PIERCETON - Patricia Louise Shoemaker, 72, of 146 S. CR 250E, Warsaw, died at 6:52 a.m. Dec. 2, 2007, in Parkview Memorial Hospital, Fort Wayne.
She was born May 9, 1935, in Bourbon, to Franklin Edward and Jeannetta Carmean Lemler. On Dec. 8, 1951, in Bourbon, she married Jon Shoemaker, who survives.
A longtime Pierceton resident, she was a homemaker and a member of Order of the Eastern Star, Pierceton.
Also surviving are a daughter, Debra Kibby, Fort Wayne; four sons: Kim Shoemaker, Blythville, Ark.; Jim Shoemaker, North Manchester; Robert Shoemaker, Warsaw; and Jon Shoemaker, Leesburg; a brother, David Lemler, Bourbon; a stepsister, Jeannie Kempf, Blue Springs, Mo.; his stepmother, Ignota Lemler, Sebring, Fla.; 17 grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents and a son, Brian Shoemaker.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at McHatton-Sadler Funeral Chapel, Pierceton, with Pastor Duane Kline officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Bourbon.
Calling is from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home with an Order of the Eastern Star memorial at 7:30 p.m.
Memorials to Kosciusko County Cancer Care Fund.
Condolences may be sent to mchattonsadlerfuneralchapels.com
