Sadie Whitaker Sheley, 78, of 1692 E. CR 200N, Lot 218, Warsaw, died at 5:03 p.m. Feb. 5, 2009, at Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne.
She was born Dec. 3, 1930, in Sayersville, Ky., to Kelly and Sally Shepherd Shepherd. In August 1998, she married Walter Sheley who died in 2005.
She was a homemaker and longtime resident of the Warsaw area. She was a member of Living Hope Ministries, Warsaw.
Surviving are five daughters: Pauline (and spouse Leonard) Blankenship, Silver Lake; Deloris (and spouse Ervin) Bradley, Hamlet; Lorene (and spouse Jeff) Moore and Geraldine Slaymaker, all of Warsaw; and Mary (and spouse Ron) Coning, North Manchester; a daughter-in-law, Pat Whitaker, Huntington; four sons: the Rev. William (and spouse Lora) Whitaker and Jerry Whitaker, all of Warsaw; Jay (and spouse Cindy) Whitaker, North Manchester; the Rev. Frank (and spouse Lisa) Whitaker, Akron; 30 grandchildren; 52 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Vada (and spouse Wheeler) Conley and Nawassa Vires, all of Warsaw. She was preceded in death by two sons, five brothers and two sisters.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Living Hope Ministries, Warsaw, with Pastors Wayne and Taylor Whitaker officiating. Burial will be at Lakeview Cemetery, Silver Lake.
Calling is from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Redpath-Fruth Funeral Home, Warsaw.
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