Harms, Elizabeth Jantzen Enns (1897-1980)

Mennonite Brethren Herald obituary: 1980 Dec 05 p. 30

Birth date: 1897 July 16

text of obituary:

ELIZABETH JANTZEN HARMS

(Mrs.) Elizabeth Jantzen Harms of Clear- brook, B.C. passed away on September 30, 19BO . She was born on July 16, 1B97 to Johann and Katherine (Friesen) Enns in Blumenhof, Russia. In 1909 the family mov- ed to Neu-Halbstadt, Sagradowka . In 191B she was baptized into the Allianz Mennonite Church. She married Peter Aron Jantzen on February 3, 1919 in Neu-Halbstadt. In 1926 he couple immigrat ed to Canada, work ed first at Harris and Oxbow, Sask., then moved to Yarrow, B.C. in 1929. They joined the newly formed Yarrow MB Church. In 1959 her husband died. A year and a half later she married John C. Harms of Dinuba, CA. When her second husband passed away in 1970, she moved to Clearbrook. The funeral was held October 4 in the Clearbrook MB Church with pastor John G. Baerg officiating. She is survived by children and spouses: Nettie and Henry Hildebrand, Katie and George Doerksen , Peter and Erna Jantzen, Betty and Abe Loewen, Jack and Hazel Jantzen, and Ervin Jantzen; 20 grandchildren, 22 great-grand-children, four brothers, three sisters, three step sons, two step daughters and their children.