Dorn, Anna Wiens Baergen (1905-2004)

"Mennonite Brethren Herald" obituary: 2004 Sep 24 p. 25

Birth date: 1905 Jan 20

text of obituary:

ANNA WIENS DORN

Anna Wiens Dorn died july 16 . She was born jan. 20, 1905 in Land - skrone, South Russia to Gerhard and Mar- garetha Baergen. Her mother died when Anna was 7. She com- mitted her life to the Lord at 12 and was lat- er baptized. The family migrated to Chinook/Sedalia, Alta. in 1926. e married David Wiens Apr. 15, 1928. They ~d in East Coulee, Munson and Gem, Alta. e loved caring for her family and often sang lile she worked. They retired to Three Hills,

a. in 1969. David died in 1971. She married

ob Dorn in 1977 and moved to Coaldale,

a. He died in 1996. She moved to Sunny

uth Lodge and then to Didsbury (Alta.) ng-term Care. She was cheerful and posi- e, graciously accepting change. She loved usic, poetry and art and nature. She en - ,uraged others and enjoyed grandchildren's iits and sharing in their lives . She knit for !r family. She read her Bible through many nes and was faithful in prayer. Predeceased , husbands David and jacob, son john in )04, 3 grandchildren, 2 sisters, 6 brothers, 7 >Iings in infancy, she is mourned by daugh- rs Anne Doerksen, Gem; Mary Harder, Tum- er Ridge, B.C.; Margaret Siemens, Olds, ta .; Thelma Dirks, Hepburn, Sask .; Karen Ihl, Three Hills, Alta.; sons George, Kelowna, c.; David, Duchess, Alta.; 47 grandchildren; • great-grandchildren; 2 sisters; 2 brothers. Ie funeral was july 21 in Bethel Evangelical lission Church, Three Hills .