Calling(s)

Thursday, December 10, 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM Young Family Funeral Home - Kendallville Chapel

Service

Friday, December 11, 10:30 AM Young Family Funeral Home - Kendallville Chapel

Obituary

Malissa Beatrice "Bea" Douglass, 89, of Auburn and formerly of South Milford died Monday, December 7, 2020 at Parkview DeKalb Hospital in Auburn.

She was born March 5, 1931 in Bloomfield to Marcus Benjamin and Lestie Martha (Pafford) Hamlin. On December 14, 1958 in Kendallville she married John W. Douglass. He preceded her in death on December 1, 2004.

Mrs. Douglass had been a baker at Milford Elementary School and retired from Parker-Hanafin in Albion. She was a member of the Church of Christ in Kendallville.

Surviving are two daughters, Charlotte (Juan Rosales) Huff of Dallas, Texas, and Traci Douglass of Ashley; two sons, Jonathan (Lisa) Douglass of Wichita Falls, Texas, and Brian Douglass of Big Turkey Lake, LaGrange; a son-in-law, George Buhler of Greenville, Texas; twelve grandchildren; numerous great-grandchildren and great great-grandchildren; two sisters, June Stackhouse of Kendallville and Beulah Morr of Fort Wayne; and a brother, Argile (Marilyn) Hamlin of Kendallville.

She was also preceded in death by a daughter, Leatrice Buhler; four brothers, Walter Hamlin, John Hamlin, Eugene Hamlin, and an infant brother, Russell Hamlin; and two sisters, Frances Helms Lafferty and Oneita Bailey.

Funeral services will be Friday, December 11, 2020 at 10:30 a.m. at Young Family Funeral Home, 222 South State Street, Kendallville with Vance Hamlin officiating. Burial will be in South Milford Cemetery.

Bea's funeral service on Friday will also live stream on the Young Family Funeral Home Facebook page for those unable to attend in person.

Visitation will be Thursday, December 10, 2020 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the funeral home.

Per the Governor, face masks are required.

Preferred memorials are to Breast Cancer Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, 340 West 10th Street, Fairbanks Hall, Suite 6200, Indianapolis, IN 46202-3082.

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