Ann J. Brediger, age 85, of the Wesley Pines Community in Lumberton, passed away on Sunday, October 21, 2018 at Wesley Pines. She was born on December 28, 1932 in Covington, KY to Eugene I. and Dorothy J. Winterberg.

She was a 1950 graduate of Roosevelt High School in Seattle, WA.  Upon graduation, she relocated to San Diego, CA where she was "picked up by a sailor," who was to become her husband for the next sixty years.  They moved to Brewer, OH where her husband practiced dentistry for forty-two years before retiring to North Carolina.

She was predeceased by her husband, Dr. Robert D. Brediger; one sister, Mary Virginia Smith and two brothers, James R. Winterberg and Eugene M. Winterberg.

She is survived by two sisters, Marilyn Colley of Seattle, WA and Genevieve James of Las Vegas, NV, as well as her daughter, Kathleen Hansen of Lumberton; two sons, James R. (Charlotte) Brediger and Michael W. (Patti) Brediger, all of Cartersville, GA; five granddaughters, Rebecca, Kayla and Nikki Hansen, Jessica Heckel and Jaime Brediger.  She also is survived by three great-grandchildren, Brantley and Elijah Heckel and Braelyn Husky.

A memorial service will be held on Wednesday, October 24, 2018 at 5:30PM at Trinity Episcopal Church in Lumberton and celebrated by Rev. Gene Wayman.  Entombment will follow in the church columbarium.

A reception will be held in the parish hall of the church immediately following the service to visit with the family.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Ann's name to: Trinity Episcopal Church, 1202 N. Chestnut Street, Lumberton, NC  28359 or to the Alzheimer's Association of NC, 5171 Glenwood Ave., Suite 101,
Raleigh, NC 27612.