Private graveside services for Mary Shella Rutchik Hamel, age 79 of Mt. Airy will be held Friday, November 18, 2016 from the Georgia Veterans Cemetery in Milledgeville. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Thursday, November 17, 2016 from 4-7 PM.
Mrs. Hamel passed away Monday, November 14, 2016 following a brief illness.
Born in Elizabeth, NJ on November 26, 1936 Mrs. Hamel was the daughter of the late Archip and Josephine Rutchik. She was retired from Habersham Medical Center where she was a switchboard operator. In addition to her parents Mrs. Hamel is preceded in death by her husband Frank E. Hamel.
Survivors include son and daughter in law Don and Nancy Hamel of Hoschton, son Doug W. Hamel of South Amboy, NJ, son and daughter in law David A. and Cynthia Hall of Pottstown, PA, sister Theresa Danchisko of New Jersey, granddaughters Amanda Hornbeck (James) of Braselton and Jocelyn Windle (Brian) of Athens and great grandson Jackson Robert Hornbeck of Braselton.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be bade in memory of Mary Hamel to: The John B. Gesbocker Animal Shelter, PO Box 1442, Clarkesville, GA 30523.
Arrangements by Hillside Memorial Chapel, Clarkesville. 706-754-6256
