Lewis “Lewie” Lee Fruit,
November 28, 2017 at 5:00 p.m.
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He was born Sept. 29, 1929, in Claypool, to Violet Maurine McComb Fruit and Walter Homer Fruit. On June 19, 1949, he was married to Barbara Nel Schaaf, who survives.
Lewie was a lifetime resident of Kosciusko County, where he was a 1947 graduate of Silver Lake High School. He farmed the family farm in Jackson Township until 1961. In 1965 he moved to Silver
Lewie was a truck driver for Alloys of Wabash for 32 years, and after
He will be lovingly remembered by his wife of 68 years, Barbara Fruit, Warsaw; two sons: Rick (wife Sandy) Fruit, Michigan City, and David Fruit, Warsaw; and his daughter, Peg (husband Greg) Burgher, Warsaw.
He was preceded in death by his parents and his sister Marilyn Summe.
Visitation will be from 3 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 29, at Redpath-Fruth Funeral Home, 225 Argonne Road, Warsaw.
His funeral service will be conducted at 10 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 30, at the funeral home and officiated by Pastor Kenneth Miller. Burial will follow with a graveside service at Ulrey Memorial Cemetery, Silver Lake.
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Memorials to Parkview Warsaw YMCA, 1305 Mariners Drive, Warsaw, IN 46582 to go toward Kid’s Club; or to the American Cancer Society, Great Lakes Division, Northwest Indiana Office, 130 Red Coach Drive, Mishawaka, IN 46545.
Condolences may be
He was born Sept. 29, 1929, in Claypool, to Violet Maurine McComb Fruit and Walter Homer Fruit. On June 19, 1949, he was married to Barbara Nel Schaaf, who survives.
Lewie was a lifetime resident of Kosciusko County, where he was a 1947 graduate of Silver Lake High School. He farmed the family farm in Jackson Township until 1961. In 1965 he moved to Silver
Lewie was a truck driver for Alloys of Wabash for 32 years, and after
He will be lovingly remembered by his wife of 68 years, Barbara Fruit, Warsaw; two sons: Rick (wife Sandy) Fruit, Michigan City, and David Fruit, Warsaw; and his daughter, Peg (husband Greg) Burgher, Warsaw.
He was preceded in death by his parents and his sister Marilyn Summe.
Visitation will be from 3 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 29, at Redpath-Fruth Funeral Home, 225 Argonne Road, Warsaw.
His funeral service will be conducted at 10 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 30, at the funeral home and officiated by Pastor Kenneth Miller. Burial will follow with a graveside service at Ulrey Memorial Cemetery, Silver Lake.
*****
Memorials to Parkview Warsaw YMCA, 1305 Mariners Drive, Warsaw, IN 46582 to go toward Kid’s Club; or to the American Cancer Society, Great Lakes Division, Northwest Indiana Office, 130 Red Coach Drive, Mishawaka, IN 46545.
Condolences may be
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