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Mary Lou Cartwright

Written on February 5, 2020 by Staff Reporter

Categories: Kosciusko County

Mary Lou Cartwright, 91, of Warsaw, formerly of rural Andrews, died at 8:15 a.m., Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020, at Kosciusko Community Hospital in Warsaw. She was born Oct. 14, 1928, in Henry County,  to Robert “Glenn” and Bernetha (Houser) Holcomb.

Mary Lou was a 1946 graduate Mooreland High School. She married Eugene Allen “Gene” Cartwright at the Buck Creek Church of the Brethren in Henry County on Nov. 23, 1950; he died Jan. 25, 2018. She was a member of St. Paul’s County Line Church. Mary Lou enjoyed gardening, flowers, reading, and doing crafts. She especially loved her grandchildren, and baking for them.

She is survived by four children, Rebecca (Mike Clay) Garrett of Warsaw, David (TC Hull) Cartwright of Marion, Linda Grossman of LaFontaine, and Andrew Cartwright of Wabash, seven grandchildren, Chris (Lora) Cartwright and AJ (Angie) Cartwright, both of Andrews, Seth (Tiffany) Cartwright of Anderson, Jordan (Brittani) Dotson and MacKenzie Garrett, both of Warsaw, Jessica Grossman of Colorado Springs, Colorado, and Sharon Grossman of Wabash, seven great grandchildren, three sisters, Helen Gossage of Cleveland, Ohio, Norma Crandel, Dorothy Pope, and brother, Larry (Linda) Holcomb, all of New Castle. She was also preceded in death by her parents, four brothers, and one sister.

Funeral services will be 2 p.m., Friday, Feb. 7, at St. Paul’s County Line Church, 3995 N. 1000 W., Andrews, with Pastor Conrad Thompson officiating. Burial will be in St. Paul’s County Line Cemetery, Andrews. Friends may call 12:30-2:00 pm Friday, at the church. Arrangements by Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, Wabash.

Preferred memorial is St. Paul’s County Line Church.

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