Shirley Ellen Ellenberger, 80, of Greenfield, formerly of Geneva, passed away at 1:25 p.m. on Saturday, May 25, 2024, at I.U. Health Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis.
She was born on Sunday, Sept. 12, 1943, in Union City, Indiana. She married Jerome Ellenberger on Sunday, Aug. 30, 1959, in Geneva. Shirley was a graduate of Geneva High School. She had worked at the Ben Franklin Dime Store in Geneva, Nusbaum Novelty in Berne, and for Franklin Electric in Bluffton for 26 and a half years. She was a member of Franklin Electric Retired Ladies Group in Bluffton. Shirley attended the First Missionary Church in Berne. She enjoyed crafts and flowers.
Shirley will be forever missed by her husband, Jerome Henry Ellenberger of Greenfield; daughters, Ronda S. Todd of Ossian and Lynette D. (Brad) Johnson of Greenfield; grandchildren, Joshua Todd of Ossian, Andy Todd of Ossian, Jesicca Todd of Albion, Kristina Todd of Ossian, Taylor Herman of Uniondale, Megan Bluhm of Decatur, Christopher Herman of Woodburn, Kegan Johnson of Greenfield; and 10 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Wilber Day and Madeline (Mendenhall) Day; son, Brian L. Ellenberger, and sister, Dorothy Teeter.
Family and friends may gather to share and remember at from 2-8 p.m. on Monday, June 3, 2024, at Downing & Glancy Funeral Home, 100 N. Washington St. in Geneva.
A service to celebrate Shirley’s life will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, June 4, 2024, at the First Missionary Church, 950 US 27 South in Berne, with pastor Dathen Foust officiating. Interment will follow in the West Lawn Cemetery in Geneva.
Arrangements are being handled by Downing & Glancy Funeral Home in Geneva.
Online condolences may be made at www.glancyfuneralhomes.com