NORTH WEBSTER — Kay Lynn Andrews, 68, Bluffton, passed away at 10:50 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 14, 2018, at her home. She was born April 27, 1949, in Bluffton, to Ervin Jr. and Joan Zimmerman Swartz.
She grew up in Bluffton and attended Bluffton High School and Indiana-Purdue University Fort Wayne. She lived in North Webster from 1974 to 2004 and moved to Bonita Springs, Fla., before returning to Bluffton in August 2017.
She was employed with Merrill Lynch in Naples, Fla., as a vice president for 13 years and was manager of Key Bank in North Webster for 30 years.
She was a member of the Church of Christ, Bluffton; American Legion Auxiliary Post 253, North Webster; and Republican Women’s Club, Naples. She was a former member of the North Webster Chamber of Commerce, Citizen of the Year for North Webster, served as North Webster Town Council president, and was active in the Homer Shoop Palace of Sports Foundation.
She is survived by a daughter, Christine (Bill) Land, North Webster; four grandchildren: Joseph Feldman, Caitlin (Derek) Ellard, Whitney (Cory) Clark and Bailey (Kyle) Jones; one great-grandson; her mother, Joan Swartz, Bluffton; and two sisters, Julie (Richard) Hinshaw, Bluffton, and Rebecca (Michael Koken) Swartz, Fort Wayne.
She was preceded in death by her father.
Visitation will be from 3 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 18, at Owen Family Funeral Home, Ind. 13 and CR 500N, North Webster. Funeral services will follow at 7 p.m. Thursday in the funeral home, with Jeff Lemler officiating.
Cremation will take place at Cremation Services of Kosciusko County, Warsaw.
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Memorials to the Visiting Nurse & Hospice Home, 5910 Homestead Road, Fort Wayne, IN 46814.
To send condolences to the family in memory of Kay Andrews, visit www.owenfamilyfuneralhome.com.
