On Friday morning, July 2, 2021 our beloved mother and friend, Adeline Hansen Dige, slipped peacefully from the company of her family to meet her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Mom was a kind, loving Christian woman and an inspiration to her children.
Adeline was born February 20, 1924, youngest child of Frederik and Johanne Hansen, in the Emmaus community south of Westby, MT, completing the family of twelve girls and two boys. Her childhood was blessed with a home filled with love, family and God’s Word.
Like many of her generation, she often recounted the hardships and sacrifices that her parents made in raising 14 children on a 160-acre homestead on the Montana prairie. She was proud of her parents and her family’s Danish and pioneer heritage. Although there were difficult times, especially during the Depression years, Adeline had fond memories of her years up north on the farm.
During World War II, she lived in California making artillery shells for the U.S. Navy. In 1945, she returned to Montana and made Sidney her home to help care for her mother. It wasn’t long before she had a suitor, but as was common at that time, he was called up to serve in the military. When he left, he asked his close friend, an ambitious young farmer named Arnold Dige, to take care of Adeline in his absence. We’ve always teased that Dad made good on that promise and then some! On May 22, 1949, Adeline married her love, Arnold, at the newly completed Pella Lutheran Church. Together they welcomed 6 children to their home: Russell (Janice) Dige , Rosalyn Stegmaier, Anthony Dige, Patricia (Dale) Powell, Marilyn (Steve) Pust, and Rebbecca (David) Reidle and they in turn gave Arnold and Adeline thirteen grandchildren to love and cherish: Shirley, Amanda, Paul, Jan, Robyn, Katie, Christy, Mark, Jonathan, Trevor, Erick, Shelby and Shanyn and then came twelve blessed great-grandchildren: Joe, Paul, Sara, Henry, Astrid, Anna, Jack, Kate, Alexis, Shawn, Elizabeth and Greyson. The joy that our Mom had in having a beautiful home and preparing delicious meals for us and many guests was her great pleasure in life. In more recent years, no longer able to hostess, Mom passed the time embroidering dish towels for her children, grandchildren, friends and caregivers and enjoyed regular games of Bingo.
Her family would like to thank the many patient and compassionate nurses and aides that cared for Mom daily these past several years at The Lodge and more recently at Sidney Extended Care.
Forever loving and missing Adeline are her surviving children and their families, as well as a large number of nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews and a darling little namesake, Adeline Kate in Oklahoma, just starting her life’s journey. We will all strive to hold on to her words of wisdom:
“Love the Lord, do your very best in any endeavor you take on and be kind.”
We know that Adeline is now reunited in Heaven with her husband, Arnold, son Anthony, her parents Frederik and Johanne, siblings Adolph, Dagmar, Vita, Edith, Esther, Karen Marie, Lennert, Anna, Olivia, Louise, Marcella, Doris, an infant sister, son-in-law Robert Stegmaier and many Dige relations.

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