Annette Marie Kindig

Annette Marie (Sharpe) Kindig, 82, Warsaw, died Friday, Aug. 26, 2022, at Mason Healthcare Center, Warsaw, after a 12-year battle with Alzheimer’s Disease.

She was born Oct. 5, 1939, in Rochester, the daughter of (the late) Lee M. and Zorah (Ross) Sharpe and graduated from Rochester High School with the Class of ’57. After graduation Annette was employed by the First Federal Bank of Rochester, as a bank teller.

On July 6, 1958, Annette married Omer Lee “Skip” Kindig, also of Rochester, who survives after 63 years of marriage. The couple moved to Warsaw 55 years ago; Omer retired from Da-Lite Screen Co. after 33 years with the company, and Annette retired from Warsaw Community School System after 32 years there.

Annette was a member of the Herscherettes Home Economics Club, Tri Kappa Sorority and Warsaw United Methodist Church; she also attended Atwood Otterbein Methodist Church. She loved painting and traveling and cherished the time spent with family and friends, searching out lighthouses, camping and going on cruises.

In addition to her husband, Annette is also survived by their daughter, Karen (Tim) Smith, Greenville, Ohio; and grandson, Zach Beck, Akron.

Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022, at I.O.O.F. Cemetery, 620 N. 3rd St., Rochester, with Pastor Josh Welker of EUM Church, Greenville, Ohio, officiating. Arrangements are through McHatton-Sadler Funeral Chapel, 2290 Provident Court, Warsaw.

The family’s preferred memorial is the Alzheimer’s Association, online at www.alz.org, or by mail to 225 N. Michigan Ave. — 17th Floor, Chicago, IL 60601.

To share a remembrance of Annette or to offer condolences to her family, please visit www.mchattonsadlerfuneralchapels.com