Born, Katie Heinrichs (1921-2002)

"Mennonite Brethren Herald" obituary: 2002 May 31 p. 23

Birth date: 1921 Jul 29

text of obituary:

KATIE BORN

Katie Born of Winnipeg passed away Feb. 21. She was born July 29, 1921 to Kornelius and Elizabeth Heinrichs in Franzfeld, Ukraine. Her father was taken by the communists Dec. 27, 1937 and never seen again. His last words to her were "Seek first the riches of God and it will go well with you." She married Kornelius Wiebe Oct. 15, 1940. He was conscripted into the Russian army May 4,1941; he died of appendicitis in April 1942 while in German captivity. In October 1943 she fled to Poland. She worked in a coal mine office in Upper Silesia. In 1944 she was sent back to Litzmannstadt, Poland. In 1945 she was taken to a prison work camp. She was reunited with her mother in Gronau May 17, 1949. They came to Canada, arriving in Winkler, Man. in November 1949. In July 1950 she was baptized and joined Winkler MB Church. She worked as a housekeeper for a year, in an orchard in Ontario for 6 months, as a housekeeper in Winkler for 2 years and as assistant cook at Winkler Bible School for 6 months. In June 1953 she found work in a Christian home in Winnipeg where she learned English . She married Gerhard Born Oct. 17, 1959. She cleaned homes in Winnipeg. With the ladies' group at Elmwood MB Church she made quilts and relief packages for those in need. She was a Sunday school teacher and Pioneer Girls leader. After she quit being a guide, she was a "pal" in the program for many years. In 1966, when her stepfather died, her mother moved in with them. She enjoyed all kinds of crafts-taught liquid embroidery, did decoupage, knitted, sewed, crocheted and refinished furniture. She was a craft teacher at Lions Manor and later became a health care aid in the evening for 12 years, retiring at 65 . She enjoyed being a grandmother and loved gardening and yard work. They invited many people to their home and visited others. She was diagnosed with cancer in August 2001. They moved to an apartment in November. Predeceased by Kornelius, 3 sisters and 9 brothers, she is mourned by Gerhard; daughters Carolyn Friesen and Lena Kublick; and 5 grandchildren.