Marjorie Odell Gassert Coles

Mrs. Marjorie Odell Gassert Coles, age 90, of Hanover, Indiana entered this life on March 17, 1925, the loving daughter of the late, Everett Emerson and Ruby Anna Nighbert Gassert. She was born and raised on the homestead farm in Hanover, Indiana with her eight younger siblings. She was a 1943 graduate of Hanover High School. On October 12, 1945 she was united in marriage to Orville Ray Coles in Madison, Indiana. This happy union of fifty four years was blessed with one daughter, Joy Ann and two sons, Orville Emerson and Jay. She attended Zoar United Methodist Church near Kent, Indiana. Marjorie had worked on the family homestead farm for many years as well as for Meyers Manufacturing, Meese Manufacturing and the Tack Factory in Madison and the Ammunition Plant in Charlestown. She retired from the deli at Publix Supermarket in St. Cloud, Florida. Marjorie and Orville Ray enjoyed wintering in St. Cloud and resided there for eighteen years. She enjoyed membership in the Jefferson County Farm Bureau for many years. Marjorie enjoyed gardening, playing cards with friends and family, baking, cooking, jigsaw puzzles and most of all the family get-to-gethers. She was a devoted wife, loving mom and grandma. Marjorie died on Friday, March 27, 2015, at 3:07 a.m. at the Norton Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky. Click Here for Funeral Service or Tribute Video A LOVING FAMILY Marjorie will be missed by her loving daughter, Joy Ann Kinman and her husband, Gary of Hanover, Indiana; her loving sons, Emerson Coles of Hanover, Indiana, Jay Coles and his wife, Kathryn of Hanover, Indiana; her siblings, Frances Wilkerson of Lexington, Indiana, Patricia "Patty" Lowery and her husband, Darrell of Jeffersonville, Indiana, Delbert Gassert and his wife, Janice of Kissimmee, Florida, Carolyn Poling of Butlerville, Indiana, Marilyn Jackson of Pleasant, Indiana; her grandchildren, Jason, Julie, Joshua, Sarah, Suzanne, Emmy, Keesha, Kody, Drew, Eric, Marcus, and Nicholas; her great grandchildren, Madison, Lane, Kyndal, Morgan, Luke, Jake, Ariel, Keirsten, Terra, and Leilah; her caregiver, Katrina Zearing; several nieces, nephews and other relatives. She was preceded in death by her parents, Everett Emerson and Ruby Anna Nighbert Gassert; her husband of fifty four years, Orville Ray Coles, died July 23, 2000; her brother, Clarence "Donnie" Gassert; her sisters, Myrtle Hay and Esther Fields; her daughter in law, Kim Elaine Coles. FUNERAL CEREMONY Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, April 1, 2015, at 1:00 p.m. at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre, 325 Demaree Drive in Madison, Indiana. Interment will follow in the Carmel Cemetery on Carmel Cemetery Road near Hanover, Indiana VISITATION Family visitation is scheduled for Tuesday from 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. and friends may call from 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. and Wednesday from 12:00 noon until the time of service at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre. MEMORIAL EXPRESSIONS Memorial contributions may be made to the Hospice of King's Daughters' Hospital or Breast Cancer Research or the Donor's Charity of Choice. Cards are available at the funeral home. Secure Payments

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