Klassen, Katharina Janzen (1895-1978)

Mennonite Brethren Herald obituary: 1978 Oct 13 p. 31

Birth date: 1898 Sept 06

text of obituary:

MRS. JUSTINA TOEWS

(Mrs.) Katharina Klassen of Clearbrook, B.C., was called home on September 20. She was born to Cornelius and Elizabeth (Thiessen) Janzen on July 7, 1895 in the Condrajewka Bachmutter district of Russia. The family moved to Woronesch in 1908 and to the Tambow district in 1912, where Katharina accepted the Lord Jesus as her Saviour and was baptized. The family moved to Canada n 1926, and in 1928 Katharina was married o a widower, Aron Klassen. The Lord gave he couple four children in addition to his previous four. Mr. Klassen died in 1962. Mrs . Klassen moved to the Tabor Home in Clearbrook in 1966.