Reddig, Calvin C. (1917-2003)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2004 Jan 19 p. 8

Birth date: 1917 Apr 24

text of obituary:

CALVIN C. REDDIG

Calvin C. Reddig, 86, of Glasgow, Mont., died Nov. 12, 2003, at Valley View Home. He was born April 24, 1917, to Karl and Bertha (Funk) Reddig in Lehigh, Kan.

His parents homesteaded in Lustre, Mont., when he was three months old. He attended school in Lustre and graduated from Glasgow High School in 1939. He then farmed with his father and his brother Wilmer. During World War II he was a conscientious objector and worked in California and Ohio.

On July 1, 1945, he married Martha Toews in Lustre. She died July 3, 1986. He married Mary Sperry in 1987 in Glasgow.

He was involved in church and school activities while living in Lustre. In Glasgow he served on the Valley View Home and hospital boards. He considered the men of the Wednesday morning Bible study group as valued friends. His grandchildren and children were a source of joy.

Survivors include his wife, Mary; four sons, Weldon and his wife, Jackie, of Glasgow, Gerald and his wife, Debbie, of Stevensville, Duane and his wife, Millie, of Boise, Idaho, and Merle and his wife, Sue, of Billings; four daughters, Kathy Laws and her husband, Ben, of Flower Mound, Texas; Brenda Boyum and her husband, Bruce, of Havre, Carma Bartel and her husband, Rod, of Wolf Point, and Nancy Ortmann and her husband, Sam, of Lustre; a sister, Ella Berg of Henderson, Neb.; a brother, Wilmer of Missoula; 25 grandchildren and a great-grandchild.

He was preceded in death by a sister, Esther Zerbe.