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Wiebe, Margaret Epp (1895-1953)

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1953 Apr 23 p. 9

Birth date: 1895 May 6

text of obituary:

MRS. EMIL WIEBE

Mrs. Margaret Wiebe was born to John and Anna Regier Epp on May 6, 1895, near Whitewater, Kansas. She received her elementary schooling in Brainerd. She attended the parochial school near the Emmaus Church for several winters, also Bethel College one ywar.

At 12 year sof age she lost her motehr in death.

On May 27, 1912, she confessed her Saviour in baptism and joined the Emmaus Mennonite church, of which she remained a faithful member throughout life. After the marriage of her older sister she helped her father assume responsibility in the household with her two brothers and five sisters. For many years she also devoted herself to the teaching of children's classes in the Sunday School, which she enjoyed very much.

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