Saturday, December 19, 2009

Rita A. Yencer

RITA A. YENCER

HARTFORD CITY, IN

Rita A. Yencer, 68, passed away Thursday, December 17, 2009, at her residence.

The daughter of Les and Edith (Ulrich) Brown, she was born January 31, 1941 in Poneto, Indiana. She graduated from Liberty Center High School in 1959. Rita then graduated from Marion Beauty College and worked as a beautician for 29 years. She had owned and operated the Beauty Barn in Hartford City.

She married James T. Yencer in Hartford City on September 29, 1972.

Survivors include: her husband, James; 3 daughters, Cheryl (Kerry) LaMotte, Hartford City, Chanda (Kent) Armstrong, Merrit Island, Florida, and Celina (Allen) Osborn, West Lafayette; 1 son, Jeff (Pam) Cook, Buchanan, Tennessee; 10 grandchildren; 8 great-grandchildren; a sister, Mary Lou Markley, Bluffton and a sister-in-law, Carol Suro, Muncie.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, December 21 in the Waters Funeral Home, 501 W. Washington St., Hartford City. Burial will follow in the Hartford City Cemetery.

Friends may call from 1-4 p.m. Sunday, December 20 and after 9 a.m. Monday.

The family requests memorials be made to Clothe-a-Child (Pacesetter Bank, c/o Ted Leas, P.O. Box 659, Hartford City, IN 47348).

Online condolences may be sent to the family at: www.watersfuneralhomes.com