- Date Of Birth: May 31, 1943
- Date Of Death: April 6, 2022
- State: Indiana
Mary Lee Mitchell, age 78, of Tipton, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, April 6, 2022, at IU Health Tipton Hospital with her family by her side. Mary Lee was born on May 31, 1943, to her parents, Elmer Sowders and Sue Book (Greathouse) in Tipton, Indiana.
Mary Lee was a graduate of Tipton High School, class of 1961. She worked for Delco for many years before retiring in 1999.
In her free time, she loved crossword puzzles and the cryptoquip in the Tipton Tribune. Mary Lee and her friends could often be found walking together, just enjoying each other’s company. She was naturally drawn to the water, she loved going to their lake place at Lake Shafer, whether it was to fish or simply be by the water, it restored her soul!
Mary Lee loved life and she lived it to the fullest! Her family meant the world to her and she relished the time spent with her great grandchildren. She will be greatly missed but her legacy of love will carry on for generations to come.
Those left to carry on Mary Lee’s legacy of love are her husband, Ray Mitchell; her children, Terri Creasy (Andy), Mark Mitchell (Michael), Joseph “Jody” Mitchell (Shamus); grandchildren, Carisa Richardson (Eric), Cliff Ragan (Ashley), Olivia Creasy; great grandchildren, Luke Ragan, Lily Ragan, Lane Ragan, November Richardson, Hurley Richardson; sister, Tammie Sowders; sister-in-law, Vicki Sowders; and many nieces and nephews.
