Elizabeth Jean Cunliffe Oswald

Elizabeth Jean "Liz" Cunliffe Oswald, 88, wife of Kenneth Junior Oswald of Haines City, Fla., passed away Aug. 5, 2017, at Good Shepard Hospice, Auburndale, Fla.

Born Dec. 30, 1928, in Paxton, she was the daughter of the late John Vernon Hardesty and Fern Cramer Hardesty.

She is survived by her husband, Kenneth Junior Oswald, Haines City, Fla. She is also survived by her children, Charles Andrew and his wife, Peggy, Greeley, Colo.; Catherine Ann, Haines City, Fla.; Patricia Ann and her husband, Dan, Heyworth; Arthur Lewis and his wife, Crissy, Warsaw, Ind.; Brenda Lee, Haines City, Fla.; and stepson, Kevin and his wife, Teresa, Fort Myers, Fla. She is also survived by 38 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and eight great-great-grandchildren.

In addition to her first husband, Charles, she was predeceased by her grandparents, the Rev. John Lewis Hardesty and Maude Keller Hardesty; her parents, John Vernon Hardesty and Fern Cramer Hardesty; stepsister, Nancy Schultz; two brothers, Harold and Robert; and stepbrother, Richard Hardesty.

Friends and family may call from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at East Lawn Funeral Home, 1102 Airport Road, Bloomington. A service will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at East Lawn Funeral Home. A procession to Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, 302 E. Miller St., Bloomington, will immediately follow the service.