Buxbaum, Luise (1900-1980)

Mennonite Brethren Herald obituary: 1980 Nov 07 p.32

Birth date: 1900 Jan 03

text of obituary:

LUISE BUXBAUM

(Mrs.) Luise Buxbaum of Komoka, Ont. passed away on September 23. She was born to Isbrandt and Maria (Bahnmann) Friesen on January 3, 1900 in Muntau, southern Russia. When she was eight her family moved to a new settlement in Siberia. In her early youth she gave her heart to the Saviour and ever since trusted him and served him with joy. Her family moved from place to place, and finally to the eastern city, Blagoveschtensk. At age 19 she lost both her parents. Through minister Jakob Wiens, grandfather of Georgi Vins, she was taken into a Christian home. Otto Buxbaum, an Austrian prisoner of war, wrote her, came to see her, and they were married on July 4, 1920 by Jakob Wiens. They decided to find a way to Austria, and so took a ship from Shanghai, coming through the Red Sea to Venice, and from there by train to Austria. In Austria and Germany, the family grew to ten children. During W.W. II, her husband and three sons were drafted into the army, but after the war the family managed to get together again. They immigrated to Kitchen- er, Onto in 1957. In 1967 they established a nursing home in Komoka - a childhood dream come true for Luise. They moved to Komoka in 1970 and her husband passed away a year later. She was always open to visits from nursing home residents and to prayer and Bible meetings at the Komok Community Church. She was predeceased by daughter Elizabeth in 1940. She is survived by nine children: Maria Massny of Komoka, Friedrich of Austria, Otto and Gottlieb of Florida, Isbrandt of B.C., Esther Aerne of Switzerland. Lydia Kaufmann of Tilbury, Ont., Hilde Gottschling of Amherstburg, Onto and Helmuth of Komoka; two sisters, 31 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.