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Joann A. Byer

Joann A. Byer, 83, a long time resident of Ossian, IN, and Markle, IN, died Friday, Aug. 21, 2015,at 12:16 a.m. at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne.

Mrs. Byer was a 1949 graduate of South Side High School in Fort Wayne. She was a homemake. She had attended the Ossian United Methodist Church and was a member of the Red Hat Society.

She was born Oct. 16, 1931 in New Haven to Thomas and Vera Hamilton Stoner. She was married to Vernon W. Byer on June 23, 1951, in Fort Wayne, and he survives.

Additional survivors include three daughters, Michelle Byer-McLaughlin, Teresa Byer and Tamera Kinnaird; and three grandchildren, Hans Winterhalter, Shanah McLaughlin and Liam Kinnaird.

Calling is Monday, Aug. 24, 2015, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Myers Funeral Home Markle Chapel, 415 N. Lee St., Markle, Indiana. A funeral service will be held following visitation. Interment will be at the Oak Lawn Cemetery in Ossian.

Memorials are to Angel Light Academy, a non-profit organization, in care of Myers Funeral Home, PO Box 403, Markle, IN 46770.

To sign the online guest registry, visit www.myersfuneralhomes.com.