Agnes L. Mayse

Agnes L. Mayse, 90, a resident of Pilgrim Manor, 222 Parkview Drive, since April of 1999, died there of natural causes at 9:50 p.m., on Friday, December 26, 2003. Agnes was formerly from the Kokomo area and had lived in Plymouth since 1938, most recently on Thayer St.
Born in New London, Ind., on September 30, 1913, Agnes was the daughter of Wilmer W. and Otia Orem Lindley.
She was proud to have graduated from Russiaville High School with the class of 1931. Her father served as principal and presented her and her siblings with their diplomas at their graduation services. Agnes graduated from the Kokomo Business College. She worked one day at Northern Indiana Power and was injured in a serious bus/train accident on her way home from work.
On March 14, 1936, in Kokomo, Agnes and George S. Mayse were married. In 1938, Agnes and George moved to Plymouth and opened a Mayse Hardware Store, successfully operating it until 1960. George died on June 11, 1962.
Agnes was a member of the Russiaville Friends Church. She also was a Daughter of the Republic and a member of the Wythougan Doll Guild, the Plymouth Doll club and the Eastern Star.
She enjoyed playing bridge and was a member of Psi Iota Xi Sorority and the Plymouth Business and Professional Women’s Club.
Agnes is survived by three nieces. They are Ann Elizabeth Lindley Slabaugh and her husband Nicholas, Indianapolis; Laura Jane Moorman, Westerville, Ohio; and Jennifer Lynn Moorman, Ohio.
Special friends, Grace Falconbury and Pat Kyser, both of Plymouth, survive as well.
Agnes was preceded in death by her parents, her spouse, Donald Lindley, a brother and two sisters, Gertrude Lindley and Laura Lindley Moorman.
Friends may visit on Tuesday, December 30, 2003, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. in the Johnson-Danielson Funeral Home, 1100 N. Michigan St., Plymouth.
Committal services for Agnes will be that same afternoon, Tuesday, December 30, 2003, at 2:30 p.m. in the Friends Church Cemetery, New London, Indiana just north of Russiaville.
Agnes will be interred in the Friends Cemetery, two blocks from her birthplace in New London, Ind. Other family members nearby will be her husband, father, mother and sister.
Memorial gifts in Agnes’ memory may be made to a charity of the donor’s choice.