Epp, Louise Poetker (1909-1991)

Mennonite Brethren Herald obituary: 1991 Sept 13 p. 27

Birth date: 1909 Jan 19

text of obituary:

LOUISE EPP

Louise Epp of Richmond, B.C. passed away July 23. She was born January 19, 1909 in Russia. In 1924 the family immigrated to Colonsay, Sask. Here Louise married Frank Epp July 5, 1931. In August of the same year she was baptized and received into Laird MB Church. Louise assumed her responsibility to her family with unstinting devotion. In the last decade of her life a debilitating illness slowly overcame her. In her last year she had to be placed into a n care facility and from there was transferred to Shaughnessy Hospital. She is mourned by husband Frank; children Reginald, David, Enid Metcalf and Robert; ten grandchildren; 3 step-grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren; five step-great-grandchildren; one brother and four sisters. The funeral was July 29 in Fraserview MB Church, with Herb Brandt and Jeff Wolfe ministering.