Obituary for Alma E. Vinion (Yount)
Alma Elizabeth Vinion
Alma Vinion, passed away on Monday, August 29, 2022 at the Wayne County Care Center at the age of 93 after a brief period of declining health.
She was born in Youngstown, Ohio on November 3rd, 1928 to Mattie Royse Yount and Russell Yount.
On July 27th, 1949 she married Billie Russell Vinion, and they were together for 50 years until his passing February 26, 1999.
As a child, she lived with her mother and two younger siblings in a single parent family during the depression. As the oldest, she was expected, and did help in the raising of her younger siblings.
At the age of 14, during the middle of world war 2, she left school early one day and hopped a public bus to downtown Youngstown where she lied about her age, saying she was 16 so she could help support her mother and younger siblings.
Because it was the middle of the war and workers were scarce, the manager of the drug store didn’t look too closely at her application, and she immediately began full time work for five dollars per week.
She continued working throughout the rest of her life, as a retail clerk, waitress, and factory worker. After retirement, she continued to volunteer in the Columbus Georgia Medical Center and Wooster Community Hospital gift shops for many years.
She was living on her own, independently until July of 2022 when a fall and complications from covid-19 forced her into care.
Despite not having finished high school, she insisted her children get an education, and both finished college and graduate and professional degrees. She then completed her own GED and took college courses well into her seventies.
The two most important aspects to her life were her family and her church.
As a lifelong Southern Baptist, Alma attended weekly church services whenever her health permitted.
She is survived by her two children, Billie (Dr. Richard) Federspiel of West Lafayette, Indiana, and Lon (Melanie) Vinion, of Wooster. A brother, James (Karen) Sheely of Waverly Hall, Georgia, five grandchildren, Erin Federspiel, of Des Moines, Iowa, Courtney (Dr. Todd) Bertrand of Indianapolis, Indiana, Jon Federspiel of Germany, Keenan (Jenni Brown) of Dublin, Ohio, Colin Vinion (Jen Brown) of the Pacific northwest, and two great grandchildren, Jason Vinion of Wooster and Beatrice James Bertrand of Indianapolis.
In addition to her parents, and husband, she was also preceded in death by a sister Donna Lee Vince of Hagerstown Kentucky.
The family would like to extend our appreciation to the wonderful staff of the Wayne County Care Center for their compassion and care during the last weeks of mom’s life and also to Melanie for the many kindnesses and care showed to mom, especially during the twenty plus years mom lived in Wooster.
A private graveside service will be held by the family at a date to be determined.
The family would request, in lieu of flowers, friends make a donation to the charity of their choice in Mom’s name.
Custer-Glenn Funeral Home in Wooster is honored to serve the family.
Words of private or public condolences may be shared with the family at: www.custerglenn.com.
Alma Vinion, passed away on Monday, August 29, 2022 at the Wayne County Care Center at the age of 93 after a brief period of declining health.
She was born in Youngstown, Ohio on November 3rd, 1928 to Mattie Royse Yount and Russell Yount.
On July 27th, 1949 she married Billie Russell Vinion, and they were together for 50 years until his passing February 26, 1999.
As a child, she lived with her mother and two younger siblings in a single parent family during the depression. As the oldest, she was expected, and did help in the raising of her younger siblings.
At the age of 14, during the middle of world war 2, she left school early one day and hopped a public bus to downtown Youngstown where she lied about her age, saying she was 16 so she could help support her mother and younger siblings.
Because it was the middle of the war and workers were scarce, the manager of the drug store didn’t look too closely at her application, and she immediately began full time work for five dollars per week.
She continued working throughout the rest of her life, as a retail clerk, waitress, and factory worker. After retirement, she continued to volunteer in the Columbus Georgia Medical Center and Wooster Community Hospital gift shops for many years.
She was living on her own, independently until July of 2022 when a fall and complications from covid-19 forced her into care.
Despite not having finished high school, she insisted her children get an education, and both finished college and graduate and professional degrees. She then completed her own GED and took college courses well into her seventies.
The two most important aspects to her life were her family and her church.
As a lifelong Southern Baptist, Alma attended weekly church services whenever her health permitted.
She is survived by her two children, Billie (Dr. Richard) Federspiel of West Lafayette, Indiana, and Lon (Melanie) Vinion, of Wooster. A brother, James (Karen) Sheely of Waverly Hall, Georgia, five grandchildren, Erin Federspiel, of Des Moines, Iowa, Courtney (Dr. Todd) Bertrand of Indianapolis, Indiana, Jon Federspiel of Germany, Keenan (Jenni Brown) of Dublin, Ohio, Colin Vinion (Jen Brown) of the Pacific northwest, and two great grandchildren, Jason Vinion of Wooster and Beatrice James Bertrand of Indianapolis.
In addition to her parents, and husband, she was also preceded in death by a sister Donna Lee Vince of Hagerstown Kentucky.
The family would like to extend our appreciation to the wonderful staff of the Wayne County Care Center for their compassion and care during the last weeks of mom’s life and also to Melanie for the many kindnesses and care showed to mom, especially during the twenty plus years mom lived in Wooster.
A private graveside service will be held by the family at a date to be determined.
The family would request, in lieu of flowers, friends make a donation to the charity of their choice in Mom’s name.
Custer-Glenn Funeral Home in Wooster is honored to serve the family.
Words of private or public condolences may be shared with the family at: www.custerglenn.com.