Toews, Aganaetha Neufeld (1893-1972)

Mennonite Brethren Herald obituary: 1972 Dec 15 p. 31

Birth date: 1893 Jul 25

text of obituary:

AGANETHA TOEWS

Mrs. Aganetha To ews was born in 1893 in Nikolaiewka, S. Russia. In 1911 she was baptized upo n her confession o·f faith and becam e a member of the Mennonite Brethren ·Church. Sh e was married to Julius To ews in 1913. Of the eight children given th em, three died in infancy. In 1929 they travelled to Paraguay via Germany, wh ere a son died so they came to Paraguay in 1930 with four children. In those difficult yea rs another daughter w as born to them. For 27 years they experienced hardships but also blessed fellowship in Paraguay. In 1957 they came to Canada with a son and a daughter to make a new beginning. They settled in Virgil , where, thanks to God's help and good health, th ey w ere soon able to purchase a home. Sister Toews became ill in 1966. Three yea rs ago cancer also set in so that she o·ften had to be hospitalized. Just prior to her death she contracted pneumonia. She went to be with the Lord on Oct . 22 at the age of 79 years. She leaves to mourn her husband; ·two so ns, three daughters, 27 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held in the Virgil MB Church with Rev . John G . Baerg officiating.