Katie Mae Schwartz, 78, Bourbon, passed away at 7:10 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021, from cancer, which she battled since February.  She was born Oct. 17, 1943, in Bremen, to Harry and Sophia (Borkholder) Helmuth.

On Oct. 17, 1963, she married Ernest Schwartz. He preceded her in death Oct. 29, 1997.

Katie is survived by her nine children: Regina Schwartz, Bourbon; Devon Schwartz, Etna Green; Elaine (Allen) Miller, Etna Green; Carl (Lou Ann) Schwartz, Bourbon; Leon (Sharon) Schwartz, Nappanee; Harry Joe (Lori) Schwartz, Etna Green; Kenneth (Monica) Schwartz, Nappanee; Gerald (Lorna) Schwartz, Etna Green; and Lamar (Elaine) Schwartz, Etna Green; 35 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; brothers: Wayne (Anna Marie) Helmuth, Rosebush, Mich.; Paul (Lena) Helmuth, Carthage, Mo.; Glen (Mary Alice) Helmuth, Etna Green; Crist (Ruth) Helmuth, Penrose, Colo.; sisters: Clara Schwartz and Sylvia (Delbert) Schwartz, both of Etna Green; and Becky Helmuth, Nappanee; brother-in-law, Crist D.E. Yoder, Apple Creek, Ohio; sisters-in-law: Elva Helmuth, Nappanee; and Laura Mast, Topeka.

Arrangements are with Thompson-Lengacher & Yoder Funeral Home, Nappanee