Bertha L. Bishop Thurnall Obituary (1928

Mrs. Bertha Lois "Aunt Bert" Bishop Thurnall, age 93, of Madison, Indiana, entered this life on October 2, l928 in Canaan, Indiana. She was the loving daughter of the late Edgar Foster and Helen Rand McGee Bishop. She graduated from Central High School in l947. She was a resident of Cincinnati, Ohio for 47 years before moving to Indianapolis, Indiana in 2001. On September 2, l950, she was united in marriage to Donald F. Thurnall in Indianapolis, Indiana. This union was blessed with sons, Roger Wayne Thurnall and Gregory Evan Thurnall and a step son Donald entered her life. They had many happy years together before Donald passed away on July 4, l997. She was a machine operator at Connector Manufacturing Company in Cincinnati, Ohio for 16 years. Bertha was a member of Indian-Kentuck Baptist Church near Canaan. She loved volunteering for the Salvation Army and was awarded Volunteer of the Year at their annual banquet. She liked going to the gambling boat, going to any beach, fishing, was known for her patriotism, and wintering in Acapulco as long as her health permitted. Bertha died on Friday, January 7, 2022, at 1:00 p.m. at the Water's of Clifty Falls in Madison, Indiana. Please Click Here to View the Video Tribute Please Click Here to View the Funeral Service Recording A LOVING FAMILY Bertha will be missed by her loving granddaughter, Lindsey Towery and her husband Cody of Little Elm, Texas; her great granddaughters, Samantha and Sidney; her sister, Brenda Alexander of Madison, Indiana; several nieces, nephews and other relatives. She was preceded in death by her father, Edgar Foster Bishop, died August 10, 1970, her mother, Helen Rand McGee Bishop, died November 6, 1970, her husband of 47 years, Donald F. Thurnall, died July 4, 1997, her son, Roger Wayne Thurnall, died February 26, 1999, her infant son, Gregory Evan Thurnall, died February 11, 1958, her sisters, Patty Works, Bonnie L. Morgan, Jane Langsford, and Marjorie "Midge" Yager, her brother, Keith Bishop, her step son, Donald Richard "Buzzy" Thurnall, died December 5, 2020. FUNERAL CEREMONY Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, January 13, 2022, at 1:00 p.m., by Pastor Troy Hedges at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre, 325 Demaree Drive in Madison, Indiana. Interment will follow in the Springdale Cemetery,600 West Fifth Street in downtown Madison, Indiana. VISITATION Friends may visit Thursday from 12:00 Noon - 1:00 p.m., at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre, 325 Demaree Drive in Madison, Indiana. MEMORIAL EXPRESSIONS Memorial contributions may be made to the Hospice of King's Daughters. Cards are available at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centres of Madison and Hanover. Online condolences, remembrances and memorials can be left at www.morgan-nay.com To send a flower arrangement in memory of Bertha L. Bishop Thurnall, please click here to visit our sympathy store.