Ediger, Margaretha (1926-2004)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2004 Nov 22 p. 8

Birth date: 1926 Feb 2

text of obituary:

MARGARETHA EDIGER

Margaretha Ediger, 78, of Mission, B.C., died Oct. 28, 2004. She was born Feb. 2, 1926, in the Crimea in Russia.

She lived in Brazil as a child, then immigrated to the United States to attend college and seminary, where she met and married Menno Ediger.

They worked side-by-side in churches in Turpin, Okla., and Sudbury and at the Welcome Inn drop-in center in Hamilton. She became ordained in the Mennonite church, and together they served churches in Markham, Ill., and Boise, Idaho. After working with Mennonite Central Committee in the Mennonite colonies in Bolivia for five years, they settled in Mission, B.C., in 1990.

They became faithful and loved members of St. Stephens Christian Community. She was involved in many volunteer activities in British Columbia, most recently with MCC, Mission Hospice Society and Hidden Treasures Thrift store in Abbotsford. She was a passionate advocate for peace and social justice and served on the MCC Peace Committee for many years. She had a gift for friendship and hospitality, sharing freely her legendary baking, flowers and produce from her garden, and countless meals with friends.

Survivors include five children, Stephanie, Elizabeth Hildebrand and her husband, Lloyd, Mike Ediger and his wife, Diane, Mary Ross and her husband, Robert, and Evelyn; two sisters, Elizabeth and Trude; and six grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Menno, in 2002.

Funeral services were held in Mission, B.C.