Verna Deane Fredenberger, 91, of Wabash, died at 1:43 PM, Friday, July 14, 2017 at Wellbrooke of Wabash. She was born March 18, 1926 in Lafayette, Indiana to Raymond and Elizabeth (Halsema) Miller.
Verna was a 1944 graduate of Buck Creek High School in Tippecanoe County, and a graduate of Purdue University. She married John Adam Fredenberger in Lafayette on August 5, 1950; he died December 14, 1983. She taught at Mississinewa Community Schools in Gas City, and volunteered 12 years at Wabash Elementary Schools. Verna was a member of St. Bernard Catholic Church and attended Holy Family Catholic Church in Gas City 38 years. She was a member of the Indiana Retired Teachers Association.
She is survived by her two children, Elizabeth (Greg) Miller of Wabash, and John D. (Maria) Fredenberger of Lakewood, California; two grandchildren, Sarah (Andy) Kiehl of Amelia, Ohio, and Adam (Courtney) Miller of Fort Wayne, Indiana; four great-granddaughters, Madilyn Kiehl, Myla Kiehl, and Meryl Kiehl, all of Amelia, Ohio, and Olivia Miller of Fort Wayne. She was also preceded in death by her parents, son, Richard Miller Fredenberger, and three sisters, Alta Miller, Emily Deckard, and Joyce Bovard.
A funeral mass will be 11:00 AM Monday, July 24, 2017 at. Bernard Catholic Church, 188 W. Sinclair Street, Wabash, with Father Sextus Don officiating. Burial will be in St. Mary Cemetery, Marshall, Illinois. Friends may call 2-5 PM Sunday, at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, Wabash. There will be a rosary service 4:30 PM Sunday at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St. Bernard Catholic Church or Parkview Hospice.