Madge Dorothy Abernathy (Nee Obermiller)

age 90, of Bethany Lutheran Village, Centerville, OH, died Wednesday, October 1, 2003 at Kettering Memorial Hospital. She was born February 28, 1913, in Oran, Missouri, a daughter of Theodore and Ethel Davis Obermiller. Madge was married July 26, 1945, in Little Rock, AR, to Sterling H. Abernathy, who resides at Bethany Lutheran Village. She graduated from Jackson High School, Jackson, MO, and attended Southeast Missouri State Teachers College. Madge taught in St. Louis, MO, before she married. During her 58 year marriage as an Army wife, she called many places home, including South Carolina, Tennessee, Kansas, Georgia, Michigan, Indiana, and Alabama, as well as Germany and Korea. She was active in her military communities as a scout leader, Sunday school teacher, and hospital volunteer. She and Sterling retired in Huntsville, AL, and lived there 34 years before moving to Centerville 3 years ago. Madge was a member of First Presbyterian Church in Huntsville for 30 years. Other survivors include two sons and daughters-in-law, Sterling and Nancy Abernathy III of Kettering, OH, and Steve and Janet Abernathy of Kingwood, TX; one sister, Martha Egley of Webster Groves, MO; two brothers, James Obermiller of Grand Rapids, MI, and Jack Obermiller of Cape Girardeau, MO; and two grandchildren, Matthew Abernathy, and Susan Abernathy, both of Kingwood, TX. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM, Tuesday at David’s Mausoleum, 4600 Mad River Rd., Kettering. Burial in David’s Cemetery. Family will greet friends one half hour prior to the funeral service at the mausoleum. Memorial contributions may be made to First Presbyterian Church, 307 Gates Ave., Huntsville, AL 35801.

Funeral Home:
Kettering Routsong Funeral Home
2100 E. Stroop Rd.
Kettering, OH
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