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After prol'Onged illness she passed away | After prol'Onged illness she passed away | ||
in the Winkler Hospital on Apri.1 20. The | in the Winkler Hospital on Apri.1 20. The | ||
Revision as of 11:47, 16 September 2015
Mennonite Brethren Herald obituary: 1969 Jun 12 p. 25
Birth date: 1891 Jan 29
text of obituary:
HELENA WIEBE
(Mrs.) Helena Wiebe was born in Alexandrowka, Russia on January 29, 1891. She was baptized and received into the Mennonite Church in 1911 by Elder Boschman. In 1919 she married a widower, Nicholai Wiebe, who had two daughters. However, the five chi-Idren born to Helena W-ie'be and her husband all died in infancy. The Wi.ebes le·ft Russia in 1930 and resided in Rush Lake, Sask., for over three years. In 1934 they moved to Swan River, Man., and in 1946 to Winkler. Here she and her husband were oaretakers in the Mennonite Brethren church for four-and-a-half years. And it was here that she joined the Mennonite Brethren Church.
After prol'Onged illness she passed away in the Winkler Hospital on Apri.1 20. The funeral service was held on April 24 in the Winkler Mennonite Brethren Church with J.M. Schmidt offiC'iating. Left to mourn her pass-ing are her husband; two daughters, Mrs. Bert (Katharina) Eisner, B.C., and Mrs. Corny (Maria) Braun, Winkler; nine grandchildren; and 13 great-grandch ildren