Rev. Wayne Whitaker
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
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He was born June 19, 1938, in Kenton, Ohio, to John and Maebelle Sturgell Whitaker. On March 6, 1961, in Niles, Mich., he married Vada McKenzie, who survives.
A native of the Warsaw area, he graduated from high school in Kenton in 1956. He was a U.S. Army veteran, serving from March 1961 to March 1964, during which time he served in the Korean War. He then came home from the war to work at UniRoyal until 1976. He worked for Pawnee Plastics, Paulding, Ohio, and retired in 2006 from Spartec. He was a pastor, Sunday school teacher and Sunday school superintendent of Lighthouse Church until September 1996. He founded Living Hope Ministries in December 1996.
Also surviving are two daughters, Michele (and spouse Scott) Wickens and Jennifer Craft, all of Warsaw; three brothers: Jim (and spouse Joyce) Whitaker, Kenton; David (and spouse Luann) Whitaker, Bluffton, Ohio; and Steve (and spouse Tammy) Whitaker, Ridgeway, Ohio; five sisters: Joy Woods, Kenton; Shirley Frost, Dunkirk, Ohio; Wanda (and spouse Jim) Crisp, Linda McKinney and Vicky (and spouse Joe) Scutchfield, all of Claypool; three grandchildren, Haley Wickens, Jonathan Craft and Tessa (and spouse Anthony) Lozano; a special sister-in-law, Erma Brandon, Warsaw; and extended family members, Rachel Howard, Rick Addair and Donnie (and spouse Rindy) Hamby. He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Living Hope Ministries Church, Warsaw, with Pastor Don Gibson of Tennessee and Lewis Shepherd officiating. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery, Warsaw.
Calling is from 2 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the church.
McHatton-Sadler Funeral Chapel, 2290 Provident Court, Warsaw, is in charge of arrangements.
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Memorials may be made to Kosciusko County Home Care and Hospice, P.O. Box 1196, Warsaw, IN 46581.
Condolences may be sent via mchattonsadlerfuneralchapels.com[[In-content Ad]]
He was born June 19, 1938, in Kenton, Ohio, to John and Maebelle Sturgell Whitaker. On March 6, 1961, in Niles, Mich., he married Vada McKenzie, who survives.
A native of the Warsaw area, he graduated from high school in Kenton in 1956. He was a U.S. Army veteran, serving from March 1961 to March 1964, during which time he served in the Korean War. He then came home from the war to work at UniRoyal until 1976. He worked for Pawnee Plastics, Paulding, Ohio, and retired in 2006 from Spartec. He was a pastor, Sunday school teacher and Sunday school superintendent of Lighthouse Church until September 1996. He founded Living Hope Ministries in December 1996.
Also surviving are two daughters, Michele (and spouse Scott) Wickens and Jennifer Craft, all of Warsaw; three brothers: Jim (and spouse Joyce) Whitaker, Kenton; David (and spouse Luann) Whitaker, Bluffton, Ohio; and Steve (and spouse Tammy) Whitaker, Ridgeway, Ohio; five sisters: Joy Woods, Kenton; Shirley Frost, Dunkirk, Ohio; Wanda (and spouse Jim) Crisp, Linda McKinney and Vicky (and spouse Joe) Scutchfield, all of Claypool; three grandchildren, Haley Wickens, Jonathan Craft and Tessa (and spouse Anthony) Lozano; a special sister-in-law, Erma Brandon, Warsaw; and extended family members, Rachel Howard, Rick Addair and Donnie (and spouse Rindy) Hamby. He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Living Hope Ministries Church, Warsaw, with Pastor Don Gibson of Tennessee and Lewis Shepherd officiating. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery, Warsaw.
Calling is from 2 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the church.
McHatton-Sadler Funeral Chapel, 2290 Provident Court, Warsaw, is in charge of arrangements.
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Memorials may be made to Kosciusko County Home Care and Hospice, P.O. Box 1196, Warsaw, IN 46581.
Condolences may be sent via mchattonsadlerfuneralchapels.com[[In-content Ad]]
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