Edna Elizabeth Gamble
July 17, 2017 at 3:29 p.m.
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Born Feb. 12, 1921, in Washington Township, Whitley County, she was the daughter of John and Dora Nancy Sievers Kneller.
She graduated from Washington Center High School, earned a bachelor's degree in education from Huntington University, a master’s degree in counseling from Purdue University and a master’s degree in elementary education from St. Francis University. She completed the class work toward her doctorate at Michigan State University, along with licensing as a reading specialist. She was honored as an outstanding language arts teacher while teaching in Illinois.
On Feb. 21, 1941, she married Duane O. Gamble in Picket County, Tenn. They raised their three children north of Huntington. She was a reading specialist in schools in Freeport and McHenry, Ill., and Huntington.
She retired with her husband to Winona Lake before moving to Goshen. In
Edna was a member of St. Peter’s United Church of Christ, the honorary educational sorority of Delta Kappa Gamma, and had volunteered at LOVE Inc. She also served on the Winona Lake Town Council for a number of years.
She was an avid Cubs and Boilermakers fan. While she did not invent the term “What happens at grandma’s stays at grandma’s,” she did perfect it. “Unbounded joy” is how she viewed all the time she spent with her grandchildren.
Survivors include her daughters, Pamela Thompson, Columbia City, and Paula (Robert) Shively, Somerset, Pa.; son, Victor (Jo Rice) Gamble, Mentone; grandchildren: Troy (Wendy) Gamble, Noblesville; Shane (Allison) Gamble, Fishers; Andrew Thompson, Columbia City; Anne (Tom) Titus, Coesse; Christine Shively, Westfield; and Sarah (Jarred) Romesburg, Somerset; and 11 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Duane, in 2015; son-in-law, James Thompson; granddaughter-in-law, Erin Gamble; sisters, Viola Stephens, Lura Alexander, Maybelle Laub and Mary Kennedy; and brothers, William Kneller, Edward Kneller, Donald Kneller and Jimmy Kneller.
Visitation is from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, July 20, at DeMoney-Grimes, a Life Story Funeral Home, 600 Countryside Drive, Columbia City.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Friday, with visitation one hour prior. Burial will follow at Eberhard Cemetery, where she will be laid to rest beside her husband.
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Memorials to Love Inc. of Huntington County.
Visit www.demoneygrimes.com to send condolences or sign the guest register book.
Born Feb. 12, 1921, in Washington Township, Whitley County, she was the daughter of John and Dora Nancy Sievers Kneller.
She graduated from Washington Center High School, earned a bachelor's degree in education from Huntington University, a master’s degree in counseling from Purdue University and a master’s degree in elementary education from St. Francis University. She completed the class work toward her doctorate at Michigan State University, along with licensing as a reading specialist. She was honored as an outstanding language arts teacher while teaching in Illinois.
On Feb. 21, 1941, she married Duane O. Gamble in Picket County, Tenn. They raised their three children north of Huntington. She was a reading specialist in schools in Freeport and McHenry, Ill., and Huntington.
She retired with her husband to Winona Lake before moving to Goshen. In
Edna was a member of St. Peter’s United Church of Christ, the honorary educational sorority of Delta Kappa Gamma, and had volunteered at LOVE Inc. She also served on the Winona Lake Town Council for a number of years.
She was an avid Cubs and Boilermakers fan. While she did not invent the term “What happens at grandma’s stays at grandma’s,” she did perfect it. “Unbounded joy” is how she viewed all the time she spent with her grandchildren.
Survivors include her daughters, Pamela Thompson, Columbia City, and Paula (Robert) Shively, Somerset, Pa.; son, Victor (Jo Rice) Gamble, Mentone; grandchildren: Troy (Wendy) Gamble, Noblesville; Shane (Allison) Gamble, Fishers; Andrew Thompson, Columbia City; Anne (Tom) Titus, Coesse; Christine Shively, Westfield; and Sarah (Jarred) Romesburg, Somerset; and 11 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Duane, in 2015; son-in-law, James Thompson; granddaughter-in-law, Erin Gamble; sisters, Viola Stephens, Lura Alexander, Maybelle Laub and Mary Kennedy; and brothers, William Kneller, Edward Kneller, Donald Kneller and Jimmy Kneller.
Visitation is from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, July 20, at DeMoney-Grimes, a Life Story Funeral Home, 600 Countryside Drive, Columbia City.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Friday, with visitation one hour prior. Burial will follow at Eberhard Cemetery, where she will be laid to rest beside her husband.
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Memorials to Love Inc. of Huntington County.
Visit www.demoneygrimes.com to send condolences or sign the guest register book.
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