3-4 Wabash Plain Dealer A4
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3-4 Wabash Plain Dealer A4
For 1241 Manchester Ave. 260-563-8879 Wabash Chapel: Manchester Ave. ● 260-569-8879 Bender Chapel, North Manchester ● 260-982-4393 Roann Chapel ● 765-833-5591 Memorial Lawns Cemetery, Wabash ● 260-563-0421 www.grandstaff-hentgen.com Call for an appointment. Obituaries A4 / WA B A S H P L A I N D E A L E R / W W W . WA B A S H P L A I N D E A L E R . C O M Carol S. Quinn PULSE Carol Sue Quinn, 68, formerly of Wabash, Indiana, died Tuesday, March 3, at Country Side Meadows in Avon, Indiana. Services are pending at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, Wabash. Robert Cowger Services for Robert J. “Bob” Cowger, 70, LaFontaine, Indiana are 3 p.m. Friday, March 6, 2015 at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Ave., Wabash. Friends may call one hour prior to the service. Earl C. Wilcox Earl C. Wilcox, 89, of rural Urbana, Indiana, died at 6:31 p.m., Monday, March 2, 2015 at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne. He was born July 3, 1925 in Wabash, Indiana to Harry Raymond and Hilda Marie (Urschel) Wilcox. Earl was a 1943 graduate of Urbana High School. He married Dolores Dorcus Mae Collins in Greenfield, Indiana on February 14, 1948; she died June 12, 2012. He was a retired farmer and self-employed auto mechanic. Earl was a member of St. Paul’s County Line Church, a 60 year member of the Hanna Masonic Lodge #61 F&AM, and the Order of the Easter Star both of Wabash. He enjoyed woodworking and loved being a grandpa. He is survived by 2 children, Lynn (Cheryl) Wilcox of Lagro, Indiana, and Denise (Jerald) Dilsaver of Urbana, 7 grandchildren, Stacey (Michael) Meredith of North Manchester, Indiana, Jennifer (Jeremy) Hess of Fort Wayne, Kelly Weitzel of Andrews, Indiana, Joshua (Kayla) Dilsaver of Urbana, Christopher Wilcox of Wabash, Kari (Travis) Stockton of North Manchester, and Lisa Wilcox of Huntington, Indiana, sister, Eva Satchwill of Urbana, and 6 great-grandchildren. He was also preceded in death by his parents. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Friday, March 6, 2015 at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Avenue, Wabash, with Pastor Conrad Thompson officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Lawns Cemetery, Wabash. Friends may call 4-7 p.m. Thursday, at the funeral home with Masonic services at 7 p.m. Preferred memorials are St. Paul’s County Line Church or Wabash-Miami Home Healthcare and Hospice. The memorial guest book for Earl may be signed at www.grandstaff-hentgen. com. CELEBRATE faces may change, the policies and procedures may change, but one thing remains the same - Head Start is here to change lives for the better. “The children and families who have gone through the doors of the Area Five Head Start program for the past 25 years have been prepared for public school and public life.” The program in Wabash will be celebrating Head Start’s 50th birthday at an event on Monday, May 18 with children, parents and lots of activities. Open recruitment days for enrollment will also be held April 24 and May 1 at the Head Start site, located at 105 Olive St., and at Manchester Intermediate School in Laketon for those who live in North Manchester and Laketon. The hours are from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Parents do not need an appointment on those days and should bring their child’s shot records, official birth certificate and proof of their income for the past 12 months. More information about the local Head Start program can be found at areafive. com, or at the national website, www.nhsa.org. Continued from A1 48 percent. “These are huge gains and the elementary schools are thrilled that our children come to them ready to learn.” Lisa Sarll, local Head Start teacher, said the biggest way a child transforms throughout their time in her classroom is by gaining self-help skills and independence. “So many times at the beginning of the year a child comes into my room and has no clue what to do as far as hanging up a coat, backpack, putting folders away, washing hands, etc., just those basic skills. “Now, about three-fourths of the way through the year the students are doing those things on their own. “It is through learning some self-help skills that the child gains some confidence and then is ready to learn and succeed in an academic setting... the impact the program gives to each student is the independence and self-confidence that they gain throughout the year.” “When all is said and done,” added Hatten, “the Continued from A1 and salad for $6 Friday March, 6, starting at 5 p.m. Carry-out available by calling 260-563-3017. On Saturday evening the Men will be serving Fish Dinner with French fries and slaw for $7, 5-7:30 p.m. Carry-out available by calling 563-3017. Guenin to be honored The LaFontaine Order of the Eastern Star will hold an open house for Marguerite Guenin for her 75 years of service to the order from 2-4 p.m. Sunday, March 8, at the LaFontaine Masonic Temple on Wabash Avenue in LaFontaine. Clubhouse to host luncheon The monthly luncheon for the Wabash Women’s Clubhouse will be held at noon Tuesday, March 10. The program will be “Take a royal tour of London,” with Lois Vanmeter. Reservations are due Friday, March 6, to Mary DeLauter, 563-1420, or Carol McDonald, 563-2331. Please bring items for Friends in Service Here (F.I.S.H.). Legion to host holiday warm-up The Sons of the American Legion will host a meal open to the public from 4-7 p.m. March 14, at the American Legion Post 286, North Manchester. Menu