Kathleen D. Daywalt
Kathleen D. “Kate” Daywalt, 88, Wabash, died at 9:40 a.m., Sunday, October 16, 2016 at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne.
She was born July 8, 1928 in Waltz Township, Wabash County, to Orval C. and Winifred (Straughn) Pressler.
Kate was a 1946 graduate of LaFontaine High School and was the Gladiola Queen of Wabash in 1947. She married John W. Daywalt in Kokomo, Jan. 1, 1948; he died Jan. 22, 2010.
She worked in the Gift Department at Daywalt Pharmacy in Wabash 30 years. She was a member of the Wabash Church of Christ, and a former member of the Wabash Christian Church. Kate was a Wabash County Hospital Auxiliary volunteer.
She is survived by two children: Diana (John) Odum of Loudon, Tenn.; and Steven Todd (Susan) Daywalt of Wabash; seven grandchildren: Shelly (Scott) Powell of Asheville, N.C.; Michael Odum of Los Angeles, Calif.; Kristi (Jeremy) Davis of Harrison, Tenn.; Sarah (Chris) Grindle of Avon; Brian Daywalt of Mishawaka; Laura (Cory) Chapman of Bloomington; and Nathan Daywalt of Interlochen, Mich.; three great-grandchildren: Grace Powell of Asheville, Lucy Grindle of Avon, and John Alan Chapman of Bloomington; her sister-in-law, Virginia Pressler of Wabash; several nieces and nephews; and her dog Tillie.
She was also preceded in death by her parents, three brothers: Marvin, Robert, and Eugene Pressler; and her sister, Sarah Evelyn Gray.
Funeral services 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 20 at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Avenue, Wabash, with Josh Fennell officiating. Burial will be in LaFontaine I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Friends may call 4-7 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Preferred memorials are to the Animal Shelter of Wabash County or the Wabash Church of Christ.