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Cornelia Grace Mininger |
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January 20, 1930 ~ September 26, 2017 |
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September 30, 2017 |
Cornelia Grace (Regehr) Mininger, our mother,
grandmother and great-grandmother, passed
peacefully from this earth into the loving, open
arms of her Lord Jesus Christ on September 26,
2017, at the HopeWest Hospice Unit in Grand
Junction, Colorado. Services will be held at 1
p.m. Monday, October 2, at the Living Water
Fellowship Church (formerly the Greeley
Mennonite Church), 402 11th Avenue, Greeley.
A visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m.
Sunday, October 1, at the Allnutt Macy Chapel,
702 13th Street, Greeley. Interment will be at
Sunset Memorial Gardens, 3400 28th St., Greeley,
with a reception to follow at St. Johns United
Church of Christ, 2815 W. 20th Street, Greeley,
Colorado.
She was blessed with 87 years and eight months.
Born on January 20, 1930, in Firebaugh,
California, to John D. and Helena (Loewen)
Regehr, she was the eighth child in a family of
nine children. Mom attended schools in Winton
and Livingston, California.
At an early age, she accepted Christ as her
personal Savior, expressing a strong faith
throughout her life.
Cornelia married Gerald Post Mininger in Winton,
California, on March 30, 1947. They were given
68 wonderful years together. This union was
blessed with four sons and two daughters.
In 1961, God called Dad into the ministry. Mom
worked as a supportive and faithful companion,
entertaining and cooking countless meals for
folks visiting or just "traveling through."
Laughter, story-telling and singing gospel hymns
filled the home and contributed to many a
visitor's memories of Mom and Dad's hospitality.
While in California, and to help with the family
income and a preacher husband who "farmed for a
living," Mom spent many cold spring days pulling
small sweet potato plants from the hot-beds.
During the summer months, she worked in open-air
sheds under the blazing California sun, cutting
peaches that would be dried on wooden trays laid
on the ground outside. The autumn months often
found her in dark, cool and musty cellars
packing sweet potatoes for market.
Mom was a talented homemaker. Her home was
always clean and uncluttered.
Her delicious home-cooked meals were enjoyed by
many harvest crews and friends, strangers and
family. Sewing, crocheting, and quilting were
favorite pastimes, for which she seemed to
always find time.
Whether making clothes for herself or two
daughters, her grandchildren or folks in the
community, she did so with admirable expertise.
The many beautiful quilts Mom stitched were
always quilted by hand.
Mom also loved jigsaw puzzles, playing games and
picnics. Her children and grandchildren have
many fond memories of those good times.
In 1986, Mom and Dad retired from farming in
Weld County, Colorado, and moved to Sarasota,
Florida, where Dad became a "winter pastor"
serving a large Mennonite congregation.
Mom loved this coastal area and climate and
their "snow-bird" lifestyle. Travel was also a
beloved pastime for Mom and Dad.
They made and cultivated numerous friendships
everywhere they went, many which remain strong
to this day. When Dad's eyesight eventually
weakened and failed, their traveling adventures
sadly came to an end.
Mom is survived by her six children, Wayne (Ardith)
Mininger of Greeley, Colorado, Marietta
Nightengale of Sublette, Kansas, Galen (Gloria)
Mininger of Greeley, Kevin (Eva Rae) Mininger of
Collbran, Colorado, Evangelyn (Mike) Nightengale
of Copeland, Kansas, and Max (Jean) Mininger of
Grand Junction, 16 grandchildren, 24
great-grandchildren, siblings Rachel Unruh,
Bonners Ferry, Leonard (Dessie) Regehr of Buhl,
Idaho, and Lovina Regehr of Greeley.
She was preceded in death by her husband,
Gerald, parents John and Helena Regehr, brothers
Bernard and John Regehr, sisters Amanda Toews,
Marianne Giesbrecht and Susan Koehn and
son-in-law Henry Nightengale.
Memorial contributions may be made to HopeWest
Hospice, Grand Junction, Colorado, in care of
Allnutt Funeral Service, 702 13th Street,
Greeley, CO 80631.
Please visit
http://www.allnutt.com to send condolences
to the family. |
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