Ed French
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
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On Oct. 7, 1932, in Kokomo, he was born William Edward French to Charles and Mamie French.
He graduated from Laketon High School, where he met Elizabeth Vaudene Railsback. Smitten with the redhead, he borrowed his brother’s suit and set off in a snowstorm to marry her on Christmas Eve 1950. The two were seldom apart over the next 65 years. She loved to cook and he loved to eat, and they both enjoyed watching basketball games and sitting on their front porch looking out over their beloved lake. She died Feb. 12, 2016. While his cause of death has not been determined, those close to him know he died of a broken heart.
He was a farmer and owner of French Electric. He started a third career when most were retiring, becoming a minister at Liberty Mills United Methodist Church and, until his death, at West Eel River Church.
He is survived by two sons, Gary French, Fort Wayne, and Ron (and Valerie) French, Okemos, Mich.; a daughter, Kathy Judy, Peru; six grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren and many loving nieces and nephews. He also was preceded in death by three brothers: Roy (and Clara), Woodrow (and Helen) and Richard (and Donna) French; and a sister, Lauretta (Bill) Evans.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at South Pleasant United Methodist Church, North Manchester.
Calling is at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at the church.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Hartzler Funeral Home, Akron.
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Memorials to the American Cancer Society.
Condolences via www.hartzlerfuneralservices.com
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On Oct. 7, 1932, in Kokomo, he was born William Edward French to Charles and Mamie French.
He graduated from Laketon High School, where he met Elizabeth Vaudene Railsback. Smitten with the redhead, he borrowed his brother’s suit and set off in a snowstorm to marry her on Christmas Eve 1950. The two were seldom apart over the next 65 years. She loved to cook and he loved to eat, and they both enjoyed watching basketball games and sitting on their front porch looking out over their beloved lake. She died Feb. 12, 2016. While his cause of death has not been determined, those close to him know he died of a broken heart.
He was a farmer and owner of French Electric. He started a third career when most were retiring, becoming a minister at Liberty Mills United Methodist Church and, until his death, at West Eel River Church.
He is survived by two sons, Gary French, Fort Wayne, and Ron (and Valerie) French, Okemos, Mich.; a daughter, Kathy Judy, Peru; six grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren and many loving nieces and nephews. He also was preceded in death by three brothers: Roy (and Clara), Woodrow (and Helen) and Richard (and Donna) French; and a sister, Lauretta (Bill) Evans.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at South Pleasant United Methodist Church, North Manchester.
Calling is at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at the church.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Hartzler Funeral Home, Akron.
*****
Memorials to the American Cancer Society.
Condolences via www.hartzlerfuneralservices.com
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