Sarah was born to her
parents Henry and Elizabeth Martens (nee Doerksen) at Eichenfeld, southwest of
Winkler, near the Pembina Hills on June 12th, in the year 1919.Sarah Martens
1919 - 2002
Sarah was born to her
parents Henry and Elizabeth Martens (nee Doerksen) at Eichenfeld, southwest of
Winkler, near the Pembina Hills on June 12th, in the year 1919.
Upon the confession of faith that Jesus Christ was her personal Saviour and Redeemer for her undying God, she was baptized by Bishop Peter Toews and received as a member of the Sommerfeld Mennonite Church on June 5, 1941.
Sarah lived with her mother in Winkler. She did some domestic work outside the home for some years, as well as doing house and yard work at home. When her mother's health was failing due to strokes, Aunt Sarah took care of her till her passing on March 4, 1968. This was extremely difficult on Aunt Sarah and found it very hard to adjust and became quite depressed.
In 1975, she moved to the Gretna Units, and after a year moved to Maple Drive Manor (Units) in Plum Coulee. Aunt Sarah enjoyed it there, and had a good friendship with the other residents, playing games with them etc. For a number of years, she daily walked to the post office, delivering and picking up the mail for the residents and then distributing it when she got back.
In October, 1997, Sarah had triple by-pass heart surgery and had a very good recovery. She was moved to the Red River Valley Lodge Personal Care Home in Morris in October, 2000. On Monday, November 11, Sarah had several mini strokes. It paralyzed her left side and her speech was quite impaired. The Lord called her home on Saturday, December 7, 2002 at 3:10 p.m. She reached the age of 83 years, 5 months, and 25 days.
Sarah was predeceased by her parents; Henry and Elizabeth Martens; two brothers; Isaac J. Penner, and John Martens in 1985, two sisters; Elizabeth Peters in 1993, and sister Mary Martens in 1995.
She leaves to mourn her passing one sister-in-law; Clara Martens of Winnipeg, 5 nieces, 1 nephew and their families.
Funeral service was held Wednesday December 11, 2002, 2:00pm at Winkler Sommerfeld Mennonite Church, Rev. Henry P. Dueck and Rev. Dick Penner officiating. Interment followed at the Winkler Cemetery. Donations may be made to the Heart & Stroke Foundation of Manitoba.
Wiebe Funeral Home Winkler in care of arrangements.
Card of Thanks:
We, the family, wish to express our sincere thanks to our relatives, friends and neighbors for the prayers, cards, phone calls, visits, donations and many acts of kindness shown us in our time of bereavement.
A special thank-you to Rev. Henry P. Dueck and Rev. Dick Penner for visiting Aunt Sarah, also for your comforting words. Thanks to the pallbearers, ushers, ladies group, the organist and song leaders, and all who prayed for her and us during the time of her illness.
We especially thank Maria Dueck (Palliative Care) for the compassionate love and caring visits to Aunt Sarah. Also, heartfelt thanks to Cornie and Mary Dueck for the great support by coming to sit with us on Saturday, the day Aunt Sarah passed away. We feel we can't thank you enough for it.
Thanks and our appreciation to the Red River Valley Lodge Personal Care Home for the wonderful care and concern you gave Aunt Sarah, and especially for doing your utmost in making her comfortable during the time she was bedridden. Thanks also for the many kindnesses and understanding to Cornie and myself. We don't know how to thank you enough!
Thanks also to Wiebe Funeral Home for their kindness and courtesy shown us and to all those who helped us in any other way.
May God bless and reward you all!
-The Family