Nancy Ann Boggs Shoemaker

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

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Nancy Ann Boggs Shoemaker,  87, of Winona Lake, passed away at 11:03 p.m. March 10, 2013, in Grace Village Health Care, Winona Lake.
She was born Feb. 21, 1926, in Chicago, Ill., to Harry W. and Helen C. Dale Boggs. On June 12, 1948, in Warsaw, she married “Tim” Byron Leroy Shoemaker, who died July 6, 2007.
In 1937, she moved to Claypool and then after marriage she moved to Warsaw. She graduated from Claypool High School, received a bachelor’s degree from Manchester College and received a master’s degree from Ball State University. She then became a teacher and coordinator of the art department for Warsaw Community School Corp., retiring in 1986.
She was a member of First United Methodist Church; the Salvation Army Advisory Board; Kosciusko County Historical Society; Mobile Meals; Order of the Eastern Star; Daughter’s of the American Revolution;  Michiana Arts Council; and the State Art Association Council. She was a treasurer of Kosciusko Retired Teachers; a member and past president of Kosciusko County Convention/Visitors Bureau Board; and a life member of Wildlife National and Arts-Lakeland Historical Society. She was a Kosciusko County Foundation Scholarship Donor and an art department head at Warsaw Community Schools for 20 years.
Surviving are a son, Steven (and spouse Dee Dee) Shoemaker, Newburg; two granddaughters, Anne (and spouse Mike) Shoemaker McKim, Evansville, and Meg Shoemaker (and spouse Tom), Little, New York, N.Y.; two great-grandchildren, Lily and Rory; a sister, Betty (and spouse Henry) Nyenhuis, Warsaw; and a brother, Harry D. “Jim” (and spouse Joyce) Boggs, Warsaw. A special thank you to Nancy’s beloved niece, Kay (and spouse Jim) Ritter, Warsaw, for all of their loving care.  She also was preceded in death by her parents.
A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at McHatton-Sadler Funeral Chapel, Warsaw, with Pastor LeRoy Wise officiating. Burial will be at a later date in Oakwood Cemetery.
Calling is from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at the funeral chapel.
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Memorials may be made to The Shoemaker Scholarship, c/o Kosciusko Community Foundation, 102 E. Market St., Warsaw, IN 46580 or to First United Methodist Church, 179 S. Indiana St., Warsaw, IN 46580.
Condolences may be sent via mchattonsadlerfuneralchapels.com

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Nancy Ann Boggs Shoemaker,  87, of Winona Lake, passed away at 11:03 p.m. March 10, 2013, in Grace Village Health Care, Winona Lake.
She was born Feb. 21, 1926, in Chicago, Ill., to Harry W. and Helen C. Dale Boggs. On June 12, 1948, in Warsaw, she married “Tim” Byron Leroy Shoemaker, who died July 6, 2007.
In 1937, she moved to Claypool and then after marriage she moved to Warsaw. She graduated from Claypool High School, received a bachelor’s degree from Manchester College and received a master’s degree from Ball State University. She then became a teacher and coordinator of the art department for Warsaw Community School Corp., retiring in 1986.
She was a member of First United Methodist Church; the Salvation Army Advisory Board; Kosciusko County Historical Society; Mobile Meals; Order of the Eastern Star; Daughter’s of the American Revolution;  Michiana Arts Council; and the State Art Association Council. She was a treasurer of Kosciusko Retired Teachers; a member and past president of Kosciusko County Convention/Visitors Bureau Board; and a life member of Wildlife National and Arts-Lakeland Historical Society. She was a Kosciusko County Foundation Scholarship Donor and an art department head at Warsaw Community Schools for 20 years.
Surviving are a son, Steven (and spouse Dee Dee) Shoemaker, Newburg; two granddaughters, Anne (and spouse Mike) Shoemaker McKim, Evansville, and Meg Shoemaker (and spouse Tom), Little, New York, N.Y.; two great-grandchildren, Lily and Rory; a sister, Betty (and spouse Henry) Nyenhuis, Warsaw; and a brother, Harry D. “Jim” (and spouse Joyce) Boggs, Warsaw. A special thank you to Nancy’s beloved niece, Kay (and spouse Jim) Ritter, Warsaw, for all of their loving care.  She also was preceded in death by her parents.
A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at McHatton-Sadler Funeral Chapel, Warsaw, with Pastor LeRoy Wise officiating. Burial will be at a later date in Oakwood Cemetery.
Calling is from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at the funeral chapel.
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Memorials may be made to The Shoemaker Scholarship, c/o Kosciusko Community Foundation, 102 E. Market St., Warsaw, IN 46580 or to First United Methodist Church, 179 S. Indiana St., Warsaw, IN 46580.
Condolences may be sent via mchattonsadlerfuneralchapels.com

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