The 43rd Leamington Mennonite Community Festival June 1, 2013, 8 am – 1 pm ** Quilt Auction begins at 10:30 am ** ** Silent Auction ends at noon ** At UMEI (614 Mersea Road 6, Leamington) The Leamington Mennonite Community Festival is an event that brings people together to celebrate community while raising funds […]
Heinrich and Helene’s Wedding
When my parents Heinrich Neufeld and Helene Winter decided to get married, the church in Neuenburg, Ukraine had been closed by the communist government and not a preacher was left in the village. Heinrich’s brother Johann and sister-in-law Maria were the last couple able to get married a few weeks earlier in nearby Chortitza.
The Memoirs of Annie Mathies Krause
Author: Annie Mathies Krause Note: the writer was born February 25, 1923 in Alexanderkrone, Molotschna, USSR. Annie died June 02, 1998 in Leamington, Ontario, Canada. Annie and Heinrich Wilhelm Krause were married April 18, 1942, at the Mennonite Church on Oak Street, Leamington. Annie’s siblings are Margaret Toews, Louise Ross, William 1925-1972, Harry 1931-1956, and […]
