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agnes Adina Friesen | |||
died suddenly Apr. 15. | |||
She was born Sept. 3, | |||
1920 in Zagradovka, | |||
Ukraine to Abram | |||
and Anna Wiens. The | |||
family immigrated to | |||
Canada in 1925. They | |||
settled first in Ham- | |||
burg, Ont., moved to a farm in Manitoba, and | |||
then relocated to B.C. in 1942. Agnes trained | |||
as a nurse and ended her career as a Licensed | |||
Practical Nurse in Abbotsford. She married John | |||
Friesen on her birthday in 1983. The couple | |||
lived in Abbotsford until John's death Nov. 2, | |||
2001. John had been in Menno Hospital due to | |||
a series of strokes, and Agnes moved to Menno | |||
Terrace so she could visit him daily and assist | |||
with his meals. She is mourned by step-daugh- | |||
ter Lidia Tchourilov and her husband, their | |||
children and grandchildren; step-son Hein- | |||
rich Wallmann and his wife, their children and | |||
grandchildren; 1 brother; 1 sister-in-law. The | |||
memorial service was Apr. 21 at Clearbrook MB | |||
Church, Abbotsford. | |||
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Revision as of 15:57, 12 February 2024
"Mennonite Brethren Herald" obituary: 2006 Jun 30 p. 17
Birth date: 1920 Sep 3
text of obituary:
AGNES ADINA FRIESEN
agnes Adina Friesen died suddenly Apr. 15. She was born Sept. 3, 1920 in Zagradovka, Ukraine to Abram and Anna Wiens. The family immigrated to Canada in 1925. They settled first in Ham- burg, Ont., moved to a farm in Manitoba, and then relocated to B.C. in 1942. Agnes trained as a nurse and ended her career as a Licensed Practical Nurse in Abbotsford. She married John Friesen on her birthday in 1983. The couple lived in Abbotsford until John's death Nov. 2, 2001. John had been in Menno Hospital due to a series of strokes, and Agnes moved to Menno Terrace so she could visit him daily and assist with his meals. She is mourned by step-daugh- ter Lidia Tchourilov and her husband, their children and grandchildren; step-son Hein- rich Wallmann and his wife, their children and grandchildren; 1 brother; 1 sister-in-law. The memorial service was Apr. 21 at Clearbrook MB Church, Abbotsford.