She was born and raised in Bluffton, Indiana and moved to Fort Pierce in 1954.She was a Homemaker and a Lab Technician for a citrus processing plant in Fort Pierce. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Fort Pierce, and a member of the Lawnwood Regional Medical Center Auxilary.She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Guy and Laura Wentz; her grandchildren, Andrew and Kathy Wentz all of San Diego, CA; her brother, Roderick Nusbaumer of Keystone, IN; her sisters, Janet Grimm of Bluffton, IN and Beverly Mugg of San Diego, CA. She is pre-deceased by her husband, Ralph Guy Wentz.