Norma Jean (Leedy) Engelberth, 86, formerly of Pierceton, and most recently of Grace Village Retirement Community of Winona Lake, passed away at 12:50 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018, at Kingston Care Center of Fort Wayne.

She was born Sept. 13, 1931, in Kosciusko County, to Amsa Leedy and Mary Maria (McDonald) Leedy. On Jan. 25, 1953, she was married to Ernest “Ernie” A. Engelberth. They shared 65 years of marriage together before he passed away on May 3, 2018.

She attended Winona Lake Grace Brethren Church in Winona Lake, longtime member of the Gideons International and a former member of Monroe Hilltoppers Home Ec Club, and she especially loved being a homemaker for her family. She was a good wife, always helping her husband, sharing their life as well as work on their family’s dairy farm and farming the majority of their lives in the Kosciusko County area.

She formerly worked as a bank teller for Indiana Lakes Federal Credit Union in Warsaw. She loved music, musical concerts, and enjoyed watching her grandchildren. Most of all she loved her family and will be dearly missed.

She will be lovingly remembered by her three daughters: Susan (Mike) Heintz, Sidney, Ohio; Connie (Mike) Lehe, Wolcott; Karen Engelberth (significant other Sean Barrows), Parker, Colo.; three sons: Lloyd (Nora) Engelberth, Greenwood, Wisc.; Doug (Ann) Engelberth, Fort Wayne; and Tom (Ramona) Engelberth, Edgerton, Ohio. Also surviving are fifteen grandchildren and fifteen great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, three brothers, and three sisters.

Visitation will be held at 9-11 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 8, at Redpath-Fruth Funeral Home, 225 Argonne Road, Warsaw.  Her funeral service will follow at 11 a.m. and officiated by Tom Miller. Burial will take place at Oakwood Cemetery of Warsaw.

Memorial donations in Norma’s name may be directed to Winona Lake Grace Brethren Church, 1200 Kings Highway, Winona Lake, IN 46590; or to Grace Village Retirement Community – Caring Friends Endowment, 337 Grace Village Drive, Winona Lake, IN 46590 and would be appreciated by the family.

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