Gale Gene Owens, 60, Silver Lake, passed away unexpectedly at 6:09 a.m. May 6, 2016, at Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne. He was born Nov. 18, 1955, in Warsaw, to Annie Whitaker and Butler Owens. On March 31, 1979, in Silver Lake, he married Dana Darlene Spangle, who survives in Silver Lake. They shared 37 years together prior to his passing. He was a lifetime resident of Kosciusko County, where he was a 1974 graduate of Warsaw High School. He had worked at Par-Kan, Silver Lake, for 27 years prior to being employed at SDI, Columbia City, for a number of years. Most recently he had been working at Tecomet, Warsaw, which was formerly Symmetry Medical, until his passing. He was very active in his community and giving of his time coaching the Silver Lake Youth League for 21 years, as well as having served as president and vice president of that organization. He was currently serving on the Silver Lake Town Council, which he proudly served on for the last 17 years. For many years he served on the Lake View Cemetery Board and was a past member of the Silver Lake Lions Club. Most of all he enjoyed serving the Lord and was a longtime member of Gospel Hill Pentecostal Church of God, Silver Lake. He will be missed greatly by his co-workers, friends and most of all his beloved family. He will be lovingly remembered by a son, Matthew (and spouse Anna Kirsten) Owens, Pierceton; two daughters, Jama Brown, Syracuse, and Annie (and spouse Perry) Weitzel, Roann; seven grandchildren: Michael, Mason, Carson, Holden, Emmalia, Finley and Adalynn; two brothers, Valis (and spouse Janice) Owens, Warsaw, and Dale Owens, Leesburg, Fla.; two sisters, Evalina Spangle, Columbia City, and Maggie (and spouse Elmer) England, Warsaw. He was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters, Garna Bradford and Murline Smith; and his brother, Dallas Owens. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Gospel Hill Pentecostal Church of God, with Pastor Frank Whitaker officiating, assisted by the Revs. Terry Bradford and Taylor Whitaker. Burial will follow with a graveside service at Lake View Cemetery, Silver Lake. Calling is from 2 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the church. Redpath-Fruth Funeral Home, Warsaw, is in charge of arrangements. ***** Memorials to Gospel Hill Pentecostal Church of God, 303 S. Jefferson Street, Silver Lake, IN 46982; or to Silver Lake Youth League, 10817 S. Bouse Drive, Silver Lake, Indiana 46982 and would be appreciated by the family. Online condolences may be sent through the funeral home’s website at www.redpathfruthfuneralhome.com
