MENTONE - Annabelle Rathfon, 96, of 701 W. Main, Mentone, died at 12:50 p.m. March 8, 2010, in The Cedars Retirement Home and Health Care, Leo.
She was born Aug. 19, 1913, in Warsaw, to Lloyd and Mae Boyer Hunter. On March 15, 1936, in Fulton County, she married E. Everett Rathfon, who died July 27, 1988.
She was a resident for many years on a farm between Mentone and Rochester and later moved to Mentone. She moved to the area from Peru after her marriage. She was a homemaker, spending most of her life on the farm and helping do all the daily chores. She graduated from Peru High School. She was a member of First Baptist Church, Mentone, where she taught Sunday School and sang in the choir that her husband directed for many years. She and her husband were the former owners of the land that the activity center where the First Baptist Church is currently located. She was also a former DAR Member. She was always a great cook as well as a wonderful seamstress.
Surviving are a daughter, Yvonne Johnson, Fort Wayne; a sister, Carolyn (and spouse Harold "Bud") Fivecoat, Mentone; three brothers, Lloyd Jr. (and spouse Doris) Hunter, St. Joe, Mich.; Charles (and spouse Lois) Hunter, Mentone; and Deverle Hunter, Nashville, Tenn.; a grandson, Jeffrey (and spouse Jenna) Johnson, Hershey, Pa.; a granddaughter, Jennifer (and spouse Nate) Peterman, Bloomington; and five great-grandchildren, Sullivan, Lia and Evie Johnson and Deacon and Hudson Peterman. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Marilyn Lee Rathfon; two infant sons; two sisters, Juanita Ziegler and Irene O'Degard; and two brothers, Delbert and Robert Hunter.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at King Memorial Home, 101 N. Tucker St., Mentone, with the Revs. Russell Ebersole and Michael Wilhite officiating. Burial will be in Sycamore Cemetery, Mentone.
Calling is from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
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