Adrian, Elizabeth Schmidt (1887-1967)

Mennonite Brethren Herald obituary: 1967 Sep 08 p. 19

Birth date: 1887 Jan 01

text of obituary:

MRS. ELIZABETH ADRIAN

Mrs. Elizabeth Adrian, 81, passed into the presence of the Lord on July 3 after a lengthy illness. She was born January 1, 1887, at Freeman, South Dakota, to Mr. and Mrs. David P. SchmIdt. As a young girl she accepted Christ as her personal Saviour and in 1904 she was baptized and accepted into the Silver Lake Mennonite Brethren Church at Silver Lake, S.D. On December 15, 1904, she married Cornelius Adrian and with him she migrated in 1910 to Ernfold, Sask., where they homesteaded. In 1918 her husband and a son Peter predeceased her, both within one month, and so together with three daughters and two sons she was left to maintain her farm. With sincere Christian responsibility and determination she attended church regularly with her family. She was also a great woman of prayer, often her family overheard her at private prayer, and she consistently observed family altar. It was her joy to witness the salvation of each of her children.

When her family was grown up and married she returned to South Dakota to marry Isaac Adrian in 1940. Her second husband predeceased her in 1949. She moved to the Abbotsford area thereafter, where she has since remained. The funeral was in the Church of the Nazarene, Abbotsford; a grandson Lloyd Priebe, was in charge of the service. Ministering at the funeral were Rev. A. B. Patterson, Rev. H. G. Thielman and Rev. W. Buller.

She is survived by three daughters Mrs. Peter(Esther)Funk, Abbotsford; Mrs. Harry (Clara) Priebe, North Vancouver; Mrs. Menno (Helen) Rempel Burbank, Calif.; and two sons, Elmer of Abbotsford and Rev. Jake of Penticton, B.C.