Glenius Edinger

Glenius A. Edinger, 68, Bismarck, died April 28, 2004. Services will be held at 11:00 AM, Saturday, May 1, at the First Church of the Nazarene, Mandan, with the Rev. Doug Wyatt officiating. Burial will be at 10:00 AM Monday at the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 3:00 to 9:00 PM Friday at Boelter-Eastgate Funeral Service, 200 West Turnpike, Bismarck, and at the First Church of the Nazarene, Mandan. from 10:00 AM until the time of the service on Saturday. Glenius Adair Edinger was born April 25, 1936, in Kenmare, ND, the daughter of Glen and Reta Mills O'Neill. She grew up on a farm north of Norma, ND where she attended grade school. She graduated from Kenmare High School, and then attended Northwest Nazarene College in Nampa, Idaho where she received her degree in Elementary education. Glenius and Arnold Edinger were married August 27, 1960 in Kenmare. They lived one year in Nampa, and then returned to North Dakota living in Mandan until 2002 when they moved to Bismarck. Her first teaching position was a country school south of Mandan. She later taught at Wachter Grade School until their first son was born. After the birth of their sons, Nyk and Mike, she stayed at home to take care of them. After the boys were in school, Glenius returned to substitute teaching until 2002 when she retired. Glenius was very involved in her church community, First Church of the Nazarene in Mandan, where she was a member from 1960 until the present. She was a primary Sunday School teacher, choir member, and involved in missions. Glenius is survived by her husband, Arnold of Bismarck; two sons and daughters-in-law, Nyk and Rosario and Michael and Lisa, all of Olathe, KS; three grandchildren, Killian, Adrick, and Ian; two sisters and one brother-in-law, Beverly and Don Donahue of Minot and Leah Ann Lane of Grangeville, ID; and three brothers and sisters-in-law, Joseph and Dolores O'Neill of McDermot, NV, David and Joanne O'Neill of Norma, ND, and Layne and Beth O'Neill of Norma. ND. She was preceded in death by her parents, Glen and Reta O'Neill and an infant daughter, sister-in-law, Louise O'Neill; and brother-in-law, Don Lane.

Glenius Edinger

April 25, 1936 - April 28, 2004