Submitted by: Dan Rich
Margaret Virginia Gentle
July 18, 1919 - July 12, 2006
Margaret Virginia Gentle, 86, of
Mishawaka, Ind., passed away July 12, 2006. Margaret was born in
Cleveland, Ohio, on July 18, 1919, to the late Karl and Pauline Schetler.
On April 23, 1938, in Cleveland, Ohio, she
married Ralph L. Gentle, who passed away on June 4, 1998, after
60 years of marriage. Mrs. Gentle worked at the American Greeting
Card Co., Cleveland, Ohio, Simplicity Pattern, Niles, Michigan,
and was the co-owner of the United Consumer Club in Goshen until
she retired.
She is survived by her son, Ralph D.
(Bonnie) Gentle of Elkhart; daughter, Virginia C. (James) Wery
of Osceola; five grandchildren, Gerald Gentle of Coraopolis, Pa.,
Jeffrey (Nancy) Wery of Crossville, Tenn., Brian (Shari) Wery of
Norway, Mich., Donna (Mark) Griffen of Loveland, Ohio, and
Donald (Elizabeth) Gentle of Brevard, N.C.; nine
great-grandchildren, Tara Wery, Cassandra Wery, Andy Gentle, Andy
Wery, Sean Gentle, Shane Wery, Gabriella Griffen, Noah
Gentle and Grace Gentle; a great-great-grandchild, Jayden Wery;
and by her sister, Elizabeth McWeeny of Strongsville,
Ohio.
She was preceded in death by a son, Edward,
her parents, two sisters and a brother. Mrs. Gentle was a member
of the Eastern Star Lodge in Cleveland, Ohio. She attended
Osceola United Methodist Church.
Funeral services will be conducted by Pastor
Jim Toole of the Osceola United Methodist Church in
Zimmerman-Inman Funeral Home, 1109 Lincoln Way W., Osceola, Ind.,
at 10 a.m. on Monday, July 17. Entombment will follow at
Riverview Cemetery, South Bend, IN. Visitation will be held from
2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, July 16. Memorials may be made to the Osceola
United Methodist Church.