This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: MargieRoopPearce Surnames: Reinking, Hower, Ripley, Brown, Butler Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.indiana.counties.adams/3198/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Decatur Daily Democrat, Adams Co, IN; Thursday, 10 February 1994 Ercie L. Reinking, 97, Fort Wayne, a former resident of Decatur and Willshire, Ohio, died at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Lutheran Home, Fort Wayne, her residence since 1969. She married Frech Hower in 1918; he died in 1938. She married Forest Ripley in 1943; he died in 1969. She married Rev. Herman Reinking in 1971; but he died in 1973. She was a former embalmer and funeral director with Lobenstein and Hower Funeral Home in Decatur and also worked for Citizens Telephone Co. in Decatur. She was a member of Zion Lutheran church, Chattanooga, Ohio. Among the survivors are two daughters; a sister, Gertrude Brown, Decatur; a brother; and two half-sisters. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Friday in Zwick-Sefton and Jahn Funeral Home, Decatur, with burial in Decatur Cemetery. Visiting hours will be from noon-1 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. 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.