Marie Black, 88, of rural Wabash, Indiana, died at 12:56 a.m. Sunday, September 12, 2010, at St. Joseph Hospital in Fort Wayne. She was born June 18, 1922 in Lincolnville, Indiana, to Charles and Lola (Griffiths) Schoby.
She married George Black in Lincolnville, on August 24, 1939; he died June 1, 1978. She retired in 1985 from Wabash Magnetics, where she had worked since 1957. Marie loved to garden and do cross-stitching.
She is survived by her three children, Katherine Black of Wabash, Jeanne Spears of Elkhart, Indiana, and Wayne Black of Bozeman, Montana; two brothers, William Schoby of Wabash, and Paul (Margaret) Schoby of Issaquah, Washington; three sisters, Margaret Brubaker of Pennsylvania, Mary Keffaber of Wabash, and Ruth (Lawrence) Martin of Cambria, California; and seven grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her two sons, Carl and James Black, her daughter, Sue Flynn, three brothers, and a sister.
Funeral services will be held at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Avenue, Wabash, on Thursday, September 16, 2010 at 10:30 a.m. Burial will be in Center Grove Cemetery, Lincolnville. Friends may call 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
She married George Black in Lincolnville, on August 24, 1939; he died June 1, 1978. She retired in 1985 from Wabash Magnetics, where she had worked since 1957. Marie loved to garden and do cross-stitching.
She is survived by her three children, Katherine Black of Wabash, Jeanne Spears of Elkhart, Indiana, and Wayne Black of Bozeman, Montana; two brothers, William Schoby of Wabash, and Paul (Margaret) Schoby of Issaquah, Washington; three sisters, Margaret Brubaker of Pennsylvania, Mary Keffaber of Wabash, and Ruth (Lawrence) Martin of Cambria, California; and seven grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her two sons, Carl and James Black, her daughter, Sue Flynn, three brothers, and a sister.
Funeral services will be held at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Avenue, Wabash, on Thursday, September 16, 2010 at 10:30 a.m. Burial will be in Center Grove Cemetery, Lincolnville. Friends may call 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Marie Black, 88, of rural Wabash, Indiana, died at 12:56 a.m. Sunday, September 12, 2010, at St. Joseph Hospital in Fort Wayne. She was born June 18, 1922 in Lincolnville, Indiana, to Charles and Lola (Griffiths) Schoby.
She married George Black in Lincolnville, on August 24, 1939; he died June 1, 1978. She retired in 1985 from Wabash Magnetics, where she had worked since 1957. Marie loved to garden and do cross-stitching.
She is survived by her three children, Katherine Black of Wabash, Jeanne Spears of Elkhart, Indiana, and Wayne Black of Bozeman, Montana; two brothers, William Schoby of Wabash, and Paul (Margaret) Schoby of Issaquah, Washington; three sisters, Margaret Brubaker of Pennsylvania, Mary Keffaber of Wabash, and Ruth (Lawrence) Martin of Cambria, California; and seven grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her two sons, Carl and James Black, her daughter, Sue Flynn, three brothers, and a sister.
Funeral services will be held at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Avenue, Wabash, on Thursday, September 16, 2010 at 10:30 a.m. Burial will be in Center Grove Cemetery, Lincolnville. Friends may call 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
She married George Black in Lincolnville, on August 24, 1939; he died June 1, 1978. She retired in 1985 from Wabash Magnetics, where she had worked since 1957. Marie loved to garden and do cross-stitching.
She is survived by her three children, Katherine Black of Wabash, Jeanne Spears of Elkhart, Indiana, and Wayne Black of Bozeman, Montana; two brothers, William Schoby of Wabash, and Paul (Margaret) Schoby of Issaquah, Washington; three sisters, Margaret Brubaker of Pennsylvania, Mary Keffaber of Wabash, and Ruth (Lawrence) Martin of Cambria, California; and seven grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her two sons, Carl and James Black, her daughter, Sue Flynn, three brothers, and a sister.
Funeral services will be held at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Avenue, Wabash, on Thursday, September 16, 2010 at 10:30 a.m. Burial will be in Center Grove Cemetery, Lincolnville. Friends may call 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
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