Margie Hinshaw

Margie Lou “Midge” Hinshaw, age 84, of Marion, Indiana, died peacefully on Wednesday, July 17, 2024. 

She was born on Oct. 3, 1939, in New Castle, Indiana, to the late Walter and Helen (Yoke) Morrison. She was a 1957 graduate of Richmond High School and later married her lifelong sweetheart, John Mark Hinshaw, on Aug. 26, 1961, in Richmond, Indiana. 

Midge furthered her education studying at Kentucky Mountain Bible Institute and earned her bachelor’s degree and her master’s ABT from Olivet Nazarene University. She was an early childhood educator and began the preschool program at Liberty Christian School in Anderson. Midge also served as an elementary school teacher, HeadStart teacher and FirstSteps early childhood developmental specialist, retiring in 2004.

Midge was the wife of a pastor in the Church of the Nazarene. She served as Sunday School teacher, Missions Director, Children’s Ministries Director, Small Group Leader and just about anything else that was needed. She especially loved serving as a Small Group Leader for a group affectionately called “Midge’s Monkeys.”

She loved animals, especially kittens, puppies and horses. She hoped that she would be able to tend to the horses in heaven! She enjoyed crafts and seemed to have a craft ready to do for every holiday. Midge loved to cook and to serve others. She was known for her Swiss steak, yeast rolls and chocolate chip cookies. She also loved flowers and plants. Family and friends will remember her as a feisty redhead to whom no one could say “no.” She was a self-confessed chocoholic and readily shared her treats with everyone. 

She is survived by her husband of almost 63 years, Mark; children Linda (Jeff) Horsman of Marion, Indiana, Sandy (Jeremy) Poteet of O’Fallon, Missouri, Larry Hinshaw of Oakland City, Indiana, Jeremy (Regine) Hinshaw of Rincon, Georgia, and Jeffery (McKenzie) Hinshaw of Geneva, Indiana; 15 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren, as well as numerous special friends.

Visitation will be Monday, July 22, 2024, from 3 to 7 p.m. and Tuesday, July 23, 2024, from 9 to 10 a.m. at First Church of the Nazarene, 700 W. Kem Road, Marion, Indiana. A funeral service will take place at 10 a.m. on Tuesday at the church with Pastor Cory Clark officiating. 

Family requests that you consider making memorial donations, rather than sending flowers, to the Nazarene Compassionate Ministries, Samaritan’s Purse or the Gideons in honor of Midge. However, if you choose to send flowers, they may be delivered to the church on Monday between 1 to 3 p.m.

For additional information and to view Midge’s video tribute, please visit churchfuneralsdirect.com.