Bonnie Jeanne MetzgerBonnie Jeanne Metzger, formerly of Silver Lake and Winona Lake, passed away at 12:35 a.m. Saturday, April 20, 2019, at Timbercrest Senior Living in North Manchester at the age of 90.
She was born on Sept. 5, 1928, in Silver Lake, to Velma Grace Hill Shipley and Carl Wendell Shipley. On Jan. 3, 1951, she was married to Ernest Ray Metzger, who passed away May 12, 1986.
Bonnie was a 1946 graduate of Silver Lake High School. She spent the majority of her life in Silver Lake raising her family and was a proud homemaker and mother. She moved to Warsaw in 1993 and attended Warsaw Wesleyan Church.
For many years she volunteered her time delivering for Mobile Meals, and enjoyed volunteering at Grace Village Retirement Community so much that she was honored with the distinction of being their volunteer of the year.
Bonnie lived a full 90 years of life and her memory will be cherished by her children and grandchildren.
She will be lovingly remembered by her three daughters: Rebecca Schipper, Fort Wayne; Evelyn Kay Meinert, Warsaw; and Tamra Ann (David) Lawrenz, North Manchester; son, Mike Metzger, Warsaw; and stepdaughter, Marilyn (Norman) Roberts, Warsaw. Also surviving are her beloved 13 grandchildren; two stepgrandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and her sister, Patricia Yoder, Warsaw.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; three brothers: Jack, Bob and Richard Shipley; and her sister, Peggy Parker.
Visitation will be held on Tuesday, April 23, from 4 to 7 p.m. at Redpath-Fruth Funeral Home, 225 Argonne Road, Warsaw.
Her funeral service will be conducted at 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 24, at Redpath-Fruth Funeral Home and officiated by David Lawrenz. Burial will follow with a graveside service at Lakeview Cemetery in Silver Lake.
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Memorials to Visiting Nurse & Hospice Home, 5910 Homestead Road, Fort Wayne, IN 46814; or to Timbercrest Senior Living Community, 2201 East St., North Manchester, IN 46962.
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