Anabel R. McBride, age 89, of Ada, went to be with the Lord on April 26, 2025 at Vancrest of Ada. 

She was born on August 14, 1935, in a farmhouse on State Route 81 between Ada and Dola to the late Ralph and Georgia (Fields) Motter. On August 14, 1955, she married her husband, Robert W. McBride, and he preceded her in death on April 27, 2009. 

Anabel was a stay-at-home mom until her children reached school age. She was always involved with their many school activities. She retired after 27 years from Ada Exempted Village Schools where she was a teacher’s aide. She was an avid reader and loved sharing reading skills and stories with the hundreds of students whose lives she touched. When she was not reading, she enjoyed flower and vegetable gardening, sewing, crocheting and solving word puzzles. Anabel loved to, and was remembered for, sending greeting cards for all occasions to her many family members and friends. 

Anabel’s love for her Lord and Savior was evident in the way she lived her daily life. Until recently, Anabel was an active member of Ada First Baptist Church where she was involved through the years in children’s and women’s ministries, music and visitor outreach. She was the church secretary for many years.  

Surviving are Anabel’s Ada family: daughter, Annette (Del) Cogar of Ada; granddaughter, Patricia (Hugh) Phillips; and great-grandchildren: Johnathan and Shaina Phillps.  Her California family: son, Thomas (Sherry) McBride; grandchildren: Melissa, Jeramie, Amie, Dawn, Brianna, and Mia; 11 great-grandchildren and 5 great-great-grandchildren. Anabel’s brother, Ronald (Ellie) Motter of Mesquite, Nevada also survives, as well as her many special nieces and nephews. A sister, Geneva Motter preceded her in death. 

Funeral Services will begin at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, May 1, 2025 at First Baptist Church, 350 West North Avenue, Ada, Ohio 45810 with Pastor Jack Duffy officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery, Ada.   

Visitation will begin two hours prior to the service from 6:00-8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 30, 2025 at Hanson-Neely-Allison Funeral & Cremation Services, Ada and one hour prior to the service at the church on Thursday from 10:00-11:00 a.m.   

Memorial contributions may be made to the Ada Public Library, 320 N. Main St., Ada, Ohio 45810 or to the Activities Department at Vancrest of Ada, 600 W. North Avenue, Ada, Ohio 45810.