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Orma J. Gaston

Orma J. Gaston, 85, formerly of Urbana, Indiana, IN, and having family in Huntington, IN, died Monday, Nov. 4, 2019, at 2:59 p.m., at Autumn Ridge Rehabilitation Center in Wabash.

Mrs. Gaston retired from Wabash Magnetics after 35 years. She was a member of Bachelor Creek Church of Christ and a former member of the Ladies Night Out Club.

She was born Aug. 6, 1934, in Denver to Grimes and Edna Dawalt Derck. She married Max R. Gaston in Wabash, on April 4, 1952, and he preceded her in death on Oct. 28, 2009.

She is survived by three sons, Max R. (Ginny) Gaston and Grimes B. "Richard" Gaston, both of Wabash, and Larry D. (Sherry Smith) Gaston, of Huntington; two brothers, Jim (Robin) Derck, of LaFontaine, and Bob (Sue) Derck, of Wabash; four grandchildren, Grimes Russell "Rusty" (Jennifer) Gaston and Jessica Gaston, both of Wabash; Jamie Gaston, of Denver; and Matthew Russell (Sara) Gaston, of Ashdown, AR; and 11 great-grandchildren.

Calling is Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Ave., Wabash. A funeral service will be held Friday, Nov. 8, 2019, at 2 p.m. at the funeral home, with David Stokes officiating. Burial will be in Falls Cemetery, Wabash.
Memorials are to Wabash County Cancer Society.

The memorial guest book may be signed at www.grandstaff-hentgen.com.