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REDIGER--CHRISTIAN REDIGER was born in Baden, Germany, Nov. 27, 1840; died at the home of Perry Stutzman, Jan. 21, 1932; aged 91 y. 1 m. 24 d. He was united in marriage to Elizabeth Eigsti June 25, 1878. To this union were born 13 children, 7 sons and 6 daughters. He came with his parents from Germany to Woodford Co., Ill., in the year 1868. In 1883 he with his family came to Milford, Nebr., where they lived until the year 1889. They later located at Thurman, Colo. From there they moved to Hartford, Kans., and because of the death of his life companion, he moved again to Milford, Nebr., in the year 1899. In this community he remained the rest of his life.
During the last 20 years he lived with one of his children. His wife, 2 sons, 1 daughter, 2 brothers, and 3 sisters preceded him in death. He is survived by 10 children: Edward, Phoebe, Joseph, Susie, Lena, Benjamin, Emma, Christian, William, Lydia. He is also survived by 2 brothers and 2 sisters, 65 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. He accepted Christ as his personal Savior in his youth and united with the Mennonite Church of which he was a member when he died. He was apparently in good health until the last few days of his life when pneumonia set in, which caused his death. Funeral services were held at the East Fairview Church, conducted by J. E. Zimmerman and Ben Schlegel. Text, Rom. 8:18. Interment in the adjoining cemetery.
"He sleeps, he sleeps, and never more
Will his footsteps fall by the old home door;
Nor his voice be heard with his loving tone,
By the loved ones left, round his own hearthstone.
He has gone, he has gone to his home afar,
To the beautiful land where the angels are."
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1840 - 1932 (91 years)
