SYRACUSE - Myra Lyn Lackey, 78, of Warsaw, passed away March 11, 2011, at Lutheran Hospital of Fort Wayne.
She was born June 27, 1932, in Winona Lake, to Samuel Dewey and Stella Wiseman Mow. On Dec. 25, 1958, she married Raymond Lackey who preceded her in death in 1996.
She was a member of the North Webster Church of the Brethren where she served as an organist for many years. She was a graduate of Central High School in North Manchester and Manchester College. After teaching school for a few years, she enrolled in art school in Cleveland, Ohio, where she met her future husband, Raymond.
She and Raymond lived for many years at her grandparents' farm near Barbee Lake. She taught music as well as other subjects in Indiana, Illinois and Tennessee, finishing her career at Fairfield High School. She was generous and compassionate toward others and considered her students to be her children as she had none of her own.
Survivors include a sister, Mary Reahard, North Manchester; five sisters-in-law; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband.
Services will be at 2 p.m. at North Webster Church of the Brethren with the Rev. Bob Wyman officiating. Burial will be at the Washington Union Cemetery, north of Pierceton.
Calling is from noon to 2 p.m. Sunday at the North Webster Church of the Brethren.
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