Grace Marcella Nuhring, age 93 of Batesville, Indiana passed away on Friday, July 29, 2016 at St. Andrews Health Campus.
The daughter of Leroy & Marcella (Sharp) Oliver was born on July 1, 1923 in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Grace graduated from Greenhills High School in Cincinnati, OH. She married Charles Nuhring on July 26, 1941 in Cincinnati and they celebrated over 50 years of marriage. He passed away in 1992. Grace was a stay at home mom and took pride and joy in raising her children. After the kids were grown, she went to work at Batesville Middle School in the Cafeteria.
She was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church (Crossroads) where she was in the Ladies Aid, the church choir, a Sunday school teacher, and served as Choir director as well. She was a very creative seamstress and from 1968-1974 she was the seamstress making all the cheerleading uniforms for school. Grace volunteered and played the piano at Hospitality Hall. She also loved her flowers. Grace enjoyed being creative in her gardening, tending to her flowers and greenhouse. She and her son, Bill ran the ‘Flower Patch’ out of her garden in Batesville, that many folks came to for herbs and flowers.
She will be dearly missed by her, children Bill (Alice) Nuhring, David (Shirley) Nuhring, Charlotte (David) Zimmerman and Connie (Bill) Hendy along with 10 grandchildren, 23 great grandchildren and 2 great great grandchildren.
In addition to her parents and husband, her brothers Wade & Gene Oliver preceded her in death.
Visitation will be Wednesday, August 3, 2016 from 11am-2pm followed by the funeral service at 2pm all at Meyers Funeral Home, Batesville, Indiana. Steve Yeaton officiating with burial in St. Paul Lutheran Church (Crossroads) Cemetery.
Memorials may be given to the St. Paul Cemetery Fund or Margaret Mary Health Hospice. Online condolences www.meyersfuneralhomes.com.