Esther Mae Ashley, 83, Fort Wayne, died Sunday (9 June 1985) at her home.
Mrs. Ashley was born 5 September 1901, in Huntington County to Henry Beaver and Carrie (Sunderman) Beaver. Her marriage was to Neil Ashley 19 May 1928 in Huntington County, who preceded her in death on 2 June 1929 in Chicago.
She is survived by six sisters, Chrystal Lumm and Wanda Zion, both of Fort Wayne, Lewetta Swaidner, Hilda Bolinger and Eleanor Beaver, all of Huntington, and Betty Tinsman, of Englewood, Colo., and two brothers, Russell Beaver, Albuquerque, N. M., and Bert Beaver, Colorado Springs, Colo.
She had taught at Manchester College for 23 years before retiring and had previously taught elementary school in Hobart. A graduate of Ball State University, she was a member of the Delta Kappa Gamma sorority and Trinity English Lutheran Church.
Friends may call from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Klaehn's Wayne Street Chapel in Fort Wayne. Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in the Trinity English Lutheran Krauss Chapel with the Rev. Kathleen Nelson officiating.
Burial will be in the Lancaster Cemetery. Preferred memorials are to Manchester College or the Delta Kappa Gamma Fund.
Esther Mae Ashley, 83, Fort Wayne, died Sunday (9 June 1985) at her home.
Mrs. Ashley was born 5 September 1901, in Huntington County to Henry Beaver and Carrie (Sunderman) Beaver. Her marriage was to Neil Ashley 19 May 1928 in Huntington County, who preceded her in death on 2 June 1929 in Chicago.
She is survived by six sisters, Chrystal Lumm and Wanda Zion, both of Fort Wayne, Lewetta Swaidner, Hilda Bolinger and Eleanor Beaver, all of Huntington, and Betty Tinsman, of Englewood, Colo., and two brothers, Russell Beaver, Albuquerque, N. M., and Bert Beaver, Colorado Springs, Colo.
She had taught at Manchester College for 23 years before retiring and had previously taught elementary school in Hobart. A graduate of Ball State University, she was a member of the Delta Kappa Gamma sorority and Trinity English Lutheran Church.
Friends may call from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Klaehn's Wayne Street Chapel in Fort Wayne. Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in the Trinity English Lutheran Krauss Chapel with the Rev. Kathleen Nelson officiating.
Burial will be in the Lancaster Cemetery. Preferred memorials are to Manchester College or the Delta Kappa Gamma Fund.
Family Members
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Rev Lawrence Joseph Beaver
1896–1982
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Elsie Marie Beaver
1898–1922
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Lewetta Dessie Beaver Swaidner
1903–1996
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Chrystal P Beaver Lumm
1906–2001
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Betty Pauline Beaver Tinsman
1908–2007
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Hilda Edna Dorothy Beaver Bolinger
1910–2001
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Eleanor Viola Beaver
1913–1985
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Wanda Gertrude H Beaver Zion
1915–1996
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Russell Henry Beaver
1917–1999
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