Habegger, Warren H. "Barney" (1928-2006)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2006 Jan 16 p. 11

Birth date: 1928 Apr 7

text of obituary:

WARREN H. HABEGGER

Warren H. “Barney” Habegger, 77, of Berne, Ind., died Jan. 2, 2006. He was born April 7, 1928, to Sylvan and Martha (Speheger) Habegger in Adams County.

He was married on Sept. 3, 1950, to Marjorie Rawley.

He was a member of First Mennonite Church. He was a former co-owner of Habegger Furniture in Berne and Fort Wayne. He was a former vice president of Mennonite Men-Mennonite Church USA, active on various committees of the local Mennonite church and a former Sunday school teacher. He served for five decades in the volunteer service at Camp Friedenswald and was a former member of the Camp Friedenswald board. He was a former member of the General Board and Commission on Home Ministries of the General Conference Mennonite Church and also worked on projects around the community, the United States, Canada and in Bogota, Colombia.

Survived include his wife, Marjorie; two sons, Ron and his wife, LaDonna, and Gary and his wife, Carla, both of Berne; three daughters, Janet Schmidt and her husband, Greg, Mary Fox and her husband, John, and Amy Tumbleson and her husband, Philip, all of Berne; two sisters, Arlene Sprunger of Berne and Erma Morgan of North Webster; 13 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Services were held at First Mennonite Church.