Mary Helen Flynn, 82, of Wabash, Indiana, died at 1:58 pm, Thursday, July 29, 2021, in her daughter’s home in Wabash. She was born on May 14, 1939, in Huntington County, Indiana, to Ralph and Edith Ferne (Guerin) Earhart.
Mary was a 1957 graduate of Lagro High School. She married Donald Flynn in Wabash on October 22, 1969; he died June 13, 2021. She worked at General Tire in Wabash, retiring in 1972 after 12 years and was a homemaker. Mary was a member of the Dora Christian Church. She and her husband Don wintered in Inverness, Florida 15 years. Mary enjoyed music, euchre, karaoke, gathering with friends, family get togethers, and was an avid IU fan. She took great pride in being a wife, mother, and grandmother.
She is survived by two daughters, Alice (Gary Smith) Wells of Huntington, Indiana, and Kimberly (Jack Perkins) Frew of Wabash, seven grandchildren, Ronnie Slone, Shane Wilcox, Brittany Merida, Abbi Flynn, Jacob Flynn, Donald Cole, and Nicole Crawford, several great-grandchildren, and five great-great grandchildren. She was also preceded in death by her parents, two sons, Donald Wayne Flynn and Larry Allen Flynn, grandson, Andrew Lee Slone, and six brothers; Bill, Rex, Jim, Larry, and twins Ronald and Donald Earhart.
Funeral services will be 2:00 pm, Thursday, August 5, 2021, at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Avenue, Wabash, with Pastor Tim Prater officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Lawns Cemetery, Wabash. Visitation will be from 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm Thursday, at the funeral home.
The memorial guest book for Mary may be signed at www.grandstaff-hentgen.com.
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