Joreen J. Gingerich

Joreen J. Gingerich, 90 of Wakarusa died Saturday, August 17, 2019 at Goshen Hospital.

She was born September 4, 1928 in Bradford, Illinois to Charles E. and Verna (Osborn) Behnke.

On September 21, 1947 she married Delbert J. Gingerich.

He survives along with two daughters, Patricia (Ron) Yoder and Janice (David) Stutsman, both of Goshen; a son, Donald (Sharon) Gingerich of Goshen; five grandchildren, Jackie (Paul) Gruet, Reneé (David) Buck, Stephanie (Chris) Edmound, Craig (Tara) Yoder and Erica (Patrick) Siegel; 12 great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Joyce (Rick) Daeler of Fulton, Illinois and Louise (Robert) Lasky of Kewanee, Illinois.

Along with her parents she was preceded in death by a brother, Ronald Behnke.

A member of Brenneman Memorial Missionary Church, Mrs. Gingerich was a loving homemaker, wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.  She worked beside her husband, Delbert in their lawn service business; in banking at 1 ^st National Bank; and as a cook at Jefferson Elementary.

Visitation will be Tuesday, August 20, 2019 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Yoder-Culp Funeral Home, Goshen.

There will also be one hour of visitation prior to the 10 a.m. funeral service Wednesday, August 21, 2019 at Brenneman Memorial Missionary Church, 61115 S. R. 15, Goshen.  Reverends Harold Knight and Matt Maloney will officiate.

Burial will follow at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Osceola.

Memorial gifts may be directed to the Children’s Sunday School fund at the church.