Ewert, Margaret Wiebe (1900-2000)

Mennonite Brethren Herald obituary: 2000 Dec 15 p. 29

Birth date: 1900 Aug 18

text of obituary:

MARGARET EWERT

Margaret Ewert of Abbotsford, B.C. passed away Oct. 6. She was born Aug. 18, 1900 to the Mr. and Mrs. Abram Wiebe in Waldeck, Memrik Colony, Ukraine, the fourth child in a family of 8 girls and 1 boy. In her youth, she put her faith in Christ and was baptized in the MB church. In 1920 she married David Ewert from Alexanderhof, Memrik. In 1926 they immigrated to Herbert, Sask. They worked for farmers for a year, then moved to Risor, Ont., where David worked in the lumber industry. After 2 years, they moved to Linden, Alta., then Grassy Lake, Alta. They then obtained a farm in Coaldale, Alta. She enjoyed farm life, participating in all aspects of it. Deeply devout, hardworking and jovial, she was always concerned about the welfare of her children. After 15 years on an irrigation farm, they moved to Chilliwack, B.C., where they bouqht a dairy farm. Eventually, they moved to Clearbrook, B.C They moved to a condo, then to Tabor Home, Abbotsford, in 1984. David died in 1989. She found this hard. Predeceased by David and son John in 1943, she is mourned by children David, Margaret Rempel, Abe, Elizabeth Brandt and Henry; 19 grandchildren and 39 great-grandchildren. The funeral was Oct. 19 in Clearbrook MB Church, with Peter J. Klassen, Jay Neufeld, David Ewert and Peter Dueck ministering.