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Wilhelmina Lena “Minnie” Braun

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Birth	:	19 Nov 1913 Swalwell, Strathmore Census Division, Alberta, Canada
Death	:	20 Mar 2015 Manitoba, Canada
Burial	:	Church of God in Christ Mennonite Cemetery, Sinclair, Virden Census Division, Canada
Coordinate	:	49.6284100, -101.3023350
Description	:	Bio courtesy of Jcarter #48847489 March 27, 2017 Obit from the "Messenger of Truth" Wilhelmina Lena Braun was born to Peter and Lena Friesen Braun on November 19, 1913, at Swalwell, Alberta. She passed away peacefully at the Willowview Personal Care Home in Reston, Manitoba, on March 20, 2015. In 1919, the family moved to Grunthal, Manitoba. She lived at home with her parents, helping to look after her five brothers and three sisters, until she was 23 years old. In 1937, she began working in Winnipeg as house help until 1943, when she became a receptionist at Victoria Hospital.... Read More	Bio courtesy of Jcarter #48847489 March 27, 2017 Obit from the "Messenger of Truth" Wilhelmina Lena Braun was born to Peter and Lena Friesen Braun on November 19, 1913, at Swalwell, Alberta. She passed away peacefully at the Willowview Personal Care Home in Reston, Manitoba, on March 20, 2015. In 1919, the family moved to Grunthal, Manitoba. She lived at home with her parents, helping to look after her five brothers and three sisters, until she was 23 years old. In 1937, she began working in Winnipeg as house help until 1943, when she became a receptionist at Victoria Hospital. She went to New Jersey in 1946, to work as secretary for a Latin American Mission. From 1960 to 1984, she worked in the office of the D M Stearns Missionary Fund. In 1984, she returned to Canada, taking up residence in Reston, Manitoba, to be closer to her aging mother and a number of her siblings. She was converted and baptized in 1942 by Reverend Aikenhead at the Canadian Sunday School Mission Camp in Gimli, Manitoba. Through the years, she was the glue that held the family together with telephone calls, cards and letters. She always made us feel that she loved each one specially, and we loved her and appreciated all that she did for us. Aunt Minnie, as most of us knew her, traveled extensively overseas. She also traveled in North America and made many trips back and forth from her home in New Jersey of Pennsylvania to visit family members in British Columbia, Alberta and Manitoba. Surviving are her sisters, Nellie and Edward Isaac of Sinclair, Manitoba, Lydia Thiessen of Edberg, Alberta, and Ruby and Jac Thiessen of Abbotsford, British Columbia; sisters-in-law Jessie Braun of Steinbach, Manitoba, Leona Braun of Sinclair, Manitoba, and Phyllis Braun of Grimshaw, Alberta; and a host of relatives. She was preceded in death by her parents, five brothers, a sister in infancy, one brother-in-law and two sisters-in-law. Services from the Church of God in Christ, Mennonite at Sinclair with Darcy Isaac, Ralph Wiebe and Gerry Thiessen officiating.

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Wilhelmina Lena “Minnie” Braun's memorial is located at: Church of God in Christ Mennonite Cemetery, Sinclair, Virden Census Division, Canada.
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Wilhelmina Lena “Minnie” Braun death on 20 Mar 2015 in Manitoba, Canada
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Latitude: 49.6284100
Longitude: -101.3023350

Family Members:

Parent

Peter A Braun

(1890 - 1971)

Minnie Lena Friesen Braun

(1893 - 1991)

Siblings

Walter F. Braun

(1918 - 2013)

Cornelia Eva “Nellie” Braun Isaac

(1923 - 2017)

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