Toews, Helena (1868-1967)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1967 Aug 17 p. 7

Birth date: 1868 Jun 19

text of obituary:

Mountain Lake's Oldest Resident, Native of Russia, Dies at Age 99

Mt. Lake, Minn. — Funeral services were held at the Bethesda Mennonite Church here Aug. 7 for Mrs. Helena Toews, a charter member of the church and this community's oldest resident. She died Aug. 4 at the age of 99 following a heart attack.

Born at Alexandertal, Russia, on June 19, 1868, she came to this community with her parents when 10 years old. Upon her baptism in 1888 she became a charter member of the Bethel Church. In the same year she was married to Jacob F. Toews, who died in 1935.

Since 1958 Mrs. Toews had resided at Eventide Home here. The large family of survivors includes one daughter, three sons, 21 grandchildren, 65 great-grandchildren, and seven great-great-grandchildren. A son, Rev. Rudolph Toews, is a pastor at Marion, S. D.