Current Obituaries

Deborah A. Lyons

Jan 6, 1953 - May 20, 2013

Rex H. Hoover

Jan 24, 1933 - May 18, 2013

Flora M. Kirtley

Aug 2, 1920 - May 18, 2013

Imogene Gibson

Sep 1, 1926 - May 17, 2013

Larry W. Dailey

Mar 11, 1941 - May 17, 2013

Jacqueline E. Turner

Dec 6, 1924 - May 17, 2013

Irene S. Wasson

Apr 10, 1920 - Jun 20, 2012

Irene V. Wasson, 92, died Sunday, June 24, 2012, at 10 p.m. at Heritage Pointe, in Warren, IN, where she had resided the past six years.

Mrs. Wasson graduated from Lancaster Central High School in 1938 and worked on the family farm. She was a member of a home economics club and the Lancaster Chapel United Methodist Church.

She was born April 11, 1920, in Huntington to Charles H. and Hazel I. Miller Smith. She married Ner William Wasson on May 3, 1938, in Craigville. Her husband preceded her in death on March 18, 2006.

Survivors include six daughters, Suzanne (David) Beeler, of Camp Verde, AZ; Janet (Rich) Johnson, of Coldwater, MI; Rosemary (Terry) Renbarger, of Sweetser; Rebecca (Terry) Tyler, of Nappanee; Debra (Don) Lockwood, of Ossian; and Merianne (Larry) DeWitt, of Scottsburg; two sisters, Joyce Decker, of Goldsboro, NC, and Joan Malmstrom, of Visalia, CA; 17 grandchildren; six stepgrandchildren; 31 great-grandchildren; eight stepgreat-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and three stepgreat-great-grandchildren.

Calling is Wednesday, June 27, 2012, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Goodwin Memorial Chapel, 3220 E. Ind.-124, Bluffton. A service will be held at the funeral home on Thursday, June 28, 2012, at 10:30 a.m., with calling one hour prior to the service. Rev. Terry Tyler and Rev. Larry DeWitt will officiate. Burial will be at Fairview Cemetery, Bluffton.

Preferred memorials are gifts to the Lancaster Chapel United Methodist Church or to Family Life Care.