Juanita Fay Whitehead, 87, of Wabash, Indiana, died at 3:55 a.m., Sunday, April 17, 2016 at Clark Memorial Hospital in Jeffersonville, Indiana. She was born November 12, 1928 in Peru, Indiana to Samuel and Lena (Feather) Russell.
Juanita was a 1950 graduate of Butler Township High School, where she was involved in the Drama Club. She married Daniel F. Whitehead on June 23, 1951, in Peru, Indiana; he died November 10, 1985. She was a homemaker that enjoyed raising her children, and caring for her grandchildren. Juanita was a talented seamstress and enjoyed quilting and needlepoint. She was an active member of Wabash Friends Church for decades.
She is survived by four children, Daniel Whitehead, Nicholas (Robin) Whitehead of Olympia, Washington, Rebecca Bashore of Wabash, and James (Lisa) Whitehead of Pekin, Indiana, eight grandchildren, Jason (Helen) Long of Lagro, Indiana, Joshua (Megan) Long, Matthew (Lindsay) Long, and Katie France all of Wabash, Christopher Whitehead of Olympia, Joshua (Reagan) Metzger of Georgetown, Indiana, Daniel (Brittany) Whitehead of Louisville, Kentucky, Jesse Whitehead of Pekin, and Ryan Miller, ten great-grandchildren, and two brothers, Jerry (Wanda) Russell and James (Geraldine) Russell. She was also preceded in death by five sisters, Bertha Guffin, Beatrice Kincade, Thelma Augsperger, Belva Truitt, and Jean Ann Windsor.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m., Thursday, April 21, at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Avenue, Wabash, with David Phillips officiating. Burial will be in Friends Cemetery, Wabash. Friends may call 12-2 p.m., Thursday at the funeral home.
Preferred memorial is Wabash Little League.