Toevs, Anna Wiebe (1864-1947)

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1947 Nov 13 p. 2

Birth date: 1864 Jun 5

text of obituary:

Aberdeen, Idaho. — Funeral services were held at the First Mennonite church here on Nov. 5 for Mrs. Anna Wiebe Toevs, 83, pioneer resident of this community and wife of the late Rev. Henry Toevs of the local church.

Born in West Prussia in 1864, she moved with her family to Russia at the age of 12. She married Rev. Toevs in 1882, and they came to this county in 1884. They lived in Kansas until 1908, when they moved to Aberdeen.

Six children survive her.

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1947 Nov 27 p. 3

text of obituary:

Mrs. Anna Wiebe Toevs was born June 5, 1864, near Heubuden, Marlenbug [sic Marienburg], West Prussia, in Germany. She was the youngest of five children of Mr. and Mrs. Henry and Marie Fast Wiebe. At the age of two years she lost her father.

At the age of 12 her widowed mother and the five children left their native land in search of a new home in Russia, east of the Volga river. With the help of friends and relatives they were able to make a home in a new country. When 15 years old she accepted Christ as her personal Savior from sin and upon her confession of faith was baptized and received into the memberhsip of the Mennonite Church. she remained a faithful member of this church to the end of her life — the last 37 years of which she was a member of the First Mennonite church of Aberdeen, Idaho.

The Mennonite obituary: 1948 Jan 6 p. 12