Vera Mae Linsburg, 88, Wabash, died at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2016, at Parkview Wabash Hospital. She was born Dec. 5, 1927, in Anderson, to Fred and Bertha (Bodle) Hannah.

Vera was a 1946 graduate of Alexandria High School and attended Indiana Business College. She married H. Eugene Linsburg in Alexandria on April 4, 1947; he died Jan. 11, 2008. She was a co-owner of Linsburg Fabric in Wabash from 1972-77, and worked for the State of Indiana at the Wabash License Branch 20 years, and for Walmart from 1994-2008.  She attended Wabash Friends Church. She enjoyed playing cards, sewing, reading and collecting bird houses. Vera loved her grandchildren and her dog, Sophie.

She is survived by her three children: Vicki J. (Sandy) Jones, Leesburg; Lori E. (Jim) Hunt, Converse; and Scott E. Linsburg, Wabash; five grandchildren: Nicholas (Melissa) Jones, Indianapolis; Blake Jones, Leesburg; Zachary (Stephanie) Jones, Burkett; Hannah (Matthew) Cattin, Peru; and Jenna Hunt, Wabash; six great-grandchildren: Audrina Jones, Warsaw; Tynnleigh; and Kynnsleigh Cattin, Peru; Ryan Jones, Indianapolis; and Chloe; and Kelsie Jones, Burkett; and her sister: Orpha (Charles) Cullen, Hartford City. She was also preceded in death by her daughter: Marsha Linsburg; her parents; and two brothers: Eugene; and Donald Hannah.

Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 20, at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, Wabash, with David Phillips officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Lawns Cemetery, Wabash. Friends may call from 12:30-2 p.m. before the service at the funeral home.

Preferred memorial is Animal Shelter of Wabash County.