M. Harriet Biddinger

Date of Death: Saturday, January 8, 2005 at 6:50 a.m.
Place of Death: IU Medical Center at Indianapolis
Date of Birth: March 30, 1927
Place of Birth: Jennings County, Indiana
Date of Funeral: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 at 11:00 a.m.
Place: Bass & Gasper Funeral Home
Visitation: Tuesday from 4:00 until 8:00 p.m. with Order of Eastern Star Memorial Service at 6:30 p.m.
Officiating: Rev. David A. Scaggs
Final Resting Place: Rockcreek Cemetery

Parents: George and Jessie (Cooke) Hamilton

History:

Residential: She was raised in Jennings and Decatur Counties.She has resided in the
                       Westport Community for the majority of her life.

Education: She had attended grade school at Zenas and graduated from Sandcreek High School in 1945.

Occupation: She retired as Post Master at Westport Post Office in 1999 with over 25 years of postal service.

                      She was a former Post Master at New Point Post Office.

                      She was a former secretary and Teacher’s Aid at Sandcreek Elementary School.

Memberships: Westport Baptist Church

                           Friendship Mission Circle of the church

                           Den Mother for the Westport Wolf Pack of the Cub Scouts

                           She was a Worthy Matron of the Otto Chapter of Order of Eastern Star of Westport
                            which is now affiliated with North Vernon Chapter # 183.

                           Shiloh Rebekah Lodge # 560

                           National Association of Post Masters of the United States (NAPUS)

Married to: Robert M. Biddinger
        Place: North Vernon, Indiana
          Date: March 13, 1947
    He preceded her in death on March 26, 2004.

SURVIVORS:

2 Sons - Richard D. Biddinger - North Vernon, Indiana

                Kenneth W. Biddinger - Westport, Indiana

2 Daughters - Janet Faye Yeager - North Vernon, Indiana

                         Sandy Biddinger - Greensburg, Indiana

1 Sister - Margaret Wiley - Westport, Indiana

6 Grandchildren

8 Great Grandchildren

Preceded in death by: Parents

                                         Husband

                                         1 Daughter: Sharolyn Irene Biddinger

                                         1 Brother: Robert Hamilton

                                         1 Half Brother: Raymond Hamilton
                                                       

Memorial contributions may be made to Women’s Center for Life at Decatur County

Memorial Hospital or the American Diabetes Association through the Funeral Home.

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