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Catherine Naomi "Naomi" Collier
1903 - 2001 (98 years)-
Name Catherine Naomi "Naomi" Collier Born 27 Feb 1903 , Missouri, USA 
[1] Gender Female Name Catherine Naomi "Naomi" Martin Name Naomi Collier Eby ID Number Waterloo-182746 Died Sep 2001 Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [1] Buried Erb Street Mennonite Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [1] Person ID I182746 Generations Last Modified 25 Apr 2024
Family Bishop Jesse Baumann Martin, b. 22 Dec 1897, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada , d. 4 Mar 1974, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (Age 76 years) Married 16 Aug 1926 Carner, Camden, Missouri, USA [2] Children 1. Mary Margarite Martin, b. 26 Jun 1927, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada , d. 1 Jun 2001, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States (Age 73 years)Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 Family ID F46022 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Jesse was born into the Old Order community; ordained by the Mennonite Conference in September 1925 for the Weber Church, Strasburg [Kitchener]. In 1926 he and Naomi were married. She left a teaching job in Missouri. J B, as he was known, assumed the pastorate of Erb Street in 1929 \endash living in the first Mennonite parsonage in Ontario, three blocks from the church \endash and in 1947 was ordained as bishop. He worked part-time in a dairy, and for 34 years taught at Ontario Mennonite Bible School (later the Bible Institute), being principal from 1957 \endash 1966. Naomi grew vegetables, canned them and fruits and jams. She reworked second-hand clothes for her children, took in boarders and did housecleaning for other families. During the Second World War, in November 1940, J B was one of a delegation of eight Mennonite leaders which sat down for discussion with senior officials of the Department of National Defence to negotiate with the federal government for alternate service for Mennonite young men. J B spent many months away from home, negotiating with government officials and visiting the young men in camps. In his absence, Naomi carried on \endash at home and at church. She had to respond to the cares and concerns which would have come to J B.In 1953 Naomi and J B spent six months visiting mission personnel in Belgium and France and helped set up a mission program in Jerusalem. J B semi-retired in 1964, preaching at various locations until 1972. After J B's death, Naomi volunteered at Fairview Mennonite Home helping residents.
Contributor: Donna M L W (48594125)
Cemetery, Erb, North America, Waterloo Municipality, and Erb Cemetery. 1903. " Catherine Naomi Collier Martin (1903-2001) - Find...". Findagrave.Com. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/159250842/catherine-naomi-martin.
- Jesse was born into the Old Order community; ordained by the Mennonite Conference in September 1925 for the Weber Church, Strasburg [Kitchener]. In 1926 he and Naomi were married. She left a teaching job in Missouri. J B, as he was known, assumed the pastorate of Erb Street in 1929 \endash living in the first Mennonite parsonage in Ontario, three blocks from the church \endash and in 1947 was ordained as bishop. He worked part-time in a dairy, and for 34 years taught at Ontario Mennonite Bible School (later the Bible Institute), being principal from 1957 \endash 1966. Naomi grew vegetables, canned them and fruits and jams. She reworked second-hand clothes for her children, took in boarders and did housecleaning for other families. During the Second World War, in November 1940, J B was one of a delegation of eight Mennonite leaders which sat down for discussion with senior officials of the Department of National Defence to negotiate with the federal government for alternate service for Mennonite young men. J B spent many months away from home, negotiating with government officials and visiting the young men in camps. In his absence, Naomi carried on \endash at home and at church. She had to respond to the cares and concerns which would have come to J B.In 1953 Naomi and J B spent six months visiting mission personnel in Belgium and France and helped set up a mission program in Jerusalem. J B semi-retired in 1964, preaching at various locations until 1972. After J B's death, Naomi volunteered at Fairview Mennonite Home helping residents.
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Sources - [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/159250842/catherine-naomi-martin.
- [S3103] Missouri, U.S., Marriage Records, 1805-2002.
Name:K Maomi Collier of Caver, Camden, Missouri
Marriage Date:15 Aug 1926
Marriage Place:Carner, Camden, Missouri, USA
Spouse:Jesse B Martin of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario
- [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/159250842/catherine-naomi-martin.
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Born - 27 Feb 1903 - , Missouri, USA 
Died - Sep 2001 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada 
Buried - - Erb Street Mennonite Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada = Link to Google Earth
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