Tonya Ann (Bell) Roland, age 44, of Angola, Indiana, passed away at 2:58 P.M. on Monday, March 21, 2016, at Dupont Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana, after a long, courageous battle with breast cancer. Tonya worked at Electri-Tec as a production worker and had previously worked at Tomco for 18 years. She enjoyed shopping, garage sales, traveling and especially playing Candy Crush.
Tonya was born on May 27, 1971, in Marion, Indiana, the daughter of David Russell Bell and Jane A. (Harvey) Bell. She was a graduate of Fairview High School. She married Robert “Bob” W. Roland on September 27, 2007, in Defiance, Ohio, and he survives. She is also survived by her daughters, Kaycee and Jessica; stepsons, Christopher, Michael and Justin; 11 grandchildren; mother, Jane (Stan Bacon) Bell, of Bryan; brother, David (Brandie) Bell, of Bryan; sister, Cathy Bell, of Bryan; and grandfather, Hal Harvey, of Bryan. She was preceded in death by her father, Russell Bell; a granddaughter, Lillyonna; and grandparents, Martha Harvey and Jeffrey and Phoebe Bell.
Visitation will be held on Saturday, March 26, 2016, from 11:00 A.M.- 1:00 P.M. in the Krill Funeral Home, 860 West Mulberry Street, Bryan. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 P.M. on Saturday with Pastor John Roland officiating. Interment will be in Brown Cemetery at a later date.
Memorials are requested to the family in care of Krill Funeral Home.