Shelly Yvonne GarretShelly Yvonne Garret, of Peru, Ind., and formerly of Warsaw, passed away at 11:42 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 1, 2021, at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne at the age of 52.
She was born on Oct. 1, 1968, in Warsaw, to Arlene Yvonne Munson Ryan and Dean Alden Ryan.
Shelly was a lifetime resident of Kosciusko County, where she was a 1987 graduate of Wawasee High School in Syracuse. She attended St. Francis University in Fort Wayne and earned her nursing degree in 1990. She had a caring heart and nursing was her calling. She was kind and caring to the residents of Warsaw Meadows Care Center in Warsaw for the 19 years she served as a registered nurse. Then for a number of years she worked at Life Care Center in Rochester prior to having to retire early due to ill health. Shelly was always a very charismatic person, a warm and caring individual with a great sense of humor. Most of all she dearly loved her family and was a devoted mother and grandmother. She will be forever loved and remembered by her family the many friends she leaves behind.
She will be lovingly remembered by her two daughters: Courtney Bowling, Warsaw; Holly Bowling, Peru, Ind.; and her grandson, Benjamin Whitaker, Peru, Ind. Also surviving are her mother, Arlene Yvonne Ryan, North Webster; and her sister, Deana (Jim) Pancake, North Webster.
She was preceded in death by her father, Dean Ryan, in 2007.
Shelly’s life will be celebrated at 1 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 6 at Redpath-Fruth Funeral Home, 225 Argonne Road, Warsaw, and officiated by Pastor Craig Fritchley. Friends and family may visit prior to the service from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. A graveside service will follow at Pleasant Grove Cemetery of Warsaw.
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Memorial donations may be directed to Redpath-Fruth Funeral Home, 225 Argonne Road, Warsaw, IN 46580 to go toward funeral expenses and would be appreciated by the family.
Online condolences may be sent through the funeral home’s website at www.redpathfruthfuneralhome.com.
