Habegger, Evelyn J. Regier (1914-2007)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2007 Aug 6 p. 9

Birth date: 1914 Oct 18

text of obituary:

EVELYN J. HABEGGER

Evelyn J. Habegger, 92, of Moundridge, Kan., died July 23, 2007, at Memorial Home. She was born Oct. 18, 1914, to John F. and Kate (Gerbrand) Regier in Moundridge.

She married Loris A. Habegger on Aug. 9, 1945, in Moundridge.

She was a member of Bethel College Mennonite Church and the Newton Lioness Club. She lived a simple lifestyle, enjoyed gardening and loved the outdoors. Her times with her family were some of her happiest times.

She was a pastor’s wife with congregations in Kansas, Iowa and Ohio. In her last years she suffered from dementia. She demonstrated kindness and grace throughout her life, even through her illness. She was loved deeply by her husband and family and will be greatly missed by all who were touched by her life.

Survivors include her husband, Loris; two sons, Arman Habegger and his wife, Sue, of Pandora, Ohio, and Richard Habegger and his wife, Carol, of Winston-Salem, N.C.; a daughter, Lorna Harder and her husband, Bob, of Moundridge; a brother, John Warren Regier of Moundridge; a sister, Anna Fern Lakin of Salina; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by an infant brother, Wilbur Halley Regier; and two sisters, Ruth B. Geist and Gertrude Regier.

Services were held at Bethel College Mennonite Church. Inurnment was at Bethel College Mennonite Church.