Sarah Wiens died Nov. 1, 2009 due to complications following a car accident. She was born Dec. 21, 1920 in Pleshanovo, Neu Samara, Russia to Henry and Sara Balzer. In …
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Helen Bergmann died Oct. 20, 2009. She was born Aug. 10, 1927 to Jacob and Lydia Reimer. Two traumatic events marked her early years: the accidental death of her 5-year-old …
Susie Unrau died Oct. 31, 2009. She was born Feb. 14, 1919 in Gnadenheim, Russia to Peter and Anna Ratzlaff. The family immigrated to Canada in 1926. Susie was baptized …
Herman E. Wilms died Sept. 12, 2009. He was born Mar. 19, 1926 in Russia to Edward and Elizabeth Wilms. Together with his family, he arrived in Winnipeg in 1930. …
Wilma Thiessen died Oct. 1, 2009. She was born Oct. 6, 1931 in Herbert, Sask. to Jacob H. and Sarah Thiessen. She was baptized at Greenfarm MB Church in 1946. …
John Warkentin died Feb. 3, 2009. He was born Feb. 15, 1952 in Curitiba, Brazil to Abram and Aganetha Warkentin. He immigrated with his family to Manitoba in 1961, eventually …
Diane Elizabeth Bonneville died Aug. 29, 2009 after a hard battle with cancer. She was born May 7, 1939 in Belleville, Ont. to Herbert and Stella Burley. She was baptized …
Tina Reimer died Mar. 19, 2009 at 96. She was born Sept. 24, 1912 in Kleefeld, Russia to Frank and Katherine Dyck Wiens. In 1924, her family immigrated to Canada, …
Anne Schroeder died Nov. 27, 2008. She was born Jan. 31, 1924 in Blumenort, Sagradovka, Russia to Jacob and Anna Martens. Increasing lawlessness following the Russian Revolution forced her family …
Martha Peters died June 1, 2009. She was born Jan. 21, 1922 in Waldheim, Russia to David and Katharina Goertzen. In 1925, the family left Russia and immigrated to Mexico. …
Katie Wall died June 16, 2009 at 99. She was born Feb. 22, 1910 in Samara, Russia to Jacob and Amalia Isaak. In 1925, she came to Borden, Sask., with …
Helen Loewen died May 24, 2009. She was born Aug. 10, 1922 in Rueckenau, Ukraine to William and Helena Reimer. The family immigrated to Canada in 1924, to Kitchener, Ont., …
Cornelius Thiessen died in 2009 at 96. He was born Mar. 15, 1913 in the Samara District of Russia to Jacob and Helena Thiessen. His mother led him to the …
Justina (Wiens) Siemens died July 3, 2009 at 98. She was born Oct. 24, 1910 in Samara, Russia, and the next year her parents moved to Siberia. In 1928, Justina …