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Rachel M. Brinneman Hardesty

Rachel M. Brinneman Hardesty, 33, of Roanoke, IN, died Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020, at her home.

Mrs. Hardesty graduated from Norwell High School in 2005. She graduated form the International Business College in 2006 and then worked for Lutheran Social Services of Indiana.

She was born on Jan. 8, 1987, in Allen County, to Michael and Laurie Tomkinson Brinneman. Her parents survive in Roanoke. She married Jeffrey Hardesty on July 7, 2007, in Bluffton. He survives in Roanoke.

Additional survivors include two children, Louis and Blair Hardesty, and her siblings, Sean Brinneman and Josh Brinneman, both of Fort Wayne, and Lauren Jones, of Ossian.

Calling will take place on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020, from 6 to 8 p.m., at the Thoma/Rich, Lemler Funeral Home in Bluffton. Those in attendance are asked to practice social distancing.

A private service will be held for the family on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020, at the Thoma/Rich, Lemler Funeral Home in Bluffton, with Joel Gregory officiating. Those who wish to watch the service may do so using the ZOOM meeting program. The meeting ID is 829 8662 3409 and will be available after 9:45 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 16.

A private family burial service will follow at Woodlawn Cemetery in Warren.

Memorials may be made to Rachel’s Children’s Educational Fund, payable to the Rachel Hardesty Scholarship Fund.

Online condolences may be made at thomarich.com.