Selma Zelda Edinger
August 03, 2021
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Selma Zelda Edinger, 94, passed away August 3, 2021. Services will be held at Hamilton’s on Westown Parkway, 3601 Westown Parkway in West Des Moines, IA on Saturday, August 14, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. with visitation one hour prior. Burial will follow at Resthaven Cemetery. A luncheon will be held at Hamilton’s following burial.
Selma was born November 25, 1926 in Bremen, ND to Robert and Pauline (Huber) Edinger. She lived most of her adult life in Des Moines and for the past 5 years has lived at Madison Square Assisted Living in Winterset, IA. Selma worked in the banking industry for over 35 years for Valley Bank & Trust and Firstar. She was a lifelong member of Central Gospel Chapel (Cornerstone Community Church) currently known as Creekside Church. She was very involved in the Women’s Missionary Outreach and loved meeting and communicating with many missionaries.
Selma enjoyed traveling and visited many states including Alaska and Hawaii and also foreign countries. She treasured spending time with friends and tending her flower and vegetable gardens.
She was preceded in death by her parents; siblings, Leona Ferris, Irene Sommer, Alice Eldevik, Bernice Edinger, Robert Edinger, Jr., Donald Edinger and Paul Edinger.
Selma is survived by her brother, Kenneth (Mavis) Edinger; sister-in-law, Elaine (Eckert) Edinger; and many nieces, nephews, and great and great-great nieces and nephews.
Memorials may be directed to Creekside WMO (Women’s Missionary Outreach), 2743 82nd Place #4312, Urbandale, IA 50322 or to Teach Beyond for Amanda Ferris #40146, P.O. Box 610, Downers Grove, IL 60515.
John S Berglund
08/08/2021
Selma was a woman of faith who had a testimony for the Lord. Her testimony is of a person who had accepted Christ and then lived out the life of Christ in her daily Life. She truly by her life Adorned the Doctrine of God according to Titus 2:10. She was a woman of the Word of God, She was a woman of Prayer, She was a woman of generosity . I had the privilege of taking her to Israel years ago because she wanted to see the Holy Land and view the actual sites that she had read about in the scriptures and walk where Jesus walked. She was such a trooper even when she got very sick while we were in Egypt. She was a joy to travel with.
Recently I read two verses that made me think of Selma. In Isaiah 57:2 it says They find peace even as they lie in death and Proverbs 14:32 Even in death the righteous have a refuge. Selma had a Redeemer in Jesus Christ . At death she has a Refuge because she had put her faith in Christ alone for the forgiveness of sins. The Bible teaches that she also will have a Reward. Someone once said each of us by our lives are painting a portrait that someday death will frame. Selma's love for Christ and her life was a portrait that brought honor and glory to Christ. I will miss her but will see her again because of the Work of Christ.