Carol Jean Needham, 79, rural Columbia City, died at 2:30 a.m. Monday, May 15, 2023, at home.

She was born Aug. 27, 1943. On Aug. 20, 1966, she married Stanley O. Needham III, who survives.

She also is survived by two daughters, Meredith (Guy) Jacobs, Lawrence, Kan., and Amanda (John) Spruit, Muskegon, Mich.; three grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and siblings, Dorothy O’Neil, Fort Wayne, and Steven (Joy) Druart, Sun City, Ariz.

Smith & Sons Funeral Home, Columbia City, is handling arrangements.