Harry 'Has' A. Sheetz
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
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He was born June 13, 1944, in Bremen, to Morris and Kathryn Baker Sheetz. On June 14, 1974, he married Karen Downing, his wife of almost 40 years, who survives.
He faithfully served his country in the U.S. Army as Spec 4 with the 524th Ordinance Company, 43rd Artillery during the Vietnam Conflict from 1965 to 1967. An avid aviator, he soloed on his 16th birthday. He loved flying and instructed hundreds of other pilots. He held a commercial flight rating with over 18,000 hours and retired from DePuy/Johnson & Johnson as a company pilot. An Army veteran, he was a member of American Legion Post #10, Marion, Experimental Aircraft Association and a ham radio operator.
Also surviving are son, Joel Downing, Warsaw; a sister-in-law, Kimberly Perdiue, Warsaw; two granddaughters, Brittany and Chelsey Shepherd; a great-granddaughter, Alyiah Shepherd; two sisters, Marlene (and spouse Max) Evans, Syracuse, and Carolyn (and spouse Thomas) Kuespert, Lafayette; three brothers: James (and spouse Janice) Sheetz, Wisconsin; Michael (and spouse Dixie) Sheetz, Indianapolis; Marshall Sheetz, Delong; a brother-in-law, Robert (and spouse Rosemary) Perdiue, Cary, N.C.; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Warsaw Municipal Airport in the ML Motor Sports Hangar, CR 300, with Pastor Jack Worth officiating. A private burial will be at Bremen Cemetery following the funeral.
Calling is from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday at McHatton-Sadler Funeral Chapel, 2290 Provident Court, Warsaw, and from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday at the hangar.
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Memorials to The Harry A. Sheetz Memorial Aviation Scholarship Fund, c/o McHatton-Sadler Funeral Chapel, 2290 Provident Court, Warsaw, IN 46580.
Condolences may be sent via mchattonsadlerfuneralchapels.com[[In-content Ad]]
He was born June 13, 1944, in Bremen, to Morris and Kathryn Baker Sheetz. On June 14, 1974, he married Karen Downing, his wife of almost 40 years, who survives.
He faithfully served his country in the U.S. Army as Spec 4 with the 524th Ordinance Company, 43rd Artillery during the Vietnam Conflict from 1965 to 1967. An avid aviator, he soloed on his 16th birthday. He loved flying and instructed hundreds of other pilots. He held a commercial flight rating with over 18,000 hours and retired from DePuy/Johnson & Johnson as a company pilot. An Army veteran, he was a member of American Legion Post #10, Marion, Experimental Aircraft Association and a ham radio operator.
Also surviving are son, Joel Downing, Warsaw; a sister-in-law, Kimberly Perdiue, Warsaw; two granddaughters, Brittany and Chelsey Shepherd; a great-granddaughter, Alyiah Shepherd; two sisters, Marlene (and spouse Max) Evans, Syracuse, and Carolyn (and spouse Thomas) Kuespert, Lafayette; three brothers: James (and spouse Janice) Sheetz, Wisconsin; Michael (and spouse Dixie) Sheetz, Indianapolis; Marshall Sheetz, Delong; a brother-in-law, Robert (and spouse Rosemary) Perdiue, Cary, N.C.; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Warsaw Municipal Airport in the ML Motor Sports Hangar, CR 300, with Pastor Jack Worth officiating. A private burial will be at Bremen Cemetery following the funeral.
Calling is from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday at McHatton-Sadler Funeral Chapel, 2290 Provident Court, Warsaw, and from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday at the hangar.
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Memorials to The Harry A. Sheetz Memorial Aviation Scholarship Fund, c/o McHatton-Sadler Funeral Chapel, 2290 Provident Court, Warsaw, IN 46580.
Condolences may be sent via mchattonsadlerfuneralchapels.com[[In-content Ad]]
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