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Helena Peters passed | |||
away July 12 in Tabor | away July 12 in Tabor | ||
Home, | Home, Abbotsford, | ||
B.C. She was born Oct. | B.C. She was born Oct. | ||
30, 1904 to Abram and | 30, 1904 to Abram and | ||
Katharina Konrad in | Katharina Konrad in | ||
Alexanderkrone, | |||
Molotschna, | Molotschna, Russia. | ||
She grew up in a happy | She grew up in a happy | ||
Christian home and accepted Christ. She was | |||
baptized in 1919 and joined the MB church, | |||
baptized in 1919 and joined | where she remained a lifelong member. During the Russian Revolution, she experienced | ||
where she | great emotional trauma and tragedies. At 14, | ||
great emotional trauma and | |||
she witnessed her father's murder by bandits. | she witnessed her father's murder by bandits. | ||
She married Franz A. Peters Oct. 30, 1924. In | She married Franz A. Peters Oct. 30, 1924. In | ||
August 1926 they immigrated to Canada, | August 1926 they immigrated to Canada, living briefly in Manitoba and Alberta, then | ||
moving to B.C. The early years were very difficult financially and emotionally. Faith in God | |||
moving to B.C. The early years were very | |||
and the support of family gave her the | and the support of family gave her the | ||
strength to | strength to carry on. She loved her children, | ||
grandchildren and great-grandchildren and | grandchildren and great-grandchildren and | ||
upheld them in prayer. She was lonely after | upheld them in prayer. She was lonely after | ||
Franz died in 1989. After a fall in | Franz died in 1989. After a fall in December | ||
1996, she moved to a nursing home. She is | 1996, she moved to a nursing home. She is | ||
mourned by children Henry of Chilliwack, | mourned by children Henry of Chilliwack, | ||
B.C., Katherine Reynolds of Winnipeg, John of | B.C., Katherine Reynolds of Winnipeg, John of | ||
Winnipeg, Frank of Abbotsford, Helen Lotimer | Winnipeg, Frank of Abbotsford, Helen Lotimer | ||
of Hamilton, Margarite Hazlewood of | of Hamilton, Margarite Hazlewood of West | ||
Vancouver and Pauline Kliewer of | Vancouver and Pauline Kliewer of Fresno, | ||
Calif.; 16 grandchildren; many great-grandchildren; 1 sister and 1 stepsister. The memorial service was July 20 at Clearbrook MB | |||
Church, Abbotsford, with Jay Neufeld and | Church, Abbotsford, with Jay Neufeld and | ||
Heinz Ratzlaff ministering. | Heinz Ratzlaff ministering. | ||
[[Category:Mennonite Brethren Herald obituaries]] | [[Category:Mennonite Brethren Herald obituaries]] | ||
Latest revision as of 11:42, 11 July 2022
"Mennonite Brethren Herald" obituary: 2002 Oct 4 p. 28
Birth date: 1904 Oct 30
text of obituary:
HELENA PETERS
Helena Peters passed away July 12 in Tabor Home, Abbotsford, B.C. She was born Oct. 30, 1904 to Abram and Katharina Konrad in Alexanderkrone, Molotschna, Russia. She grew up in a happy Christian home and accepted Christ. She was baptized in 1919 and joined the MB church, where she remained a lifelong member. During the Russian Revolution, she experienced great emotional trauma and tragedies. At 14, she witnessed her father's murder by bandits. She married Franz A. Peters Oct. 30, 1924. In August 1926 they immigrated to Canada, living briefly in Manitoba and Alberta, then moving to B.C. The early years were very difficult financially and emotionally. Faith in God and the support of family gave her the strength to carry on. She loved her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren and upheld them in prayer. She was lonely after Franz died in 1989. After a fall in December 1996, she moved to a nursing home. She is mourned by children Henry of Chilliwack, B.C., Katherine Reynolds of Winnipeg, John of Winnipeg, Frank of Abbotsford, Helen Lotimer of Hamilton, Margarite Hazlewood of West Vancouver and Pauline Kliewer of Fresno, Calif.; 16 grandchildren; many great-grandchildren; 1 sister and 1 stepsister. The memorial service was July 20 at Clearbrook MB Church, Abbotsford, with Jay Neufeld and Heinz Ratzlaff ministering.