Ediger, Daniel Herman (1926-1944)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1944 Jul 13 p. 1

Birth date: 1926

Tragedy in California Takes Lives of Two Reedley Youths

DANIEL EDIGER AND JOSEPH WARKENTIN KILLED WHILE HAULING PEACHES TO L. A.

Reedley, Calif., July 6. — The tragedy of sudden eath entered two Reedley families Saturday morning when two 18-year-old boys lost their lives as the fruit truck they were driving crashed into the rear of a Southern Pacific freight engine on Alameda street, Los Angeles. Daniel Herman Ediger and Joseph Daniel Warkentin had left Reedley about 7 o'clock Friday evening with a load of peaches for the Los Angeles [transcriber's note: two lines of type were reversed in the original] market. The trip had been made many times by the WArkentin boy and it was the first visit to the southern metropolis by the Ediger boy.

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1944 Jul 20 p. 6

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LARGE ATTENDANCE AT FUNERAL

Reedley, Calif. — A crowd estimated at 2,000 attended the funeral of Daniel H. Ediger and Jos. D. Warkentin, 18 year old youths, which was held at the Mennonite Brethren church here Wednesday, July 5. The large church was too small to accommodate all who wished to attend.

The two youths were killed when the fruit truck which they were driving crashed into the rear of a freight engine in Los Angeles.