This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: MargieRoopPearce Surnames: Workinger, Thornton, Kelly, Habegger, Bentz, Johnson Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.indiana.counties.adams/3254/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Decatur Daily Democrat, Adams County, Indiana; Thursday, June 26 1997 Ruth A. Workinger, 85, 922 Nuttman Ave., died at 2 a.m. Wednesday at home. She was born on Dec. 20, 1911 in Bucyrus, Ohio to William and Mae Kelly Thornton and married Robert S. Workinger on Dec. 25, 1932. He survives. She was a homemaker and a member of Union Chapel United Methodist Church, United Methodist Women, the church's Faithful Workers Sunday School class, Decatur Senior Citizen's, Decatur Camera Club and the Trot-A-Bout Club. Other survivors are two daughters, Mrs. Roger L. (Shirley) Habegger, Portland, Mich., and Margery Bentz, Decatur; two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. A daughter, Betty Lou Workinger; a brother, William Thornton and a sister, Bernice Johnson are deceased. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in Union Chapel United Methodist Church, with burial in Decatur Cemetery. Visiting hours are 2-4 and 6-8 Friday in Haggard & Armes Funeral Home, Decatur, and 9:30-10:30 a.m. Saturday in the church. Preferred memorials are to the church or to the scholarship fund of the Decatur Optimist Club. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.