"Strength and honor were her clothing, and she shall rejoice in time to come." Proverbs 31:25
MARIANNE ELSBETH WALDVOGEL, daughter of Albert Otto and
Annamaria Flemming, was born in the small village of Rothenen, East Prussia, on July 1, 1939, with her twin sister Waltraud (Wally Fogel). In earliest childhood she, along with her seven siblings (Hildegard, Karl,
Herbert, Ruth, Waltraud, Ursula, and Gerhard) became acquainted with the love of God through the faithfulness of her parents in conducting family worship and leading their children to Christ. Their happy life as children of the village blacksmith was shattered by World War II, and as the Russian Army advanced, the mother and children fled into Germany, leaving their home and possessions in the middle of the night, never to return. The father, who had been drafted into the army, was eventually captured and
sent to a Russian POW camp. However, God was their strength through the early loss of a newborn child, and four years of separation, deprivation, and uncertainty. After being re-united with the father (their story has been told on the Pacific Garden Mission radio program "Unshackled") they emigrated to the United States, settling near Albany, NY.
Marianne learned English quickly, becoming adept at avoiding milking the cows and feeding the chickens, and eventually attended SUNY at Oneonta, graduating with a
degree in teaching. After teaching in upstate NY, she
taught in a school on Tortola, British Virgin Islands for a year with her friend Elsie Nielsen, helping with the missionary work being done by the McKinnons.
It was during this time in 1968 that Arthur Waldvogel traveled to Tortola, bravely proposing that she leave paradise to become his bride, and the mother of
his four children (John,James, Daniel, and Heidi).(Arthur's wife, Esther, had passed away in 1967.) After a wedding on a hot day in Hackettstown, NJ, followed by a short honeymoon in New Hampshire at the "Last Chance Motel," she began showering her love on her
husband and children, blending seamlessly into a life of hospitality, sacrifice, and devotion over the next 39 years, as five boys (Timothy, Joseph, Stephen, Peter, and
Andrew) joined the growing family. She supported Arthur in the ministry in Ridgewood Pentecostal Church, opening her home to many (and often unexpected) guests, including elderly people needing constant care and close supervision, relatives, friends, and extended church family from far
and near, as well as creatures large and small. In addition, she bandaged many wounds, cooked and baked exquisit and fantastic desserts in massive quantities, juggled apples and responsibilities, battled unending mountains of wash, patched and re-patched socks and hearts,
and cried tears of sadness and joy during periods of both conflict and peace, heartache and happiness.
The years following Arthur's illness in 1981, and death in 1985 defined to her children the epitome of sacrificial love and indomitable spirit. Marianne returned to work
as a teacher in the NYC school system, teaching in the local grade school while maintaining her increased responsibilities at home and church, routinely washing
dishes, folding wash, grading tests, and praying for her family until late at night, encouraging herself in the
Lord, along with many others who observed her courage and insistence on following God's will and experiencing his presence and joy. The extended Flemming family was
extremely supportive during these years. Although she was encouraged to move away from New York City to be closer to her relatives, it was of particular importance to
her to continue to support the various Ridgewood Pentecostal Church ministries and pastors, and encourage her children to attend the meetings and become involved
with Vacation Bible School, Sunday School, and Pilgrim Camp. She encouraged them most effectively by her example. In addition to her own nine children, she became a mother to many others, including neighborhood children, friends of her children, and those who needed a place to stay. She reserved a special place in her heart for her daughters-in-law Anna, Elizabeth, Erika, Katherine, Thalia, and Cheryl, and son-in-law George (she especially wanted to attend
the June wedding of her son Timothy and Kaia Mahler to welcome another daughter-in-law), which appeared to widen as she welcomed her grandchildren Gregory, Kirsten, Esther, Johannah, Christopher, Deborah, Melissa, Emma, Joshua, Kate, Ryan, Colette, and Ian (she was so happy to
see Ian Waldvogel for the first time two days before she passed away.) After retiring in 2004, she became sick and went through two protracted periods of illness and medical treatments, resulting in significant suffering and loss of strength. Throughout this difficult time, she maintained her
cheerfulness and confidence in God, encouraging those who were attempting to encourage her, praising God with lips and life. Her life during these trying days, until passing into eternity on June 14, 2007, to rejoice forever in his Presence, could be summarized by the following passage:
Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:
Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation. (Hab. 3:17-18)
We are convinced that our lives and the lives of our extended families, including many in our church fellowship and neighborhood have been deeply touched and forever changed by Marianne's life and diligent service to God. We will never forget her love of God and family, her selflessness, and her joy. Our prayer is to emulate her many wonderful attributes, to be lovers of God, cheerful, generous, persevering, and courageous.
