We'll miss you, Grandma Bessie

Bessie Jane Fellows

Born on: January 5, 1923
Departed on: November 7, 2010

Visitation: November 11, 2010 at 11:00 am
Service: November 11, 2010 at 2:00 pm
Burial: Cloverdale Cemetery, Cloverdale, Indiana

Bessie J. Fellows, 87, Reelsville, passed away on November 7, 2010 at The Waters at Greencastle. She was born on January 5, 1923 in Putnam County and was the daughter of the late Joseph McDaniel and Media MaDonna {Allee} Sanders.

On January 17, 1940 she married Douglas W. Fellows and he preceded her in death on September 9, 1979. She is survived by her children, Sandra Hansen and husband Robert, Greencastle, David Fellows and wife Brenda, Reelsville, Devin Fellows and wife Sharon, Reelsville, her sister Loretta Wall and husband Herbert, Reelsville, sister-in-law, Mae Sanders, Fillmore, grandchildren, Leigh Hinnefeld and husband Jon, Michelle Fellows, Felicia Tindal and husband Jon and Larry Hansen, great- grandchildren, Stacey and J. D. Hinnefeld, Stuart, Lauren and Drew Hansen, Riley and Payton Tindal, several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held on Thursday, November 11, 2010 at 2:00 PM at the Whitaker Funeral Home, Cloverdale with visitation from 11:00 AM until service time. Interment will be in the Cloverdale Cemetery.

She spent her life on a farm south of Manhattan. Her pleasure was the outdoors. She raised her gardens and flowers with much enjoyment. She was a farmer’s wife and after the death of her husband she continued to manage the farm that she loved. Her home was a haven for the many dogs and cats that found their way to her door.
Many years were spent working at the Mary Allison Children’s Home in Greencastle, was a 52 year member of the Golden Circle Club and also was active in the South Putnam Band Parents.

In addition to her husband and parents she was preceded in death by her siblings, Barthenia Addison, Virgil, Russell, Earl, Maynard and Arthur Sanders.

Condolences may be sent to the family at: cds@whitakerfuneralhome.net.