Driediger, Anna Thiessen (1876-1970)

Mennonite Brethren Herald obituary: 1970 Aug 07 p. 27

Birth date: 1876 Oct 09

text of obituary:

ANNA DRIEDIGER

Mrs. Anna Driediger passed away at the Menno Private Hospital, Abbotsford, B.C. on July 4. She was the second of twelve children born to Wilhelm and Elizabeth (nee Kornelsen) Thiessen. She was born on October 9, 1876 in Alexanderfeld, in the Sagradewka settlement of southern Russia. From the early age of sixteen until her marriage at thirty she served as maid in the homes of various families.

At eighteen she took catechism instruction, was baptized by sprinkling and became a member of the Mennonite church. Four years later she came to Christ in repentance, accepted him as personal Saviour, and was baptized by immersion in the Mennonite Brethren Church.

In 1906 she married Kornelieus Driediger in the village of Rueckenau in the Molotschener Celeny. One year later they moved to Gnadenthal, and in 1908 settled in Omask, Siberia where they spent eighteen prospereus years. In 1926, due to political unrest, they gathered their family and emigrated to Canada. After a short stay in Ontario they moved to a farm at Oak Lake, Manitoba. In 1945, they moved to their last home near Sardis, B.C. where Mr. Driediger passed away on June 22, 1952.

Mrs. Driediger reached the age of 93, spending the last eighteen years as a, widow. She bore nine children; five daughters and four sens.

She was predeceased by her youngest two daughters, her eldest son and her husband.

To lovingly remember her, she leaves three sens and their wives, three daughters and their husbands, one daughter-in-law, twenty-nine grandchildren, and twenty-four great grandchildren.