The Funeral Service for Kenneth V. Edinger, age 80 of Elgin, will be held at 10:00am MT, Friday, April 1, 2016 at the Evanson-Jensen Funeral Home in Elgin with Pastor Bethany Haberstroh, officiating. Burial will be at 3:00pm CT on Friday afternoon at the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery south of Mandan, ND with full military honors.

Visitation will be on Thursday from 3:00pm to 7:00pm MT; and on Friday one hour prior to services at the Evanson-Jensen Funeral Home in Elgin.

Serving as casketbearers are Rocky, Blake, Damian, and Brett Ulrich, and Larry Winkler.

KENNETH V. EDINGER was born on June 21, 1935 in Yakima, WA to Arthur B. and Clara (Zimmerle) Edinger. The family moved to Missoula, MT and then to North Dakota, first settling in the Mott area and then the Elgin area. Kenneth attended a country school north of Elgin and graduated from Carson High School in 1952.
He was inducted into the U.S. Army on 10 April 1957. He served most of his time in Germany serving as a medic. He was honorably discharged on 1 April 1959. Kenneth returned to Elgin where he farmed until retiring.


For the past few years, he has resided at Dakota Hills where his hobbies were woodworking and reading, and giving the employees a hard time.

Kenneth passed away on Sunday, March 27, 2016 at the Jacobson Memorial Hospital in Elgin.

Surviving family members include his 2 sisters, Betty (Max) Touchton, Dover, TN; Arlyce (Tom) Mohr, Hazen, ND; nephews, Marc (Carolyn) Touchton, Jack (Angie) Mohr, nieces, Michele (Bobby) Scott, Wendy (Dan) Simmons, and Kathy (Chris) Russell, and 11 grand nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents.