Juanita Fay Whitehead, 87, Wabash, died at 3:55 a.m. Sunday, April 17, 2016, at Clark Memorial Hospital in Jeffersonville. She was born Nov. 12, 1928, in Peru, to Samuel and Lena (Feather) Russell.

Juanita was a 1950 graduate of Butler Township High School, where she was involved in the Drama Club. She married Daniel F. Whitehead on June 23, 1951, in Peru; he died Nov. 10, 1985. She was a homemaker that enjoyed raising her children, and caring for her grandchildren. Juanita was a talented seamstress and enjoyed quilting and needlepoint. She was an active member of Wabash Friends Church for decades.

She is survived by four children: Daniel Whitehead; Nicholas (Robin) Whitehead, Olympia, Wash.; Rebecca Bashore, Wabash; James (Lisa) Whitehead, Pekin; eight grandchildren: Jason (Helen) Long, Lagro; Joshua (Megan) Long; Matthew (Lindsay) Long; Katie France, all of Wabash; Christopher Whitehead, Olympia; Joshua (Reagan) Metzger, Georgetown; Daniel (Brittany) Whitehead, Louisville, Ky.; Jesse Whitehead, Pekin; and Ryan Miller; ten great-grandchildren; two brothers: Jerry (Wanda) Russell; James (Geraldine) Russell. She was preceded in death by five sisters: Bertha Guffin; Beatrice Kincade; Thelma Ausperger; Belva Truitt; and Jean Ann Windsor.

Funeral services will be 2 p.m., Thursday, April 21, at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, Wabash, with David Phillips officiating. Burial will be in Friends Cemetery, Wabash. Friends may call noon until 2 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.

Preferred memorial is Wabash Little League.