Gage, Matilda Lambright (1904-2003)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2003 Jan 20 p. 8

Birth date: 1904 Oct 31

text of obituary:

MATILDA LAMBRIGHT GAGE

Matilda Lambright Gage, 98, of Glencroft Retirement Center in Glendale, Ariz., died Jan. 8, 2003. She was born Oct. 31, 1904, to Michael and Susanna (Yoder) Lambright in Lagrange County, Ind.

On Feb. 5, 1938, she married Theodore Gage. They had one son, Lyle Frederick, who died July 6, 1940.

She served a number of years on the staff of the Mennonite Hospital and nurses' training school in La Junta, Colo. For 13 years she owned and operated a Christian bookstore in Lagrange, and later a bookstore in La Junta. Several families benefited from her loving household care when mothers experienced untimely death.

She was a member of Emmanuel Mennonite Church of Surprise, Ariz., where her talents were used in the service of the congregation.

Survivors include a brother, Harold Lambright; and Elizabeth (Betty) Burton, with whom she shared her home for many years.

She was preceded in death by five brothers, Evan, Fred, Cleo, Guy and Clarence; and two sisters, Sara Schrock and Grace Leer.

Memorial services were held at Glencroft Community Church and at Shore Mennonite Church in Shipshewana, Ind.