Sam Ediger
HESSTON - Sam Ediger, 90, passed away Saturday (Aug. 22,
2009) at Schowalter Villa in Hesston.
He was born on June 24, 1919, in Buhler, the son of Henry H.
and Marie Schmidt Ediger.
As a building contractor, he was co-owner/operator of Ediger
Brothers Construction for 20 years, then he was the owner/operator of Sam
Ediger and Sons Construction. He belonged to Hoffnungsau Mennonite Church in
Inman and the Men's Brotherhood.
On Sept. 12, 1943, he married Betty Jane Regehr in McPherson
County. She died July 9, 2001.
On Feb. 2, 2002, he married Linda Ediger in Newton.
Other survivors include his children, Bruce and wife,
Sherry, of Hesston, Darrell and wife, DeeDee, of Dalton, Ohio, David and wife,
Marilyn, of Hesston, and Bette Jo Lehrman and husband, Verney, of Newton;
stepchildren, Jim and wife, Christy Guhr, of Joplin, Mo., Lynett Peters and
husband, Allen, of Eminence, Mo.; two sisters, Marie Widmer of Washington,
Iowa, and Amanda Bartel of Wichita; 13 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; four
step-grandchildren; and two step-great-grandchildren.
He also was preceded in death by three brothers, Raymond,
Curt and Henry, and three sisters, Linda Voth, Hilda Buller and Lavina Goering.
Visitation will be from 2 to 8 p.m. today at Buhler Mortuary
in Buhler, with family present from 6 to 8 p.m.
Funeral services will be at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at Hoffnungsau
Mennonite Church, with Pastors Willmar Harder and Gordon Smith presiding.
Burial will be at Hoffnungsau Cemetery.
Memorials may be sent to Join Hands (formerly Tenth Man)
Church Building Program in care of Buhler Mortuary, 120 N. Main, Buhler, KS
67522.
