Bernice Crispen ¹

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Berneice Ann (Crispen) Shideler, 87, a lifetime resident of Warren, IN, passed away on January 15, 2019 at Bluffton Regional Medical Center in Bluffton, IN. Berneice was born to Earl M. and Erma L. (McIntire) Crispen, both deceased. She was the 5th of eleven children: Colleen Hodge, Doris Willett, Edward M. Crispen, Paul L. Crispen, Berneice A. Shideler, Robert E. Crispen, Carolyn Cook, Barbara J. Leas, Joyce Brockup, Richard T. Crispen, Ronald E. Crispen. She married Robert J. Shideler on June 3, 1950 in the Jefferson Center Methodist Church with Rev. Keith Hanley officiating. She was the mother of Marcia D. (husband, Dennis) Stroud, Warren, IN, and the late Jane Ann Rosiek (her husband, Ronald survives in The Villages, FL), the grandmother of Kimberlee K. Stroud, Warren, IN, Kevin M. (Aimee) Stroud, Decatur, IN, Kyle M. (Amy) Stroud, Plymouth, IN, great grandmother to Ella, Logan, Graeme, Danielle, Kolston, Parker, & Jake Stroud, grandmother to Gillian ( Eric) Decker, Marysville, MI, Benjamin W. (Dena) Gilmer, Michigan,step grandmother to Roger R. Rosiek, Renae M. (Ryan) Nelson, Ohio, great grandmother to Dahila & Elijah Decker,step grandmother to Rowan & Rosie Nelson and aunt to many nieces and nephews. Also surviving are brothers Robert (Shirley) Crispen, rural Huntington, IN, Richard (Rita) Crispen, Bluffton, IN, sister in laws Sherrie Crispen, Bluffton, IN, Patricia Crispen, Winterhaven, FL. Preceding her in death are her parents, husband, daughter Jane Ann Rosiek, siblings Colleen (Max) Hodge, Doris (John) Willett, Edward M. Crispen, Paul L. Crispen, Carolyn (Byron) Cook, Barbara (Jack) Leas, Joyce Brockup, & Ronald Crispen.

She lived her entire life in Warren, first on Jones Ave, as a young person & on Nancy St., after her marriage, then the United Methodist Memorial Home (Heritage Pointe) town house #55 after retirement. She attended Tri Kappa free Kindergarten and all 12 years of schooling at Warren high school, graduating in 1949. She was a member of the United Church of Christ. She was a charter member of the Order of Rainbow for Girls Chapter #49 and Worthy Advisor, a 50 plus member of the Warren Eastern Star #269 where she was a Worthy Matron and President of Past Worthy Matrons. She and her husband Bob were on the advisory board for Rainbow Girls for many years. She was a member of Gamma Upsilon Chapter of Kappa, Kappa, Kappa and Warren Alpha Associates of Tri Kappa. She was President of both organizations. She retired from National City Bank, originally Warren Exchange Bank, after many years of service and was a member of National Assoc. of Bank Woman.

Family and friends may gather to share and remember at Warren United Church of Christ 202 E. 2nd Street Warren on Monday, January 21, 2019 from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM. A service will follow at 3:00 PM with Pastor Scott Nedberg & Chaplain Ginny Soultz officiating. Burial will be in the Warren Masonic Cemetery, where she will join Robert (Bob) Shideler, her husband and best friend of 60 years.

Bernice married Robert Shideler. (Robert Shideler was born on 25 Jun 1926,² died on 16 Dec 2005 ² and was buried in Masonic Cemetery, Warren, Huntington County, Indiana, USA ².)