J.D. Geiger
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
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He was born Sept. 7, 1929, in Noble County, to Adrian M. and Mary R. Birch Geiger. On Sept. 12, 1948, in Kimmell, he married Bonita R. McLallin, who survives.
He was a lifetime Noble and Kosciusko counties resident. He graduated from Cromwell High School in 1947, attended International Business College, Fort Wayne, and graduated from State Police School at Indiana University, Bloomington, in 1951.
He formerly worked for the Indiana State Police, was assigned to Kosciusko County in 1951 and in 1958 he resigned from the ISP to run for Kosciusko County sheriff. He was in insurance sales for several years, became an insurance adjuster, and then operated Columbia City Insulation with his brother, Hugh Geiger. In 1969 he was appointed Tippecanoe Township justice of the peace and was holding this position when the justice of the peace officers were disbanded by the legislature in 1975. In 1976 he became the North Webster town judge. In January 1977 he went to work for Keith Horn at Yogi Bear Jellystone Campground in Pierceton as security and registration manager and later became executive vice president in charge of the park for the property owner’s association board. In 1981 he was appointed manager of the Warsaw License Branch by Jean Northerner. In 1984 he was elected as the Kosciusko County auditor. He served as weights & measures inspector for Kosciusko County from 1997 – 2002, when he retired.
He was a member of Church of the Brethren, North Webster, Masonic Lodge 705 F&AM in Cromwell, where he served as past master of the North Webster Square and Compass Masonic Lodge 747 F&AM and Fort Wayne Valley of Scottish Rite. He was the former Kosciusko County Republican chairman from 1989-93, served as precinct committeeman for Tippecanoe Township and was a charter board member of the Warsaw Driver Education Co-op since 1982.
Also surviving are two daughters, Dawn Fisher and Jill (and spouse Dean) Mine, all of Warsaw; a son, Brian Geiger, Warsaw; four grandchildren; a step-grandson; seven great-grandchildren; six step-great-grandchildren; and two brothers, Charles (and spouse Pat) Geiger, Cromwell, and Hugh (and spouse Kay) Geiger, Columbia City. He was preceded in death by a granddaughter.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Owen Family Funeral Home, North Webster, with Pastor Robert Wyman officiating. Burial will be in Sparta Cemetery, Kimmell.
Calling is from 3 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home with a Masonic Lodge service at 7:30 p.m.
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Memorials may be given to Kosciusko Home Care & Hospice, P.O. Box 1196, Warsaw, IN 46581; or North Webster Church of the Brethren.
Condolences may be sent via www.owenfamilyfuneralhome.com[[In-content Ad]]
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He was born Sept. 7, 1929, in Noble County, to Adrian M. and Mary R. Birch Geiger. On Sept. 12, 1948, in Kimmell, he married Bonita R. McLallin, who survives.
He was a lifetime Noble and Kosciusko counties resident. He graduated from Cromwell High School in 1947, attended International Business College, Fort Wayne, and graduated from State Police School at Indiana University, Bloomington, in 1951.
He formerly worked for the Indiana State Police, was assigned to Kosciusko County in 1951 and in 1958 he resigned from the ISP to run for Kosciusko County sheriff. He was in insurance sales for several years, became an insurance adjuster, and then operated Columbia City Insulation with his brother, Hugh Geiger. In 1969 he was appointed Tippecanoe Township justice of the peace and was holding this position when the justice of the peace officers were disbanded by the legislature in 1975. In 1976 he became the North Webster town judge. In January 1977 he went to work for Keith Horn at Yogi Bear Jellystone Campground in Pierceton as security and registration manager and later became executive vice president in charge of the park for the property owner’s association board. In 1981 he was appointed manager of the Warsaw License Branch by Jean Northerner. In 1984 he was elected as the Kosciusko County auditor. He served as weights & measures inspector for Kosciusko County from 1997 – 2002, when he retired.
He was a member of Church of the Brethren, North Webster, Masonic Lodge 705 F&AM in Cromwell, where he served as past master of the North Webster Square and Compass Masonic Lodge 747 F&AM and Fort Wayne Valley of Scottish Rite. He was the former Kosciusko County Republican chairman from 1989-93, served as precinct committeeman for Tippecanoe Township and was a charter board member of the Warsaw Driver Education Co-op since 1982.
Also surviving are two daughters, Dawn Fisher and Jill (and spouse Dean) Mine, all of Warsaw; a son, Brian Geiger, Warsaw; four grandchildren; a step-grandson; seven great-grandchildren; six step-great-grandchildren; and two brothers, Charles (and spouse Pat) Geiger, Cromwell, and Hugh (and spouse Kay) Geiger, Columbia City. He was preceded in death by a granddaughter.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Owen Family Funeral Home, North Webster, with Pastor Robert Wyman officiating. Burial will be in Sparta Cemetery, Kimmell.
Calling is from 3 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home with a Masonic Lodge service at 7:30 p.m.
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Memorials may be given to Kosciusko Home Care & Hospice, P.O. Box 1196, Warsaw, IN 46581; or North Webster Church of the Brethren.
Condolences may be sent via www.owenfamilyfuneralhome.com[[In-content Ad]]
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