Helen C. Ediger, age 87, went to be in the presence of the Lord Jesus on the morning of September 5, 2014. She was born July 15, 1927 to Bernhardt (BH) Doerksen and Marie F (Classen) Doerksen on the family farm in rural Meade County, Kansas.
She lived all but several years in Meade County and attended Lily Dale School, Monte Vista School (Colorado), Good Will School, and Meade Bible Academy.
She met Nickolai “Nick” T. Ediger while Christmas Caroling and they married on August 11, 1946 at the Meade EMB Church. Together they farmed and ranched, raised their family and served their church. A member of Countryside (EMB) Bible Church, she taught in the children’s Sunday School Department for many years and helped with Vacation Bible School. Helen was actively involved in the Ladies Mission Society and especially loved Prayer Band. Her love for Jesus and the Word of God was readily evident in all this as she read and taught the Word consistently, earning numerous Bible reading certificates.
She also was active in community life, a participant and teacher in EHU and in her later years active in the Beam Center and Golden Notes singing group.
She moved to Hays, KS in 2011 to be near family and was a recent member of North Oak Community Church.
She is survived by three sons, Earl Ediger and wife JoAnn of Cairo, Georgia, Richard Ediger and wife Nancy of Kingwood, Texas. Ken Ediger and wife Rachel of Hays, Kansas, one sister, Tena (Doerksen) Ediger and her spouse Walter Ediger of Rochester, MN, twelve grandchildren, Kent Ediger-Peck and wife Lori, Kyle Ediger-Peck, Kala Mercer, Brian Kestel, Karin Pearce and husband Ray, Lara Ediger, Cameron Ediger and wife Kendra, Chayson Ediger, Sara Froese and husband Josh, Nicole Iman and husband Jonathan, Kimberly Andis and husband Robert, and Kellie Babb and husband Brent, seventeen great-grandchildren, Chad Mercer, Ali and Emily Ediger-Peck, Joey Knight, Billy Ray and Lindsay Pearce, Olivia McCorkle, Caleb and Katelynn Ediger, Jacob and Bethany Froese, Lily and Emma Iman, Zack. Garett and Cassidy Andis, and Jayton Babb.
Preceding Helen in death were her husband, Nick, her parents, her sister, Adena Nachtigall, her brothers, Henry “Hank” Doerksen, Ben Doerksen, Pete Doerksen and Bill Doerksen.
Funeral services will be at 10:00 am on Tuesday, September 9, 2014 at the North Oak Community Church, Hays. Burial will be at 4:00 pm on Tuesday at the Countryside Bible Church Cemetery in rural Meade County. Visitation will be from 5:00 until 7:00 pm on Monday at the Hays Memorial Chapel Funeral Home and from 9:00 am until service time on Tuesday at the church.
Memorials are suggested in Helen’s memory to North Oak Community Church or to Hospice of Hays Medical Center, in care of the funeral home. Condolences may be left for the family at www.haysmemorial.com