SYRACUSE — Harold D. DeBolt, 88, Syracuse, passed away at 9:50 p.m. Wednesday, May 30, 2018, at Miller’s Merry Manor, Syracuse.
He was born May 15, 1930, in Plymouth, to John and Jessie Lacarte DeBolt.
He was a lifetime Noble and Kosciusko County area resident, attended Ligonier public schools and was a United States Army veteran of the Korean War.
On Dec. 10, 1955, in Columbia City, he married Norma R. Stabler, who survives.
He retired in 1995 from Verkler Construction Co., South Bend, and had worked in the construction business for 45 years.
He was a member of American Legion Post 223 in Syracuse and Union Local 645, and former member of the Professional Bull Riders Association.
He is survived by his wife, Norma DeBolt, Syracuse; daughter, Tammy (Danny) Shoopman, Milford; two granddaughters, Stacy (Richard) Shery, Milford, and Tabetha (Travis) McCoy, Etna Green; and five great-grandchildren.
He was preceded by in death by his parents; a great-granddaughter, Mackenzie McCoy; six sisters: Gladys Cripe, Peggy Neal, Alice Zumbrun, Christine Neal, Ruth Craft and Joan Blake; and five brothers: Kenneth, Raymond, David, Robert and Francis DeBolt.
Visitation will be from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, June 3, at Owen Family Funeral Home, 1001 S. Huntington St., Syracuse.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday, June 4, in the funeral home. Burial will follow in Oak Park Cemetery, Ligonier, with military graveside rites.
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Memorials to Riley Hospital for Children, 702 Barnhill Drive, Indianapolis, IN 46202.
To send condolences to the family in Mr. DeBolt’s memory, visit www.owenfamilyfuneralhome.com.
