HARTFORD CITY
Edna Nell Beasley Casterline, 90, passed away Saturday, May
24, 2014 at Miller’s Merry Manor after an extended illness.
Edna was born November 21, 1923 in Eldridge, Alabama to Rev.
T. A. and Agnes Mae (Clark) Beasley. She graduated from West Jefferson High
School.
Many years of Edna’s life were devoted to caregiving, first
to her oldest son, Charles and later to her husband, Sherman.
She was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church. Edna
retired from the dietary department of Blackford County Hospital after many
years of employment.
Edna is survived by a daughter, Sherry Frazier, St. Louis, a
son, Steven (Donna) Casterline, Valparaiso, and younger daughter, Donna
Edgington, Hartford City, a sister, Bobbie Lenoir, Birmingham, AL. Also
surviving are five grandchildren, Andrew (Jennifer) Casterline, Aimee (Phillip)
Anderson, Anne (Robb) Hanson, Laura (Tomasz) Walencik, and Kimberly (Jess) Ward,
and six great-grandchildren, Nathaniel, Isaiah, Gabriel, Grace, Kaitlyn, and
Ava.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband,
Sherman, oldest son, Charles, three brothers, A.B. Beasley Sr., Aubrylee
Beasley, and Charles “Lindy” Beasley, and a sister, Betty Hemphill.
Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Friday, May 30, 2014 at
Waters Funeral Home, 501 W. Washington St., Hartford City with Rev. Phil Abram
and Rev. Dustin Jones presiding. Burial will follow in Hartford City Cemetery.
Friends may call Thursday, May 29 from 2:00-4:00 and
6:00-8:00 P.M. at the funeral home and one hour prior to the service on Friday.
Memorials may be made to the Trinity United Methodist
Church, 303 N. Walnut St., Hartford City, 47348.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.watersfuneralhomes.com.
