Betty Lucille Alderfer Schuman, 79, Winona Lake, passed away at 12:40 a.m., Tuesday, May 8, 2018, at Miller’s Merry Manor of Warsaw.

She was born Jan. 28, 1939, in Argos, to Harold Swihart and Helen M. (Miller) Swihart. On June 28, 1957, she was married to Forest “Frosty” Alderfer, he passed away on June 18, 1987. She then re-married on Sept. 30, 2000, to Larry Schuman, he preceded her in death on Feb. 23, 2005.

She was a 1957 graduate of Plymouth High School and has was a resident of Kosciusko County for the past 54 years. She worked at Owens Grocery Store in Warsaw, for a number of years and worked as an administrator for 20 years at First National Bank. She enjoyed gardening and sewing. Over the years she had sewn many projects for her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. She was a loving mother and grandmother and will be forever loved and dearly missed.

She will be lovingly remembered by her two daughters: Terri (husband Pat) Musto, Lakeville, Minn.; and Barb (husband Chris) Ballinger, Warsaw. Also surviving are three grandchildren: Gina Musto, Trevor Ballinger and Jeffrey Ballinger; four great grandchildren: Laila, Olivia, Ellie and Rhett Ballinger; and fourteen step-grandchildren. She also leaves behind five step-children: Keith, Duane, Nelson, and Chris Schuman; and Jana MacFarlane; brother: Richard Swihart, Machesney Park, Ill.; and half-brother: Rex Tumbleson, South Bend. She was preceded in death by her parents and two husbands.

A graveside service will be conducted at 11 a.m. on Monday, May 14, at Oak Hill Cemetery in Plymouth, and officiated by Reverend Kip Cone. Arrangements are entrusted with Redpath-Fruth Funeral Home, 225 Argonne Road, Warsaw.

Memorial donations may be directed to American Cancer Society, Great Lakes Division – Northwest Indiana Office, 130 Red Coach Drive, Mishawaka, Indiana 46545 and would be appreciated by her family.

Online condolences may be sent through the funeral home’s Web Site at www.redpathfruthfuneralhome.com