Martha Braun Peters

July 12, 1930 - January 1, 2016,

Martha Braun was born July 12, 1930 to John & Susanna Braun at Yarrow, B.C. At a girls’ club session when she was 14, Martha realized she too had gone astray (Isaiah 53:5–6) and accepted Jesus as Saviour. 1 John 1:7 was given to her at her baptism by the Yarrow M.B. Church at age 16. Her baptism was outdoors, at a place the Church owned on Stewart Creek in Yarrow.

Martha graduated from Yarrow Bible School and MB Bible College, Winnipeg.

Martha’s desire was to serve the Lord. She taught Sunday school for many years. She served Canada Inland Mission, Grand Forks, B.C., 3 summers, and then was an assistant at West Coast Children’s Mission. She worked for a finance company in Vancouver.

Martha sang with the Ambassadors in rest homes and at Union Gospel Mission. In 1975, she served Wycliffe Bible Translators’ finance office in Mexico. When that door closed to foreign missionaries, she worked at Wycliffe’s Calgary office.


Martha married Neil Peters in 1989 She and Neil lived in Penticton, Kelowna and Abbotsford, B.C. She volunteered at Ten Thousand Villages. Neil passed away on Aug. 17, 2013. After Neil’s death, Martha continued her involvements at Menno Place, Abbotsford, B.C., with joy.

Martha was a resident of the Menno Home in Abbotsford when she passed away June 28, 2015. She was predeceased by her husband Neil in 2013. She is survived by her stepsons Wes (Karen) and Ken (Judy) and their families; brother Jim (Elsie) Brown; sisters Mary Stobbe and Susan (Gilbert) Brandt and other relatives and friends.

Memorial service was at Bakerview MB Church, 2285 Clearbrook Road,

Photo: John and Susanna Braun family Harvey, Jim, Ben, Dave and Fred; Martha, Mary and Susan