Photo courtesy of Rees Funeral Home, Brady Chapel - Lake Station
Jun 8, 1920 - Aug 8, 2018
Our thoughts and prayers are with you during this difficult time.
Matthew Thomason
August 13, 2018 | Plainfield, IL | Grandchild
Sorry for your loss may God be with all of you all. What a wonderful lady I was blessed to live by as a child. I have great memories helping her mow when she was able. God Bless you all
James Candace (Carson) and children Olig
Candy Carson Olig
August 12, 2018 | Ocala, FL | Neighbor
In loving memory of a wonderful person. We will love you and miss you always.
Bonnie Hawkins
August 11, 2018 | New London, IA
I remember fondly visiting Aunt Reatha and Uncle Lester when we were kids. Wish I could have visited her as an adult but always in a state that wasn't Indiana. You are all in my thoughts and prayers.
Shirle Zachmeyer-Hamme
August 10, 2018 | Benson, MN | Family
Sweet Memories
Neda Reighard
August 10, 2018 | Clever, MO | Daughter
What a prayer warrior. She covered a lot of ground in 98 years. Praying for her whole family and friends. Many of us will never know the spiritual battles that were won. But many of us are living proof of how effective those prayers were.
Neda Reighard
August 10, 2018 | Clever, MO | Daughter
Our Five Generations! We Love You Grandma Retha! Thank you for being a huge part of All of Our Lives! We Thank God for Sending Us You!
Tammy Burdick
August 10, 2018 | Indianapolis, IN | Grandchild
Prayers to the family
Paul and Diane McClish
August 10, 2018 | Anderson, IN | Friend
Retha Shearer, age 98, of Lake Station passed away Wednesday August 8, 2018 at St. Mary Medical Center in Hobart. Retha was born June 8, 1920 in Salem, Iowa to the late Thomas and Daisy (Mills) Zachmeyer. She was a homemaker, devoted wife, mother and grandmother. Retha lived her life for the betterment of her family and her Church. She was a long time member of the Faith Assembly God Church in Lake Station.
She is survived by three daughters, Sandra (Art) Thomason of Wheatfield, Neda (Michael) Reighard of Missouri and Suzanne Bennett of Lake Station; Five brothers and sisters, Margie Hemm of Iowa, Susie Kamp of Iowa, Larry (Linda) Zachmeyer of Iowa, David Zachmeyer of California and Donnie (Cassie) Zachmeyer of Iowa; nine grandchildren; 23 great grandchildren and many great-great grandchildren; along with many nieces nephews and extended family members.
Retha was preceded in death by her loving husband Lester C. Shearer; her mother Daisy; her father and stepmother, Thomas and Geneva (Woods) Zachmeyer; ten brothers andsisters; and one grandchild.
Funeral Services will be 1:00 pm Monday August 13, 2018 at Rees Funeral Home, Brady Chapel 3781 Central Avenue Lake Station, IN 46405 with Dr. Michael Reighard officiating. Burial will follow in Blake Cemetery, Portage, Indiana. Visitation will be from 12:00 pm until the time of the service on Monday at the Funeral Home.
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