Itha Margaret (Higley) Twining, age 91, of Sunbury, died April 13 at The Inn at Walnut Trail. She was born in Elkhart, Ind. on Dec. 19, 1929, the daughter of Arthur and Ruth Higley. They moved to Danbury Township, Lakeside-Marblehead, in 1937 where she met the love of her life, Donald Arthur Twining. They were married in 1948 at Faith United Methodist Church in Port Clinton and enjoyed 59 years of marriage until his death in 2007. Her joy in life was her family. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.
Survivors include her daughter, Cindy (Bill) Zieber, her son, Dean (Jean) Twining, her grandson, Aaron (Sara) Zieber her granddaughter, Denise (Justin) Leach and great-grandchildren, David Zieber, Allison Zieber, Jacob Leach, Jacquelyn Leach, and Jace Leach. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Don, her sister Jean (Walt) Jess, her sister Alice (Mike) Leiser, her brother Leroy Higley and her brother Russell Higley.