Edith

Cavanaugh

Former Paulding County resident Edith (Keck) Cavanaugh age 86 died on December 6, 2019 in Lafayette, Indiana.

She was born in Paulding County Ohio to Albert and Norah Keck. She was a graduate of Paulding High School and Lutheran Hospital School of Nursing, Ft. Wayne, Indiana. She was a retired nurse and medical transcriptionist.

She is survived by a son, James P. Cavanaugh III (wife Marianne) Indianapolis; and a daughter Jacqueline (husband Kevin). She is also survived by 5 grandchildren: James Pierce Cavanaugh, OP of St. Louis, Missouri, John J. Cavanaugh, Indianapolis, Mary Elizabeth Cavanaugh, Indianapolis, Adam (wife Stephanie) and Nicole (husband Lance); and 4 great grandchildren.

She is preceded in death by her parents, Albert and Norah Keck; and two sisters, Norma Essex Elsasser and Eldean J. Helle.

A memorial service will be held at Den Herder Funeral Home, Paulding, Ohio at 11:00 AM on Friday December 13 with calling at 10 AM until service time. Burial will follow in Bowholtz Cemetery, Paulding, Ohio.

In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to St. James Lutheran Church, 800 Cincinnati St., Lafayette, IN 47901.