Gaye Ellen Schroeter, 72, of Wabash, Indiana, died at 6:07 pm, Wednesday, June 10, 2020 at Parkview Wabash Hospital. She was born September 21, 1947 in Wabash, to Ralph A. and Rosanna “Rosie” (McAllister) Yentes.
Gaye was a 1965 graduate of Wabash High School, and attended the International Business College in Fort Wayne. She married Paul Schroeter in Wabash on January 26, 1996. She worked at Wabash County Hospital, retiring after 18 years. Gaye was a member of Treaty Church of Christ and was baptized four years ago. She also was a member of the Etna Acres Ladies Golf Club, helped with Sew-to-Serve, sewing CDC compliant masks for central Indiana Covid-19, and belonged to a Quilt Club in Wabash, and made several quilts. An avid seamstress, she also made baby christening gowns and toddler clothes for the grandchildren. She especially loved working in her garden.
She is survived by her husband, Paul Schroeter of Wabash, four children, Tim (Carrie) Vogel of Wabash, Heather (Nathan) Mylin of Zionsville, Indiana, Drew (Elizabeth) Dunham of Wabash, and Jeanne Dunham of Scottsdale, Arizona, eight grandchildren, Katelin (Jacob) Lloyd, Dereck Vogel, and Kaden Vogel, all of Wabash, Hannah Rose Mylin, Nile Mylin, Tennye Mylin, and Nathan Renner Mylin, all of Zionsville, and Taylor Robbins, of Wabash, four step children, nine step grandchildren, one step great grandchild, brother, Arden “Skip” (Jennifer) Yentes of Danville, Indiana, and Mary Shannan (Richard) Townley of Kalamazoo, Michigan. She was preceded in death by her parents.
Funeral services will be 10:30 am Tuesday, June 16, 2020 at Treaty Church of Christ, 6793 S. 50 E.Wabash, with Ryan Weaver officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Lawns Cemetery, Wabash. Friends may call 4-8 pm Monday, at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Ave., Wabash.
Preferred memorial is Parkview Wabash Hospital.
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