NORTH MANCHESTER — Jean F. Renschler, 98, North Manchester, died at 11:30 p.m. Sept. 20, 2017, in Timbercrest Healthcare Center, North Manchester.
She was born May 31, 1919, in Elkhart, to Walter and Clara Frantz Loucks.
On July 1, 1943, she married Dwight W. Grubb. He died Jan. 30, 1976. On Oct. 12, 1989, she married Rufus B. King. He died Nov. 21, 1994. On May 7, 1997, she married Charles F. Renschler. He died Feb. 9, 2008.
She graduated from Central High School in 1937, and in 1943 she received a bachelor’s and graduate nursing degree from Indiana University. She received her master’s degree from St. Francis University in 1973.
For 40 years she was employed by Dr. P.H. Pierson at Silver Lake, local hospitals, Indiana State Department of Welfare and the Indiana State Department of Health.
She was a member of the North Manchester Historical Society and Manchester Church of the Brethren, North Manchester.
Survivors include a son, James D. Grubb, Sacramento, Calif.; two daughters, Sally (Ryan) Williams, Charlotte, N.C., and Marsha (Gary) Groninger, Olathe, Kan.; a sister-in-law, Frances Loucks, Phoenix, Ariz.; seven stepchildren; six grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded by her parents and a brother, Walter Loucks Jr.
The funeral will be at 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 23, at Timbercrest Chapel, 2201 East St., North Manchester. Pastor Karen Eberly will officiate. Burial will be in Oaklawn Cemetery, North Manchester.
Calling begins at 2 p.m. Saturday at the chapel.
McKee Mortuary assisted with arrangements.
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Memorials to Timbercrest Senior Living Community, P.O. Box 501, North Manchester, IN 46962; Manchester Church of the Brethren, 1306 N. Beckley St., North Manchester, IN 46962; or North Manchester Historical Society, P.O. Box 361, North Manchester, IN 46962.
