Jennie Lou Earl

February 11, 2025 at 6:33 p.m.


Jennie Lou Lee Earl, 81, of Warsaw, passed away very suddenly on Feb. 9, 2025, at 3:02 p.m. at Lutheran Kosciusko Hospital in Warsaw.
On Jan. 5, 1944, in Three Oaks, Mich., she was born to Jack Lee and Reah Maxine Sensibaugh Lee. Jennie had lived in the Atwood community all her life until 2017 when she made the move to Warsaw.
On Nov. 22, 1964, in rural Kosciusko County, she married H. Albert Earl and for 49 years they shared the joys, worries, tenderness, and companionship of their married life until Albert's passing on Jan. 29, 2013.
Jennie worked for Creighton Brothers for 27 years where she was egg breaker machine operator at Crystal Lake Egg Products, Atwood, retiring in 2006.
She was a member of the First Christian Church, Warsaw, and a member of the Atwood Lions Club. She was a graduate of Atwood High School in 1962.
Jennie is survived by her children: Alan Earl and wife Luella, of Argos; Angela Himes and husband AJ, of Pierceton; and Amie Earl, of Warsaw; grandchildren: Derek Hughes, of Winona Lake; Patrick Hughes and wife Ericca, of Bremen; Brandy Veach and husband Russell, of North Manchester; Joshua Earl, of Murfreesboro, Tenn.; Alex Earl, of Winona Lake; Kristina Carroll, of South Whitley; Michael Himes and wife Kaelynn, of Pierceton; Lillie Prater and husband Ethan, of Nappanee; and Autumn Rogers, of Warsaw; great-grandchildren: Tyler, Grady, Ayden, Grayci, Jason, Jaelynn, Preston, Dylan and Lexie; sister-in-law – Rosalie R. Lee and husband Dick Hepler, of Etna Green; and son-in-law – Mark Hughes, of Mentone.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; daughter, Shawnee Hughes; brothers, Jim Lee and Joe Lee; and great-grandson, Graham Hughes.
Friends may visit with the family Friday, Feb. 14 from 4 to 7 p.m. at the First Christian Church, 115 Parkridge Drive, Warsaw. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 15 at the church with Rev. Matthew Rogers. Burial will follow at Harrison Center Cemetery, Etna Green.
Memorial Contributions made be made in memory to: First Christian Church; 115 Parkridge Drive, Warsaw, IN 46580; or Atwood Lions Club.
Arrangements have been entrusted with the Earl-Grossman Funeral Home, Argos.


Jennie Lou Lee Earl, 81, of Warsaw, passed away very suddenly on Feb. 9, 2025, at 3:02 p.m. at Lutheran Kosciusko Hospital in Warsaw.
On Jan. 5, 1944, in Three Oaks, Mich., she was born to Jack Lee and Reah Maxine Sensibaugh Lee. Jennie had lived in the Atwood community all her life until 2017 when she made the move to Warsaw.
On Nov. 22, 1964, in rural Kosciusko County, she married H. Albert Earl and for 49 years they shared the joys, worries, tenderness, and companionship of their married life until Albert's passing on Jan. 29, 2013.
Jennie worked for Creighton Brothers for 27 years where she was egg breaker machine operator at Crystal Lake Egg Products, Atwood, retiring in 2006.
She was a member of the First Christian Church, Warsaw, and a member of the Atwood Lions Club. She was a graduate of Atwood High School in 1962.
Jennie is survived by her children: Alan Earl and wife Luella, of Argos; Angela Himes and husband AJ, of Pierceton; and Amie Earl, of Warsaw; grandchildren: Derek Hughes, of Winona Lake; Patrick Hughes and wife Ericca, of Bremen; Brandy Veach and husband Russell, of North Manchester; Joshua Earl, of Murfreesboro, Tenn.; Alex Earl, of Winona Lake; Kristina Carroll, of South Whitley; Michael Himes and wife Kaelynn, of Pierceton; Lillie Prater and husband Ethan, of Nappanee; and Autumn Rogers, of Warsaw; great-grandchildren: Tyler, Grady, Ayden, Grayci, Jason, Jaelynn, Preston, Dylan and Lexie; sister-in-law – Rosalie R. Lee and husband Dick Hepler, of Etna Green; and son-in-law – Mark Hughes, of Mentone.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; daughter, Shawnee Hughes; brothers, Jim Lee and Joe Lee; and great-grandson, Graham Hughes.
Friends may visit with the family Friday, Feb. 14 from 4 to 7 p.m. at the First Christian Church, 115 Parkridge Drive, Warsaw. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 15 at the church with Rev. Matthew Rogers. Burial will follow at Harrison Center Cemetery, Etna Green.
Memorial Contributions made be made in memory to: First Christian Church; 115 Parkridge Drive, Warsaw, IN 46580; or Atwood Lions Club.
Arrangements have been entrusted with the Earl-Grossman Funeral Home, Argos.


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