Glenice Balsley
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
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She was born Sept. 20, 1929, in Bremen, to Brightsel and Wilma Hepler Carothers. On Aug. 15, 1974, she married Leonard Balsley, who survives.
She was a graduate of Bremen High School. She was a restaurant owner in Etna Green, worked at the Tippecanoe Foundry and most recently retired as a bus driver for Triton School Corp. She was active in the Marshall County 4-H program as a 4-H leader and participated in dairy livestock and canned food products and worked with the Cub Scouts.
Also surviving are four sons: Terry (and spouse Barbara) Heckaman, Lansing, Mich.; Rex (and spouse Lee Ann) Heckaman, Nappanee; Kim (and spouse Jane) Heckaman, Plymouth; and Marty (and spouse Denise) Heckaman, Etna Green; a stepson, Tony (and spouse Kim) Balsley, Tippecanoe; 14 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; a sister, Eudora Marburger, San Antonio, Texas; and a brother Garland (and spouse Muriel) Carothers, Bremen. She was preceded in death by a great-granddaughter .
No services or calling are planned.
Deaton-Clemens Funeral Home, Bourbon, is in charge of arrangements.
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Memorials to Potawatomi Wildlife Park.
Condolences may be sent to [email protected][[In-content Ad]]
She was born Sept. 20, 1929, in Bremen, to Brightsel and Wilma Hepler Carothers. On Aug. 15, 1974, she married Leonard Balsley, who survives.
She was a graduate of Bremen High School. She was a restaurant owner in Etna Green, worked at the Tippecanoe Foundry and most recently retired as a bus driver for Triton School Corp. She was active in the Marshall County 4-H program as a 4-H leader and participated in dairy livestock and canned food products and worked with the Cub Scouts.
Also surviving are four sons: Terry (and spouse Barbara) Heckaman, Lansing, Mich.; Rex (and spouse Lee Ann) Heckaman, Nappanee; Kim (and spouse Jane) Heckaman, Plymouth; and Marty (and spouse Denise) Heckaman, Etna Green; a stepson, Tony (and spouse Kim) Balsley, Tippecanoe; 14 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; a sister, Eudora Marburger, San Antonio, Texas; and a brother Garland (and spouse Muriel) Carothers, Bremen. She was preceded in death by a great-granddaughter .
No services or calling are planned.
Deaton-Clemens Funeral Home, Bourbon, is in charge of arrangements.
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Memorials to Potawatomi Wildlife Park.
Condolences may be sent to [email protected][[In-content Ad]]
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