Sawatzky, Ida Edith Penner (1875-1970)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1970 Feb 5 p. 9

Birth date: 1875

text of obituary:

Pioneer in Western Oklahoma Area Dies

Corn, Okla. — Mrs. Ida Edith Sawatzky, one of the pioneers in this western Oklahoma region, died Jan. 14 at a Weatherford nursing home at the age of 94.

Mrs. Sawatzky, the former Ida Edith Penner, was born in Landskrone, South Russia, in 1875. When she was four years of age the family came to America and settled at Hampton, Neb. She came to Oklahoma as a young girl, and in 1899 was married to Abraham Sawatzky in Enid. They moved to a farm southwest of Weatherford which continued to be her home until 1956 when she moved to Weatherford. Her husband died in 1930.

The funeral was held Jan. 17 at the Corn M. B. Church, with Rev. Albert Epp and Rev. John Block of Weatherford officiating.