September 29, 2020 at 5:43 p.m.
June Messersmith
Obituary
June Ellen (Fager) Messersmith, 81, formerly of Dunkirk, Indiana, passed away peacefully Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020, while in the company of family members at Crown Pointe in Hartford City, Indiana.
June was born in Muncie, Indiana, on Aug. 8, 1939, a daughter of the late Helen Augustus (Todd) and Erwin Grant Fager Sr. She was a 1957 graduate of Dunkirk High School and a member of Plymouth UCC in Dunkirk prior to its closing, the Eastern Star and Sigma Phi.
June loved spending time with her family, watching her grandchildren's many activities and helping at church in any way she could. She also enjoyed reading, traveling, cooking, baking, listening to country music and collecting Dreamsicles.
June is survived by her loving husband Michael "Mick" Messersmith, who she happily married on May 2, 1965; daughter, Andrea D. Crawford (husband: Rick); son Devon M. Messersmith (wife: Maudlyn); brother Grant Fager (wife: Lana); sister-in-law Jama Fager; and five grandchildren, Caleb, Gretchen, Dylan, Danielle and Katelyn.
She was preceded in death by her parents; and one brother, Ralph Fager.
Visitation and services were Monday at Fairview United Methodist Church with Pastor Angela Smiley officiating. Burial was in Dunkirk IOOF Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to Fairview United Methodist Missions Fund.
Arrangements have been entrusted to MJS Mortuaries.
June was born in Muncie, Indiana, on Aug. 8, 1939, a daughter of the late Helen Augustus (Todd) and Erwin Grant Fager Sr. She was a 1957 graduate of Dunkirk High School and a member of Plymouth UCC in Dunkirk prior to its closing, the Eastern Star and Sigma Phi.
June loved spending time with her family, watching her grandchildren's many activities and helping at church in any way she could. She also enjoyed reading, traveling, cooking, baking, listening to country music and collecting Dreamsicles.
June is survived by her loving husband Michael "Mick" Messersmith, who she happily married on May 2, 1965; daughter, Andrea D. Crawford (husband: Rick); son Devon M. Messersmith (wife: Maudlyn); brother Grant Fager (wife: Lana); sister-in-law Jama Fager; and five grandchildren, Caleb, Gretchen, Dylan, Danielle and Katelyn.
She was preceded in death by her parents; and one brother, Ralph Fager.
Visitation and services were Monday at Fairview United Methodist Church with Pastor Angela Smiley officiating. Burial was in Dunkirk IOOF Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to Fairview United Methodist Missions Fund.
Arrangements have been entrusted to MJS Mortuaries.
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