Bergen, Elizabeth Ediger (1881-1942)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1942 Feb 12 p. 5

Birth date: 1881 Aug 18
Date of Death: 1942 January 3

text of obituary:

Mrs. Elizabeth Ediger Bergen

Mrs. Elizabeth Bergen, nee Ediger, was born near Inman, Kansas, August 18, 1881, where she also received her education and spent her childhood days. Upon her confession of faith in her Savior Jesus Christ, she was baptized by Elder Bernhard Buhler and affiliated with the Hebron congregation. On October 13, 1900, she entered holy matrimony with Jacob Bergen, with whom she shared the sorrows and joys of married life for over 41 years.

To this union were born eight children, of which one passed on before in infancy. In the year 1900, the family moved to Washita Col, Oklahoma, where Mr. Bergen taught school two years and then moved back to Kansas. In 1905, the family again came to Oklahoma and settled on a farm north of Corn. Here they joined the Bergthal congregation and both remained active workers in the church as long as their health permitted.

Especially was the deceased active in the Sunday School as teacher and also in the sewing society where she served as leader for many years. In 1934, they moved from the farm and made their home in Corn, but when their health failed they decided to take advantage of the Old Folks Home in Newton, Kansas, and entered Jan. 13, 1941. They also spent some time at the Home in Goessel.

In the fall of 1940, Mrs. Bergen had a severe attack of pneumonia from which she never entirely recovered, and on the night of January 23 she camplained [sic] of not feeling well, and at 3:30 in the morning of Jan. 34, she received a stroke and died seven hours later.

She leaves to mourn her death, her husband, Jacob G. Bergen; three daughters, Mrs. Henry Nikkel, Clinton; Mrs. Jacob Toews, Kremlin; Mrs. Harry Huebert, Cordell; four sons, Ernest, Cordell; Jacob, Oklahoma City; John, Weatherford, 13 grandchildren, three sisters, Mrs. Georg Reimer, Buhler, Kans.; Mrs. Abe Martens, Buhler, Kans.; Mrs. Frank Toews, Inman, Kans. Three brothers, John, George and Ernest, all of Buhler, Kansas. besides her immediate family she leaves to mourn her departure a host of relatives and friends.

The Mennonite obituary: 1942 Mar 24 p. 13

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MLA Personal Photos Collection

Biographical note:
Inman, Kansas
Daughter of Johann and Henrietta (Pauls) Ediger
Married Jacob G. Baergen 1900 October 31, Inman, Kansas
Homemaker -- Corn, Oklahoma

Bethel alumni note:

Photo holdings:
With Mrs. Ratzlaff (outdoors) -- Corn, Oklahoma? (2 copies)
See Jacob G. Baergen (1874-1944) for photo with husband

Sources:
Johann ... Ediger ... 1994 p. 308 & 309
Baergen Heritage ... 1975, p. 9
Grandma Profile #72215