Habegger, Lois Ruth (1926-1982)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1982 Oct 21 p. 8

Birth date: 1926

text of obituary:

NEWTON & VICINITY

A memorial service was conducted Oct. 17 at the Bethel College Mennonite Church for Lois Habegger, 56, of North Newton who died Oct. 16 at Bethel Deaconess Hospital after a long illness. John Esau and Don Kaufman officiated at the memorial service. The body was cremated. She was employed by the Newton Public Library. Born Sept. 16, 1926 in Berne, Ind., she was the daughter of Alfred and Barbara Habegger. Survivors include three sisters, Jeanne Boehr of Taiwan, Helen Fretz of Goshen, Ind. and Esther Sauder of Northridge, Calif; and two brothers, Marden Habegger of Reedley, Calif. and David Habegger of Wichita.

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1982 Oct 28 p. 11

LOIS RUTH HABEGGER

Lois Habegger, a resident of North Newton, Kan. since 1959, died Oct. 16, 1982 at Bethel Deaconess Hospital after being ill for two months. She was 56.

She was born Sept. 16, 1926 in Berne, Ind. to Alfred and Barbara (Hirschy) Habegger. Her parents were missionaries to the Northern Cheyenne Indians and Lois spent her early years with her parents at Busby, Mont.

She attended grade school and the first year of high school at Busby, then attended the Berne High School for a year. The last two years were taken at Freeman (S. D.) Academy.

She attended Bethel College in North Newton and graduated with a B. S. in home economics in 1949. From 1959 to 1970 she served as residence director of the nurses' home at Bethel Deaconess Hospital. In 1972 she began working as a Technical Services Clerk for the Newton Public Library where she was employed until her illness.

In 1959 she published a book entitled, Cheyenne Trails: A History of Mennonites and Cheyennes in Montana. She was a member of the Creative Writers' Fellowship of Newton.

She was baptized in the Mennonite Church at Busby and was a member of the Bethel College Mennonite Church. She was a member of the Century Sunday school class at the church and participated in the Dorcas class at First Mennonite Church.

Her surviving brothers and sisters are Marden Habegger of Reedley, Calif., Jeanne Boehr of Omaha, Neb. and Taiwan, Helen Fretz of Goshen, Ind., Esther Sauder of Northridge, Calif. and David Habegger of Wichita. Burial was in the cemetery at Busby, Mont. along with her parents and infant brother, Bernard Samuel.