Esterine Modock

September 6, 2010

Ms. Esterine Modock, 86, passed away Monday, September 6, 2010 at Ball Memorial Hospital following a lengthy illness. Ms. Modock was a 75 year resident of Muncie, IN coming from Blytheville AK. She retired from Area 6 Council on Aging. She was a member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church where she belonged to the Mt. Zion Senior Choir, the dining staff, BTU and had been the church secretary. She was a long-time cosmetologist and a member of the Victor Bowling League. She was a member of the first three ?Back to Muncie? committees, with the ?Back to Muncie? E-MO bowling tournament named after her. She leaves to cherish her memory four daughters, Sherry R. Hopkins, Indianapolis, IN, Rita (Milton) Burns, Seattle, WA, Jane Harden, Anderson, IN, and Leah (Johnny) Miller, Muncie, IN; special daughters, Jocklyn (Mansfield) Houston, Tacoma, WA, Geraldine Fletcher, Muncie, IN, Gwethalyn Thomas, Cleveland, OH, and Betty Parr, Pasco County, FL; a son, Phillip L. Williams, Myrtle Beach, SC; two sisters, Creola Cox-Bacon, Chicago, IL and Mildred Andrews, Toledo, OH; 19 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; 18 great-great grandchildren; her dearest friends, Christine Modock and Blanche Thompson; and a host of other relatives and friends. Ms. Modock was preceded in death by her parents, Esaw and Ollie Mae McKinney and four brothers, L. D. McKinney, J. D. McKinney, Willie C. McKinney, and Leo Smith. Funeral services will be at 12:00 noon, Monday, September 13, 2010 at Church of the Living God, 1120 E. Washington Street, with calling from 10:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. prior to services. Internment will be in the Gardens of Memory Cemetery. Funeral services are entrusted to Faulkner Mortuary. On-line condolences may be posted at www.faulknermortuary.com.