~James Waldvogel
MARIANNE ELSBETH WALDVOGEL, daughter of Albert Otto and
Annamaria Flemming, was born in the small village of Rothenen, East Prussia, on July 1, 1939, with her twin sister Waltraud (Wally Fogel). In earliest childhood she, along with her seven siblings (Hildegard, Karl,
Herbert, Ruth, Waltraud, Ursula, and Gerhard) became acquainted with the love of God through the faithfulness of her parents in conducting family worship and leading their children to Christ. Their happy life as children of the village blacksmith was shattered by World War II, and as the Russian Army advanced, the mother and children fled into Germany, leaving their home and possessions in the middle of the night, never to return. The father, who had been drafted into the army, was eventually captured and
sent to a Russian POW camp. However, God was their strength through the early loss of a newborn child, and four years of separation, deprivation, and uncertainty. After being re-united with the father (their story has been told on the Pacific Garden Mission radio program "Unshackled") they emigrated to the United States, settling near Albany, NY.
Marianne learned English quickly, becoming adept at avoiding milking the cows and feeding the chickens, and eventually attended SUNY at Oneonta, graduating with a
degree in teaching. After teaching in upstate NY, she
taught in a school on Tortola, British Virgin Islands for a year with her friend Elsie Nielsen, helping with the missionary work being done by the McKinnons.
It was during this time in 1968 that Arthur Waldvogel traveled to Tortola, bravely proposing that she leave paradise to become his bride, and the mother of
his four children (John,James, Daniel, and Heidi).(Arthur's wife, Esther, had passed away in 1967.) After a wedding on a hot day in Hackettstown, NJ, followed by a short honeymoon in New Hampshire at the "Last Chance Motel," she began showering her love on her
husband and children, blending seamlessly into a life of hospitality, sacrifice, and devotion over the next 39 years, as five boys (Timothy, Joseph, Stephen, Peter, and
Andrew) joined the growing family. She supported Arthur in the ministry in Ridgewood Pentecostal Church, opening her home to many (and often unexpected) guests, including elderly people needing constant care and close supervision, relatives, friends, and extended church family from far
and near, as well as creatures large and small. In addition, she bandaged many wounds, cooked and baked exquisit and fantastic desserts in massive quantities, juggled apples and responsibilities, battled unending mountains of wash, patched and re-patched socks and hearts,
and cried tears of sadness and joy during periods of both conflict and peace, heartache and happiness.
The years following Arthur's illness in 1981, and death in 1985 defined to her children the epitome of sacrificial love and indomitable spirit. Marianne returned to work
as a teacher in the NYC school system, teaching in the local grade school while maintaining her increased responsibilities at home and church, routinely washing
dishes, folding wash, grading tests, and praying for her family until late at night, encouraging herself in the
Lord, along with many others who observed her courage and insistence on following God's will and experiencing his presence and joy. The extended Flemming family was
extremely supportive during these years. Although she was encouraged to move away from New York City to be closer to her relatives, it was of particular importance to
her to continue to support the various Ridgewood Pentecostal Church ministries and pastors, and encourage her children to attend the meetings and become involved
with Vacation Bible School, Sunday School, and Pilgrim Camp. She encouraged them most effectively by her example. In addition to her own nine children, she became a mother to many others, including neighborhood children, friends of her children, and those who needed a place to stay. She reserved a special place in her heart for her daughters-in-law Anna, Elizabeth, Erika, Katherine, Thalia, and Cheryl, and son-in-law George (she especially wanted to attend
the June wedding of her son Timothy and Kaia Mahler to welcome another daughter-in-law), which appeared to widen as she welcomed her grandchildren Gregory, Kirsten, Esther, Johannah, Christopher, Deborah, Melissa, Emma, Joshua, Kate, Ryan, Colette, and Ian (she was so happy to
see Ian Waldvogel for the first time two days before she passed away.) After retiring in 2004, she became sick and went through two protracted periods of illness and medical treatments, resulting in significant suffering and loss of strength. Throughout this difficult time, she maintained her
cheerfulness and confidence in God, encouraging those who were attempting to encourage her, praising God with lips and life. Her life during these trying days, until passing into eternity on June 14, 2007, to rejoice forever in his Presence, could be summarized by the following passage:
Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:
Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation. (Hab. 3:17-18)
We are convinced that our lives and the lives of our extended families, including many in our church fellowship and neighborhood have been deeply touched and forever changed by Marianne's life and diligent service to God. We will never forget her love of God and family, her selflessness, and her joy. Our prayer is to emulate her many wonderful attributes, to be lovers of God, cheerful, generous, persevering, and courageous.
