SYRACUSE – Pauline Firestone, 100, formerly of Syracuse, passed away at 6:20 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 24, 2018, at Courtyard Healthcare Center in Goshen.
She was born on May 10, 1918, in Syracuse, to Cleotus F. “Clee” and Virgie Mae Ward Hibschman.
She graduated in 1936 from Syracuse High School and on Feb. 26, 1939, in Syracuse, she married Louis E. Firestone, who preceded her on Nov. 11, 1985.
She was a homemaker and retired in 1983 from Wawasee Community School Corp. as a cafeteria cook for Wawasee High School in Syracuse after 20 years.
She was a lifetime Syracuse area resident until she moved to Mishawaka in January 2005 to be with her son for health care.
She was a member of the Syracuse Church of God and formerly attended the Syracuse Senior Citizens and St. Mark’s Church in Mishawaka.
She is survived by three daughters: Martha (George) Yerger of Newville, Pa.; Mary Jo (Samuel) Lundy of Leesburg; and Peggy Halsey of Syracuse; four sons: Jerry (Barbara) Firestone of Noblesville, Tom (Shirley) Firestone of Elkhart, Gary (Melinda) Firestone of South Bend and David Firestone of Mishawaka; 18 grandchildren; and 24 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; sister, Martha Franks; two brothers, Oliver and Leonard Hibschman; and son in law, John Halsey.
Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 29, at Owen Family Funeral Home, 1001 S. Huntington St., Syracuse. Funeral services will follow at 1 p.m. Thursday in the funeral home, with Pastor Stan Owen and Pastor George Yerger officiating. Burial will take place in the Syracuse Cemetery.
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Memorials to Syracuse Church of God Missions, 104 E. Washington St., Syracuse, IN 46567.
