Toews, Gertrude Peters (1891-1980)

Mennonite Brethren Herald obituary: 1980 Sept 12 p. 29

Birth date: 1891 May 21

text of obituary:

GERTRUDE TOEWS

(Mrs.) Gertrude Toews of Abbotsford, B.C. passed away on July 24. She was born on May 21, 1891 to Abram and Gertrude Peters in Reinfeld, Sagradofka, Russia. During the typhoid epidemic her parents died on the same day. As a young adult she accepted Christ as her Saviour. In 1924 she was baptized into the Allianz Church. In 1926 she immigrated to Canada with a Doerksen family, and moved to Yarrow, B.C. in 1927. She became a member of the Yarrow Mennonite Brethren Church when it started in 1929. She married Franz Peter Toews, a widower, in April 1937. Franz passed away in February 1978. She is survived by children and spouses: Corney and Annie of Beaverlodge, Alta., Jessie Lougheed of Grande Prairie, Alta., Frank and Nancy of Summerland, B.C., Emily and John Siemens of Port Moody, B.C., Helen and Peter Wolfe of Yarrow, Erna and Herbert Hamm of Chilliwack, B.C. and Frank and Kay of Edmonds, Washington; 20 grandchildren and 31 great-grandchildren. Her funeral was held July 28 in the Yarrow MB Church, with pastor A.L. Klassen officiating.