Barbara Wortman

Barbara J. Gust Wortman, 79, Logansport, died at 9:27 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009, in Logansport Memorial Hospital.

Born March 15, 1930, in Logansport, she was the daughter of Harold and Martha Wray Gust. She was married May 29, 1952, in Logansport, to Ray Ross Wortman, who preceded in death Feb. 23, 1984.

She was a former co-owner of Wortman Welding Supply of Kokomo.

Barbara was a member of Main Street United Methodist Church, Avalon Grotto Auxiliary of South Bend, Past Maharanee and member of the Logansport Niddee Shrine Guild and Order of Eastern Star Chapter 89 of Kokomo.

Surviving are son, Harold L. Wortman and wife, Cathy, Terre Haute; daughter, Karla Carter, Noblesville; sisters, Marie Southerton, Rochester, and Goldie Russell, Frankfort; six grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday in Gundrum Funeral Home, with Dr. Horace Smith officiating.

Burial will be in Southlawn Cemetery in South Bend, where a graveside service will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Friday.

Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home, where a Niddee Shrine Guild Service will be at 7:30 p.m.

Memorials may be made to the Logansport Shrine Club or to a favorite charity.

Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.gundrumfuneralhome.com.

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