NORTH MANCHESTER - Alta M. Long, 84, of Timbercrest Senior Living Community, North Manchester, died at 12:45 a.m. Dec. 10, 2007, in Timbercrest Healthcare Center, North Manchester.
She was born Dec. 3, 1923, in Dayton, Ohio, to Robert and Grace Liechty Wiles. On May 20, 1951, she married L. Russell Long, who survives.
She was a homemaker and a cook at Central Junior High School, North Manchester. She was a member of Roann Church of the Brethren and a 1943 Creston (Ohio) High School graduate.
Also surviving are two daughters, Karen Garrett, Eaton, Ohio, and Pamela Long, North Manchester; two brothers, Robert Wiles, Sterling, Ohio, and Truman Wiles, Eugene, Ore.; and two sisters, Roberta Coldren, McClure, Pa., and Twila Wiles, California.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Timbercrest Chapel, North Manchester, with Pastor Brad Eckerley officiating. Burial will be in Oaklawn Cemetery, North Manchester.
Calling is one hour prior to the service Thursday at Timbercrest Chapel.
DeLaughter-McKee Mortuary, North Manchester, is in charge of arrangements.
Memorials to Roann Church of the Brethren, P.O. Box 257, Roann, IN 46974.
