Harms, Tina Wiebe (1919-2001)

"Mennonite Brethren Herald" obituary: 2002 Mar 8 p. 24

Birth date: 1919 Sep 13

text of obituary:

TINA HARMS

Tina Harms of Winnipeg passed away Dec. 6. She was born Sept. 13, 1919, the only child of johann and Maria Wiebe in Sagradowka, Ukraine. She lost her father 3 months later. Her mother married Peter Wiebe, a widower with 2 children. He was killed by the communists. ln 1938 Tina married Albert Harms; they had 3 children. During World War II, they fled to east Prussia, then Berlin. Here she committed her life to Christ, was baptized by Wilhelm Loewen in 1946 and joined the MB church. They immigrated t o Paraguay in 1947 and then came to Winnipeg in 1958. She worked at Concordia Hospital for 25 years, retiring in 1983. She worshipped at South End MB, then Portage Ave. MB Church. She was a loving, praying mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She is mourned by daughters Waldina Neufeld and Charlotte Liebig and son john, all of Winnipeg; 6 grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren; and 2 sisters. The funeral was Dec. lO in Portage Ave. MB Church, with Claude Pratte and Abe Neufeld ministering.