Mable Joan Hammond

June 30, 2023 at 3:00 p.m.


AKRON – Mable Joan Hammond, 79, died Friday, June 30, 2023, at Lutheran Hospital of Fort Wayne.
She was born on March 19, 1944, in Rochester, to Oscar Wayne and Lois May Nordman Crill. She was married on April 29, 1961, in North Manchester, to Buddy L. Hammond Sr.; he survives.
The funeral service will take place at 2 p.m. Wednesday, July 5 at Hartzler Funeral Home, Akron, with Pastor Dwight Wagner officiating.
The interment will take place in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery, North Manchester.
Visitation hours will be from 1 to 2 p.m. Wednesday, July 5 at Hartzler Funeral Home, Akron.
Share a memory or send an online condolence at www.hartzlerfuneralservices.com.

AKRON – Mable Joan Hammond, 79, died Friday, June 30, 2023, at Lutheran Hospital of Fort Wayne.
She was born on March 19, 1944, in Rochester, to Oscar Wayne and Lois May Nordman Crill. She was married on April 29, 1961, in North Manchester, to Buddy L. Hammond Sr.; he survives.
The funeral service will take place at 2 p.m. Wednesday, July 5 at Hartzler Funeral Home, Akron, with Pastor Dwight Wagner officiating.
The interment will take place in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery, North Manchester.
Visitation hours will be from 1 to 2 p.m. Wednesday, July 5 at Hartzler Funeral Home, Akron.
Share a memory or send an online condolence at www.hartzlerfuneralservices.com.

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