Submitted by: Dan Rich

Meda Owens

Jan. 5, 1933 - Dec. 13, 2008

South Bend Tribune 12/15/2008
SOUTH BEND - Meda (Miller) Owens, 75, residing in South Bend, passed away at 10:26 a.m. Saturday, December 13, 2008, in the Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth, IN. She was born January 5, 1933, in Salyersville, KY, the daughter of Adam and Rosa (Allen) Miller, and moved to the Knox area in 1939 at the age of six, and had remained a lifelong resident of northern Indiana. On April 10, 1953, in the First United Methodist Church, Knox, IN, as Meda Miller, she was united in marriage to Everett Owens. She is survived by her loving husband, Everett of 55 years. Also surviving are a daughter and son-in-law, Barbara Ann and Kent Blackman of Plymouth; a son and daughter-in-law, Larry and Kelley Owens of Fishers, IN; three grandchildren, Jeremy, Jamie and Jessie Owens; and one great-grandson, Carson. A sister, Jane Conley of Mishawaka, and a brother, Junior Miller of Edwardsburg, MI, survives Meda as well. She was preceded in death by her parents, and by two sisters, Madelyn Personette and Frances Personette. Mrs. Owens retired in 1970 from the Uniroyal Corporation in Mishawaka where she was employed for 18 years. Prior to that, she worked at the Shell Plant in Kingsbury. While working at Uniroyal she was a member of the Uniroyal Bowling League.