- Date Of Birth: April 23, 1928
- Date Of Death: December 18, 2019
- State: Ohio
SALEM – Laura M. Lindesmith, age 91, passed away at 11:15 a.m. Wednesday, December 18, 2019 at Blossom Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was born April 23, 1928 in Berlin Center, daughter of the late Jesse and Alice (Hartzel) Dudley.
Laura was a graduate of Berlin Center High School and attended Youngtown College. She worked at Sears and Roebuck Co. as an audit manager. Laura worked for Davidson Sales and Service in Salem and had also worked for over ten years at the Salem Golf Club. She was a member of Salem First United Methodist Church. Laura enjoyed baking and creating new recipes, enjoyed spending time with family and friends, and enjoyed entering contests. She entered the 1965 Kentucky Club Derby Day Contest and was so proud to win a set of four full-color prints of famous thoroughbreds. Entries were received from all parts of the U.S. and Canada. Laura was a hard worker and certainly had a love for animals and adopted many.
Her husband, Charles D. Lindesmith whom she married March 7, 1954 preceded her in death.
Survivors include her daughter, Cindy (Denny) Heaver of Columbiana; a granddaughter, Ashley (Brad) Sell; a grandson, Jeff Ketchum Jr.; two great grandchildren of Columbiana; a sister, Nina Lietzow of Niles; a brother, John (Nancy) Dudley of Berlin Center and many nieces and nephews.
Besides her parents and her husband, a brother, Jesse Jr.; a baby sister; a son, Charles Jr. and her stepdaughter, Gloria J. Haught also preceded her in death.
