Published: February 24, 1991
HEYWORTH - A memorial service for Mary Emalie Ashenbremer, 48, of R.R. 1, Heyworth, will be at 3 p.m. Monday at Kibler-Smith Memorial Home, Bloomington. The Rev. Dale Scott will officiate.
She will be cremated, and inurnment will be at Funks Grove Cemetery, Funks Grove.
Visitation will begin one hour before the service at the memorial home.
Mrs. Ashenbremer, a supervisor at Country Life Insurance Co., died at 1:30 p.m. on Friday (Feb. 22, 1991) at St. Joseph Medical Center, Bloomington. She had been ill with cancer for a lengthy period of time.
She was born Oct. 22, 1942, in Stanford, a daughter of William R. and Sarah Edna Mitchell. She married Robert D. Ashenbremer on Feb. 13, 1976. He survives.
Also surviving are her father, 1105 N. Western Avenue, Bloomington; and two brothers, Frank E. Mitchell, 215 Fleetwood Drive, Bloomington; and William Mitchell, Littleton, Colo.
She was preceded in death by her mother.
Mrs. Ashenbremer was a Bloomington High School graduate, and started in Chicago with the Country Life Insurance Co., where she worked for 20 years.
Memorials can be made to the American Cancer Society.
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The following was written by classmates for our 50th Reunion Booklet. Led by a dedicated team of local classmates, the project was titled:
"BHS CLASS OF '60 FOOTPRINTS"
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Getting to know Mary Mitchell in high school was the beginning of a long, wonderful friendship. Mary was such a sweet, good hearted person. She also had a flair for style; I often borrowed her outfits complete with accessories (sadly, her shoes were too small for me).
In the ʻ60s, Mary and I both started working for Country Companies. We rode to work, ate lunch together, shopped after work, etc. Our friendship continued to grow deeper. In the ʻ70s, I purchased a duplex. My daughter and I lived downstairs and Mary moved into the upstairs apartment. We shared the phone, the newspapers, meals, and many good times. Mary was family.
Mary was diagnosed with cancer in the ʻ80s, but she always seemed to look on the bright side. She died in 1991. I still miss her.
(Martha Valentine Carlton)