Muller, Olga Schmidt (1906-1973)

Mennonite Brethren Herald obituary: 1974 Jan 11 p. 30

Birth date: 1906 Oct 22

text of obituary:

OLGA MULLER

On November 28 the Lord took to himself a loving wife and mother of nine children Mrs. Olga Muller of Abbotsford, B.C., after a brief illness.

Olga was born on October 22, 1906 at the Terek in Russia, the third child of Christian and Katharine Schmidt. She spent her youth there. It was also there that she lost her father and oldest sister because of typhoid fever and three others of the family through starvation.

The family fled to the Kuban area of Russia. Here she accepted the Lord as her personal Saviour, basing her faith on Isaiah 43:1 in particular, "Fear not, I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name, thou art mine." She kept this assurance that she was a child of God to the end of her life.

In the Kuban she was also married to Henry H. Muller. Shortly thereafter they came to Canada. For 45 years they were permitted to share their joy and sorrows. She had a pleasant, honest and loving disposition, which helped her to gain many friends.

Her own family was her first concern and obligation. She was in a true sense the mother and sunshine in the family. She tried to lead the children to the Lord in their early years, and practised the reading of God's Word and prayer.

She leaves to mourn her husband, Henry; two sons, Bruno and Henry; seven daughters: Rita Radzikowski, Erna Gobbett, Olga Friesen, Kathy Hintz, Eva Dueck, Doris Friesen, Maggie Wiens; 27 grandchildren; a sister-in-law, Erna Maier; and relatives in Russia, Germany and the United States, as well as many friends.