Emma Gehring, 83, died Nov. 5, 2006 at Hutchinson Hospital.

She was born Sept. 26, 1923 at Pretty Prairie, the daughter of Tobias and Frances Graber Schrag. A lifetime resident of the Hutchinson area, she was a homemaker

She belonged to First Mennonite Church, Hutchinson, was a volunteer for Et Cetera Shop, took worship service tapes to Pleasant View Nursing Home in Inman and was a Sunday School Bible teacher.

On Nov. 16, 1956 she married Jacob Emil "Jake" Gehring in Pretty Prairie. He survives.

Other survivors include: a son, Steven Gehring and wife LaDonna, McPherson; two daughters, Shirley Peterman and husband Art, Coffeyville and Jackie Adelhardt and husband Larry, Partridge; a brother, Joseph Schrag; three sisters, Esther Albright, Bess Huxman and Elaine Krehbiel; 12 grandchildren and one great grandchild.

She was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Rachel Elizabeth Adelhardt; three brothers, Erwin, Elmer and Walter Schrag; and a sister, Ida Schrag.

Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 8 at First Mennonite Church, Hutchinson, with Pastors Debbie Schmidt and Miles Reimer. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday, with the family present from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Elliott Mortuary. Burial will be in the Buhler Municipal Cemetery East.

Memorials may be sent to the Mennonite Central Committee, in care of the funeral home.

Personal condolences may be sent to www.elliottmortuary.com.