Janzen, Aron A. (1901-2000)

"Mennonite Brethren Herald" obituary: 2001 Feb 02 p. 28

Birth date: 1901 Sep 28

text of obituary:

ARON A. JANZEN

Aron A. Janzen passed away Dec. 14 in Lethbridge, Alta. He was born Sept. 28, 1901 to Aron and Maria Janzen in Alexanderfeld, Sagradowka, Ukraine. In 1923 he married Maria Steingart of Neu Halbstadt In 1926 they immigrated to Manitoba. He worked as a farm labourer. They then moved to Coaldale, where they bought 80 acres from the CPR. A cookhouse on wheels was their first home. They began potato farming and ran a successful small farm for 32 years. In 1931 he was baptized and joined Coaldale MB Church. He had a deep faith in the Lord and attended church as long as his health allowed. They moved to Coaldale in 1963, retiring and selling the farm in 1969. For years, he printed the church bulletins on a hand-operated Gestetner. A highlight was a weekly fishing trip with friends. He loved to travel including a trip to Russia with Maria and trips to Germany to visit relatives with daughter Mary at age 89 and 91. At 97, he visited his sisters in Abbotsford, B.C. After Maria was hospitalized, he moved into Sunny South Lodge, Lethbridge. Maria died in 1993. He had good health until suffering a broken hip in October 2000. Predeceased by Maria, infant daughter Gertrude, sons Henry and Aron, 1 brother and 3 sisters, he is mourned by daughters Mary Dueck of Coaldale and Elsie Thiessen of Calgary; 11 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; and 3 sisters. The funeral was Dec. 19 in Coaldale MB Church, with Lorne Willms and Rudy Heidebrecht ministering.