Roland L. Sprong
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
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He was born Oct. 17, 1926, in Huntington County, to John W. and Amanda Fahl Sprong. On Jan. 5, 1990, in Elkhart, he married Marjorie Mae Stahl, who survives.
He was a 1945 graduate of Warsaw High School and served his country in World War II with the U.S. Army as a sergeant in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater. He was honorably discharged in 1946. Formerly of Warsaw, he moved to Middlebury in 1990. He is a retired machinist, formerly working at Sun Metal, Warsaw, and was also a self-employed farmer. He was a member of Faith Baptist Church, Middlebury, and Grace Baptist Church, Belleview, Fla.; a life member of American Legion Post 49 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1126, both in Warsaw; and 50-year member of Warsaw Masonic Lodge and Elkhart York Rite.
Also surviving are a daughter, Joan Parker (and companion David Sloan), Warsaw; a sister, Martha Ann Molebash, Elkhart; brothers Ralph and John Raymond Sprong, both of Warsaw; a stepson; a stepdaughter; two grandchildren; 12 step-grandchildren; and 15 step-great-grandchildren.
Services will be private.
McHatton-Sadler Funeral Chapel, Warsaw, is in charge of arrangements.
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Memorials may be made to Shriner’s Hospitals for Children, 2211 N. Oak Park Ave., Chicago, IL 60707
Condolences may be made to mchattonsadlerfuneralchapels.com
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He was born Oct. 17, 1926, in Huntington County, to John W. and Amanda Fahl Sprong. On Jan. 5, 1990, in Elkhart, he married Marjorie Mae Stahl, who survives.
He was a 1945 graduate of Warsaw High School and served his country in World War II with the U.S. Army as a sergeant in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater. He was honorably discharged in 1946. Formerly of Warsaw, he moved to Middlebury in 1990. He is a retired machinist, formerly working at Sun Metal, Warsaw, and was also a self-employed farmer. He was a member of Faith Baptist Church, Middlebury, and Grace Baptist Church, Belleview, Fla.; a life member of American Legion Post 49 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1126, both in Warsaw; and 50-year member of Warsaw Masonic Lodge and Elkhart York Rite.
Also surviving are a daughter, Joan Parker (and companion David Sloan), Warsaw; a sister, Martha Ann Molebash, Elkhart; brothers Ralph and John Raymond Sprong, both of Warsaw; a stepson; a stepdaughter; two grandchildren; 12 step-grandchildren; and 15 step-great-grandchildren.
Services will be private.
McHatton-Sadler Funeral Chapel, Warsaw, is in charge of arrangements.
*****
Memorials may be made to Shriner’s Hospitals for Children, 2211 N. Oak Park Ave., Chicago, IL 60707
Condolences may be made to mchattonsadlerfuneralchapels.com
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