Audra Maxine Deel
Audra Maxine Deel, age 96, of Birdseye, passed away at 3:00
a.m., on Sunday, November 18, 2018, at the Springs Valley Meadows Nursing Home
in French Lick, Indiana.
She was born August 3, 1922, in Orange County, Indiana to John T. and Virginia
M. (Scarlett) Knight; and married Howard Deel on July 17, 1945, in English.
Audra was a homemaker and farmer’s wife; and a member of New Hope General
Baptist Church in Birdseye. She was preceded in death by her husband, Howard
Deel, who died May… 27, 2002; one son, Roger Deel; seven siblings, Henry, Amel,
Sherman, Clarence, Francis, Avis and Lela Knight; by one grandchild and three
great grandchildren.
She is survived by six children, Frances Steffen of Birdseye, Rev. Robert Deel
of Huntingburg, Harold Deel of Birdseye, Carl Deel of Birdseye, Michael Deel of
Birdseye, and Loretta “Susie” Kutch of Odon; two siblings, Ruth Woolsey of
French Lick and Randall Knight of Mitchell; by (13) grandchildren, (28) great
grandchildren, and (1) great-great grandchild.
Funeral services for Audra Deel will be held at 2:00 p.m., on Wednesday,
November 21, 2018, at the Nass & Son Funeral Home in Huntingburg with
burial to follow at Patoka Memorial Cemetery near French Lick. Reverend Albert
Madden will officiate at the service.
Friends may call for visitation at the Nass & Son Funeral Home in
Huntingburg from 2:00-8:00 p.m., on Tuesday, November 20th.
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