Stobbe, Mary (1920-2005)

"Mennonite Brethren Herald" obituary: 2005 Oct 14 p. 27

Birth date: 1920 Dec 10

text of obituary:

MARY STOBBE

Mary Stobbe died Aug . 4 at age 85. She was born in Russia and came to Canada with her family. She com- mitted her life to the Lord at 14 and was baptized the following year. She took nurses' training at Misericordia L....!.l!"-_-=-.U--'-' Hospital, Winnipeg 1945-48, worked at Winkler (Man.) Hospital the next year, then went to MB Bible College Winnipeg . She took post-graduate courses in obstetrics, gynaecology, surgery and in 1954 took tropical medicine and lab work courses at Prairie Bible Institute, Three Hills, Alta . In 1965-66 she took midwifery at the Universi- ty of Alberta, Edmonton. She felt called by the Lord for full-time mis sionary work while in nurses' training and spent the years 1955- 85 in Nigeria, West Africa under SIM . She taught religious education and health sci - ences at a Christian secondary school and was in Benin Republic from 1973-1979. She retired to Abbotsford in 1986, joining Sevenoaks Alliance Church. Her retirement was happy and busy, a "whoop-ti-do." The funeral was Aug. l0 in Sevenoaks Alliance Church.