Krehbiel, Muriel Gay Higginbotham (1933-2010)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2010 Aug 2 p. 13

Birth date: 1933 Dec 4

text of obituary:

MURIEL KREHBIEL

Muriel Gay (Higginbotham) Krehbiel, 76, died July 2, 2010. She was born Dec. 4, 1933, to Everett and Zella Higginbotham. The third of eight children, she was born in Culp, Ark.

She attended the Mennonite school there and became a Christian at age 13 at Bethel Springs Mennonite Church. She graduated in 1952 from Western Mennonite School in Salem, Ore., where she was a choir member and valedictorian of her class. It was at a concert that she met Herman Krehbiel. They were married June 12, 1954.

She was a member at Sheridan, Albany and Corvallis Mennonite churches of Oregon and Sunnyslope Mennonite Church of Phoenix, Ariz. She was currently a member of Faith Presbyterian Church in Sun City, Ariz.

She was a devout Christian and faithful throughout her life, teaching young children in Sunday school and Bible school, participating in church choirs, and making deep friendships wherever she went.

She was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 1974. She never complained as her health declined. After months in hospitals, she was cared for at home. She succumbed to complications of long-term MS, and died at home.

Survivors include her husband of 56 years, Herman; four children, Ken, Randy, Kathryn Yoder and Carolyn Janet Fiedler and their spouses; and eight grandchildren.

Memorial services were held at Sunnyslope Mennonite Church, Phoenix, Ariz.