Mary Sue Fairchild Mitchell, 66, of Wabash, Indiana, reunited with her husband and mother in Heaven, surrounded by her children at 1:45 pm, Friday, December 17, 2021, at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne. She was born on January 30, 1955, in Paintsville, Kentucky, to Maggie Spears.
Mary married Robert Dee Fairchild in Wabash on December 9, 1972. She was a homemaker and also worked in housekeeping for Shirt Shed, Blue Sky Graphics, and Econoclean, all of Wabash. Mary attended the Southside Free Will Baptist Church. She enjoyed shopping, movies, cooking, working word puzzles, her dogs, and especially loved her family.
She is survived by two sons, Bob (Tabatha) Fairchild of Roann, Indiana, and Chris (Amber Price) Fairchild of Bunker Hill, Indiana; five grandchildren, Levi Fairchild, Mia Fairchild, and Finn Fairchild, all of Roann, Keaton Fairchild and Kinley Fairchild, both of Bunker Hill; brother, Billy Dollarhide of Van Lear, Kentucky; sister, Clara Booth of Wabash; and companion, Terry Mitchell of Wabash. She was preceded in death by her mother, husband, Robert Fairchild, grandchild, Karson Fairchild, and sister, Joann Cantrell.
Funeral services will be 10:30 am, Thursday, December 23, 2021, at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Avenue, Wabash, with Rev. Jim Fairchild officiating. Burial will be in Friends Cemetery, Wabash. Friends may call 5-7 pm Wednesday, at the funeral home.
Preferred memorial is the Animal Shelter of Wabash County.
The memorial guest book for Mary may be signed at www.grandstaff-hentgen.com.
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