~James Waldvogel
"Strength and honor were her clothing, and she shall rejoice in time to come." Proverbs 31:25
MARIANNE ELSBETH WALDVOGEL, daughter of Albert Otto and
Annamaria Flemming, was born in the small village of Rothenen, East Prussia, on July 1, 1939, with her twin sister Waltraud (Wally Fogel). In earliest childhood she, along with her seven siblings (Hildegard, Karl,
Herbert, Ruth, Waltraud, Ursula, and Gerhard) became acquainted with the love of God through the faithfulness of her parents in conducting family worship and leading their children to Christ. Their happy life as children of the village blacksmith was shattered by World War II, and as the Russian Army advanced, the mother and children fled into Germany, leaving their home and possessions in the middle of the night, never to return. The father, who had been drafted into the army, was eventually captured and
sent to a Russian POW camp. However, God was their strength through the early loss of a newborn child, and four years of separation, deprivation, and uncertainty. After being re-united with the father (their story has been told on the Pacific Garden Mission radio program "Unshackled") they emigrated to the United States, settling near Albany, NY.
Marianne learned English quickly, becoming adept at avoiding milking the cows and feeding the chickens, and eventually attended SUNY at Oneonta, graduating with a
degree in teaching. After teaching in upstate NY, she
taught in a school on Tortola, British Virgin Islands for a year with her friend Elsie Nielsen, helping with the missionary work being done by the McKinnons.
It was during this time in 1968 that Arthur Waldvogel traveled to Tortola, bravely proposing that she leave paradise to become his bride, and the mother of
his four children (John,James, Daniel, and Heidi).(Arthur's wife, Esther, had passed away in 1967.) After a wedding on a hot day in Hackettstown, NJ, followed by a short honeymoon in New Hampshire at the "Last Chance Motel," she began showering her love on her
husband and children, blending seamlessly into a life of hospitality, sacrifice, and devotion over the next 39 years, as five boys (Timothy, Joseph, Stephen, Peter, and
Andrew) joined the growing family. She supported Arthur in the ministry in Ridgewood Pentecostal Church, opening her home to many (and often unexpected) guests, including elderly people needing constant care and close supervision, relatives, friends, and extended church family from far
and near, as well as creatures large and small. In addition, she bandaged many wounds, cooked and baked exquisit and fantastic desserts in massive quantities, juggled apples and responsibilities, battled unending mountains of wash, patched and re-patched socks and hearts,
and cried tears of sadness and joy during periods of both conflict and peace, heartache and happiness.
The years following Arthur's illness in 1981, and death in 1985 defined to her children the epitome of sacrificial love and indomitable spirit. Marianne returned to work
as a teacher in the NYC school system, teaching in the local grade school while maintaining her increased responsibilities at home and church, routinely washing
dishes, folding wash, grading tests, and praying for her family until late at night, encouraging herself in the
Lord, along with many others who observed her courage and insistence on following God's will and experiencing his presence and joy. The extended Flemming family was
extremely supportive during these years. Although she was encouraged to move away from New York City to be closer to her relatives, it was of particular importance to
her to continue to support the various Ridgewood Pentecostal Church ministries and pastors, and encourage her children to attend the meetings and become involved
with Vacation Bible School, Sunday School, and Pilgrim Camp. She encouraged them most effectively by her example. In addition to her own nine children, she became a mother to many others, including neighborhood children, friends of her children, and those who needed a place to stay. She reserved a special place in her heart for her daughters-in-law Anna, Elizabeth, Erika, Katherine, Thalia, and Cheryl, and son-in-law George (she especially wanted to attend
the June wedding of her son Timothy and Kaia Mahler to welcome another daughter-in-law), which appeared to widen as she welcomed her grandchildren Gregory, Kirsten, Esther, Johannah, Christopher, Deborah, Melissa, Emma, Joshua, Kate, Ryan, Colette, and Ian (she was so happy to
see Ian Waldvogel for the first time two days before she passed away.) After retiring in 2004, she became sick and went through two protracted periods of illness and medical treatments, resulting in significant suffering and loss of strength. Throughout this difficult time, she maintained her
cheerfulness and confidence in God, encouraging those who were attempting to encourage her, praising God with lips and life. Her life during these trying days, until passing into eternity on June 14, 2007, to rejoice forever in his Presence, could be summarized by the following passage:
Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:
Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation. (Hab. 3:17-18)
We are convinced that our lives and the lives of our extended families, including many in our church fellowship and neighborhood have been deeply touched and forever changed by Marianne's life and diligent service to God. We will never forget her love of God and family, her selflessness, and her joy. Our prayer is to emulate her many wonderful attributes, to be lovers of God, cheerful, generous, persevering, and courageous.
