This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: EDINGER, LAMB, ALLEN, PASHBY, SYREK, AMBURGEY, MANN, ROGERS, FALL, SCHOPPE Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JIB.2ACI/12597 Message Board Post: EDINGER, Florence O., died Sept. 12, 1996 EDINGER, LAMB, ALLEN, PASHBY, SYREK, AMBURGEY, MANN, ROGERS, FALL, SCHOPPE >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Carole Lynn (MOHNEY) CARR, Volunteer Transcriber Transcribed from an original newspaper clipping from the “Sturgis Daily Journal, “ which serves the St. Joseph County, Michigan area. Copy provided by the Sturgis Library, Sturgis, Michigan. http://members.tripod.com/~tfred/spl.html Listed on this site are volunteers to do look-ups, check it out to see if they have what you are looking for. http://members.tripod.com/~tfred/stjolookups.html >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Constantine; Florence O. EDINGER, 78, Withers Road, died Sept. 12, 1996 at her home. She was born Dec. 12, 1917 in North Adams, a daughter of William Clifford and Violet (LAMB) ALLEN. She graduated from North Adams high School in 1935. On Nov. 27, 1941, she married Clair W. EDINGER in Hillsdale. He died Dec. 3, 1994. She had owned and operated a beauty shop in Hillsdale from 1945 to 1948. She then worked for the Willow Run Bomber plant during World War II. In 1949, she and her husband moved t Constantine and purchased the Withers Fishing Camp on the St. Joseph River which the family continues to operate. For many years she volunteered at the Constantine Public Schools. She enjoyed working in her flower gardens and fishing and cherished the time she spent with family and friends. Surviving are one daughter and son-in-law, Lorraine and David PASHBY, Fort Worth, Texas; two sons and daughters-in-law, Fred and Pennie EDINGER, Sturgis, and Larry and Carol EDINGER, Paw Paw; five grandchildren, Ben, Jeff and Becky EDINGER; Julie SYREK and Debar PASHBY; one great-grandson, Brady SYREK; five sisters, Opal AMBURGEY, Ruth MANN, Alma ROGERS, Dollie FALL and Lois SCHOPPE and several children to whom she opened her home. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, sister, Francis NESTER and two brothers in infancy. Relatives and friends may call from 2-6 p.m. Sunday at the Eley Funeral Home, Constantine. Services are at 2 p.m. Monday at the Constantine United Methodist Church with the Rev. James Barney officiating. Burial will be in Peek Cemetery. Memorials may be directed to the Children’s Concerns of St. Joseph County. Envelopes are available at the funeral home. END