Mable Bernice Turner Schanding Obituary (1932

Mrs. Mable Bernice Turner Schanding, age 92 of Madison, Indiana, entered this life on July 1, 1932 in Sand Gap, Jackson County, Kentucky. She was the loving daughter of the late Millard Ambrose and Martha Mae Durham Turner. She was raised in Sand Gap and attended school there, later receiving her GED. She attended and graduated from the Kentuckiana Business College. On June 30, 1949, she was united in marriage to William Paul Schanding in Paris, Kentucky. This happy union of 69 years was blessed with daughters, Karen and Mona, and a son, Paul Douglas. She worked early in life in Cynthiana, Kentucky at a jewelry store. The family moved to Madison in 1970 and Mable worked for Meyers MFG, U.S. Shoe Corp., and Conn Organ. She also worked for a time at Hammock's IGA in downtown Madison. She retired after 15 years of service with the Madison State Hospital from the dietary department. She loved to sew, quilt, garden, work in her flowers, and make her children's clothes. She was known for creating beautiful table settings and caring for her family. Mable was a faithful member of the Madison First Church of the Nazarene. Mable died on Sunday, April 27, 2025, at 10:33 a.m. at the Norton King's Daughters' Hospital in Madison, Indiana. Please Click Here to View the Video Tribute A LOVING FAMILY Mable will be missed by her loving daughter, Karen Lewellyn (Doug) of Madison, Indiana; her loving son, Paul Douglas Schanding (Becky) of Saint Simons Island, Georgia; her loving son-in-law, Steve Crabtree of Vanceburg, Kentucky; her grandchildren, Eric Crabtree (Lindsey), Sarah Lewellyn (Kris), Paul Schanding, and Lauren Schanding; her great-grandchildren, Abigail Crabtree, Harrison Crabtree, Xavier Pietrykowski, Magnus Pietrykowski and Eliza Mott; her sister, Mary Lou Crisci (Jerry) of Palatine, Illinois; her sisters-in-law, Linda Turner of Fort Worth, Texas, Judy Blethen of Richmond, Kentucky; her brother-in-law, Donald Schanding of Louisville, Kentucky; several nieces, nephews and other relatives. She was preceded in death by her father, Millard Ambrose Turner, her mother, Martha Mae Durham Turner, her beloved husband of 69 years, William Paul Schanding, died November 21, 2018, her daughter, Mona L. Schanding Crabtree, died January 6, 2025, and her brothers, Noland Turner and Leroy Turner and a sister, Sarah Etta Harris. FUNERAL CEREMONY Funeral services will be conducted Sunday, May 4, 2025, at 1:00 p.m., by Bro. Darin Edwards at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre, 325 Demaree Drive in Madison, Indiana. Interment will follow in the Grandview Memorial Gardens, 9306 North U.S. 421 near Madison, Indiana. Please Click Here to View the Funeral Service Recording VISITATION Friends may visit Saturday from 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. and Sunday from 11:00 a.m. until the time of service at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre, 325 Demaree Drive in Madison, Indiana. MEMORIAL EXPRESSIONS Memorial contributions may be made to the Madison First Church of the Nazarene. 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 Place An Online Memorial Donation To send a flower arrangement in memory of Mable Bernice Turner Schanding, please click here to visit our sympathy store.