NORTH MANCHESTER — Marianne Butterbaugh Fruitt, 86, North Manchester, died at 9:59 a.m. Tuesday, June 19, 2018, at Timbercrest Health Care Center, North Manchester.
She was born June 16, 1932, in Wabash County, to Ray and Hazel Miller Butterbaugh.
Marianne was a 1950 graduate of Laketon High School. She married Eldon Fruitt on Aug. 18, 1950, in North Manchester.
She was a member of the Old German Baptist Brethren Church New Conference, and enjoyed serving family and others. She worked in food service at Timbercrest, made noodles for Snyder's IGA, and was a housekeeper for Patricia and A. Blair Helman.
She is survived by her husband, Eldon Fruitt, North Manchester; four children: Randy (Sharon) Fruitt, Monica (Alan) Brubaker, Sally (Harvey) Miller and Rodney Fruitt, all of North Manchester; eight grandchildren: Heidi Stout, Mandi Herring, Boyd Brubaker, Brad Brubaker, Jenny Stofer, Jodi Oyler, Betsy Holbrook and Kristopher Fruitt; and 18 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; three sisters: Edna Mae Shewman, Cleo Wagner and Eileen Blocher; three brothers: Leon Butterbaugh, Bob Butterbaugh and Don Butterbaugh; and a great-granddaughter, Aleea Brubaker.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 23, at the Old German Baptist Brethren Church New Conference, 1013 W. 1200 N., North Manchester. Burial will be in Old German Baptist Brethren Cemetery, North Manchester.
Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. Friday, June 22, at Grandstaff-Hentgen Bender Chapel, 207 W. Main St., North Manchester.
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Memorials to Old German Baptist Brethren Church New Conference.
The memorial guest book for Marianne may be signed at www.grandstaff-hentgen.com.
