Maude Larue Stewart Lunsford Obituary (1934

Let Us Pause To Honor the Memory of Mrs. Maude LaRue Stewart Lunsford Mrs. Maude LaRue Stewart Lunsford, age 85, of Madison, Indiana, entered this life on November 13, 1934 in Canaan, Indiana. She was the loving daughter of the late Avery W. and Mary Louise Harsin Stewart. She grew up in Madison and was schooled there. She moved to Indianapolis at the age of nineteen and was united in marriage to Samuel J. Banks on April 24, 1954 in Greenfield, Indiana. This happy union of 36 years was blessed with four children along with two stepchildren. She worked at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway as a restaurant manager for four years. She moved back to Jefferson County 38 years ago and was united in marriage to Carl E. Lunsford on April 27, 1991 in Carrollton, Kentucky. They enjoyed five years together before his death in January 1996. She worked for LinCare for six years as a receptionist. She was a member of the Milton Christian Church and was attending the Hanover Baptist Church and the Goodwill Conservation Club and a former member of the Major Samuel Woodfill Post No. 9 of the American Legion Auxiliary. She enjoyed sewing, quilting, and crafting. Maude died on Thursday, October 29, 2020, at 9:00 p.m. at her home in Madison, Indiana. Please Click Here to View the Video Tribute Please Click Here to View the Funeral Service Recording A LOVING FAMILY Maude will be missed by her loving daughters, Teresa Nardone and her husband John of Madison, Indiana, Amanda Stancil of Madison, Indiana; her son in law, Rollin Farrand of Carmel, Indiana; her step daughter, Nancy Kaylor and her husband Bill of Morristown, Indiana; her stepson, Jerry Banks and his wife Peggy of Avon, Indiana; her 15-grandchildren and several great grandchildren; several nieces, nephews and other relatives. She was preceded in death by her father, Avery W. Stewart, her mother, Mary Louise Harsin Stewart, her brothers, Bill, Bob, Kenny, and Tom Stewart, her sisters, Mary Stout and Anna McCauley, her first husband, Samuel J. Banks who died January 7, 1990, her son, Rodney Banks who died in 2005, her second husband, Carl E. Lunsford, died January 31, 1996; her companion, John A. Canfield, died February 19, 1999; her loving daughter, Linda L. Farrand, died October 22, 2020. FUNERAL CEREMONY Funeral services will be conducted on Monday, November 2, 2020 at 3:30 p.m., by Chaplain Nathan Schroeder 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. VISITATION Friends may visit Monday from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre, 325 Demaree Drive in Madison, Indiana. MEMORIAL EXPRESSIONS Memorial contributions may be made to Michael J. Fox Foundation. 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 Make An Online Memorial Donation To send a flower arrangement in memory of Maude LaRue Stewart Lunsford, please click here to visit our sympathy store.