Calling(s)

Friday, May 01, 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM Young Family Funeral Home - Kendallville Chapel

Friday, May 01, 3:00 PM to 8:00 PM Young Family Funeral Home - Kendallville Chapel

Service

Saturday, May 02, 1:00 PM Young Family Funeral Home - Kendallville Chapel

Obituary

We remain committed and prepared to safely care for the families we serve during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and want to stay within the government's guidelines. Whenever possible, Young Family Funeral Home will continue to enable families to participate in the rituals that are most important to them and allow them to be able to say their final good-bye to their loved one. Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers. **************************************************************************************************************** Kiarah McKenzie Baxter, 22, of Kendallville died Friday, April 24, 2020, at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne with her family at her side.

She was born February 2, 1998, in Fort Wayne to Patrick and Charmin (Hicks) Baxter.

On March 23, 2019, in Kendallville she married Ashlee Rorie.

She was a 2016 graduate of East Noble High School and currently a student in the nursing program at Saint Francis University in Fort Wayne.

She was employed as a CNA at Sacred Heart Home in Avilla. She attended Green Chapel Church.

Kiarah enjoyed attending concerts and going to Cedar Point. She especially loved being with her family and friends.

Surviving are her wife, Ashlee Baxter of Kendallville; her mother, Charmin (Rob Marquis) Baxter of Kendallville; her father, Patrick (Holly) Baxter of Kendallville; five sisters, Hannah Baxter of Kendallville, Elizabeth Karst of Princeton, Kentucky, Jennifer Marquis of New Haven, Jessica Marquis of New Haven, and Cheyenne (Ryan) Kling of Marion; four brothers, Alex Padilla of Kendallville, Taylor (Paige) Havert of Rome City, Austin (Megan) Keith of Kendallville, and Rayne (Hailey) Heine of Rome City; maternal grandmother, Wilma Blankenship of Kendallville; paternal grandfather, Andrew Baxter of Spring Hill, Florida; aunts and uncles, Ben (Linda) Castle of Rome City, Ryan Kauffman of Wolcottville, Lisa Castle of Kendallville, Andrew "Dee" (Cindy) Baxter of Indianapolis, David (Shalisa) Baxter of Kendallville, and Suzanne (Jeremy) Dunham of Spring Hill, Florida; and her beloved cats, Penelope and Tigger.

She was preceded in death by maternal grandfather, Monroe Hicks; paternal grandmother, Judith Baxter; and aunts, Tracy Hicks and Sharon Cheek.

Funeral services will be Saturday, May 2, 2020, at Young Family Funeral Home, Kendallville Chapel, 222 South State Street, Kendallville and is limited to ten family members. Pastor Mel Heiniger of Green Chapel Church will officiate. Burial will be in Orange Cemetery, Rome City.

A live broadcast of the funeral service will be available for other family and friends to view on the Young Family Funeral Home Facebook page Saturday at 1 p.m.

Pallbearers are her brothers, Alex, Taylor, Austin, and Rayne.

Visitation will be Friday, May 1, 2020, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the funeral home. Due to safety concerns from COVID-19, the visitation is limited to ten people at a time. Please use good judgment in determining the length of your visit or if you should attend. There will be no congregating in the parking lot and physical distancing of six feet is mandatory.

Preferred memorials are to the Humane Society of Noble County, 1305 Sherman Street, Kendallville, Indiana, 46755

View a video tribute after Friday or share memories and condolences at www.youngfamilyfuneralhome.com