Sharlene Warthman

November 7, 1935 - April 2, 2016

Sharlene Warthman, 80, of Craigville passed away at 2:23 p.m. on Saturday April 2, 2016 at Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne. She was born on November 7, 1935 in Adams County, Indiana Carl & Nora (Mettler) Flueckinger. She graduated from Geneva High School in 1954. A homemaker she enjoyed raising her family on the family farm north of Craigville and was active in the O.D.O homemakers extension club. On December 8, 1962, Sharlene and Donald Lee Warthman were married. He preceded her in death on April 5, 2015. She was a member of Lancaster Chapel United Methodist Church. She is survived by a son Mark Warthman of Montpelier, IN and a daughter Nancy Warthman of Bluffton. She is also survived by a brother Jerome Flueckinger of Berne and a sister Geraldine Craig of Marion. She is preceded in death by a brother Robert Flueckinger and a sister Maxine Moore. A service to celebrate Sharlene’s life will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday (April 7, 2016) at the Thoma/Rich, Lemler Funeral Home in Bluffton. Pastor Dennis Leinbach will officiate. Calling hours will be held from 3 to 7 on Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will take place at Pleasant Dale Church Cemetery in Adams County. Memorials may be made in Sharlene’s memory to Lancaster Chapel. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to the care of the Thoma/Rich, Lemler Funeral Home in Bluffton. Friends can send online condolences to the family at www.thomarich.com.