Florence Benneta Drudge

July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.

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Florence Benneta Drudge, 93, of 1630 S. County Farm Road, Warsaw, and formerly of Milford, died at 2:15 a.m. April 7, 2008, in Miller's Merry Manor, Warsaw.

She was born Dec. 17, 1914, in Whitley County, to Clinton Lewis and Ethel May Sever Robinette. On March 7, 1936, in Syracuse, she married Eugene Drudge, who preceded her in death.

Also formerly of Pierceton, she was a life member of Pierceton American Legion Auxiliary. She formerly worked at Blue Belle, Columbia City, and was former co-owner and secretary of Drudge Screw Products, Warsaw, retiring in 1973. She was a 1933 Larwill High School graduate.

Surviving are a son, Donald Drudge, Warsaw; two daughters, Sandra Jean Bucher, Milford, and Janice Rodgers, Warsaw; a brother, Lowell Robinette, Penn Valley, Calif.; eight grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and eight great-great-grandchildren.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at McHatton-Sadler Funeral Chapel, Warsaw, with Chaplain Robert Jarboe officiating. Burial will be in Hillcrest Cemetery, Pierceton.

Calling is from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.

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Memorials to Kosciusko Home Care & Hospice Inc., 902 Provident Drive, Warsaw, IN 46580.[[In-content Ad]]

Florence Benneta Drudge, 93, of 1630 S. County Farm Road, Warsaw, and formerly of Milford, died at 2:15 a.m. April 7, 2008, in Miller's Merry Manor, Warsaw.

She was born Dec. 17, 1914, in Whitley County, to Clinton Lewis and Ethel May Sever Robinette. On March 7, 1936, in Syracuse, she married Eugene Drudge, who preceded her in death.

Also formerly of Pierceton, she was a life member of Pierceton American Legion Auxiliary. She formerly worked at Blue Belle, Columbia City, and was former co-owner and secretary of Drudge Screw Products, Warsaw, retiring in 1973. She was a 1933 Larwill High School graduate.

Surviving are a son, Donald Drudge, Warsaw; two daughters, Sandra Jean Bucher, Milford, and Janice Rodgers, Warsaw; a brother, Lowell Robinette, Penn Valley, Calif.; eight grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and eight great-great-grandchildren.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at McHatton-Sadler Funeral Chapel, Warsaw, with Chaplain Robert Jarboe officiating. Burial will be in Hillcrest Cemetery, Pierceton.

Calling is from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.

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Memorials to Kosciusko Home Care & Hospice Inc., 902 Provident Drive, Warsaw, IN 46580.[[In-content Ad]]
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