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Sarah Stemen Obituary
BUTLER - Sarah L Stemen, 102, passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, at Laurels of DeKalb in Butler, Indiana.
She was born on July 25, 1923, in Churubusco, Indiana, to Adam and Mamie I. (Cross) Boggs.
Sarah was a 1941 graduate of Huntertown High School.
During WWII, she worked at Wayne Pump in Fort Wayne, making 20 MM machine gun bullets. She was one of those women known as "Rosie the Riveter". After WWII, she was a homemaker and worked alongside her husband on the family farm.
Sarah was a member of Christ Church in Butler.
She loved flowers, gardening and was an avid follower of the Chicago Cubs.
She married John J. Stemen on Sept. 19, 1944, in LaGrange, Indiana, and he passed away in August 2010.
Surviving are two sons and daughters in law, Jack C. and Sharon Stemen, of Butler and Thomas E. and Mary Jo Stemen, of Butler; nine grandchildren, Natalie Banard, Sara Brown, Rachel Federow, Clinton Stemen, Tracy Heinze, Lori Johnson, Carie Louth, Shelly Eicker and Stacey Thomas; 23 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; and two brothers, Harold Boggs and Richard Boggs.
Services will be held at 2 p.m., on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025, at Feller and Clark Funeral Home, 875 S. Wayne St., Waterloo, IN 46793, with burial to follow the service at Butler Cemetery, Butler, Indiana.
Calling is three hours prior to the service from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., on Saturday, at the funeral home.
Memorials may be given in memory of Sarah, to Christ Church in Butler.
To send condolences to the family visit www.fellerandclark.com.
To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.
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Joanne Creager
October 29, 2025
Susie, was a wonderful lady. No matter what, she always made us feel welcome.
Carl and Cherie Yarger
October 29, 2025
It was a pleasure to have known Susie over the last 50 years, and to think she lived a total of twice those years caring and supporting her family was a gift from God that the family can carry with them forever.
May God Bless you.
Carl and Cherie Yarger
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