Maxine Leota Hippensteel Hegel, 99, of Fort Myers, Florida, formerly of Wabash, Indiana died at 1:35 am, Friday, March 31, 2023, at the Gulf Coast Medical Center in Fort Myers. She was born on April 16, 1923, in Twelve Mile, Indiana, to Frederick Charles and Ada (Wernigk) Green.
Maxine was a 1941 graduate of Twelve Mile High School and a graduate of the Wayne University of Beauty Culture. She married James C. Hippensteel in Warsaw, Indiana on November 6, 1943; he died November 17, 1982. She then married Philip H. Hegel at the Bachelor Creek Church of Christ in Wabash on June 29, 1991; he died March 3, 2014. Maxine worked at the Wabash County ASCS office for 21 years, retiring in 1983, and volunteered at the Wabash County Hospital Gift Shop. She was a member of the Wabash Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star #90, the Womans Clubhouse Association, Wabash Past Matrons, and AARP. Maxine received her 50 year Golden Award Member of the Eastern Star award, was Past Worthy Matron of the Laurel Chapter of the Eastern Star in Roann, Indiana. She enjoyed traveling to other countries, islands, and different states. She also enjoyed golfing, crocheting, sewing, genealogy, making photo albums, playing cards, and spending time with her family and friends. She collected Hallmark Christmas ornaments, and music records, cds, and tapes.
She is survived by two daughters, Pricilla (Tom) Washer of Fort Myers, and Pamela (Richard) Doyle of Indianapolis, Indiana; two step-children, Diana (Rodger) Rapp and Rod (Brenda) Hegel, both of Wabash; four grandchildren, Melissa (John) Schossler of Palatine, Illinois, Michelle (Scott) Kernea of Dunlap, Tennessee, Thomas (Jeannine) Washer of Granville, Ohio, and Karen (Matt) Everly of Lewis Center, Ohio, three step-grandchildren, Megan (Dan) Henderson of Somerset, Indiana, Erica Mabery of Wabash, and Christy Hegel of Fort Wayne, Indiana, five great grandchildren, Annika, Kailey, and Alex Washer, Abigail and Adam Schossler, and four step great grandchildren, Caleb and Hunter Mabery, Avery and Blake Henderson. She was also preceded in death by her parents, one brother Floyd Green, three sisters, Helen Bookwalter, Rosa Green, and Martha McHenry, and step grandson-in-law Aaron Mabery.
Funeral services will be 10:30 am, Saturday, April 8, 2023, at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Avenue, Wabash, with David Stokes officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery, Servia. Friends may call Friday, April 7, 2023, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm at the funeral home.
Preferred memorials are Bachelor Creek Church of Christ or Honeywell Foundation.
The memorial guest book for Maxine may be signed at www.grandstaff-hentgen.com.
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