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Makayla L. Tipton

Makayla Leigh Tipton, 19, of Ossian, IN, and having family members in Markle, IN, died Monday, March 20, 2017, in Markle.

Ms. Tipton graduated in 2016 from Norwell High School, where she was a three-year varsity softball letter award winner and a one-year varsity cross country letter award winner. She earned a scholarship to play softball at Ancilla College, in Plymouth. She played on several area softball teams and was a volunteer coach for the Norwell Youth Softball Team.

She was born Dec. 30, 1997, in Fort Wayne to Spencer and Jamie Ormsby Tipton. Her parents survive in Ossian.

Additional survivors include her grandparents, Doug and Deb Tipton, of Portland, and Brent and Sue Ormsby, of Markle; and her great-grandparents, Jan and Duff Ormsby, Joyce Tipton and Robert and Ann Bolt.

Calling is Saturday, March 25, 2017, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., with a service following at 4 p.m., at the Goodwin-Cale & Harnish Memorial Chapel, in Bluffton. Rev. Randy Davis will officiate. Interment will be at a later date.

Memorial gifts may be made to the Makayla Tipton Softball Scholarship Fund.