NORTH MANCHESTER - Lynn Rhoades, 50, of North Manchester, died at 8:36 p.m. March 16, 2008, in Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne.
She was born Feb. 6, 1958, in Indianapolis, to Norman and Pamela Edmunds Lightle, who survive in North Fort Myers, Fla.
She was an accountant at Celotex/BPB America, Lagro, from 1996-2001; Kelly Box Inc., Fort Wayne, from 2001-05; Vera Bradley, Fort Wayne, from 2005-07; and was human resources accountant at Halderman Farm Management, Wabash, from 2007 until present. She was owner and operator at LTS Accounting, North Manchester. She was a Laketon Lions Club exchange student to Japan during her junior year. She graduated from Manchester High School in 1976, and Manchester College with a bachelor's degree in accounting. She was a den mother for her son's Cub Scout group. She was a member of Business and Professional Women, being local chapter president, district director of District 2 and candidate for treasury of state.
Surviving are a son, Chad M. Rhoades, North Manchester; her fiance, Steve Fries, North Manchester; and two brothers, Chris Lightle, Claypool, and Scott Lightle, North Manchester.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at DeLaughter-McKee Mortuary, North Manchester, with Pastor J.P. Freeman officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, North Manchester.
Calling is from 2 to 8 p.m. Friday and from 10 a.m. until the time of service Saturday at the funeral home.
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Memorials to the Indiana BPW Foundation, Box 33, Knightstown, IN 46148 (designate for scholarship general in memory of Lynn Rhoades).
