Mildred M. "Milly" Ginger

Mildred M. “Milly” Ginger, 86, of Syracuse, IN passed away at 6:55 p.m. on Friday, August 20, 2021 at Goshen Hospital. She was born on December 8, 1934 in Syracuse, IN to Orbra W. & Ruby L. (Wilkinson) Bobeck.

She was a lifetime Syracuse area resident, graduated in 1952 from New Paris High School, and attended Goshen College & Warner’s Beauty College in Fort Wayne. She was married on July 3, 1980 in Syracuse, IN to Leland W. “Bill” Ginger who preceded her on September 9, 2010. She worked in the banking business from 1961 until she retired in 2019 from Lake City Bank in Syracuse and formerly worked at State Bank of Syracuse & First National Bank in Warsaw. She was a licensed beautician and worked in Goshen & Syracuse at local beauty shops in her early working years.

She was a member of the Calvary United Methodist Church in Syracuse & Elkhart County Extension Homemakers Club. She attended the Church of the Brethren in North Webster and was formerly affiliated with the Hex Grange in Syracuse.

She is survived by:

Daughter –Beth (Felix Sickels) Woods of Syracuse

Son – Steven (Jeannie) Savage of Warsaw

6 Grand, 10 Gt. Grand, and 1 Gt. Gt. Grandchild

She was preceded in death by her parents – Orbra Bobeck & Ruby Darr, husband, son - Joseph Savage, grandson – Hayden Savage, and infant sister – Ruby K. Bobeck.

Visitation will be from 2:00 – 4:00 & 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, August 25, 2021 at Owen Family Funeral Home, 1001 S. Huntington St., Syracuse, IN. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, August 26, 2021 in the funeral home with Pastor Bob Wyman officiating. Burial will follow in the Hire Cemetery in Ligonier.

Preferred memorials may be given to the North Webster Church of the Brethren.