Belva Mary Drudge, 95, died at 2:58 p.m. June 23, 2009, in Kosciusko Community Hospital, Warsaw.
She was born March 20, 1914, in Kinsey, to Thomas J. and Elsie A. Circle Poland.
A lifetime Kosciusko County resident, she worked in the mailing room and bindery at Free Methodist Publishing House for 30 years, retiring in 1976. She was a member of Pleasant View Bible Church, Warsaw.
Surviving are four daughters: Rose M. (and spouse David) Birkey, Fisher, Ill.; Ruth A. (and spouse Don) Beeson, Cincinnati, Ohio; Sue (and spouse Sam) Bushong, Warsaw; and Shiela Casey Jones, Houston, Texas; a sister, Violet Hartsough, North Manchester; a sister-in-Law, Mary Louise Jenkins, North Manchester; eight grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and five nephews. She was preceded in death by two brothers, Delmer and Harold Poland.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Pleasant View Bible Church, Warsaw, officiated by the Rev. Sue Babovec, chaplain at Peabody Retirement Community, North Manchester. Burial will be in Spring Creek Cemetery, Sidney.
Calling is from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at Titus Funeral Home, Warsaw.
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Memorials to Peabody Retirement Community, 400 W. Seventh St., North Manchester, IN 46962; or Pleasant View Bible Church, 2782 W. CR 200N, Warsaw, IN 46582.
