NORTH MANCHESTER - Esther L. Straka, 75, of North Manchester, died at 12:45 p.m. Sept. 4, 2007, in Timbercrest Healthcare Center, North Manchester.
She was born July 6, 1932, in North Manchester, to Harry and Berniece Westafer Frey. On Dec. 15, 1951, she married Michael G. Straka Sr., who survives.
She was a homemaker, a seamstress, a nurse's aide at Timbercrest Senior Living Community, North Manchester, and worked at Bell's Accounting, North Manchester. She was a member of First Brethren Church, North Manchester, and Women's Missionary Society. She was a 1951 Chester High School graduate. She was active with Care Givers Group at Timbercrest.
Also surviving are two sons, Michael G. Straka Jr., LaPorte, and Randall G. Strake, North Manchester; a sister, Norma Haecker, North Manchester; six grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a son, a daughter and a sister.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Timbercrest Chapel, North Manchester, with Pastor Kurt Stout officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, North Manchester.
Calling is from 3 to 7 p.m. Friday at DeLaughter-McKee Mortuary, North Manchester, and one hour prior to the service Saturday at Timbercrest.
Memorials to Timbercrest Senior Living Community, P.O. Box 501, North Manchester, IN 46962.
