Cremation has taken place. A private family ash interment will take place at the Grace Lutheran Church Cemetery in Ashern.
It is with heavy hearts we announce the passing of our mom. Esther was the second youngest and passed the second last of 14 children. Esther married Arthur Townsend on December 10, 1953. The couple raised three daughters in Winnipeg, MB.
Esther leaves to mourn her three daughters, Debbie (Russ), Cindy (Steve) and Renee, grandchildren, Cory, Chad (Janyne), Amy (Derrick), Jen (Jeff), Kayla (Brian), Kari (Matthew) and Connor, great grandchildren, Quaid, Tory, Jade, Haleigh, Georgia, Kemery, Colt and Max, sister, Elsie and sisters-in-law, Joyce and Helen and countless nieces and nephews. Esther was predeceased by her husband of 27 years, Arthur, mother and father, Ernestina and August, son-in-law, Tony, grandsons, Blaine and Burke, brothers, Fred, August, Arthur, Willie and Charlie, sisters, Helen, Tillie, Ida, Martha, Annie, Alma and Olga, sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law.
The family would like to extend their thanks to the staff at Boundary Trails Health Centre in Winkler for the loving care they showed our Mom and Nana. As per mom’s wishes, she was cremated and a private family ash interment in Ashern will take place at a later date.
Wiebe Funeral Chapel, Morden
It is with heavy hearts we announce the passing of our mom. Esther was the second youngest and passed the second last of 14 children. Esther married Arthur Townsend on December 10, 1953. The couple raised three daughters in Winnipeg, MB.
Esther leaves to mourn her three daughters, Debbie (Russ), Cindy (Steve) and Renee, grandchildren, Cory, Chad (Janyne), Amy (Derrick), Jen (Jeff), Kayla (Brian), Kari (Matthew) and Connor, great grandchildren, Quaid, Tory, Jade, Haleigh, Georgia, Kemery, Colt and Max, sister, Elsie and sisters-in-law, Joyce and Helen and countless nieces and nephews. Esther was predeceased by her husband of 27 years, Arthur, mother and father, Ernestina and August, son-in-law, Tony, grandsons, Blaine and Burke, brothers, Fred, August, Arthur, Willie and Charlie, sisters, Helen, Tillie, Ida, Martha, Annie, Alma and Olga, sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law.
The family would like to extend their thanks to the staff at Boundary Trails Health Centre in Winkler for the loving care they showed our Mom and Nana. As per mom’s wishes, she was cremated and a private family ash interment in Ashern will take place at a later date.
Wiebe Funeral Chapel, Morden