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Freda Maust, Springs, sits by the window in the home she has lived in her whole life. (Staff photo by Alyssa Choiniere / January 13, 2013) |
SPRINGS — Freda Maust didn’t need to have children of her own to become a matriarch.
The 90-year-old Mennonite woman became the matriarch of her Springs community and extended family after decades of service, according to her niece, Miriam Achenbach, of Lancaster.
“She has very much a heart of helping people and serving others,” Achenbach said.
Maust spent years as a licensed practical nurse, newspaper reporter and Springs Historical Society secretary. She helped to start the annual Springs Folk Festival.
“I didn’t call it work,” Maust said. “I was doing things for them.”
Maust’s own history began in the same house.
“I was born right over there,” she said, motioning to a spot in another room. “It’s been home ever since.”
Her parent’s wedding picture has been hanging in the same place on the wall since 1904.
Maust has projects in every room. A 750-piece puzzle, nearly completed, sits on a table under framed puzzles from previous afternoons.
An old roller towel, a looped towel hung on a rolling rack, will be repurposed during multiple projects.
