Duane Earl Spangle

December 3, 2024 at 7:33 p.m.


Duane Earl Spangle, 87, Claypool, died Monday, Dec. 2, 2024, at Miller’s Merry Manor, Warsaw.
He was born May 27, 1937, at home in Silver Lake, to Lena Pearl Gunter Spangle and Noble “Joe” Earl Spangle.
On Nov. 16, 1956, Duane married Rebecca “Becky” Manns; she died March 12, 2020.
Duane’s life will be celebrated with a memorial service at 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6 at Gospel Hill Church, Silver Lake, officiated by Pastor Bobby Board and assisted by Pastor Justin Harshman. Friends and family may visit prior to the service from 3 to 6 p.m. He will be laid to rest at a later date at Oakwood Cemetery, Warsaw. Arrangements were entrusted to Redpath-Fruth Funeral Home, Warsaw.
Memorial donations may be directed to Gospel Hill Church, 303 S. Jefferson St., Silver Lake, IN 46982; or to Stillwater Hospice, 5910 Homestead Road, Fort Wayne, IN 46814.
Online condolences may be sent through the funeral home’s website at www.redpathfruthfuneralhome.com.



Duane Earl Spangle, 87, Claypool, died Monday, Dec. 2, 2024, at Miller’s Merry Manor, Warsaw.
He was born May 27, 1937, at home in Silver Lake, to Lena Pearl Gunter Spangle and Noble “Joe” Earl Spangle.
On Nov. 16, 1956, Duane married Rebecca “Becky” Manns; she died March 12, 2020.
Duane’s life will be celebrated with a memorial service at 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6 at Gospel Hill Church, Silver Lake, officiated by Pastor Bobby Board and assisted by Pastor Justin Harshman. Friends and family may visit prior to the service from 3 to 6 p.m. He will be laid to rest at a later date at Oakwood Cemetery, Warsaw. Arrangements were entrusted to Redpath-Fruth Funeral Home, Warsaw.
Memorial donations may be directed to Gospel Hill Church, 303 S. Jefferson St., Silver Lake, IN 46982; or to Stillwater Hospice, 5910 Homestead Road, Fort Wayne, IN 46814.
Online condolences may be sent through the funeral home’s website at www.redpathfruthfuneralhome.com.



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