March 30, 2018 at 4:35 p.m.
Yvonne Kreeger
March 29, 1937-March 24, 2018
Yvonne Kreeger, age 80, passed away on Saturday, March 24, 2018, at Lutheran Life Village in Fort Wayne. She was a resident of Bluffton and a former resident of Portland.
Yvonne was born on March 29, 1937, in Harlan County, Kentucky, the daughter of William “W.O.” Otis and Preshie (Halcomb) Rutherford.
She graduated from Deputy High School in Deputy, Indiana, and earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in education from Ball State University. She worked as an elementary teacher for several schools in Randolph County and Jay School Corporation.
She attended New Mount Pleasant Church in Jay County and Bluffton United Methodist Church in Bluffton, Indiana.
She married David Kreeger on Dec. 21, 1959, and he passed away on Aug. 24, 2017.
Survivors include:
Two daughters — Laura Reinhard (husband: David), Fort Wayne, Indiana, and Amy Methueselah, Thornton, Colorado
Six grandchildren — Jonathan, Ana and Sarah Methuselah, and Dominic, Dartagnan and Deatra Reinhard.
Several cousins, nieces and nephews
Visitation will be held on Tuesday, April 3, 2018, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Williamson and Spencer Funeral Home in Portland. Funeral services will follow on Tuesday at 4 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will follow at a later date in the Pisgah Cemetery in Deputy, Indiana.
Memorials may be directed towards St. Joseph’s Indian School, P.O. Box 100, Chamberlain, SD 57325.
Condolences may be expressed at williamsonspencer.com.
Yvonne was born on March 29, 1937, in Harlan County, Kentucky, the daughter of William “W.O.” Otis and Preshie (Halcomb) Rutherford.
She graduated from Deputy High School in Deputy, Indiana, and earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in education from Ball State University. She worked as an elementary teacher for several schools in Randolph County and Jay School Corporation.
She attended New Mount Pleasant Church in Jay County and Bluffton United Methodist Church in Bluffton, Indiana.
She married David Kreeger on Dec. 21, 1959, and he passed away on Aug. 24, 2017.
Survivors include:
Two daughters — Laura Reinhard (husband: David), Fort Wayne, Indiana, and Amy Methueselah, Thornton, Colorado
Six grandchildren — Jonathan, Ana and Sarah Methuselah, and Dominic, Dartagnan and Deatra Reinhard.
Several cousins, nieces and nephews
Visitation will be held on Tuesday, April 3, 2018, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Williamson and Spencer Funeral Home in Portland. Funeral services will follow on Tuesday at 4 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will follow at a later date in the Pisgah Cemetery in Deputy, Indiana.
Memorials may be directed towards St. Joseph’s Indian School, P.O. Box 100, Chamberlain, SD 57325.
Condolences may be expressed at williamsonspencer.com.
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