Annabelle Leininger Obituary

Age - 86

September 11, 2023

LaGrange, OH

Annabelle Leininger passed on Sept. 8, 2023, at Keystone Pointe Health and Rehabilitation Center in LaGrange, Ohio. Previously, she lived in Oberlin for many years and was a valued member of staff as an administrative technician in the comptroller office at Oberlin College for 48 years from 1956 until her retirement in 2004. She was born to Michael Hart and Dorothy May (Beam) Leininger on March 13, 1937, in Huntington, Ohio. She graduated from Sullivan High School in 1955 and attended Oberlin School of Commerce. She was preceded in death by her parents; both sisters, Ardith Leininger Roberts of Lodi; and Lois Leininger Lang of Ashland; and her best friend and companion Carolyn Macha. She is survived by her brother, Roy (Sherrel) Leininger, of Brownsboro, Texas; niece and caregiver Dee (Ed) Grant of Lodi; nieces Morgan (Karla) O'Donnell of Albuquerque, N. M. ; and Merrie Leininger of Washington, D. C. ; nephews Rick Roberts (Carla Hillwig) of Lodi; Rodney (Marisol) Roberts of Tempe, Arizona; Michael (Tammy) Roberts of Tempe, Arizona; Wade (Anita) Lang of San Bernadine, Calif. ; and Jonathan (Dawnell) Leininger of Moorefield, W. Va. The family would like to thank the staff at Keystone Pointe and the Mercy New Life Hospice for their wonderful care. To honor Annabelle's wishes there will be no services. Online condolences to the family can be made to the Norton-Eastman Funeral Home in Wellington, Ohio: https://www. eastmanfuneralhome. com/ Donations can be made in Annabelle's memory to Mercy New Life Hospice, 3500 Kolbe Rd. , Lorain, OH 44053.

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