AGATHA PLENERT (LEHN)

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AGATHA PLENERT (nee LEHN) Peacefully on March 27, 2004 God called our mother, grandmother and great-grandmother home at Bethania Personal Care Home on her 99th birthday. Mom was born March 27, 1905 in Einlage, Southern Russia, the third child of Isaak and Anna (Heinrichs) Lehn. She came to Canada as a young woman of 18 and settled in Rosthern, SK. Here she worked for "Der Bote". A year later she moved to Hanley, SK to be with the rest of her family. On June 28, 1930 she married our dad, Henry Plenert. A short time later they moved to Rabbit Lake to homestead, but Mom was homesick so they moved back to Hanley a few years later. In November of 1947 they moved to Winnipeg. She loved to cook and bake for her family and she loved gardening. After the children left home, she did a lot of crocheting making doilies and afghans for all her family. In 1987, our dad passed away, they had been married for 56 and one half years. She lived in the family home until she was no longer able to look after herself. She lived at Oakview Place for one year and then moved to Bethania where she lived out her remaining years. Thanks to the staff at Bethania for the care you gave our mother. We appreciate all of you. Mom is survived by her daughters, Alice and John Wiens, Melita and Donald Higgins, Helen and Allan Pickering; and son Ted Plenert; grandchildren, Linda and Mike Arnaud, Marilyn and Glenn Friesen, Donald and Lynnette Wiens, Dorothy and Donald Tkachyk, John and Jennifer Wiens, Cathey and Bill Christensen, Peter and Kim Higgins, Donna Pickering, Susan and Dean Galloway; great-grandchildren, Jordan and Tyler Wiens, Lauren, Haley and Justina Wiens, Ryan and Carley Tkachyk, Carter and Max Wiens, Bradley Christensen, Sheldon and Matthew Higgins and Jasper Galloway; her brother Waldemar Lehn; sister-in-law Erna Lehn and many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her mother Anna Lehn; father Isaak Lehn; her husband Henry; sisters, Helen Epp, Melita Lehn; brothers, Theodore Lehn, Jacob Lehn and Peter Lehn. Funeral service will be held at The First Mennonite Church, Alverstone and Notre Dame Avenue, Winnipeg on Thursday, April 1 at 10:30 a.m. Viewing will be Wednesday, March 31 at 6:30 p.m. at Bethania Personal Care Home, 1045 Concordia Ave. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Bethania Personal Care Home, 1045 Concordia Ave., Winnipeg R2K 3S7, or charity of your choice. KLASSEN Funeral Chapel 1897 Henderson - North of McIvor - 338-0331

As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Mar 30, 2004