Kern County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Wiens , Emma  June 16, 2005
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The Bakersfield Californian 
Wiens, Emma     
1907 - 2005 
 
Emma Wiens 
8/20/1907 - 6/16/2005 

Funeral services will be conducted for Emma Wiens, age 97, on Saturday, June 
25, 2005, at Shafter Mennonite Brethren Church, at 10 a.m. Pastor Dennis Fast 
of the Reedley Mennonite Brethren Church will officiate at the service. 
Interment will follow at Shafter Memorial Park. Emma, beloved wife, mother, 
grandmother, and great-grandmother passed away on Thursday, June 16, 2005. She 
was born on August 20, 1907, in Buhler, Kansas. She and her husband, John 
moved to Shafter, California in 1944, where they farmed until 1990. In 1990, 
Emma and John moved to a retirement community in Reedley, CA. In November, 
2003, Emma moved to El Cajon, CA to be near her daughter, son-in-law and 
granddaughter and family. Emma was loved by all who knew her. She had amazing 
artistic talents. Emma loved the Lord and chose to serve him all of her days. 
She was an active church member in her younger years, and she continued to be 
an encourager and help to others until she went home to be with the Lord. Emma 
is survived by her daughter, and son-in-law, Barbara and Wilbur Nikkel of El 
Cajon; grandson, Mark and wife, Julie Nikkel and great-grandson, Maxwell 
Nikkel of Chicago, IL, and granddaughter, Lori and husband, Jeffery Hurtik and 
great-grandchildren, Nicole and Jonathan Hurtik of La Mesa, CA. Remembrances 
may be made to the Shafter Mennonite Brethren Church in Shafter, CA, the 
Reedley Mennonite Brethren Church or the Palm Village Retirement Community in 
Reedley, CA. Visitation begins today, Friday, June 24, from 2-8 p.m., at 
Peters Funeral Home, in Shafter. 

Peters Funeral Home-Shafter 
Legacy.com

Published in the Bakersfield Californian on 6/24/2005.  


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