Sawatzky, Leni Enns (1944-1999)

Mennonite Brethren Herald obituary: 2000 Mar 3 p. 28

Birth date: 1944 Mar 31

text of obituary:

LENI SAWATZKY

Leni Sawatzky of St. Catharines, Ont. passed away Jan. 7. She was born Mar. 31 , 1944 to Peter and Helene Enns in Filadelfia, Paraguay. Her mother died the same day. She was cared for for a time by Peter and Greta Unruh, but returned home when her father married Liese Neufeld, She went to school in Rosenort No. 10. Through an evangelistic crusade, she accepted Christ. She was baptized Dee. 3, 1961 and joined the Mennonite Church. She married Reinhold Sawatzky Oct. 2, 1965. In 1974 they moved to Canada. She worked on a farm for 8 years, taking her children along. She later worked in the kitchen at Tabor Manor. In 1987 breast cancer was found. After 3 months of radiation treatment, she resumed work. In December 1995 brain and lung cancer were found. By April, she be came helpless. Reading Ps. 37:4, she and Reinhold prayed that she could walk. By June she could walk and go to church again. She resumed household duties, quilted many blankets, crocheted and knitted. She wished to live long enough to see one grandchild. In August 1999, cancer was found in her liver and knee. She is mourned by Reinhold; children Erhard, Holdine Siemens and Lorene Mandau, all of St. Catharines; and 3 grandchildren. The funeral was Jan. 11 in Scott St. MB Church, St. Catharines, with Rudie Willms and Vic Loewen ministering.