Obituaries

Obituary: Thelma Means, 86

Graveside services are Tuesday.

From Gene Davis Funeral Home:

Thelma Jane Adkins Means, 86, of Fort Wayne, IN, passed away Friday Dec. 20, at Lutheran Hospital in Indiana. 

Mrs. Means was born to Charlie Edward Adkins and Madeline Erma Moore Adkins on Jan. 29, 1926, in Minden, WV. 

She worked as a waitress for Shoney's Big Boy. 

She was preceded in death by her husband Marshall Means and her parents Madeline Moore Adkins and Charlie Edward Adkins. Survivors include brother, Lloyd Adkins of Gettysburg, PA; sister, Garnet Wilks of Muscle Shoals, AL; niece, Sandra Cadle of Mooresville, NC; and three grandchildren. 

Graveside services will be held at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 31, at Mt. Harmony Memorial Gardens. Internment to follow.

Condolences may be made at www.genedavisfuneralhome.com


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