Warkentin, Catherine "Kaethe" Willmsen (1881-1959)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1959 Feb 12 p. 5

Birth date: 1881

text of obituary:

Native of Crimea Dies at Reedley

Reedley, Calif. — Funeral services were announced for 10:00 a.m. Feb. 7 at the First Mennonite Church here for Mrs. Catherine (Wilmsen) Warkentin, a native of the Crimea in Russia and a resident here since 1928. She died at Reedley hospital on Feb. 3 at the age of 77.

Mrs. Warkentin's long and eventful life began at Hillstadt in the Crimea. She married Isaac J. Warkentin in 1905 and they later had a large ranch near Omsk, Siberia.

During the revolution Mr. Warkentin had to flee the country and the youngest of four children died. Mrs. Warkentin and three children emigrated to Durango, Mexico in 1925, coming here three years later.

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1959 Feb 19 p. 8