Dear Gina, God Bless You All. Rita Patterson Rippe (Judy Bain's sister) -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Gina Richardson" <richardson69@comcast.net> > Hello everyone, > > I wanted to let everyone know that my mother (a member of our email list), > Mardena Adams (Marty) passed away yesterday afternoon. > > I know she had chatted with several members on the lists, (mostly from the > Delaware County email list) and enjoyed helping do look ups. > She worked for a while at Union Cemetery in Eaton and spent quite a bit of > time reorganizing their record books to make it easier for researchers to > get information. > > She was my inspiration and the person that got me started in Genealogy. She > so loved to read the emails from our groups and did so up until she was no > longer able to sit in front of her computer. > > If you would please remember my family as we are preparing for her funeral > and as we learn to overcome our loss. > > Below is her obituary that will be posted in the Muncie Newspaper tomorrow > and Tuesday. > > Mardena Elaine (Harmon) Adams, 76, went home to be with the Lord, on August > 30, 2008. She was born March 19, 1932 in Eaton, Indiana, to Chester Gail and > Geraldine Princeton (Duddleston) Harmon. Mardena attended Eaton High school > and married Billy Lee Adams, April 28, 1950. > > She pastored along side of her husband for over fifty years in the Church of > God, Reformation Movement, Anderson, Indiana, They established Pauline > Avenue Church of God in August of 1979. She was the Mother of her Church > family, where she played the organ, chaired Super Church, and was the > Devotional Leader of the Sonshine Ladies Group. She was a member of TOPS > Club Inc. > > She worked at WT Grants, Ball Stores and Union Cemetery in Eaton, Indiana. > Most recently she and her husband had Craft Shops located in Metamora, > Indiana, the Main Street Flea Market, in Muncie, and the Daleville Flea > Market. > She taught Country Tolle Painting classes for many years. She enjoyed > rummaging, Genealogy, and making quilts for her family members and Church > give-a-ways. > > Surviving are her husband of 58 years, Rev. Billy L. Adams; her children, > Cindy Elaine Nelson (husband Roy), Muncie, Billy Dean Adams, (wife Lisa), > Muncie, Mary Jo Pollard, (husband Harvie), Muncie, Aleesa Ann Mastin, > (husband, Jerry), Albany, Jody Mark Adams, Muncie, and Gina Tyler > Richardson, (husband Chris), Muncie; her grandchildren, David Nelson, Derek > Nelson, Abigail Halstead, Emily Adams, Jason Pollard, Marlee Pollard, Jared > Mastin, Joshua Mastin, Maranda Mastin, Amber Adams, Andrew Richardson, Sean > Richardson and Christopher Richardson II; five great grandchildren; her > mother, Geraldine Harmon, Muncie; her brother, Lowell Harmon (wife Becky), > Muncie, her cousin, Jerry Musice, (wife Debbie), Missouri, a special niece, > Cheryle Cox, Farmland; a special friend, Carl Miller, Muncie; and several > nieces and nephews. > > She was preceded in death by her father, Chester Gail Harmon, her sister, > Patricia Sue Herbert; her nephew, Christopher Gail Roe; and her > granddaughter, Amanda Alfont. > > Services will be 10:00 a.m. Wednesday at Pauline Avenue Church of God with > Rev. David Hershey officiating. Burial will follow at Union Cemetery near > Eaton. > > The family will receive friends from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. Tuesday at Parson > Mortuary or an hour prior to the services at the church on Wednesday. > > Memorials may be sent to Pauline Avenue Church of God or to the Little Red > Door. > > Online condolences may be sent to www.parsonmortuary.com. > > Thanks, > Gina Richardson > INGenWeb Project County Coordinator > Delaware County INGenWeb Project > http://www.ingenweb.org/indelaware/ > Delaware County Email List > indelawa@rootsweb.com > Randolph County INGenWeb Project > http://www.ingenweb.org/inrandolph/ > Randolph County Email List > inrandol@rootsweb.com > > ******************************** > Please Visit The Randolph County INGenWeb Project > http://www.ingenweb.org/inrandolph/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > INRANDOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message

Gina I will keep you in my thought and prayers ! Take care June London from Michigan