NORTH WEBSTER – Elizabeth Anna Earles, 82, of Leesburg, died at 8:20 p.m. Nov. 6, 2012, in Visiting Nurse & Hospice Home, Fort Wayne. She was born Jan. 4, 1930, in Wyandotte, Mich., to Thomas F. and Margaret M. McIntosh Cox. On July 28, 1950, in Trenton, Mich., she married Marion Richard Earles, who died Dec. 24, 2009. She graduated in 1948 from A.E. Smith High School, Riverview, Mich. She was a homemaker and moved to the North Webster/Leesburg area in 2007 from Charlevoix, Mich. She was a member of St. Martin de Porres Catholic Parrish, Syracuse. Surviving are three daughters: Deborah Kovach, Concord, N.H.; Elizabeth (and spouse Chris) Hamblin, Kalamazoo, Mich.; and Susan (and spouse Steve) Burish, Stevenson Ranch, Calif.; four sons: Marion Richard Jr. (and spouse Wanda) Earles, Cleveland, Ohio; Jeffrey Earles, Leesburg; Thomas (and spouse Kathy) Earles, Pittsburgh, Pa.; and Timothy (and spouse Shea) Earles, Raleigh, N.C.; 16 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Patricia Mills, Cass City, Mich., and Doris Mitchell, Wyandotte, Mich. She was preceded in death by a son and a brother. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Martin de Porres Catholic Parrish, Syracuse, with Father Richard Hire officiating. Burial will be in Garden of Memories Cemetery, Tampa, Fla. Calling is from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at Owen Family Funeral Home, North Webster, with a rosary service at 7:30 p.m. ***** Memorials may be given to Visiting Nurse & Hospice Home, 5910 Homestead Road, Fort Wayne, IN 46804. Condolences may be sent via www.owenfamilyfuneralhome.com
