Edvegen "Edie" Marie Abraham

July 15, 1925 - May 6, 2022

Edvegen “Edie” Abraham, age 96, of Beach, ND, passed away on Friday, May 6, 2022 at the Golden Valley Manor with Judy, Mary and John by her side and under hospice care. Visitation will be held from 6:00 P.M. until 7:00 P.M. on Monday, May 9, 2022 with a Vigil Service at 7:00 P.M. at St. John’s Catholic Church in Beach. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 A.M. on Tuesday, May 10, 2022 at St. John’s Catholic Church with Father Dan Berg officiating. Rite of Committal will follow services at St. John’s Catholic Cemetery in Beach. Silha Funeral Home of Beach has been entrusted with the arrangements. Edie was born on July 15, 1925 on the Begger farmstead near St. Philips, MT, south of Wibaux, MT. She was the daughter of John and Helen (Watembach) Begger and had ten siblings. Edie graduated from Wibaux High School in 1943. Edie worked at the Wibaux Bank from 1943-1945. She met her husband, Harold during that time and they married January 22, 1945 at St. Philips Catholic Church south of Wibaux. They were married forty-six years, until Harold’s death November 21, 1991. Edie was a mom of six children, had twenty grandchildren and forty-one great grandchildren. She could tell you their birthdates from memory. In fact, Edie’s greatest attribute was her memory up until her death and was a great historian of past and present events. Edie was a devoted farm wife and homemaker. She loved raising chickens, selling eggs, and cream from the cows that they milked, gardening and flowers. Edie loved playing pinochle and whist, entertaining for family and friends, and being involved in her kids and grandkids lives. She was as important to them as they were to her. She was extremely proud of them all and their accomplishments. After Harold’s death, Edie stayed on at the farm until 1997, when she went by bus to stay three months with Judy during her liver transplant. In 1998, she moved off the farm to Beach where she enjoyed outings at the Senior Center, volunteering for Meals on Wheels, Bingo at the Manor, and was a dedicated adorer at St. John’s Catholic Church when they opened their chapel. She loved her Catholic faith and watched EWTN faithfully and attended St. John’s Church. Edie was Clerk of Township Board in Beach for twenty-eight years and on the Council of Aging. In 2007, she moved to Sturgis, SD to be close to Judy, and returned to Beach to live at the Manor in 2012. Edie loved the Manor and the staff and called it home. Edie was preceded in death by her husband, Harold; daughter, Marlys; son-in-law, Conrad Baumstarck; grandson, Kyle Baumstarck; her parents, John and Helen Begger; six brothers, Louis, Edmund (Cecelia), Leonard (Betty), Dominic (Margaret), David and Ralph and three sisters, Elizabeth Brungard, Florence Finneman, and Sally Bachmeir. Edie is survived by her daughters, Beverly Baumstarck of Worland, WY, Judy Abraham of Sturgis, SD, and Mary (Tim) Wang of Bemidji, MN; her sons, Marvin (Arlene) Abraham of Bismarck, ND and John (Dixie) Abraham of Beach, ND; nineteen grandchildren; forty-one great grandchildren; brother, Harry (Elaine) Begger of Wibaux, MT; sisters-in-law, Dorothy Begger of Beach, Anisa (Leonard) Begger and Janice (Louis) Begger Champion. In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to St. John’s Catholic Church and/or Cemetery and to the Golden Valley Manor. Remembrances and condolences may be shared with the family at: www.silhafuneralhomes.com.