Doyle LaMar MunsonDoyle LaMar Munson of Warsaw passed away at 9:50 a.m. Monday, Jan. 21, 2019, at Visiting Nurse & Hospice Home in Fort Wayne at the age of 85.
He was born on June 16, 1933, in Bourbon, to Dorothy H. Holderman Munson and Harry A. Munson. On June 21, 1957, he was married to Elaine Ann Goodman, who survives.
Doyle was a 1951 graduate of Claypool High School in Claypool. He was drafted into the U.S. Army and served during the Korean War from June 9, 1953, to May 8, 1955.
He was never afraid of a hard day’s work. He worked the family farm raising grain and livestock, was a member of the Kosciusko County Pork Producers Association, was the past sexton of Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Warsaw, worked at Munson’s Car Dealership, and was a substitute driver for Warsaw Community Schools.
Doyle was a man that wore many hats. He was a charter member of Riverwood Ranch Home for Boys, and a charter member of Calvary Tabernacle of Winona Lake, where he served as a church trustee and board member. He enjoyed being a Sunday school superintendent for 50 years and driving the church bus. He was also the orchestra director and played the sax.
As an American veteran, he was honored to have been able go on an Honor Flight to Washington, D.C.
Doyle will be forever loved and dearly missed by his family and countless friends.
He will be lovingly remembered by his wife of 61 years, Elaine Ann Munson, Warsaw; two sons, Gary (Dana) Munson, Warsaw, and Todd (Brenda) Munson, Ashland, Ky.; six grandchildren: Kyle, Dara, Darci, Seaton, Kim and Haleigh; one foster grandchild, Heather; three great-grandchildren: Alexander, Anna Laúren and Evaya; one great-stepgrandson, Daniel Matthews; and two foster great-grandchildren, Lynnlee and Damien. Also surviving are three brothers: Loren (Phyllis) Munson, Claypool; Max Munson, Warsaw; and David (Margaret) Munson, Claypool; and his sister, Arlene Ryan, Syracuse.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Visitation will be held from 3 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 24, at Calvary Tabernacle of Winona Lake, 1300 Wooster Road, Winona Lake.
His funeral service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 25, at Calvary Tabernacle of Winona Lake and officiated by Pastor Rich Maron and Pastor Todd Munson. Burial will follow with a graveside service at Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Warsaw, with military rites conducted by active members of the Army Honor Guard and American Legion Post 49 and VFW Post 1126, both of Warsaw.
Arrangements were entrusted to Redpath-Fruth Funeral Home, Warsaw.
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Memorials to Calvary Tabernacle of Winona Lake, 1300 Wooster Road, Winona Lake, IN 46590.
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