Diener, Magdalene Wiebe (1913-2008)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2008 Mar 3 p. 13

Birth date: 1913 Oct 11

text of obituary:

MAGDALENE DIENER

Magdalene Wiebe Diener, 94, of Goessel, Kan., died Feb. 17, 2008. She was born Oct. 11, 1913, to Gerhard and Marie Wiebe at Whitewater.

She enjoyed helping her father with the horses and the farm work. She attended Hunter Grade School, Whitewater High School and Hillsboro Bible Academy. She went to Biola University for one year and Hesston College for two years.

She was baptized at Emmaus Mennonite Church. She spent six years in personal evangelism and child care at the Kansas City Children’s Home, where she met Charles Diener. They were married in 1945 and served the Lord at Spring Valley Mennonite Church in Canton.

She enjoyed gardening and canning vegetables. She practiced hospitality, serving meals to friends, relatives and visiting ministers. She enjoyed humor and spending time with family and friends. She also loved solitude, spending time meditating on God’s Word. She carried Bible verses with her to meditate on in spare moments. Her prayers reflected her close walk with God. She taught vacation Bible school and Sunday school for many years.

She appreciated the help of family and neighbors when she lived on the farm. She spent her latter years at Bethesda Home in Goessel. She spoke often of her faith and asked others if they knew the Lord. She had a thankful heart and set an example of sharing God’s love.

Survivors include her children, Ida Huebert and her husband, Rod,of Moundridge, Ruby Moore and her husband, Gary, of Newton, Daniel Diener and his wife, Christine, of Goshen, Ind., and Gladys King and her husband, David, of Morton, Ill.; eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles, in 1992.

Funeral services were held at Spring Valley Mennonite Church of rural Canton.