Esther M. Story, 89, of Wabash, died at 9:30 am, Thursday, July 16, 2015, at Autumn Ridge Rehabilitation Center in Wabash. She was born Aug. 11, 1925 in East Bernstadt, Kentucky to William and Myrtle (Brown) Vance.

Esther was a 1943 graduate of Hope High School, in Hope. She married Robert L. Story in Wabash on June 26, 1948; he died March 11, 2012. She worked at White’s Residential and Family Care as a reading tutor 11 years, retiring in 1991. Esther was a longtime member of Church of Our Savior United Methodist Church, and attended Christ United Methodist Church, both in Wabash. She enjoyed her grandkids and reading.

She is survived by three daughters: Nancy (Gale) Konkle, Logansport; Peggy (Stan) Forrester, Lagro; and Cindy (Mark) Kady, Greentown; sister: Marie (Dean) Fouts, Wabash; brother: Bill (Betty) Vance, Rochester; nine grandchildren: Brad (Jennifer) Konkle, Fishers; Eric (Amy) Konkle, Plainfield; Carey (Ryan) Waters, Galveston; Joel Konkle, Indianapolis; Cathy (Alex) Weissert, Wabash; Darren Forrester, Fort Leavenworth, Ks.; Steven (Libby) Kady, Seattle, Wash.; Deborah Kady, Nashville, Tenn.; and Rebecca Kady, Roscoe, Ill.; and six great-grandchildren. She was also preceded in death by her parents; daughter: Cathy Sue Story, who died in 1958, and five sisters.

Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Sunday, July 26, at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, Wabash, with Rev. Phil Lake officiating. Burial will be in Friends Cemetery, Wabash. Friends may call 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, July 25,, and one hour prior to the service Sunday, July 26, at the funeral home.

Preferred memorial is Riley Hospital for Children.