LaVella Rushton

LaVella Marie Rushton, 89, of Noblesville, passed away on Tuesday, April 12, 2011 at Prairie Lakes Health Campus in Noblesville. She was born on May 7, 1921 to Roy and Letha (McConell) Martin in Noblesville.
LaVella was a graduate of Butler University and had been a microbiologist at Eli Lilly for six years. She had also worked for Thornton-Haymond Costen & Buhl Medical Laboratory for many years. She attended First United Methodist Church in Noblesville; and loved gardening, bird watching and playing Bridge. She volunteered with the Senior Citizens Center in Noblesville, where she was involved with knitting baby blankets for Riverview Hospital.
She is survived by two daughters, Debbie (Steve) Lichtenberg & Donna (Juergen) Runft; son-in-law, Steve Gingery; niece, Linda Kay (Michael) Grubbs; three grandchildren, Jason Runft, Kevin Runft & Jillian Hardee; and one great-grandson, Colin Hardee.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by husband, Myron E. Rushton in 2000; daughter, Sharon Gingery; and brother, James Martin.
Services will be held at 10:00 am on Saturday, April 16, 2011, at Randall & Roberts Funeral Home, 1150 Logan Street in Noblesville, with Rev. Norman Wilson officiating. Visitation will be Friday, April 15, 2011 from 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm at the funeral home. Burial will be at Oaklawn Memorial Gardens in Indianapolis.
Memorial contributions may be made to Cancer Service of Hamilton County, Inc. PO Box 221 Noblesville, IN 46061.