Nina Rohm

Nina (VanAman) Rohm, a resident of Pleasant View Nursing Home, McCordsville since March 2010, died on October 25. She was 90 years old and the last survivor of John and Mary VanAman’s five children. Apart from her military service, Nina spent her entire life in Indiana. Nina was a long-time beloved resident of Cromwell. She graduated from Ligonier High School in 1940 and earned an RN degree from Mercy Hospital in Toledo, Ohio, and a BS and MA degree in education from Indiana-Purdue Fort Wayne. Nina was a veteran of WW II and served in the Pacific as a nurse anesthetist. At that time she saw the Enola Gay take off on its fateful mission to drop an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. Returning to Indiana, Nina married and raised her children and worked as an obstetric nurse at Luckey Hospital in Wolf Lake and a community health nurse for Kosciusko County. Nina moved on to a 21-year teaching career in the Cromwell and West Noble elementary schools. She has been widely recognized as a caring and successful teacher. After her retirement in 1987, Nina went on to teach adults, helping them qualify for GED degrees. Nina was a devout member of Saint Patrick’s Catholic Church in Ligonier and loved all types of gardening. She was a life time member of the American Legion. Nina is predeceased by sisters, Helen (VanAman) Harper and Mary (VanAman) Calbeck; by brothers, Bill and John VanAman; by daughter, Mary Elizabeth; by son, James; and by husband, Marion. Surviving family include sister-in-law Lorraine (Rohm) Brenneke; son and daughter-in-law, Jerry and Julie Rohm; daughter and son-in-law, Rosalie and Frank Sparzo; daughter, Chelle VanWassenhove; grandchildren, Pete Bradley and Jason and Dana Higgs; step-grandchildren, Lori, Melissa, Darrel, John, Andrea, Chris and Jill; and great grandchildren, Carson, Madelyn, Pete, Jr., and Sammy. Nina is also survived by several nieces and nephews and a multitude of friends. A funeral mass will be held at 10 AM on Saturday November 3, 2012 at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Ligonier with Father Wilson Corzo officiating. Burial will follow at Oak Park Cemetery in Ligonier where full military honors will be conducted. A visitation will be held from4-6:30 PM at Yeager Funeral Home in Ligonier on Friday November 2, 2012. At 6:30 PM verbal remembrances will be shared with a Liturgy & Rosary to begin at 7 PM led by Deacon Stan Lemieux. There will also be an hour of visitation from 9-10 AM at the church prior to the funeral mass. Family members would prefer that memorial contributions be made to Saint Patrick’s Catholic Church, Ligonier.