Luella Emery

ROCHESTER — Luella Mae Emery, 82, Macy, died at 1:41 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012, at Woodlawn Hospital, Rochester.

Born July 22, 1929, in Fulton County, she was the daughter of Virgil Lyman and Fleetie Crippen King. She was married Jan. 2, 1949, in Fulton County, to Doyne F. Emery.

Luella was a homemaker.

A 1947 graduate of Fulton High School, she was a member of Fulton Baptist Temple, where her faith was evident through her work with AWANA, prayer groups, choir and other church activities. Mrs. Emery enjoyed singing, gardening, sewing and cooking. She especially enjoyed making cakes for weddings, anniversaries and all other special occasions. Her most requested cake was red velvet. Her favorite pastimes were supporting her grandchildren in their sporting events and 4-H activities and spending time with her family.

Surviving are her husband, Doyne Emery, Macy; sons, David Emery and wife, Donna, Macy, and Douglas Emery and wife, Patricia, Lafayette; daughters, Julie Bailey, Macy, and Fleetie Jane Shriver and husband, Jeff, Rochester; grandchildren, Tara Sarver and husband, Bob, Holland, Mich., Tristan Kirby and husband, Travis, Lafayette, Morgan Munson and husband, Kyle, Rushville, Kyle Emery and fiancé, Rachel, Twelve Mile, and Stephanie Shriver, Benjamin Shriver and Shayleigh Shriver, all of Rochester; great-grandson, Jackson Sarver, Holland, Mich.; brother, Lyman King and wife, Helen, Rochester; and sister-in-law, Maxine Scutt, Coldwater, Mich.

She was preceded in death by one grandson, Stephen Doyne Shriver; and two sisters, Anna Hartman and Alice Friedrich.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Fulton Baptist Temple in Fulton with Pastor Bruce Russell officiating. Burial will be in Ever-Rest Memorial Park, Cass County.

Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at the church.

Memorials may be made to Fulton Baptist Temple or Gideon’s International.

Gundrum Funeral Home, Logansport, is in charge of arrangements.

Sign the guest book and send online condolences at www.gundrumfuneralhome.com.

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