Dennis D. Gearhart

March 8, 2019 at 4:23 p.m.

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ROCHESTER – Dennis D. Gearhart, 67, of Akron, died at 9:22 a.m. Tuesday, March 5, 2019, at Lutheran Hospital of Fort Wayne.

He was born Jan. 11, 1952, in Rochester, to Gerald and Arlene Holloway Gearhart. He married Trillia Kae Azbell on March 8, 1980, in Rochester. She survives.

Dennis retired from Sonoco Products of Akron in 2018.

A celebration of his life will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in Good Family Funeral Home, 1200 W. 18th St., Rochester.

Calling is from 3 to 7 p.m. Saturday and one hour prior to the service Sunday in the funeral home.  

Interment will be in Rochester IOOF Cemetery.  

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Memorials to Henry Township Fire Department, 206 W. Rochester St., Akron, IN 46910; or The Cancer Crusaders “Wheels on Fire,” 9798 W. 1000 S., Akron, IN 46910.   

Expressions of sympathy may be made to his family at www.goodfamilyfh.com.

ROCHESTER – Dennis D. Gearhart, 67, of Akron, died at 9:22 a.m. Tuesday, March 5, 2019, at Lutheran Hospital of Fort Wayne.

He was born Jan. 11, 1952, in Rochester, to Gerald and Arlene Holloway Gearhart. He married Trillia Kae Azbell on March 8, 1980, in Rochester. She survives.

Dennis retired from Sonoco Products of Akron in 2018.

A celebration of his life will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in Good Family Funeral Home, 1200 W. 18th St., Rochester.

Calling is from 3 to 7 p.m. Saturday and one hour prior to the service Sunday in the funeral home.  

Interment will be in Rochester IOOF Cemetery.  

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Memorials to Henry Township Fire Department, 206 W. Rochester St., Akron, IN 46910; or The Cancer Crusaders “Wheels on Fire,” 9798 W. 1000 S., Akron, IN 46910.   

Expressions of sympathy may be made to his family at www.goodfamilyfh.com.
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