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Carolyn M. Hegel

Carolyn  M. Hegel, 76, of rural Andrews, IN, died Friday, June 10, 2016, at 6:45 p.m. at her home.

Mrs. Hegel was a farm wife and raised cattle.  She worked at the Huntington County Farm Bureau Co-op as office manager for the five elevators from 1959 to 1970.  In 1980 she was elected as vice president of the Indiana Farm Bureau and held that position until 2006.  She was a member of the Bethel United Methodist Church and the Wabash County Farm Bureau. She also founded the Gene Stratton Porter Hopewell Foundation Inc., was a master gardener and was the Lagro librarian.

She was born April 19, 1940, in Lagro Township to Ralph H. and Mary Lucile Rudig Lynn.
She married Tom L. Hegel at the St. Paul Evangelical and Reformed Church on June 3, 1962, and he preceded her in death on Aug. 27, 1992.   

She is survived by a brother, Clair L. Lynn, of Lagro, and a sister, Barbara Ann Lynn, of Lagro.

Calling is Monday, June 13, 2016, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Ave., Wabash, and for one hour prior to the funeral service on Tuesday, June 14, 2016, at 10 a.m. at Bethel United Methodist Church, 2438N-650E, Andrews. Rev. Randell Webb will officiate. Burial will be in Hopewell Cemetery, Lagro.

Preferred memorials are the Indiana Farm Bureau or Bethel United Methodist Church.

The memorial guestbook may be signed at www.grandstaff-hentgen.com.