CLAYPOOL – Vanoma I. “Judy” McFadden, 85, rural Claypool, died at 3:30 p.m. Sept. 28, 2016, at Kosciusko Community Hospital, Warsaw. She was born Aug. 27, 1931, in Howell, Mich., to Jc and Nellie Kaiser Sprague. On Nov. 10, 1951, in Millville, Mich., she married Dr. Orville L. McFadden, who survives. She worked for Midwest Poultry for 18 years. She also worked for 20 years as secretary and receptionist for her husband at the veterinary clinic in Mentone. She was a 1951 graduate of Dansville Agricultural High School. She was a member of Mentone United Methodist. She also was a member of Warsaw American Legion Auxiliary Post 49 and the Mentone Order of the Eastern Star, where she had been past matron. She liked to garden and cook, and she always had room for one more at her table. Family was her life. She enjoyed seeing and spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Also surviving are her daughters, Deneice Childers, Akron, and Karen (and husband Roy) Dishong, Huntington; sons, James (and wife Debra) McFadden, Mentone, and Roland (and wife Pam) McFadden, Claypool; six grandchildren: Rebekah, Megan, Jenna, Elizabeth, Nathan and Devin; and nine great-grandchildren. She was preceded by a son, Dean, in 1983; a son-in-law, Keith Childers; a sister, Gladys Stewart; and a brother, Harley Sprague. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at King Memorial Home, 101 N. Tucker St., Mentone, with pastor Jason Rice officiating. A graveside service will be at 2 p.m. Monday at IOOF Cemetery, 1109 Hartzell Road, New Haven. Visitation is from 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday at King Memorial Home. ***** Memorials to Mentone United Methodist Church. Share a memory or send an online condolence at www.hartzlerfuneralservices.com.
