Edith Lurene McCright, 95, of Coggon, died Wednesday, December 31, 2014, at Summit Pointe Assisted Living and Memory Care, Marion, following a brief illness. Funeral Service: 11:00 a.m. Monday, January 5, 2015, at Zion Presbyterian Church, Coggon. The family will greet friends from 9:30 a.m. until service time at the church on Monday. Burial: Coggon Cemetery. Arrangements by Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Central City.
Survivors include her two daughters, Sona (Ray) Christensen of Robins, and Marvel Swanson of Coggon; six grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; brother, Henry Wagner, of MN; and sister, Martha (Andy) Andrews of Troy Mills.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Orvie; parents, Henry and Ruth Wagner; three sisters, Margaret Wagner, who died in infancy, Olive Fisher, and Helen Sauer; and son-in-law, Don Swanson.
Edith was born April 24, 1919, in Central City, the daughter of Henry and Ruth (Thompson) Wagner. She married Orvie Artell McCright on August 24, 1938, at the Little Brown Church in Nashua.
In lieu of flowers, a memorial fund has been established in Edith’s memory.
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