Mennonite
Historical
Society

of Alberta

Rempfer, Marie

Accession 2004.021

Title and Physical Description

Marie Rempfer fonds. – 2001. – 0.5 cm of textual records

Administrative/Biographical History

Marie Martens , 1925-    , was born in Armavir, Kuban, Russia, and was brought to Canada as an infant by her parents, Franz Johann Martens and the former Cornelia Koop. The family lived at Hussar, Millerfield, and East Coulee in Alberta before moving on to Three Hills in 1933. Marie was the eldest of eleven children. In 1944 or 1945 she married Richard Henry “Dick” Rempfer, and they raised a family of four girls – Sherrell, Sandy, Ellen, and Marilee. Dick died in 1977, and Marie eventually moved to a retirement home in Three Hills. She was a member of the Bethel Evangelical Missionary Church there.

Scope & Content

The fonds consists of Marie Rempfer’s autobiographical essay.

Source of Acquisition

Gift by Marie Rempfer, 2004

Notes

Accession 2004.021

Last updated June 2023 – Jim Bowman and Ted Regehr