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Guengerich, Frieda (1913-2005)
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2005 Apr 11 p. 15
Birth date: 1913 May 29
text of obituary:
From MMN and AIMM
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Frieda Guengerich, 91, a former missionary to Congo with Africa Inter-Mennonite Mission, died March 5.
She served with AIMM and the Commission on Overseas mission of the General Conference Mennonite Church, a predecessor agency of Mennonite Mission Network.
She was born May 29, 1913, in Deer Creek, Ill., and had been a resident at Glencroft Retirement Center in Glendale, Ariz., since 1975.
Calvary Mennonite Church in Washington, Ill., was her home church. She was challenged at an early age to consider missionary ministry in the Congo. She graduated from Goshen (Ind.) College with a bachelor's degree in education, studied at Mennonite Biblical Seminary and took French and Congo cultural courses in Belgium.
Guengerich's major positions in Congo related to education in Mennonite schools. She directed primary school, junior-high equivalent and the girls' home-economics school. She taught in these schools and at a Bible institute.
She also taught children's Bible classes, worked with women and participated in ministry in the villages. As a professor in the Bible institute, she accompanied her students in evangelistic work.
Guengerich served with joy and dedication. Colleagues said she drew on Christ's power to accomplish the tasks given to her and offered a powerful testimony to God's faithfulness.
