Kenton ‘Kent’ K. Wildman

February 21, 2025 at 4:36 p.m.


Kenton “Kent” K. Wildman, 74, Warsaw, died Monday, Feb. 17, 2025.
He was born Nov. 18, 1950, in Elkhart, to Lorabel Ferverda Wildman and Harold Rex Wildman. He was married Nov. 17, 1979, at the Free Methodist Church in Winona Lake, to Roxanne Sarver.
Kent’s life will be celebrated with a memorial service at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 8 at Redpath-Fruth Funeral Home, 225 Argonne Road, Warsaw, and officiated by his nephew, Pastor Jonathan Childers. Friends and family may visit prior to the service from 10 to 11 a.m. He will be buried at a later date at Oakwood Cemetery, Warsaw.
Memorial donations may be directed to 2nd Mile Missions, P.O. Box 733, Winona Lake, IN 46590. Write in memo line: For Hope Academy. Or donate online at https://www.2ndmilemissions.org/donate-now/
Online condolences may be sent through the funeral home’s website at www.redpathfruthfuneralhome.com.

Kenton “Kent” K. Wildman, 74, Warsaw, died Monday, Feb. 17, 2025.
He was born Nov. 18, 1950, in Elkhart, to Lorabel Ferverda Wildman and Harold Rex Wildman. He was married Nov. 17, 1979, at the Free Methodist Church in Winona Lake, to Roxanne Sarver.
Kent’s life will be celebrated with a memorial service at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 8 at Redpath-Fruth Funeral Home, 225 Argonne Road, Warsaw, and officiated by his nephew, Pastor Jonathan Childers. Friends and family may visit prior to the service from 10 to 11 a.m. He will be buried at a later date at Oakwood Cemetery, Warsaw.
Memorial donations may be directed to 2nd Mile Missions, P.O. Box 733, Winona Lake, IN 46590. Write in memo line: For Hope Academy. Or donate online at https://www.2ndmilemissions.org/donate-now/
Online condolences may be sent through the funeral home’s website at www.redpathfruthfuneralhome.com.

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