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Edith F. Dexter

August 16, 1926 - January 21, 2018


Residence: Monticello, Indiana
Died: Sunday, January 21, 2018
Location: 2:00 p.m., at the Indiana University Health, White Memorial Hospital of Monticello, Indiana, surrounded by her family.
 
 
Age: 91
Date of Birth: Monday, August 16, 1926
Birth place: Gary, Indiana

 

 
Father: Charles H. Green
 
Mother: Jessie ( Kirk ) Green
 
Marital Status: Married
Resided in: Edith and her husband, Robert "Bob", have lived in the Monticello, Indiana, area for over twenty - five years.
Funeral Date: Thursday, January 25, 2018
Funeral Location: 2:30 p.m., Thursday, January 25, 2018, Rosary Service followed by a Celebration of Life Service will be at the Miller- Roscka Funeral Home of Monticello, Indiana.
Clergy: Father David L. Rasner of the Our Lady of the Lakes Catholic Church of Monticello, Indiana.
Burial will take place:
I.O.O.F. Riverview Cemetery in rural Monticello, Indiana.
Visitation will be:
12:00 (noon) to 2:30 p.m., Thursday, January 25, 2018, at the Miller - Roscka Funeral Home of Monticello, Indiana.
Biographical Information:
Edith grew up in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. She graduated in 1947 from Madison General Hospital School of Nursing. Edith loved to read and was an AVID reader. She also loved traveling, and doing outdoor adventures such as hot air ballooning, white water rafting, and even kissed a grizzly bear. Edith was a real "Go Getter!!!!!" She and her great friend Connie Brouillette, co-founded and built Green - Hill Manor Nursing Home of Fowler, Indiana, in June of 1971, and Edith retired as the Director of Nursing from there.
Special Services: Rosary Service will be at 2:30 p.m, Thursday, January 25, 2018, here at the Miller - Roscka Funeral Home of Monticello, Indiana.
Memorial Information: Memorials may be given to the Alzheimers Association. Envelopes will be available here at the funeral home.
Marriage Information: In 1947, in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, she married Robert G. "Bob" Dexter; he survives.
Survivors include:
Husband, Robert G. "Bob" Dexter of Monticello, Indiana;Children, Robert G. (wife Alyce) Dexter, II. of Noblesville, Indiana, Kim A. (husband Jerry) Bowley of Remington, Indiana, Scott J. Dexter of LaPorte, Indiana, and Douglas A. (wife Debra) Dexter of Covington, Georgia; Twelve (12) Grandchildren; Twenty - Four (24) Great Grandchildren; Sister-in-law, Beverly Green of Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
Preceded in Death:
Parents, Charles H. and Jessie (Kirk) Green; Brother, Charles H. Green, II.
Arrangements by:
Miller- Roscka Funeral Home, 6368 E. US 24, Monticello, Indiana, 47960 ( 574 ) 583 - 8488.


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Schedule of Services

Burial Service

I.O.O.F. Riverview Cemetery in rural Monticello, Indiana

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  • I.O.O.F. Riverview Cemetery in rural Monticello, Indiana.
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  • I.O.O.F. Riverview Cemetery in rural Monticello, Indiana.

Special Service

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  • Rosary Service will be at 2:30 p.m, Thursday, January 25, 2018, here at the Miller - Roscka Funeral Home of Monticello, Indiana.

Visitaion Service

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  • 12:00 (noon) to 2:30 p.m., Thursday, January 25, 2018, at the Miller - Roscka Funeral Home of Monticello, Indiana.

Funeral Service

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  • Funeral Location: 2:30 p.m., Thursday, January 25, 2018, Rosary Service followed by a Celebration of Life Service will be at the Miller- Roscka Funeral Home of Monticello, Indiana.

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