Catherine Early

LIMA -- Catherine Arline (Rusmisel) Early was welcomed into the loving arms of Jesus October 17, 2025.

She was born 105 years ago, on May 12, 1920, in Mt. Solon, Virginia to Claude Ami and Mary Edith (Miller) Rusmisel. She married L. Everett Early on Nov. 27, 1938. They were married 63 years, when he died on October 12, 2002.

Catherine is survived by her children Janeth Ring, Cindy (Charlie) Jankovsky and Randy Early. She was a loving grandmother to Dr. Brent Warren, Bradley Warren, Cory Ring, Stephen Ring, Peter Jankovsky, Zachary Jankovsky, Jacob Early and Kaitlyn Early Colvin and was a proud great-grandmother to August, Branden and Hayden Ring, Luca Ring, Blake, Andrew and Emilie Catherine Warren, Micah and Rose Jankovsky, Juniper and Alice Jankovsky, Teddy and P.J. Colvin. She is also survived by her son-in-law Donald Quast and her former son-in-law Richard Warren.

She was preceded her in death by her daughter Miriam Quast on September 19, 2024 and her only brother Richard Rusmisel.

Catherine graduated from Beaverdam High School and attended her 80th reunion. She walked to Bath's one-room Sugar Creek School, where a field trip was to hear Herbert Hoover on the neighborhood's first radio. She was a faithful member of Pleasant View Church of the Brethren since age 13. She and her friends sewed quilts for the needy from fabric scraps and sewed a quilt for each family member. Catherine partnered with her husband farming and raised most of their own food. Catherine was Everett's caregiver, drawing comfort from Isaiah 43 that God is with us through fire and through floods. She was a cancer survivor and a wise counsel to her neighbors. She lived alone on the farm until her move this summer to Wyngate Senior Living.

Funeral Services will be at 12:00 pm on Thursday, October 23, 2025 at Pleasant View Church of the Brethren, 4950 N. Thayer Road, Elida. The family will receive friends at the church for one hour prior to the services from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm.

Chaplain Mike Porter will officiate.

Interment will immediately follow the services in Lewis Grove Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be made to the church or to Interim Hospice.

Online condolences may be expressed to the family at www.chiles-lamanfh.com.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Chiles-Laman Funeral & Cremation Services, Eastside Chapel.