Marolyn Jo Anne Cook Bills
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
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She was born Aug. 2, 1931, in Warsaw, to Victor L. and Hannah Ellen Graves Cook. On May 22, 1953, she was married to Donald Eugene Bills, who passed away July 3, 1998.
She was a lifetime resident of Kosciusko County, where she worked for United Telephone Company for 30 years, retiring in 1989. She worked there as the supervisor of CTI and operator services and was a member of the Indiana Pioneer Association. She was a member of Winona Lake Free Methodist Church and the Winona Lake Literary Club.
She will be lovingly remembered by her two daughters, Beverly (and spouse Chris) Bills Gamble, Carol Stream, Ill., and Dona Kay (and spouse husband Mark) Bills Hannagan, Socorro, New Mexico; five grandchildren: Robert Aaron Bills, Christin Marie Gamble Jacobs, Malynda Jo Gamble Moore, Maraka Helene Hannagan and Makala Sara Hannagan; four great-grandchildren; three sisters: Phyllis Gearhart, Akron; Karolyn (and spouse Edward) Barrus, Leesburg; Judy (and spouse Franklin) Swick, Mentone; two brothers: Norman (and spouse Muriel) Cook, Portland, Ore., and Joseph (and spouse Shirley) Cook, Warsaw. She was preceded in death by her parents; a son, Robert Arther Bills; two brothers and three sisters.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Redpath-Fruth Funeral Home, Warsaw, with Pastor Paul Parker officiating. Burial will follow with a graveside service at Oakwood Cemetery, Warsaw.
Calling is from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
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Memorials to Winona Lake Free Methodist Church, 902 College Ave., Winona Lake, IN 46590 to go toward Kiddie Kollege.
Online condolences may be sent through the funeral home’s website at www.redpathfruthfuneralhome.com
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She was born Aug. 2, 1931, in Warsaw, to Victor L. and Hannah Ellen Graves Cook. On May 22, 1953, she was married to Donald Eugene Bills, who passed away July 3, 1998.
She was a lifetime resident of Kosciusko County, where she worked for United Telephone Company for 30 years, retiring in 1989. She worked there as the supervisor of CTI and operator services and was a member of the Indiana Pioneer Association. She was a member of Winona Lake Free Methodist Church and the Winona Lake Literary Club.
She will be lovingly remembered by her two daughters, Beverly (and spouse Chris) Bills Gamble, Carol Stream, Ill., and Dona Kay (and spouse husband Mark) Bills Hannagan, Socorro, New Mexico; five grandchildren: Robert Aaron Bills, Christin Marie Gamble Jacobs, Malynda Jo Gamble Moore, Maraka Helene Hannagan and Makala Sara Hannagan; four great-grandchildren; three sisters: Phyllis Gearhart, Akron; Karolyn (and spouse Edward) Barrus, Leesburg; Judy (and spouse Franklin) Swick, Mentone; two brothers: Norman (and spouse Muriel) Cook, Portland, Ore., and Joseph (and spouse Shirley) Cook, Warsaw. She was preceded in death by her parents; a son, Robert Arther Bills; two brothers and three sisters.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Redpath-Fruth Funeral Home, Warsaw, with Pastor Paul Parker officiating. Burial will follow with a graveside service at Oakwood Cemetery, Warsaw.
Calling is from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
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Memorials to Winona Lake Free Methodist Church, 902 College Ave., Winona Lake, IN 46590 to go toward Kiddie Kollege.
Online condolences may be sent through the funeral home’s website at www.redpathfruthfuneralhome.com
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