Ruby F. ‘Penny’ Wallace Ross Shively
March 12, 2018 at 3:53 p.m.
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She was born Nov. 26, 1924, to Frank and Pearl Bennett Wallace in Argos. Penny moved to Fort Wayne in 2006 to be near her son and daughter.
She has two daughters, Jeanetta Greathouse Addington, Mishawaka, and Wendy Ross Hill, Fort Wayne; and two sons, Steve Ross, Hernando, Fla., and Herb Ross, Leo. She has nine grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Frank and Pearl Wallace, Plymouth; seven brothers; one sister; one granddaughter; and husband Merle Shively.
She was employed at United Telephone Company, Warsaw, until retirement in 1986.
She was a longtime member at Claypool Methodist Church.
Penny spent most of her life in Warsaw. Penny and Merle started a small travel bus business, taking friends and relatives to Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds baseball games. Sometimes they would take excursions to various places in the continental United States and Canada. They enjoyed their retirement traveling together.
Penny and Merle enjoyed bowling. They both bowled a couple times a week at Gilliam’s Bowling Lanes, Warsaw. She enjoyed going to bowling tournaments throughout the United States. In 1969 she won first place in three separate categories.
She enjoyed going to see her great-grandchildren’s sporting events.
She often said she missed talking to her brothers and sister. They were all gone. The sole surviving brother passed away in spring 2012. She was ready to join them and her parents, her husband and her granddaughter.
Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 17, at McHatton-Sadler Funeral Chapel, Warsaw. The funeral service will follow in the funeral chapel, with Chaplain Fred Meuter officiating.
Interment will be in Oakwood Cemetery, Warsaw.
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Memorials to Kosciusko County Cancer Care Fund, P.O. Box 1810, Warsaw, IN 46581-1810.
To sign the guestbook or send a condolence, go to www.mchattonsadlerfuneralchapels.com.
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She was born Nov. 26, 1924, to Frank and Pearl Bennett Wallace in Argos. Penny moved to Fort Wayne in 2006 to be near her son and daughter.
She has two daughters, Jeanetta Greathouse Addington, Mishawaka, and Wendy Ross Hill, Fort Wayne; and two sons, Steve Ross, Hernando, Fla., and Herb Ross, Leo. She has nine grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Frank and Pearl Wallace, Plymouth; seven brothers; one sister; one granddaughter; and husband Merle Shively.
She was employed at United Telephone Company, Warsaw, until retirement in 1986.
She was a longtime member at Claypool Methodist Church.
Penny spent most of her life in Warsaw. Penny and Merle started a small travel bus business, taking friends and relatives to Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds baseball games. Sometimes they would take excursions to various places in the continental United States and Canada. They enjoyed their retirement traveling together.
Penny and Merle enjoyed bowling. They both bowled a couple times a week at Gilliam’s Bowling Lanes, Warsaw. She enjoyed going to bowling tournaments throughout the United States. In 1969 she won first place in three separate categories.
She enjoyed going to see her great-grandchildren’s sporting events.
She often said she missed talking to her brothers and sister. They were all gone. The sole surviving brother passed away in spring 2012. She was ready to join them and her parents, her husband and her granddaughter.
Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 17, at McHatton-Sadler Funeral Chapel, Warsaw. The funeral service will follow in the funeral chapel, with Chaplain Fred Meuter officiating.
Interment will be in Oakwood Cemetery, Warsaw.
*****
Memorials to Kosciusko County Cancer Care Fund, P.O. Box 1810, Warsaw, IN 46581-1810.
To sign the guestbook or send a condolence, go to www.mchattonsadlerfuneralchapels.com.
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