IVA JIVIDEN
LIMA — Iva "Lee" Jividen, 92, of Lima and formerly of Ottawa, passed away at 12:02 AM Wednesday, December 21, 2016 at the Lost Creek Health Care Center near Lima following a short illness.
She was born January 5, 1924 in Crum, Kentucky, a daughter of Daniel B. and Marie B. Meyer Dunaway, who are deceased.
Lee is survived by two daughters ; Dixie (Bob) Shellenbarger of Delphos and Diane Morman of Lima; 5 grandchildren; 7 great grandchildren, 3 deceased; 10 great-great-grandchildren, 1 deceased and a sister; Barbara Downing of Lima. She was preceded in death by 11 siblings.
She was a graduate of the Guilford High School in Guilford, IN. and had worked as a sales clerk, retiring from the former Gemeiners Shoe Store in Ottawa.
Private family funeral services will be Monday at the Thomas E. Bayliff Funeral Home in Spencerville with Associate Pastor Jermaine Lawrence officiating. Burial will follow in the Maplewood Cemetery, East of Spencerville. Condolences may be sent to tbayliff@woh.rr.com