ERIKA PENNER -

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ERIKA PENNER 1908 - 2003 In loving memory of Erika Penner, aged 95 years, who died on Monday, December 8, 2003 at the Dryden Regional Health Center. Erika Heinrichs is survived by her husband Alfred T. Penner, originally from Steinbach, MB, to whom she was married for 71 years; by her four children, Gordon (Dorothy) Vermilion Bay, Jim (Janet) Trochu, Alberta, Elizabeth (Andy) Roy, St. Catherines, ON and Nancy (David) Holcroft, Nashville, TN; by eight grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren; and her twin sister Katie Fast. Erika was predeceased by her parents, Isaac and Suzanna Heinrichs; a baby son Johnny; brothers, Isaac, Abram and Ernest; sisters, Helen, Mary Weiler and Suzanna Morris. Funeral services for Erika Penner will be held Monday, December 15 at 1:00 p.m. in the Upper Falls Baptist Church, Vermilion Bay, ON with Dr. Bill Eichhorst and Paster Wayne Toews officiating. Interment will follow in the Upper Falls Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation will take place in the church on Monday from noon until time of service. Should friends desire donations to the Gideon Bible Society or a charity of ones choice may be made through the Stevens Funeral Homes "Moffat Chapel", 50 Albert St., or by mail at P.O. Box 412, Dryden, ON P8N 2Z1. "What a friend we have in Jesus."

As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Dec 13, 2003