Obituary

Service: Monday, November 25, 2013 - 11 a.m. in St. Gaspar Catholic Church, Rome City

Calling: Sunday, November 24, 2013 - 2 to 8 p.m. in Young Family Funeral Home, Kendallville Chapel. Rosary service at 7 p.m. *************************************************************************************** Marianna Reick, 66, of Rome City died Thursday, November 21, 2013, at 6:45 p.m. at her home.

She was a lifetime area resident, and a 1965 graduate of Kendallville High School.

She retired from Max Platt Ford-Lincoln-Mercury in Kendallville after 37 years as an award winning sales person.

She was a member of St. Gaspar Catholic Church in Rome City. She was also the Secretary/Treasurer of the Sylvan Lake Improvement Association, and a member of Rome City American Legion Post 381 Auxiliary and Kendallville VFW Post 2749 Auxiliary. She was a past member of the East Noble School Corporation Board of Trustees and a past chairman of the Republican Party in Kendallville.

Marianna enjoyed traveling and attending her grandchildren's events.

She was born February 22, 1947, in Kendallville to Clarence and Edythe (Franze) Nartker.

On June 9, 1964, in Lakewood, New Jersey, she married James H. Reick. He survives at Rome City.

Also surviving are a daughter and son-in-law, Natalie and Michael Axel of Kendallville; four grandchildren, Drew and Orsi Sparkman, Trevor Sparkman, Jordan Axel, and Benjamin Axel; two brothers and a sister-in-law, Richard "Butch" and Gail Nartker of Fort Wayne and Dennis Nartker of Kendallville; a sister-in-law, Nancy Reick of Colorado; four nieces, Kristen and Steve Johnson of Kendallville, Jennifer Long of Atlanta, Beth Hoffman of Arizona, and Babette and Rick Husted of Fort Wayne; and a nephew, Brett Nartker of Fort Wayne.

She was preceded in death by her father, Clarence Nartker on September 17, 1986; her mother, Edythe Nartker on April 4, 2004; and a son, Derrick Reick on April 23, 2010.

Funeral services will be Monday, November 25, 2013, at 11 a.m. in St. Gaspar Catholic Church, Rome City with Father Bernard Ramenaden officiating. Burial will be in Lake View Cemetery, Kendallville.

Honorary pallbearers will be Tom and Shirley Crist, Drew and Orsi Sparkman, Trevor Sparkman, Jordan Axel, and Benjamin Axel. Active pallbearers will be Max Platt, Jeff Platt, Tom Shellenbarger, Bill Fetter, Don Grubaugh, and Barry Haines.

Calling is Sunday, November 24, 2013, from 2 to 8 p.m. in Young Family Funeral Home, Kendallville Chapel, 222 South State Street, Kendallville where there will be a Rosary service at 7 p.m.

Preferred memorials are to St. Gaspar Catholic Church, Rome City.

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