EDWARDSBURG -- Mary Maxine (Mickey) Lindley, 87, of Edwardsburg, died Thursday morning (June 10, 2010) at Elkhart General Hospital after a short illness.

She was born Jan. 2, 1923, in Goshen, Ind., to Samuel C. and Gertrude I. Oaks. On Aug. 10, 1941, she was married to Robert J. Fackelman of Elkhart, Ind. A B-17 pilot, he died in the Battle of the Bulge on Dec. 24, 1944. On Aug. 28, 1948, she was married to L. Reid Lindley of Edwardsburg. A three-war veteran, he died on Memorial Day, May 27, 2002.

She is survived by two daughters, Barbara (Fackelman) Dempsey and Lisa (Lindley) Focht, both of Edwardsburg; three granddaughters, Julie (Todd) Parsons and Jocelyn Dempsey, both of Edwardsburg, and Kelly (Erik) Hamlin of Elkhart; two great-grandsons, Brandon Parsons and Blake Parsons, both of Edwardsburg; sister Mildred Bloom of Elkhart; niece Brenda Madrid of Moore, Okla.; and nephew Gregory Bloom of Lewiston, Maine.

She was preceded in death by a newborn sister; brother Leonard Oaks and half-brother Howard Flickinger.

Mrs. Lindley retired in 1984 from CTS Corporation, after 25 years of service. She was a member of the Winding Waters Brethren Church.

Friends may call from 10 a.m. to noon Monday (June 14, 2010) at Billings Funeral Home in Elkhart. Graveside services will immediately follow at Five Points Cemetery in Edwardsburg with the Rev. Ron Walters, former associate pastor at Winding Waters Brethren Church, officiating.

Memorials in Mrs. Lindley's name may be made to Susanna's Kitchen, 431 S. Third St., Elkhart, IN 46516 or to the Five Points Cemetery Veterans Memorial Flag Fund, in care of Mason Township Government, 17049 U.S. 12, Edwardsburg, MI 49112.