Waters Funeral Homes

11/29/2025

11/28/2025

What’s the best Thanksgiving food to eat as leftovers the next day?
🦃🍽️ Tell us your pick!

11/27/2025

Thanksgiving reminds us that love endures beyond every season. We’re thinking of all who are remembering someone special today.

11/22/2025

Today is International Survivors of Su***de Loss Day.
We grieve with everyone carrying the weight of this kind of loss, and we’re here to remind you that help is always available.

If you or someone you love is struggling, you can call or text 988.
It’s the national Su***de & Crisis Lifeline — free, confidential, and available 24/7 to support anyone in emotional distress.

You are not alone.

11/20/2025

Today is Children’s Grief Awareness Day — a reminder that kids grieve deeply, even if they don’t always have the words to say it. If you’re supporting a grieving child, you’re not alone. In parthernship with Dr. Troyer, we are offering a free booklet filled with practical tips to help children and teens as they grieve.

No registration and no email required.
https://bit.ly/48jpQZc

11/18/2025

MARION, IN –
Karen F. Bilbrey 64, passed away early Saturday morning, November 15, 2025 in Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne.

Born in Dunkirk on February 11, 1961 to Ross and Norma Jean Valentine, she was adopted by Ernest and Virginia Bell of Eaton.
Karen enjoyed family time, especially with her grandkids.

She leaves behind her husband, Hollis Bilbrey, Jr.; three daughters: Heather (Jason) Monroe, Holly Pullum and Jennifer Bilbrey. Twelve grandchildren and several great-grandchildren. Also surviving include her brothers: Allen (Lisa) Valentine, Bill Bell, Phil Bell and Larry Bell, and her sister, Andrea Johnson.

She is preceded in death by both biological parents and adopted parents; a son-in-law, Aaron Pullum and two sisters: Tammy Valentine and Penny Johnson and brother, Tommy Bell.

Services will be at 1:00 P.M. Friday, Nov.21st in the Waters Funeral Home, Hartford City. Rev. Steve Rogers will officiate and burial immediately follows at Eaton Union Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 11:00 – 1:00 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Visit: www.WatersFunerals.com to leave condolences to her family.