Gretchen N. Duff, 93 years old of Monroe, Indiana, passed away on Sunday, May 25, 2008 at her residence. She was born on Friday, September 4, 1914 in Adams County, Indiana the daughter of the late Raymond Winans and the late Cora A. (Ray) Winans. She married the late Frederick J. Duff on December 24, 1939 and he passed away on November 4, 2002. Gretchen was a member of the Monroe United Methodist Church and prior to that the Linn Grove United Methodist Church. She was a nurse at CTS in Berne, Indiana for thirteen years and had previously been a nurse at Adams County Memorial Hospital for three years. Surviving are her daughter, Jane Sickman of Fairmount, Indiana, son, Larry L. (Nancy) Duff of Grenada, California, daughter, Mary Ann (David) Lindsey of Bryant, Indiana, seven grandchildren; Dr. Linda Sickman, Janet (Jay) Shindler, Molly (Chris) Yeager, Aaron (Mindy) Lindsey, Levi (Amie) Duff, Emily Harper & Andrew Duff and eight great-grandchildren; Jared Shindler, Josiah Shindler, Coral Harper, Keely Yeager, Kyle Duff, Cody Duff, Gretchen Lindsey & Kendra Yeager. Preceding Gretchen in death was one son-in-law, Larry Sickman on November 15, 1986. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, May 29, 2008 in the Zwick & Jahn Funeral Home with Chaplain Chris Thurow officiating. Interment will follow in the Greenwood Cemetery, Linn Grove, Indiana. Friends will be received from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Wednesday, May 28 in the Zwick & Jahn Funeral Home, Decatur. Preferred memorials are to Family Hospice of Northeast Indiana, Juvenile Diabetes Foundation or the donor's choice.
