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Elfrieda (Penner) Friesen, surrounded by many floral arrangements on her dining room table, is looking at the albums and cards received at their 50th anniversary. Elfrieda and Jacob were married 6 Jan 1953 in Siberia.

Grade 5 class with their teachers. Top Row (left to right) ; Heinrich Janzen, Jakob Raschkow, Peter Froese, Peter Janzen, Albert Harms.
Second row from the top (left to right) ; Johann Lepp, Harry Unger, Leonhard Lage, Jakob Wiebe, Peter Tilitzky, Peeter Froese, Elsa Klassen, Tina Dyck, Sara Peters. Third Row (left to right) ; Lena Peters, Tabea Stiller, Sara Janzen, Hilda Vogt, Maria Froese, Neta Martens, Frieda (Penner) Friesen, Tina Thiessen, Neta Klassen, Lena Wiebe, Maria Chripko. Fourth Row (left to right) : N. Bondarewa, Anna Dyck, N. Liesagubowa, Iwan Twanowitsch Schartner, Pawla Alexeewna, Viktor Demajanowitsch, Tina Funk, Erna Wiens. Seated (left to right) : Maxim Schekalow, Heinrich Janzen, Maitop Tanja, Irene Redekop, Abram Thiessen, Franz Wall.

A group of fifteen men in exile gathered outside in the forest. Front row sitting (left to right) : unknown, Johann Friesen (Schoenhorst), Jacob Friesen (Schoenhorst), Russian boss, unknown, unknown, unknown, Cornelius Sukkau (Schoenhorst). Back row : no identity submitted.

Abram and Katharina Harder Wieler family picture taken outdoors. Standing (left to right) : Cornelius Wieler, Catharina Wieler, Abraham Wieler. Sitting (left to right) : Helena (Wieler) Klassen, Katharina (Harder) Wieler, Baby Elizabeth (Wieler) Friesen , Peter Wieler, Abram Wieler and Aganetha Wieler. .

A portrait photograph of Abram and Katharina Redekopp Wieler of Gnadenthal, Russia. Abram was the oldest brother of Jacob Friesen's mother. He was a teacher and preacher in the Baratov villages.

Baptism of many at Tadzhikistan (Tajikistan? in an outside stream.Standing (left to right) : Rev. Abram Klassen from Rosenthal, Chortitza. Heinrich Zimmerman, Mrs. Zimmerman, Helena Schall were the actual candidates for Baptism. Unknown, Frieda Schall, Helena Epp, Abram Klassen, Bernhard Klassen - Senior Pastor, Aganetha Rauch, Arnold Rauch, Maria Klassen - Pastor's wife, Tina Epp with baby, Maria Klassen, Hertha Funk .....Braun. Sitting (left to right) ; Elfrieda (Penner) Friesen, Hetta Klassen, unknown, unknown, Elfrieda Friesen, .....Klassen, , ......Warkentin......Brown......unknown.

This was the last baptismal group of approximately 40 adults of the Mennonite churches from Schoenhorst/Neuendorf area with their preachers Johann Neufeld (Schoenhorst) and Johann Giesbrecht (Neuendorf).

A photograph of the Cornelius and Maria (Pankratz) Penner and family taken in front of large draped curtains, in either a school or church setting. Back row (left to right): Jacob Friesen holding Arthur Friesen, Rudy Friesen, Henry Friesen, Elfrieda (Friesen) Janzen and Laura Penner. Second row (left to right): Elfrieda (Penner) Friesen, Maria (Pankratz) Penner, Cornelius C. Penner, meeting his family after 28 years, Otto Heinz Penner and Eva Penner. First row (left to right): Erica (Friesen) Pankratz, Edward Friesen, Arthur Penner, Maria (Friesen) Amstutz and Adeline Penner.

Cornelius C. Penner (father of Elfrieda Penner Friesen) pleading with Premier Nikita Khrushchev for his family to leave Russia.

Elfrieda (Friesen) Penner standing in the gardens of Cedar Springs, Lynden, WA.

Elfrieda (Penner) Friesen standing beside a display of flowers beside a building.

Elfieda's childhood home. According to GRANDMA she was born in Schoeneberg, Chortitza, South Russia