■lB-Lancasttr Farming, Saturday, April 26,1986
Experienced crocheter creates Last Supper mural with hook and thread
BY BARBARA MILLER
Staff Correspondent
WILLIAMSPORT - Mrs. Laura
Eddinger, 86, of 1533 Memorial
Avenue couldn’t crochet just one;
instead she crocheted five murals
of the Last Supper like the one she
recently presented to the First
Mrs. Laura Eddinger displays her "cross and crown of
thorns" pattern doily.
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Each mural measures 62x58
inches and was created by using a
100-year-old communion cloth
from the Duboistown Methodist
Church as a pattern. Crocheted
along the left side of the mural are
the name of the church, the
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Rev. Allen H. Goss, pastor of the First Baptist Church, Williamsport, shows the hand
crocheted mural of the Last Supper, Mrs. Laura Eddinger recently presented to the
church.
pastor’s name, year, and Mrs.
Eddinger’s initials. Mrs. Eddinger
completed the last mural in one
month.
According to Mrs. Eddinger,
Rev. John Piper, Jr. of Grace
United Methodist Church,
Williamsport, for whom she had
crocheted a doily centerpiece, first
approached her last Judy asking
her to crochet a mural of the Last
Supper using the old communion
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cloth as a pattern for his church.
“Oh, he was just in love with it,”
Mrs. Eddinger exclaimed,
reporting Rev. Piper’s reaction. So
much so that Rev. Piper requested
an additional mural for himself,
which Mrs. Eddinger produced.
One thing led to another and
Mrs. Eddinger decided to crochet a
mural for the Lutheran Church at
Cogan Station in memory of her
husband and her mother-in-law.
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The fouith mural was sent to
Bozman, MT and was done, Mrs.
Eddinger said, in memory of the
Snay family. The fifth mural, ol
course, was completed for the
First Baptist Church.
“It was tedious to do it,’’ Mrs.
Eddinger said, “Every row was
different, but I knew Rev. Piper
and Rev. Goss wanted them.”
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