Continuously serving Kosciusko County since 1854
99, Warsaw, passed away at 12:20 a.m. Nov. 1, 2016, at Miller’s Merry Manor, Warsaw.
She was born Sept. 27, 1917, in
Augusta, Maine, to Charlotte Elda
McCrea and Almon Herbert Webber. In
April 1937 she was married to Edwin
George Kashishian, and in April 1971
she married Winston Barton Tompkins Sr., who passed away on Jan. 21, 2002.
She spent her childhood in Los Angeles, Dorchester, Long Beach and Seattle. She graduated from high school in Oxford, Pa. She attended Long Beach Junior College and received her B.A. and M.A. degrees in education from the University of Southern California. She was a lifetime edu- cator and taught all grades while living in California. She served 23 dedicated years as principal of Lakewood Elementary School in Florida.
Since 1998, she was a resident of Kosciusko County, where she attended Warsaw Church of Christ. She was an accomplished musician in playing the guitar, mandolin, banjo, violin and even the organ. She had written a collec- tion of poems worthy of publishing and enjoyed playing golf. She loved art; several of her beautiful paintings and photographs remain to be enjoyed. Most of all she loved her family.
She will be lovingly remembered by her daughter, Gracia Anne McDairmant, Warsaw; a son, James Louis (and wife Orla) Kashishian, Madrid, Spain; 12 grandchil- dren; 22 great-grandchildren; and 16 great-great-grand- children. She was preceded by her parents; husbands; and a great-grandson, Anthony Thomas LaRue.
A private family graveside service will be conducted Thursday at Oakwood Cemetery of Warsaw and officiated by Don Taylor.
Arrangements were entrusted to Redpath-Fruth Funeral Home, Warsaw.
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Memorials to Kosciusko Home Care & Hospice, P.O. Box
1196, Warsaw, IN 1196-46581; or Water for Good, P.O. Box 247, Winona Lake, IN 46590, and would be appreciated by the family.
Online condolences may be sent at www.redpathfruth- funeralhome.com.
