Ida Wayman

Ida Berniece Wayman, age 89, a resident of Portland, passed away on Sunday, March 9, 2025, at IU Health Ball Hospital in Muncie. She was a former resident of Pennville.

Ida was born June 9, 1935, in Lebanon, Missouri, the daughter of Emmit and Pearl May (Eilestine) Rippy. She married Hubert Wayman, Jr. on Nov. 25, 1955, and he passed away on July 9, 2023. 

Survivors include:

Her children — Rick Wayman (wife: Sheila), Dunkirk, Indiana, Joy Ruble, Pennville, Indiana, and William Wayman, Montpelier, Indiana 

One sister — Barbara Cansler, Wabash, Indiana 

Ten grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren 

Several nieces and nephews

Visitation will be held on Friday from 10 to 11 a.m. at Williamson-Spencer and Penrod Funeral Home in Portland. Funeral services will follow at 11 a.m. on Friday at the funeral home. Pastor Steve Arnold will officiate and burial will follow at IOOF Twin Hill Cemetery in Pennville. 

Memorials may be directed to the Jay County Cancer Society or the Parkinson’s Foundation.

Condolences may be expressed atwilliamsonspencer.com.