NORTH MANCHESTER - Nora May Speicher, 92, of North Manchester, died at 1:22 a.m. Aug. 1, 2008, in Peabody Healthcare Center, North Manchester.
She was born April 7, 1916, in Kosciusko County, to William H. and Lillie May Schonauer Tschantz. On Feb. 7, 1936, she married John T. Speicher, who died Jan. 5, 1999.
She was a homemaker and a cook in the former Servia & Sidney schools. She graduated in 1934 from Sidney High School. She was a former member of the United Methodist Women and Eastern Star. She was a member of the United Methodist Church, North Manchester.
Surviving are a son, Jim Speicher, North Manchester; a daughter, Peggy Bernardin, Somerset; five grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a daughter, two brothers and three sisters.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at United Methodist Church, North Manchester, with Pastors Larry Ray and Mary Inderlied officiating. Burial will be in South Whitley Cemetery.
Calling is from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday at DeLaughter-McKee Mortuary, North Manchester.
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Memorials to Peabody Caring Circle, 400 W. Seventh St., North Manchester, IN 46992; or Wabash-Miami Home Healthcare Care & Hospice, 710 N. East St., Wabash, IN 46992.
