Ethel A. (Coble) Maples

Ethel A. Maples, age 100, of Huntington, IN, passed away peacefully on Sunday, February 19, 2023, at Heritage Pointe of Huntington. Ethel was born on August 30, 1922, in Huntington, to the late Samuel and Mayme (Fisher) Coble. Ethel married Richard (Dick) Maples on January 15, 1945, and he preceded her in death on September 27, 1999.

Ethel was a graduate of Huntington High School and International Business College. She worked as an executive secretary at Huntington Laboratories and Huntington County Community School Corporation.  After she retired in 1989, she was a member of the Huntington Memorial Hospital Guild and volunteered in the hospital’s Gift Shop. She received an award for having worked over 10,000 volunteer hours. She was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church of Huntington.

She was a doting grandmother to her six grandchildren.

She is survived by two daughters, Connie (Rory) Peppard, Dayton OH; Cindy (Bill) Huffman, Warren IN; and one son, Rick (Dorian) Maples, Fort Wayne; six grandchildren, Christine (Sean) Kemper, Springboro OH, Michael (Konnie) Huffman, Lumberton TX, Amy (Ryan) Stuffelbeam, Lexington KY, Ann (Brandon) Roberts, Lexington KY, Melanie Leas, Warren IN, and Matthew Maples, Indianapolis, and nine great-grandchildren.

In addition to her parents and husband, Ethel was preceded in death by her siblings, Dr. Marvin Coble, Geraldine Welker, and Edward Coble.

A private burial will be held at Mount Calvary Cemetery, Huntington, IN.

Memorials can be made to Parkview Huntington Foundation in c/o the Guild Scholarship Fund, in care of McElhaney-Hart/Deal Rice Funeral Home, 715 N. Jefferson Street, Huntington, IN 46750.

McElhaney-Hart/Deal Rice Funeral Home, 715 N. Jefferson St., Huntington, IN is in charge of arrangements.  Online condolences:    www.mcelhaneyhartfuneralhome.com

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