~James Waldvogel
MARIANNE ELSBETH WALDVOGEL, daughter of Albert Otto and
Annamaria Flemming, was born in the small village of Rothenen, East Prussia, on July 1, 1939, with her twin sister Waltraud (Wally Fogel). In earliest childhood she, along with her seven siblings (Hildegard, Karl,
Herbert, Ruth, Waltraud, Ursula, and Gerhard) became acquainted with the love of God through the faithfulness of her parents in conducting family worship and leading their children to Christ. Their happy life as children of the village blacksmith was shattered by World War II, and as the Russian Army advanced, the mother and children fled into Germany, leaving their home and possessions in the middle of the night, never to return. The father, who had been drafted into the army, was eventually captured and
sent to a Russian POW camp. However, God was their strength through the early loss of a newborn child, and four years of separation, deprivation, and uncertainty. After being re-united with the father (their story has been told on the Pacific Garden Mission radio program "Unshackled") they emigrated to the United States, settling near Albany, NY.
Marianne learned English quickly, becoming adept at avoiding milking the cows and feeding the chickens, and eventually attended SUNY at Oneonta, graduating with a
degree in teaching. After teaching in upstate NY, she
taught in a school on Tortola, British Virgin Islands for a year with her friend Elsie Nielsen, helping with the missionary work being done by the McKinnons.
It was during this time in 1968 that Arthur Waldvogel traveled to Tortola, bravely proposing that she leave paradise to become his bride, and the mother of
his four children (John,James, Daniel, and Heidi).(Arthur's wife, Esther, had passed away in 1967.) After a wedding on a hot day in Hackettstown, NJ, followed by a short honeymoon in New Hampshire at the "Last Chance Motel," she began showering her love on her
husband and children, blending seamlessly into a life of hospitality, sacrifice, and devotion over the next 39 years, as five boys (Timothy, Joseph, Stephen, Peter, and
Andrew) joined the growing family. She supported Arthur in the ministry in Ridgewood Pentecostal Church, opening her home to many (and often unexpected) guests, including elderly people needing constant care and close supervision, relatives, friends, and extended church family from far
and near, as well as creatures large and small. In addition, she bandaged many wounds, cooked and baked exquisit and fantastic desserts in massive quantities, juggled apples and responsibilities, battled unending mountains of wash, patched and re-patched socks and hearts,
and cried tears of sadness and joy during periods of both conflict and peace, heartache and happiness.
The years following Arthur's illness in 1981, and death in 1985 defined to her children the epitome of sacrificial love and indomitable spirit. Marianne returned to work
as a teacher in the NYC school system, teaching in the local grade school while maintaining her increased responsibilities at home and church, routinely washing
dishes, folding wash, grading tests, and praying for her family until late at night, encouraging herself in the
Lord, along with many others who observed her courage and insistence on following God's will and experiencing his presence and joy. The extended Flemming family was
extremely supportive during these years. Although she was encouraged to move away from New York City to be closer to her relatives, it was of particular importance to
her to continue to support the various Ridgewood Pentecostal Church ministries and pastors, and encourage her children to attend the meetings and become involved
with Vacation Bible School, Sunday School, and Pilgrim Camp. She encouraged them most effectively by her example. In addition to her own nine children, she became a mother to many others, including neighborhood children, friends of her children, and those who needed a place to stay. She reserved a special place in her heart for her daughters-in-law Anna, Elizabeth, Erika, Katherine, Thalia, and Cheryl, and son-in-law George (she especially wanted to attend
the June wedding of her son Timothy and Kaia Mahler to welcome another daughter-in-law), which appeared to widen as she welcomed her grandchildren Gregory, Kirsten, Esther, Johannah, Christopher, Deborah, Melissa, Emma, Joshua, Kate, Ryan, Colette, and Ian (she was so happy to
see Ian Waldvogel for the first time two days before she passed away.) After retiring in 2004, she became sick and went through two protracted periods of illness and medical treatments, resulting in significant suffering and loss of strength. Throughout this difficult time, she maintained her
cheerfulness and confidence in God, encouraging those who were attempting to encourage her, praising God with lips and life. Her life during these trying days, until passing into eternity on June 14, 2007, to rejoice forever in his Presence, could be summarized by the following passage:
Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:
Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation. (Hab. 3:17-18)
We are convinced that our lives and the lives of our extended families, including many in our church fellowship and neighborhood have been deeply touched and forever changed by Marianne's life and diligent service to God. We will never forget her love of God and family, her selflessness, and her joy. Our prayer is to emulate her many wonderful attributes, to be lovers of God, cheerful, generous, persevering, and courageous.
~James Waldvogel
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