includes pork tenderloins, fries and / Fish fry to benefit mission trips The LaFontaine United Methodist Church’s All-YouCan-Eat Fish & Tenderloin Fry by Dan’s Fish Fry, Inc. will take place from 4-7 p.m. Saturday, March 14, at the LaFontaine Lions Community Building, 103 W. Branson St. Menu is the entrees, green beans with bacon, coleslaw, applesauce, bread/margarine, coffee, tea, lemonade and water. Carry-out orders are available, along with a free-will donation at the dessert table. Tickets are $8.50 (advance; Feb. 15-March 13) and $9 (at the door) for adults, $4.50 and $5 for 6-12-year-olds and free for five and younger. Information or advance tickets are available from church members, the church office (765-981-4021) or Dave Bates (765-660-1469). Proceeds are dedicated to the church’s youth and Honduras 2015 mission trips. Grief support group to meet Wabash-Miami Home Health Care & Hospice will provide a free grief support group from 3:30-5 p.m. Monday, March 16. The meeting will be held in the conference room next to the cafeteria at Parkview Wabash Hospital. Meetings usually last BUSINESS Continued from A1 and the rest for merchandise in the front. On the main floor, there will also be a gazebo made by Church’s husband, she said. The studio will be in the back of the main floor, where Church will continue to make art as she’s done for years, while the section near the front door will have collections of toys with pieces of art in between groups. “We’ll put in spotlights so we can have a little gallery between the walls of toys,” she added. “In be- tween each toy shelf there will be a piece of art for sale. Hopefully, I’ll get other artists in so it’s not just my stuff.” Church also plans to have monthly roundtable art/toy workshops for children as a way to extend her love of art and to bring children and families into the store. The toys, Church noted, are high-quality, some being hand-crafted in Germany and being eco-friendly or organic. The store’s name comes from Wabash’s black squirrels, something the Reston, Virginia, native isn’t used to. Church had never seen Submit your news: Mail: 123 W. Canal St., Wabash, IN 46992 Email: [email protected] The American Red Cross has announced that there will be a blood drive from noon - 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 17, at First United Methodist Church, 110 N. Cass St., Wabash. To make an appointment to give blood, download the Red Cross Blood Donor App, visit redcrossblood. org or call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767). Purdue Extension offering education day Grant County Purdue Extension, in cooperation with Grant County Extension Homemakers, will offer three educational sessions during a “Consumer Education Day” at Marion Public Library, Meeting Room B, on Thursday, March 26. The 9 a.m. class is “Getting Our Hearts Right,” learning three keys to a better relationship; at 10 a.m., there’s “Living Clutter Free,” learning how to better manage time, resources and rid your life them before meeting her in-laws for the first time in Wabash and she was taken aback. It also makes for an easy, identifiable logo, she said. In the meantime, Church will man the ship herself, but plans to hire an upcoming Wabash County high school graduate for the summer, before he or she goes to college in the fall. She plans for Saturday, Purdue Extension to host food safety training The Purdue University Cooperative Extension will host a two-day class with exam for ServSafe Manager Certification. The classes are from 6-8 p.m. Monday, March 30, and 8:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. Tuesday, March 31, at the Wabash County Courthouse, 2nd floor, 1 W. Hill St., Wabash. Cost is $150, which includes books, instruction and exam. Deadline to register is March 17. A $25 late registration fee will be included if not by then. Class size is limited. For questions, call 260563-0661, ext. 1243, and speak with Teresa Witkoske, [email protected]. DivorceCare to meet DivorceCare, a 13-week DVD series, features some of the nation’s foremost Christian experts on topics concerning divorce and recovery. It meets 6:30-8:30 p.m. each Tuesday in Room 112 at Friends Church. Group leaders and members meet for dinner at 5:30 p.m. at Ugalde’s. April 25, to be the Black Squirrel’s grand opening, but it could come sooner. Toys have already begun to arrive at the business, but more are still to come. The products are from the New York Toy Fair, which welcomed 13,000 toy and youth entertainment buyers from nearly 100 countries last month, its website said. 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Call 765-651-2413 or contact Mindy Mayes at mayes7@ purdue.edu for more information. 8CCÙÙFIÙM@J@KÙ%L*K8IK<8CK?:FDÙKF C<8IEÙ?FNÙN<Ù:8EÙ?<CGÙ0&,ÙCFJ<ÙN<@>?KÙ8E;Ù#Ù++) 2 rooms Couch and chair ! about an hour and a half. The first part is for education with the remainder set aside as a time for sharing. The support group helps family members deal with their grief surrounding the loss of a loved one. Ed Ensley, social worker, and Herb Hughs, hospice chaplain, will lead the group. For more information, please call Gail Williams at 569-2290 or 800-346-2110, ext. 2290. :DEDVK0DULRQ Call (260)563-2131 to learn more. $79 WPD W E D N E S D AY, M A R C H 4 , 2 0 1 5 baked beans for $6. The Sons of the American Legion continue to raise funds to support its food bank in North Manchester, along with its annual donation to Honor Flight of Northeast Indiana. 102726 Buy a stone by April 3rd for installation by Memorial Day. Proudly Serving Peru, Wabash, Marion and surrounding areas adnum=80209064