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Helen Thiessen of Herbert, Sask. passed away | Helen Thiessen of Herbert, Sask. passed away | ||
Feb. 15. She was born | Feb. 15. She was born | ||
June 22, 1915 to Henry | |||
and Katherine Goertzen | and Katherine Goertzen | ||
in Herbert. At 15, she | in Herbert. At 15, she | ||
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Here she accepted | Here she accepted | ||
Christ and was baptized. During the next | Christ and was baptized. During the next | ||
10 years, she worked at | |||
Cooper's Department | Cooper's Department | ||
Store and attended | Store and attended | ||
Herbert Bible School. In | Herbert Bible School. In | ||
1941 she married | 1941 she married J.J. | ||
(Jake) Thiessen. They | (Jake) Thiessen. They | ||
lived on the Thiessen | lived on the Thiessen | ||
farm in summer and in | farm in summer and in | ||
Herbert in winter, | Herbert in winter, | ||
where | where Jake taught at | ||
the Bible school. They | the Bible school. They | ||
pastored Greenfarm | pastored Greenfarm | ||
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Church 1967-73, then | Church 1967-73, then | ||
retired to Swift Current. | retired to Swift Current. | ||
After | After Jake's death in | ||
1974, she became involved in Bridgeway | 1974, she became involved in Bridgeway | ||
Community Church, | Community Church, | ||
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read to what the Bible | read to what the Bible | ||
said. She is remembered as a loving, good | said. She is remembered as a loving, good | ||
wife, mother, grandmother and sister. Predeceased by | wife, mother, grandmother and sister. Predeceased by Jake, 4 | ||
brothers and 5 sisters, | brothers and 5 sisters, | ||
she is mourned by sons | she is mourned by sons | ||
Jim of Edmonton, Vic of | |||
Graysville, Man. and | Graysville, Man. and | ||
Jonathan of Malsburg, | |||
Germany; 5 grandchildren; 1 sister and 1 | Germany; 5 grandchildren; 1 sister and 1 | ||
brother. The funeral was | brother. The funeral was | ||
Feb. 18 in Bridgeway | Feb. 18 in Bridgeway | ||
Community Church, | Community Church, | ||
with Cliff | with Cliff Janzen ministering. | ||
[[Category:Mennonite Brethren Herald obituaries]] | [[Category:Mennonite Brethren Herald obituaries]] | ||
Revision as of 13:11, 29 November 2021
"Mennonite Brethren Herald" obituary: 2001 Mar 13 p. 27
Birth date: 1915 Jun 22
text of obituary:
HELEN THIESSEN
Helen Thiessen of Herbert, Sask. passed away Feb. 15. She was born June 22, 1915 to Henry and Katherine Goertzen in Herbert. At 15, she moved to Swift Current, Sask. to find work. Here she accepted Christ and was baptized. During the next 10 years, she worked at Cooper's Department Store and attended Herbert Bible School. In 1941 she married J.J. (Jake) Thiessen. They lived on the Thiessen farm in summer and in Herbert in winter, where Jake taught at the Bible school. They pastored Greenfarm MB Church from about 1941 to 1958, when it closed. In 1962 they moved to Lucky Lake, Sask., where they had 5 years of wonderful ministry. They pastored Kelstern (Sask.) MB Church 1967-73, then retired to Swift Current. After Jake's death in 1974, she became involved in Bridgeway Community Church, Swift Current, where she taught Sunday school, was active in prayer ministry, was a deaconess, and enjoyed fellowshipping. She was concerned about friends' and neighbours' spiritual condition. She was an avid reader, studying Scripture and other books with passion, always relating what she read to what the Bible said. She is remembered as a loving, good wife, mother, grandmother and sister. Predeceased by Jake, 4 brothers and 5 sisters, she is mourned by sons Jim of Edmonton, Vic of Graysville, Man. and Jonathan of Malsburg, Germany; 5 grandchildren; 1 sister and 1 brother. The funeral was Feb. 18 in Bridgeway Community Church, with Cliff Janzen ministering.