John W. Mansfield
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
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He was born June 7, 1943, in Michigan City to Fred W. and Elsie M. Phillips Mansfield. On July 23, 1994, in Syracuse, he married Vicki K. Rice Heath, who survives in Goshen.
He graduated in 1961 from Isaac C. Elston High School in Michigan City, and was a U.S. Army Vietnam veteran. He moved to the Syracuse area in 1977 from La Porte, and to Goshen in 1998 from Syracuse. He retired in 2005 from Odessy Group, Bristol, and was formerly employed at NIBCO in Goshen for nine years, Goshen Cushion for five years, Joy Manufacturing in Michigan City for nine years and Dave Carter & Associates, Elkhart, for seven years. He was a life member of the VFW & DAV #15 in Goshen and a member and past commander of American Legion Post 223 in Syracuse.
Also surviving are a daughter, Michelle (and spouse Steven) Hoover, Syracuse; two step-daughters, Cathy Heath and Amie (and spouse Walter) Dutton, all of Warsaw; nine grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Barbara Kloss and Vella Pointon, both of La Porte; and a brother, Earl Mansfield, Rolling Prairie. He was preceded in death by his parents, three sisters: Lois, Florence and Wilma Mansfield; and six brothers: William, Richard, Louis, Glen, Leon and Lester Mansfield.
Services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at Owen Family Funeral Home, 1001 S. Huntington St., Syracuse, with Sarah Tuttle of the Rock Church in Syracuse officiating. Private family graveside services will take place at the Syracuse Cemetery.
Calling will be from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
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Memorials to Center for Hospice, 22579 Old U.S. 20, Elkhart, IN 46516 or I.U. Health Cancer Care Center, 200 E. High St., Goshen, IN 46526.
Condolences may be sent via www.owenfamilyfuneralhome.com[[In-content Ad]]
He was born June 7, 1943, in Michigan City to Fred W. and Elsie M. Phillips Mansfield. On July 23, 1994, in Syracuse, he married Vicki K. Rice Heath, who survives in Goshen.
He graduated in 1961 from Isaac C. Elston High School in Michigan City, and was a U.S. Army Vietnam veteran. He moved to the Syracuse area in 1977 from La Porte, and to Goshen in 1998 from Syracuse. He retired in 2005 from Odessy Group, Bristol, and was formerly employed at NIBCO in Goshen for nine years, Goshen Cushion for five years, Joy Manufacturing in Michigan City for nine years and Dave Carter & Associates, Elkhart, for seven years. He was a life member of the VFW & DAV #15 in Goshen and a member and past commander of American Legion Post 223 in Syracuse.
Also surviving are a daughter, Michelle (and spouse Steven) Hoover, Syracuse; two step-daughters, Cathy Heath and Amie (and spouse Walter) Dutton, all of Warsaw; nine grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Barbara Kloss and Vella Pointon, both of La Porte; and a brother, Earl Mansfield, Rolling Prairie. He was preceded in death by his parents, three sisters: Lois, Florence and Wilma Mansfield; and six brothers: William, Richard, Louis, Glen, Leon and Lester Mansfield.
Services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at Owen Family Funeral Home, 1001 S. Huntington St., Syracuse, with Sarah Tuttle of the Rock Church in Syracuse officiating. Private family graveside services will take place at the Syracuse Cemetery.
Calling will be from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
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Memorials to Center for Hospice, 22579 Old U.S. 20, Elkhart, IN 46516 or I.U. Health Cancer Care Center, 200 E. High St., Goshen, IN 46526.
Condolences may be sent via www.owenfamilyfuneralhome.com[[In-content Ad]]
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