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Evelyn D. Sheets

Evelyn D. Sheets, 98, of Columbia City, IN, died Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016, at Miller's Merry Manor in Huntington, IN.

Mrs. Sheets graduated from Columbia City High School in 1936. She was a homemaker and assisted her husband on the family farm. She also worked for Coil Engineering in Roanoke for 10 years. She had been a member of the Washington Center Evangelical United Brethren Church, Pleasant Chapel Evangelical United Brethren Church, the National Farmers Organization and the North American Belgian Draft Horse Association.

She was born March 30, 1918, in Columbia City to Chester Earl and Lela Mae Souder Sumney. She married Jacob W. Sheets Jr. on Aug. 29, 1936, and he preceded her in death.

Survivors include four daughters, Sharon (Keith) Brown, of Huntington; Betty Bellman, of Bremen; Donna Dial, of Woodburn; and Cassandra (Daniel) Rhoades, of Avilla; two sons, David (Elaine) Sheets, of Columbia City, and Charles (Charlene) Sheets, of Huntington; a sister, Willadene Thompson, of Fort Wayne; a brother, Paul Sumney, of South Carolina; 19 grandchildren; 38 great-grandchildren; and 21 great-great-grandchildren.

Calling is Sunday, Dec. 4, 2016, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at DeMoney-Grimes, a Life Story Funeral Home, 600 Countryside Drive, Columbia City. A funeral service will be Monday, Dec. 5, 2016, at 10 a.m. at the funeral home, with Rev. Chris Moore officiating. Burial will follow at Nolt Cemetery.

Memorial gifts may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association.

Online condolences may be made at www.demoneygrimes.com.