COLUMBIA CITY - Mary Imolene Ziegler, 91, Warsaw, died at 7:40 p.m. Nov. 10, 2009, at Mason Health Care where she had been a resident since August 2009.
She was born June 17, 1918, in Huntington County, to Conrad and Glenna Elsea Bechtold. In 1938, she married Gale Ziegler, who died Dec. 25, 1992.
She graduated from Bippus High School in 1936. Her and her husband moved to South Whitley in 1955 then to Chapman Lake in August 1992. She worked at the Heckman Bindery, North Manchester, for 20 years. She was a member of North Winona Church of the Brethren.
Surviving are a daughter, Judy (and spouse Tom) Beaver, Tucson, Ariz.; a son, Jerry (and spouse Katherine) Ziegler, Columbia City; four grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; a brother, Kenneth Bechtold, Roanoke; and a sister, Helen Meyer, Roann. She was preceded in death by three brothers and three sisters.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at South Whitley Cemetery.
Smith & Sons Miller Chapel, South Whitley, are in charge of the arrangements.
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