Margaret Jo Weitzel, 92, was reunited with her heavenly family and friends and her heavenly father on Saturday, May 22, 2021 at 3:58 pm at Miller’s Merry Manor East in Wabash. Jo was born in Bloomington, Indiana on Sept. 13, 1928 to Robert L. and Mary Katherine (Robison) Turpen.
She married Donald William Weitzel, Jr. on March 2, 1947; he died September 2, 2012. She fulfilled the titles she was blessed with as wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandma, and great-great-grandmother. She participated in all their lives attending dance recitals, choir concerts, sports, graduations, and weddings, in person or by videos or pictures. Her kindness extended far beyond her family with her jobs she had in her life always serving the community, as a hospital candy striper, a nursing home aid, retail clerks, and switchboard operator for general telephone. When the last call was made she became instrumental in giving a functioning switchboard to the Wabash County Museum.
Jo is survived by two children, Lynn E. (Bob) Hamilton of Wabash; Robert J. (Jody) Weitzel Sr. of Littleton, North Carolina; son-in-law Pat Hopkins of Wabash; and daughter-in-law Mary Swank Weitzel of Greenwood, Indiana. She was loved by her grandchildren, Steve (Beth Slomka) Hamilton of Fishers, Indiana; Brian (Betsy) Hamilton of Grass Valley, California; Joe Hamilton of Wabash; Robert J. (Julie) Weitzel Jr. of Selma, North Carolina; Nicholas Weitzel of Littleton; Patrick Weitzel of Houston, Texas; and Neil Weitzel of Detroit, Michigan. Her great-grandchildren are Vivian Eldridge and Ana Hamilton of Grass Valley; Tristan Hamilton and Krista Hamilton of Wabash; Holly Hamilton and Katie Hamilton of Fishers; Erin Brose and Sydney (Will) Thompson, all of Selma. Her great-great-grandchildren are Jackson Bruno, Liam Swain and Lincoln Swain all of Selma. Jo was also preceded in death by her parents, son, Richard Weitzel, daughter, Mary Margaret “Meg” Hopkins, and two siblings, Mary Beth Turpen Barrett and Colonel James Turpen.
Graveside services and burial will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 26, at Pleasant Hill Cemetery in North Manchester, Indiana, with David Phillips officiating. Arrangements by Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Ave., Wabash.
Preferred memorials are Animal Shelter of Wabash County or Millers Merry Manor Activities Fund.
The memorial guest book for Jo may be signed at www.grandstaff-hentgen.com.
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