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Name: Teresa G. Watkins Runyan
Spouse: John D. Runyan
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DECEASED 2010,
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1973 Attended from through

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Yes   

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Birthdate: May 2, 1954   
Date of Death: October 26, 2010  
       

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Notes:

Teresa G. Runyan, 56, Peru passed away at 5:08 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2010 at Dukes Memorial Hospital.

She was born May 2, 1954 in Hazard Ky. to Clay and Laura Campbell Watkins. She married John Runyan on Oct. 15, 1977 and he survives.

A 1972 graduate of Columbia City High School, Teresa chose to be a homemaker, where she lovingly raised her two children and took care of her husband and mother.

She is survived by her husband, John, her mother Laura Watkins, Peru; a son, Michael Runyan, Peru; a dauighter, Lindsey (George) Drake, Kokomo; and a granddaughter, Evelyn Drake.

Teresa was preceded in death by her father and a brother, Michael Watkins.

A service celebrating the life of Teresa G. Runyan will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at the Laird-Eddy Funeral Home, 201 N. Main, Amboy, with Pastor Kenny Cole officiating. Burial will be in Santa Fe Cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 10 a.m. to noon Friday at the Laird-Eddy Funeral Home.

Memorial donations may be made through the funeral home to the Riley Children's Hospital. Online condolences may be made at www.eddyfuneralhomes.com.

Peru newspaper has her obituary indexed as: Teresa G. Ruyan, Book 2003-2011, Page 1699.

Husband John's July 1, 2015 obituary:

John Runyan, 62, of Peru, passed away at 12:30 A.M., Saturday, June 27, 2015 at Lutheran Hospital, Ft. Wayne, IN.

He was born in Peru on November 6, 1952, the son of Denzel and Virginia Swindler Runyan. John married Teresa Watkins on October 15, 1977 and she preceded him in death on October 26, 2010.

Surviving are a son Michael Runyan and his wife Julie of Peru and a daughter Lindsey Francis and her husband Paul of West Lafayette, IN; three grandchildren, Trevor Runyan, Haley Taylor and Evelyn Drake and a brother Robert Runyan and his wife Donna of Greentown, IN. John was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, Teresa, and a brother Richard.
 
Last Updated: 11-11-2017 Alumni ID: 16645
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