Mary Evelyn Fredenburg
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Mary Evelyn Fredenburg | |
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 Mary Evelyn Fredenburg, from a 1963 newspaper | |
| Born | January 12, 1923 Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Died | January 12, 2020 (aged 97) Cadiz, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Other names | Mev Fredenburg, Mary E. Fredenburg |
| Occupation(s) | Nurse, missionary in Nigeria |
Mary Evelyn "Mev" Fredenburg (January 12, 1923 – January 12, 2020) was an American nurse and a missionary in Eku, Nigeria for over forty years.
Mary Evelyn Fredenburg was born in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, the daughter of David Ralph Fredenburg and Mary Elizabeth Davies Fredenburg.[1] Her parents were both born in North Dakota; her father was an electrician. As a girl, she moved to Orlando, Florida with her parents and younger siblings; she graduated from Orlando High School in 1940.[2] She attended Mars Hill College, and trained as a nurse at Southern Baptist Hospital in New Orleans.[3] She later earned a master's degree in education from the University of Minnesota while on furlough in the 1960s.[4]
