Ethel L. Mitchell Wintermute VanDyke

Ethel L. Mitchell Win­ter­mute VanDyke, 95, of Marengo, died Tues­day morn­ing (Oct. 30, 2012) at River­side Hos­pi­tal in Columbus.

She was born on Jan. 15, 1917, in Sun­bury to the late William and Zoa (John­son) Mitchell. Ethel was a fan of the Cincin­nati Reds, a home­maker and had worked for local nurs­ing homes after the death of her first hus­band. Ethel was born and raised on the fam­ily farm on Rose­crans Road and moved to Marengo when she mar­ried in 1946.

She is sur­vived by daugh­ters, Eva (Fred) Criswell of Marengo and Dorothy (Wal­ter) Babbs Saun­ders of Card­ing­ton; eight grand­chil­dren, Kel­lie (Rob) Bishop, Mary Criswell, Hope Jes­sica Criswell, Sherry (Scott) Sherer, Ron (Lisa) Babbs, Shel­ley (Jeff) Ben­son, Rob (Jes­sica) Babbs and Roger Babbs; 18 great-grandchildren; and nieces and nephews.

She was pre­ceded in death by her hus­bands, Ronald Win­ter­mute on Nov. 14, 1960, and Charles Van Dyke on Nov. 20, 2000; broth­ers, Cliff, Clay, Pearl, Doc and Golden; and sis­ters, Mar­garet Belcher and Freda Bonzo.

Friends may call from 3 to 7 p.m. Thurs­day at the DeVore-Snyder Funeral Home, Ohio 3 at 61, Sun­bury, where ser­vices will be held at 11 a.m. Fri­day with the Rev. Charles Roush offi­ci­at­ing. Inter­ment will fol­low in the Sun­bury Memo­r­ial Park.

Memo­r­ial con­tri­bu­tions can be made to: Amer­i­can Can­cer Soci­ety, 5555 Frantz Road, Dublin, OH 43017.

Con­do­lences may be expressed at snyderfuneralhomes.com.

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