Nelda B. Shanks

63 year old, Nelda B. Shanks of Wheatfield, passed away Tuesday, April 10, 2012, at the home of her daughter in Bloomington, Indiana.

Nelda was the daughter of Robert Ray and Zelma Edith (nee: Carlton) Gastineau. She graduated from Rensselaer High School in 1967 and Ball State University in 1971. She married Robert Shanks on August 21, 1976 and he survives.

Nelda was an accountant, a member of the Wheatfield Church of Christ, loved to play Bunco and her hobby was cross-stich and collecting thimbles.

Nelda is survived by her husband: Robert Shanks; four daughters: Gina Marie Shanks, Sara Renee Rush, Lora Chirstine Patton and Leah Kathleen Shanks; 3 grandchildren: Bryson Alexander Rush, Adrian O’Neal Rush and Anna Belle Patton; three brothers: Leon Gastineau, Ellis Gastineau and Glen Gastineau; and one sister: Wilma Gastineau.

She was preceded in death by her parents and two brothers, Nolen and Marvin Gastineau.

Friends are invited to visit with the family on Friday, April 13, 2012 from 3:00 until 6:00 p.m. (CST) at the Boersma Funeral Home, 90 East Grove St., Wheatfield. Services will take place on Friday, April 13, 2012 at 6:00 p.m. at the funeral home with Bro. Pat Arthur officiating. Graveside services will be held in Fairview Cemetery, Orleans, Indiana on Saturday, April 14, 2012, at 2:00 p.m. (EST) and will be conducted by Ochs-Tetrick Funeral Home in Orleans.