Gloria Elaine Kerchenfaut, Warsaw, passed away surrounded by family at 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 18, 2017, at her residence at the age of 77.
She was born April 16, 1940, in Warsaw, to Edward Warren and Elizabeth Fairbanks Warren. On Jan. 18, 1958, she was married to Clayton August Kerchenfaut, who survives in Warsaw.
Gloria was a lifetime resident of Kosciusko County, where she was a homemaker and a lifetime member of Pleasant View Bible Church, Warsaw. She was a 1958 graduate of Warsaw High School.
She farmed with her husband for many years on their family farm. She enjoyed gardening, but most of all she loved her family, especially her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
She will be lovingly remembered by her husband of 59 years, Clayton August Kerchenfaut, Warsaw; son, Joel Kerchenfaut, Warsaw; and two daughters, Laurie (husband Marc) Linton, Pierceton, and Martha (husband Mark) Nunez, Winona Lake. Also surviving are six grandchildren: Jeremy, Lucas, Zachary, Nicholas, Katrina and Michael; 10 great-grandchildren; and her sister, Barbara Keim, Warsaw.
She was preceded in death by her parents and a daughter, Christine Shambaugh, in 2000.
Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 21, at Pleasant View Bible Church, 2782 W. 200 N., Warsaw.
Her funeral service will be conducted at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 22, at Pleasant View Bible Church and officiated by Pastor Mike Hontz. Burial will follow with a graveside service at Pleasant View Cemetery, Warsaw.
Arrangements were entrusted to Redpath-Fruth Funeral Home, Warsaw.
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Memorials to the Alzheimer’s Association, Greater Indiana Chapter, 50 E. 91st St., Suite 100, Indianapolis, IN 46240; or the American Cancer Society, 130 Red Coach Drive, Mishawaka, IN 46545.
Condolences may be sent at www.redpathfruthfuneralhome.com.
