MITCHELL – Naomi Maxine Geary, 87, passed away at 4:24 a.m. Saturday, July 25, 2015, at Indiana University Health Bedford Hospital.
Born March 17, 1928, in Tipton, she was the daughter of Sean Ray and Gertrude (Spaulding) Austill. She married Charles Walter Geary in 1971, and he preceded her in death March 19, 1980.
She had been employed in hospital food service and was a graduate of Tipton High School. Naomi was a member of the Mitchell Wesleyan Church.
Surviving: children, Carl (Brenda) Clem, North Carolina
Fredrick L. Clem, Mitchell
Jeffery P. (Carol) Clem, Mitchell
P. Edward Geary, Mitchell
Jerry (Norma) Zearbaugh, Selma
Darlene M. (George) Shigley, Muncie
Brent W. (Carla) Geary, Florida
Brenda (Dana) Dunbar, Mitchell
22 grandchildren
32 great grandchildren
14 great great grandchildren
Her parents; husband; children, Mary G. Box, Melody R. Henderson, and James K. Zearbaugh; and siblings, Edna Zearbaugh, Opal McComb, Virgil McComb, and Dallas Austill, preceded her in death.
Funeral service will be at 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, July 28, at the Mitchell Wesleyan Church with Reverend Steve Jones officiating. Burial will be in Cresthaven Memory Gardens.
Friends may call from 4:00-7:00 p.m. Monday at Chastain Funeral Home & Cremation Center, and from 11:00 a.m. until the service on Tuesday at the church.
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