerksen, Herbert Sask.. (Mrs.)
Margaret Dyck, (Mrs.) Maria Redekopp,
and (Mrs.) Elizabeth Klassen, all of
Virgil, Ont., and (Mrs.) Anna Klassen of
Russia; as well as a number of nieces,
nephews and friends and neighbours.

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