BOURBON – Mary Ann Bules, age 81, of Etna Green, passed away on Thursday, April 7, 2022, in Lutheran Hospital of Fort Wayne.
Mary was born to Robert and Mary Ellen Heckaman White on March 31, 1941, in Plymouth. She has been a resident of the Etna Green area all her life. She married Verlen E. Bules on June 15, 1962, and he preceded her in death on Sept. 29, 2011. She was a homemaker, but also owned her own beauty shop in Etna Green for many years. She was also a member of the Etna Green United Methodist Church. She enjoyed crafts, knitting (as many families have enjoyed her personalized knit Christmas Stockings), baking, gardening, tending to her flowers and spending time with her family. She also enjoyed decorating her house (inside and out) for any holiday. She would also spend many hours at Kwik Knit Shop of Bourbon with her friends, Elizabeth Marshall and Marjorie Cook.
Mary is survived by her daughters: Melody Morris, of Warsaw; June Bules (Tom Black), of Plymouth; her son-in-law, Rich Brunk, of Warsaw; her grandchildren: Nicholas Eugene (Colleen) Brunk, of Bloomington; Katherine Elizabeth (Joshua) Meade, of Fort Wayne; her great-grandson, Silas Meade; her sisters: Kay Furfaro, of Bluffton; and Susie Holderread, of Fishers.
Mary is preceded in death by her parents, Robert and Mary Ellen; her husband, Verlen; her daughter, Robin Brunk; and her brother, Jim White.
Cremation will take place per the family’s wishes. No services have been planned at this time.
Deaton-Clemens Funeral Home, Bourbon, is honored to be caring for the Bules family and wishes to express our deepest condolences to them.
Memorial donations may be made to the American Diabetes Association, P.O. Box 7023, Merrifield, VA 22116-7023 or https://diabetes.org/get-involved.
Memories may be shared at: www.deatonclemensfh.com.
