Mrs. Velma Sue Armentrout Whitman, 66, of LaPorte, died Sunday, Feb. 22, 2015, at Memorial Hospital in South Bend, IN.
She was born March 11, 1948, in Mishawaka, IN, to Odious and Ione (Willingham) Armentrout.
Velma was a homemaker. She was a member of First Christian Church of Rolling Prairie. Velma loved to play bingo, make ceramics, music, dancing and nature. She liked to take long walks in the woods. She was a Christian women and was a peacemaker.
She is survived by her two sons, Brian W. Mast of LaPorte and Davie (Brandi) Derr; two daughters, Tawnya R. Whitman of LaPorte and Dawn R. (Dale) Nowatzke of Mill Creek, IN; 10 grandchildren, Kaitlyn Ott, Brenner Derr, Gage Derr, Kenna Derr, Jaron Lazo, Cameron Bailey, Trey Major, Angelica Schlegelmilch, James Miller III, and Cheyenne Miller; five great-grandchildren, Breana Lazo, Taryn Lazo, Elyana Lazo, Annie Steele and Blake Steele; two sisters, Gail (Alan) Hummel of Bremen, IN, and Laura Cox of South Bend; and two brothers, Michael Hull of Rolling Prairie, IN, and Jon (Donna) Hull of LaPorte.
Velma was preceded in death by her parents and a brother, Edward F. Hull.
The family will receive friends at Haverstock Funeral Home and Cremation Services, LaPorte, on Friday, Feb. 27, from 10 a.m. to noon. A life celebration will be held Friday at noon at the funeral home with Rev. Ransom Ebersole officiating. Interment will follow at Rolling Prairie Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to the family of Velma Whitman.
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