Obituary of E. Viola New

Bedford E. Viola New, 90, of Peerless Road, Bedford, where she had lived for sixty-six years, died at 1:00 pm on Monday, September 9, 2013 at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. Born April 28, 1923, she was the daughter of A.J. and Nora E. (Short) Anderson. She married Jim New on May 10, 1942 and he survives. She was a graduate of Oolitic High School with the class of 1941. She attended Indiana University and retired as an ordinance worker at NWSC Crane. She was a member of the Free Methodist Church where she taught Sunday school and was the oldest member of the cradle roll. She was a member of the Dive Home Ec. Club, D.A.R. and enjoyed crocheting, gardening and spending winters in Texas. Survivors include her husband of seventy-one years, Jim, of Bedford; a son, Jackson Jack Wayne New of Hope, IN; three daughters, Rebecca V Wagner of Manhattan, KS, Noretta K. Abel and husband, Garrett Wayne of Calvert, KY, Mary Fann New of Bedford; eight grandchildren; seventeen great grandchildren; fourteen great great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents and a sister, M. Maxine Moore. Funeral Information Funeral services will be conducted at 1:00 pm on Friday, September 13th at the Free Methodist Church in Bedford with Pastor John Lane officiating. Entombment will follow in Cresthaven Memory Gardens. Visitation will be from 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm on Thursday, September 12th at the Day & Carter Mortuary and from 12:00 noon until the hour of service on Friday at the Free Methodist Church.