Patty Hostetler

August 5, 1943 - December 23, 2012

Patty "Pat" Hostetler, 69, of the Gilead and Macy areas, died at 4:41 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012, at Seton Specialty Hospital, Indianapolis, where she had been a patient since October, following a lengthy illness. She was born Aug. 5, 1943, in Miami County to R. Glenn and Mary O. (Nestleroad) Janeway. She married Merle E. Hostetler on July 30, 1966, in Peru. He survives. She had worked at Wen Products and the former Chamberlain Products, both in Akron, for over 20 years. She was also a homemaker. She was a former member of the Perry Do Rites Home Ec Club. She was a 1961 graduate of Noble High School in Wabash. She loved sewing and was an avid seamstress. She loved growing and caring for her flowers and watching birds. Survivors include her husband, Merle E. Hostetler, Macy; two daughters, Rhonda and husband Nyle Miller, Akron, and Crissy and husband Rodney Crist, Wabash; one son, Kevin and wife Hayley Hostetler, Denver; four grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; one sister, Carolyn and husband Joe Fetter, Pekin; and one brother, Gene and wife Judy Janeway, Wabash. Funeral service is at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Dec. 28, 2012, at Hartzler Funeral Home, Akron, with Reverend William Babb III officiating. Visitation is 4-8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012, at the funeral home. Burial will be in Park Lawn Cemetery, Amboy. Memorial contributions may be made to Riley Children's Hospital, Indianapolis.