Obituary - Ada Malisa (Laherty) Shutters

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Ada Melissa Shutters, 97, of Butlerville, Indiana passed away at 2:43 a.m. on Monday, December 17, 2012 at her residence.

Ada was born March 13, 1915 in Butlerville, Indiana the daughter of Thomas and Mary Elsie Cathy Laherty. She married Lawrence Shutters. He preceded her in death on January 26, 1997.

Ada was a homemaker. She had been a member all of her life of the Butlerville Baptist Church, and was a member of Oakdale Community Club and Butlerville Homemakers Club. She was a volunteer for the American Red Cross in Jennings County. Her enjoyments were needlepoint, gardening, crocheting and sewing especially doll clothes.

Survivors include her niece and nephew, DeAnn Yeager of Butlerville, Indiana and Kenneth Olson of Indianapolis, Indiana; her brother-in-law, Dean Perkins of Butlerville, Indiana; four great-nephews; one great-niece; one great-great-nephew and four great-great-nieces.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband and her sisters, Vera Olson and Olive Perkins.

Funeral Service will be conducted at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 19, 2012 at the Dove-Sharp & Rudicel Funeral Home and Cremation Services in North Vernon, Indiana with the Rev. Mike Stroh officiating. Friends may call at the Dove-Sharp & Rudicel Funeral Home and Cremation Services on Wednesday, December 19, 2012 from 10:00 a.m. until time of service. Burial will be in the Butlerville Cemetery in Butlerville, Indiana.