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Joy Day Fair, 91, moved on to her permanent home in Heaven with God and her family March 21, 2013, in Kosciusko Community Hospital, Warsaw. She was born in Richardsville, Ky., to JB and Irene Clark and reared by her grandmother, Ida Simpson. In 1944, she married Ellis Fair, who died in 1987. She lived out Proverbs 31, intentionally using her talents to make the world a better place. Formally trained in public speaking, she won statewide speech contests as a high school student, presented inspirational programs to Kosciusko County groups after moving her with her husband and volunteered in Warsaw High School speech activities from 1960-64. She co-founded Taxpayer’s Action Network of Kosciusko County and led the campaign to preserve the downtown Carnegie Library. She taught elementary school at Leesburg, Pierceton, Columbia City and Warsaw Christian. She was known for “going the extra mile” to provide clothing, food and individual attention for needy students. She sewed clothing for her students, for missionaries and for her own family. She provided meals for young women staying at a counseling center program where she was on the board of directors. Surviving are a daughter, Talitha Day Fair; a brother, Sidney Clark, Colorado; and two sisters, Estelle Murrell, Bowling Green, Ky., and Edith Flowers, and their families. She was preceded in death by her parents and her grandmother. Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Titus Funeral Home, Warsaw. Calling is one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.
