Ann “Tad” Hunter, 85, of Timbercrest Senior Living Community, North Manchester, Indiana, formerly of LaFontaine and Wabash, Indiana died at 5:54 pm, Saturday, October 27, 2018 at Timbercrest Healthcare Center. She was born October 25, 1933 in Kokomo, Indiana to John Ward and Ruby Florence (Walker) Beauchamp.
Ann was a 1951 graduate of Wabash High School, received her B.S. Degree in Elementary Education from Manchester College, M.A. Degree in Elementary Education with Reading Endorsement and M.A. Degree in Counseling Psychology, both from Ball State. She married Kenneth G. Hunter at the First Methodist Church in Wabash, on Thanksgiving Day, November 25, 1954; he died July 18, 2013. Ann was a Kindergarten teacher at Lincoln Elementary in Peru, Indiana, a Reading teacher both at Southwood Jr./Sr. High School in Wabash, and Huntington North High School in Huntington, Indiana, and retired after several years as a Marriage and Family Counselor in Wabash. She also helped her husband at Hunter Funeral Home in LaFontaine. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Wabash. Ann enjoyed playing cards, especially Euchre, being active at Timbercrest, and chocolate and gummy bears. She especially loved her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, who knew her as grandma Tadpole.
She is survived by three daughters, Diane K. Hunter of Fort Wayne, Indiana, Beth (Glen) Engle of North Manchester, and Susan B. Hunter of Wabash; three grandchildren, Rex (Jen) Engle of Fort Wayne, John Bickers of Columbus, Ohio, and Hunter Bickers of Fort Wayne; three great-grandchildren, Wyatt, Addy, and Jesse Engle, all of Fort Wayne; and her sister, Beverly (Ronald) Kahney of Kirkwood, Missouri, and several nieces and nephews. She was also preceded in death by her parents, and her great-grandson, Jasper Rex Engle.
Funeral services will be 11:00 am Friday, November 2, 2018 at Timbercrest Chapel, 2201 East Street, North Manchester, with Pastors Kurt Freeman and John Cook officiating. Burial will be in Falls Cemetery, Wabash. Friends may call 3-8 pm Thursday, November 1, 2018, at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Ave., Wabash, and one hour prior to the service at Timbercrest Chapel.
Preferred memorial is Timbercrest Senior Living Community Assistance Fund or 85 Hope Clinic in Wabash..
The memorial guest book for Ann may be signed at www.grandstaff-hentgen.com.