5/1/1914 - 10/9/2004
Mary Ann Vanover, 90, Montpelier, died at 1:18 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 9 at
her son’s residence in Montpelier.
Born May 1, 1914 in Leslie
County, Kentucky to Elisha and Lucy Ellen Browning Shepherd, she married
Buck Vanover there on July 19, 1930; he died July 26, 1979.
She was
retired from Franklin Electric Co., and was a member of the Church of Christ
in Bluffton.
Survivors include two sons, Darnell Vanover of
Montpelier and Kash Vanover of Keystone; three daughters, Bessie Wilson of
Bryant, Kay Enterline of Pennville and Helen Buchanan of Wilshire, Ohio; 28
grandchildren; 37 great grandchildren; and 18 great-great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by three sisters, four brothers, and one
granddaughter.
Services will be held Thursday at 10:30 a.m. at the
Thoma/Rich, Hewitt & Chaney Funeral Home in Bluffton. Calling hours are
Wednesday from 1 to 8 p.m. and for one hour prior to the service on
Thursday. Burial will be in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Pennville. Preferred
memorials to the church.
Bluffton News Banner, Wells
County, Indiana; October 11, 2004
Contributed by Karin King
Buried
in Pennville IOF aka Twin Hills Cemetery
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Mary Ann Vanover, 90, Montpelier, died at 1:18 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 9 [2004] at her son's residence in Montpelier, Indiana. Born May 1, 1914 in Leslie County, Kentucky to Elisha and Lucy Ellen Browning Shepherd, she married Buck Vanover there on July 19, 1930; he died July 26, 1979.
She was retired from Franklin Electric Co., and was a member of the Church of Christ in Bluffton, Indiana.
Survivors include two sons, Darnell Vanover of Montpelier and Kash Vanover of Keystone; three daughters, Bessie Wilson of Bryant, Kay Enterline of Pennville and Helen Buchanan of Wilshire, Ohio; 28 grandchildren; 37 great grandchildren; and 18 great-great grandchildren.She was preceded in death by three sisters, four brothers, and one granddaughter.Services will be held Thursday at 10:30 a.m. at the Thoma/Rich, Hewitt & Chaney Funeral Home in Bluffton. Calling hours are Wednesday from 1 to 8 p.m. and for one hour prior to the service on Thursday.
Burial will be in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Pennville.
Contributed by Linda Burns – no source listed