Geraline Varner

1929 - 2013

Geraline J. 'Gerry' Varner
Grandview, Ind.
Geraline J. "Gerry" Varner, 84, of Grandview, Indiana, died on Monday, September 16, 2013, at her home in Grandview.
She was born on August 30, 1929, at Somerset, Kentucky, a daughter of the late George C. and Grace Randolph Jessee.
She was preceded in death by her siblings, Margaret Crook, George C. Jessee Jr. and Katherine Nicholson.
Gerry was an active member of Cornerstone UMC for the past ten years where she served on the Administrative Board as Secretary. Gerry was also active in the UMW, the Homeless Shelter ministry and the Prayer Shawl ministry.
Prior to Cornerstone she was a member of Tell City UMC where she taught Jr. and Sr. high Sunday School, taught Vacation Bible School, served on most church committees and was Chairman of the Pastor Parish committee for many years. Gerry was also a Lay Speaker.
Gerry attended the Walk to Emmaus in Owensboro in 1990, and served on Formation teams at various times for the three Emmaus teams of Owensboro, Southwestern Indiana and Evansville District.
Over the years short term missionary work had taken Gerry and her husband to South Carolina, North Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, Illinois, Kentucky and Oklahoma. She had also worked foreign fields in Guatemala and Mexico and as a visitor to mission projects in South Africa.
Gerry was employed most of her life. The latest employer was Alcoa where she was Senior Financial Analyst in the Cost Accounting Dept. She retired in 1993.
Survivors include John Varner, her husband of 41 years; a son, Mark Satkamp, and wife, Linda, of Georgetown, Ind.; a daughter, Beth Schue and husband, Jerry, of Santa Claus, Ind.; son, Jeff Varner, and wife, Janie of Cannelton, Ind.;
six grandchildren, Madeline Satkamp, Samuel Satkamp, Lisa Schriefer and husband, Harold, Jennifer Varner and husband, Jerry, Jessica Varner and Jodi Griepenstroh; eight great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; a brother, Charles E. Jessee, of Sandridge, Ind.; brother-in-law, Larry Nicholson, of Yahala, Fla.; and a sister-in-law, Mary Jessee, of Newburgh, Ind. Also three nieces and three nephews.
Services are 10 A.M. Thursday, September 19, 2013, at the Cornerstone United Methodist Church in Chrisney, Indiana, with Rev. Mark Miller officiating. Burial is in New Hope Cemetery in Newtonville, Indiana.
Visitation is from 2 until 8 p.m. Wednesday, September 18, 2013, at the Boultinghouse Funeral Home in Rockport, Indiana, and from 9 a.m. until the time of service Thursday at the church.
Memorial contributions may be made to Spencer County Hospice Association, Cornerstone United Methodist Church memorial fund, Chrisney, Ind. The John and Gerry Varner Scholarship fund at either South Spencer High School, Reo, Ind., or Heritage Hills High School, Lincoln City, Ind., or a charity of your choice.
Friends unable to attend may send a condolence to the family at www.BoultinghouseFuneralHome.com.