| (From the Kokomo Tribune, Kokomo, IN, May 19, 2008)
Anna E. McCollum Anna E. McCollum, 83, Kokomo, passed away at 1 a.m. Saturday, May 17, 2008, at Windsor Estates Health Care Center. She was born June 27, 1924, in Mendon, Ohio, the daughter of Alva Ephrain “Jack” and Mabel (Coates) Schwarck. On April 12, 1943, in Van Wert, Ohio, she married Richard McCollum, who preceded her in death on May 19, 1975. She graduated from Mendon High School in 1941. She was a member of St. Patrick Catholic Church. She was an avid bowler and Chicago Cubs fan. She enjoyed camping and chauffeuring her grandchildren. She is survived by one daughter, Pam and John Nicholas, Kokomo; three sons, John and Sue McCollum, West Bloomfield, Mich., Michael McCollum, Kokomo, and Rick and Linda McCollum, Dayton, Ohio; two brothers, Bill Schwarck, Spencerville, Ohio, and Joe and Laura Schwarck, Arizona; three sisters, Louise and Robert Wertenberger and Jean Carrier, all of Convoy, Ohio, and Margaret Patterson, Waco, Texas; 10 grandchildren, Joshua Nicholas, Whitney Nicholas and Courtney Nicholas, all of Kokomo, Shelley and husband Keith Sternad, Illinois, Michael and wife Brooke McCollum, Lake Worth, Fla., Deidre and Fabreze Genevese, France, Aimee and husband Chase Romero, Kokomo, Abbee and husband Michael Summers, Noblesville, Tyler Murphy and Andrea Branscomb, both of Dayton, Ohio; nine great-grandchildren, Hailey, Stephen, Alyssa, Amaree, Keyton, Morgan, Amanda, Lindsay and Austin. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, two brothers, and two sisters. A Mass of Christian burial is 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Patrick Catholic Church, 320 W. Broadway, with the Rev. Father Ted Dudzinski officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset Memory Gardens. Visitation is 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Ellers Mortuary Webster Street Chapel, 3400 S. Webster St., and also one hour prior to the mass at the church. Online condolences may be sent to the McCollum family at www.ellersmortuary.com. How would you describe a person who is always there for you? A person who always loves you when the rest of the world is against you; a person who is always willing to do that extra little something to make you happy; a person you know you can talk to when nobody wants to listen. What would you call the person who always makes you feel special and manages to brighten even your darkest days? And what would you say to this person? I would call her my grandma, and say Grandma I Love You. |