MARIENTHAL, KANSAS REGINA (JEAN) O. EDER, AGE 94, PASSED AWAY ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2008 AT HER HOME IN SOUTHEASTERN WICHITA COUNTY. JEAN WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 25. 1913 AT WINDTHORST, TEXAS, THE DAUGHTER OF JOHN & AURELIA WINTER WIMMER. SHE WAS A HOMEMAKER & FARM WIFE AND HAD BEEN A LIFETIME WICHITA COUNTY RESIDENT.
JEAN WAS A MEMBER OF THE ST. MARY CATHOLIC CHURCH AND THE ALTER SOCIETY BOTH IN MARIENTHAL, KANSAS. SHE WAS ALSO VERY ACTIVE IN MANY WICHITA COUNTY ACTIVITIES INCLUDING 4-H LEADER, EXTENSION COUNCIL OFFICER, F.C.E. MEMBER. SHE SERVED AS SUPERINTENDANT FOR THE WICHITA COUNTY FAIR AND A SUPPORTER OF MANY SCHOOL & COMMUNITY EVENTS.
ON NOVEMBER 20, 1935 SHE MARRIED JOHN L. EDER AT OBERLIN, KANSAS. HE PASSED AWAY ON MAY 4, 1989 IN GARDEN CITY, KANSAS.
JEAN'S SURIVIORS INCLUDE- ONE DAUGHTER AND HER HUSBAND- JOHNCIE & JOE HEISE- SCRANTON, KANSAS THREE SONS AND THEIR WIVES- JESSE & DEE EDER- LEOTI, KANSAS JEFFERY EDER- LEOTI, KANSAS JOEL & TONI EDER- SHARON SPRINGS, KANSAS EIGHT GRANDCHILDREN AND THEIR SPOUSES JOHN HEISE- SCRANTON, KANSAS DALE & SHANNON HEISE- WEATHERFORD, TEXAS JAMES & MARY ANN HEISE- ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO DEAN & DINA HEISE- OSBORNE, KANSAS JAMI, JETT, JORDAN & JENA EDER- SHARON SPRINGS, KANSAS TWO STEP GRANDCHILDREN AND THEIR SPOUSES- SHAWN & MELISSA BATTERTON- HILLSBORO, KANSAS AMBER & JEREMY COOK- TAMPA, FLORIDA NINE GREAT GRANDCHILDREN TREVOR, TRAVIS, TRENTON & JILLIAN HEISE- WEATHERFORD, TEXAS JULIA & JAMIE HEISE- ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO SPENCER, TYLER & CHRISTOPHER HEISE- OSBORNE, KANSAS ONE STEP GREAT GRANDCHILD- CARSON BATTERTON- HILLSBORO, KANSAS ONE BROTHER AND HIS WIFE- JEROME & CELINE WIMMER- MARIENTHAL, KANSAS MANY NEICES AND NEPHEWS
SHE WAS PRECEEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS, A DAUGHTER, JOYCE LOUISE EDER, FIVE BROTHERS, ALFRED, EDWARD, PAUL, ALBIN & VINCENT WIMMER; THREE SISTERS, ADEL ARNBERGER, TERESIA GRANT & SISTER MARY PATRALIA, OSF.
VIGIL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 7:00 P.M. MONDAY, MARCH 3, 2008 AT ST. MARY CATHOLIC CHURCH IN MARIENTHAL, KANSAS.
FUNERAL MASS WILL BE HELD AT 10:30 A.M. TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 2008 AT ST. MARY CATHOLIC CHURCH IN MARIENTHAL, KANSAS WITH FATHER MIKE HELMS OFFICIATING.
BURIAL WILL BE IN ST. MARY CEMETERY IN MARIENTHAL, KANSAS.
FRIENDS MAY CALL FROM 1:00 P.M. TO 8:00 P.M. SUNDAY AND 10:00 A.M. TO 5:00 P.M. MONDAY AT PRICE & SONS FUNERAL HOME IN LEOTI, KANSAS.
MEMORIALS MAY BE GIVEN TO THE GRANDSTAND PROJECT AT THE WICHITA COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS IN CARE OF THE FUNERAL HOME. E CONDOLENCES MAY BE SENT TO THE FUNERAL HOME WEBSITE AT priceandsons.com