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Life Story for Ellogene Scudder (Rayls)

Ellogene  Scudder (Rayls)
Mrs. Ellogene (Rayls) Scudder, age 95, of East Enterprise, Indiana, entered this life on February 21, 1920, near East Enterprise, Indiana, the daughter of the late, Alvah David and Mabel Aldean (Slack) Rayls. She was raised near East Enterprise, Indiana where she attended schools and the Vevay High School. Ellogene was united in marriage on April 16, 1943, in Indianapolis, Indiana, to Wilbur "Ick" Scudder and to this union arrived three daughters, Gaye, Joanne, and Pam and a son, Eugene to bless their home. Ellogene and Ick shared 61 years of marriage together until he passed away on February 11, 2004. In 1958, she and her husband built a new home on the family farm not far from the old homestead and there she lived until 2006 when she and her grandson, Chad Scudder traded houses. She continued to live on the Scudder farm on McCreary's Ridge for nearly 73 years until her passing. Ellogene was a member of the New Liberty Baptist Church. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, helping her husband with the farm work and raising a big garden. She enjoyed cooking and baking and hosting family gatherings. Ellogene wrote the McCreary's Ridge News for the Vevay Reveille Newspaper from 1960 to 1970. She was also a 4-H leader for several years. Ellogene passed away with her loving family by her side at 11:22 am, Saturday, February 6, 2016, at the Dearborn County Hospital in Lawrenceburg, Indiana.

Ellogene will be dearly missed by her loving daughters: Gaye Rumple of Bloomington, IN, Joanne Gaudin & her husband: Bernie of Vevay, IN & Pam Gilmour & her husband: Dennis of Rising Sun, IN; her son: Eugene "Ick" Scudder & his wife: Jeanie of Florence, IN; her grandchildren: Melissa, Chad, Travis, Maggie, Jessica & Jeff; her great-grandchildren: Trevor, Daniel, Audrey, Sophia, James & Jackson; her sister-in-law: Shirley Rayls of Rising Sun, IN & her several nieces, nephews & other relatives.

She was preceded in death by her parents: Alvah David & Mabel Aldean (Slack) Rayls; her husband: Wilbur Scudder, died February 11, 2004; her little buddy and great-grandson: Alex Matthew Scudder, died September 2, 2014; her son-in-law: Irvin Rumple; her brothers: Alvin, Norman, Denver, Kirby & Elmo Rayls & her sisters: Helen Rayls, Mary Jane McKinney & Alice Winters.

Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, February 10, 2016, at 12:00 pm, by Pastor Bill Madison, at the Haskell & Morrison Funeral Home, 208 Ferry Street Vevay, Indiana 47043.

Interment will follow in the Vevay Cemetery, Vevay, Indiana.

Friends may call 10:30 am - 12:00 pm, Wednesday, February 10, 2016, at the Haskell & Morrison Funeral Home, 208 Ferry Street Vevay, Indiana 47043.

Memorial contributions may be made to New Liberty Baptist Church or to the New Liberty Cemetery Fund. Cards are available at the funeral home.

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