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Rediger.--Magdalena Rediger, nee Cender, was born in Germany Sept. 28, 1817. She emigrated to America in May, 1855 locating near Metamora, Illinois. In August, 1856, She was united in holy matrimony with Peter Rediger, moving to Bureau Co., Illinois. In 1863 they again located in Woodford Co., near Roanoke, where she spent the last fifty years of her life. To this union were born two children, Pheobe and Catherine. Her life was the scene of many sorrows and disappointments, the early death of her children causing her many sad hours, yet her faith in her God was unshaken. She was a lover of her Bible, and spent many hours reading passages which had become so precious to her in her trials. She united with the A. M. Church at the age of thirteen years, and was a faithful member unto death. She had been unable to attend church for eight years, could not walk the last seven years. The last two years of her life her memory was almost a blank. Her husband preceded her to the better world in 1898, thus leaving her the only survivor of her family. She reared and cared for her only grand-daughter, who with her husband kindly cared for and comforted her in her widowhood and old age. She passed to her reward on Dec. 24, 1913, at the ripe age of 96 y. 2 m. 26 d. She leaves to mourn her departure one grand-child, seven nephews, four nieces, and a host of friends and neighbors. Funeral services were held at the Roanoke meeting house Dec. 26. the ninetieth Psalm was read, and prayer offered, by P. D. Schertz. Christian Reesor, Sr., spoke for a short while in the German language, after which C. A. Hartzler preached an appropriate sermon. Text, II Cor. 4:18. Remains were laid to rest beside those of her husband, in cemetery nearby.
(Living two houses from her parents in 1850 Bureau Co., Wheatland Twp. census.)
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