Barbara Ann Bentzel Loudermilk, 80, of Clintonville, WV, died Saturday, February 10, 2018, at home, following a long illness.
Born January 20, 1938, at Dawson, WV, she was the daughter of Winters Harry and Ruby Hutsenpiller Bentzel.
She was a member of Trinity Fellowship Church in Belle, WV, for 27 years. Upon moving back to Greenbrier County after retirement in 1996, Rhema Christian Center of Fairlea, WV, became her home church.
She was a 1954 graduate of Rupert High School, Rupert, WV. She received a B.S. degree from West Virginia Institute of Technology, with a major in biology and a minor in English. She received an M.A. degree in reading education, grades 1-12, plus 36 graduate hours in vocational education from the West Virginia College of Graduate Studies. She taught school at Smoot Elementary and Smoot Junior High School for four years. She taught for an additional 11 years at various elementary schools in Kanawha County in the areas of reading education and elementary basic skills. Her final 18 years were spent at Carver Career Center, teaching adult education and basic reading/job seeking/job keeping skills, with a total of 33 years in the field of teaching.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her son, Dale Hartley; and her sister, Marien Herring.
Survivors include her husband of 61 years, Louis Hartley Loudermilk; daughters, Libby Marks of Clintonville, and Lisa Moore of Malden, WV; daughter-in-law, Debbie Loudermilk of Vienna, WV; grandchildren, Matthew Marks, David Loudermilk, Ryan Moore, Lindsay Holbert (Trent), Erin Moore, Alycia Marks and Kathryn Marks; greatgrandson, Tyler Kessel; one sister, Linda Pitts of Gaithersburg, MD; a half-sister, Nancy English (Bill) of Arlington, VA; one stepsister, Wilma Jean Jones of Rockville, MD; and many nieces and nephews.
Services will be held Tuesday, February 13, 2018, at 3 p.m. at Rhema Christian Center in Fairlea, WV, with Reverend Stewart Farley officiating. Burial will be at the Bennett Place Cemetery, in Clintonville. There will be no graveside service.
Visitation will be 1–3 p.m. before the service.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Rhema Christian Center for the International Missions Outreach in Haiti.
Online condolences may be sent by visiting www.WallaceandWallaceFH.com.
Wallace & Wallace Funeral Home in Lewisburg is in charge of arrangements.
Obituary originally published in the February 12, 2018 edition of The West Virginia Daily News.
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