Ellen Minerva Peterman, 69, Warsaw, died at 9:43 a.m. Sept. 8, 2016, in Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne. She was born April 26, 1947, in New Jersey, to Ernest and Minerva Bush. She was a homemaker and widowed in 2008. She was a resident of Kosciusko County for the past three years. Surviving are two sons: Jack (and spouse Kim) Hendricks, Spring Creek, Nev., and Scott Truitt, Bluffton, S.C.; a daughter, Sheila (and spouse Shelley) Walling, Warsaw; 11 grandchildren: Bryan, Michelle, Brandie, Autumn, Jeremiah, Brendan, Shean, Brantley, Kiel, Jesse and Marissa; and four great-grandchildren: Levi, Ian, Kyra and Zayne; a brother, Ernest Bush, Truckee, Calif.; and two sisters, Edna Lemke, East Chicago, and Betty Drake, Kentucky. She also was preceded in death by her parents, a sister and a son. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Monday in Oakwood Cemetery, Warsaw, with Pastor Donald Williams officiating. For those planning on attending the graveside service, the funeral procession will leave at 9:50 a.m. from Redpath-Fruth Funeral Home, Warsaw. ***** Memorials to the Journey Church, 3536 W. Wallen Road, Fort Wayne, IN 46818. Condolences via www.redpathfruthfuneralhome.com
