Ivan Lester WerstlerPIERCETON – Ivan Lester Werstler, 85, of rural Pierceton, died at 6:15 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022, at Kosciusko Community Hospital, Warsaw, where he was admitted on Friday.
Born on Sept. 9, 1936, in Whitley County, he was a son of the late Lester and Leone McGee Werstler. Growing up in Etna-Troy Township, he graduated from Larwill High School in 1954.
On June 2, 1956, he married Glenna Darlene Witmer. The couple has always made their home on a farm in Kosciusko County.
A lifelong farmer, when he was not farming, he enjoyed cutting wood with his chainsaw or mowing the grass. He liked to attend the area farm auctions and would occasionally go fishing. He followed the weather more closely in his senior years as technology made weather forecasts more readily available.
Surviving is his wife of 65 years, Glenna; children: Janet (Vern Zartman) Murphy, of Warsaw; Peggy (Dennis) Juillerat, of Larwill; Brenda (Patrick) Landrigan, of Pierceton; Terry (Robin) Werstler, of Larwill; and Lisa (Jeffrey) Fitzgerald, of Warsaw; 14 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild with one expected; and sisters: Lola Drudge, of Warsaw; Joan Myers and Isabel Ruckman, both of Larwill.
He was preceded in death by a brother, John Werstler.
The funeral service is 10 a.m. Saturday at Smith & Sons Funeral Home, Columbia City. Burial is at the Hillcrest Cemetery in Pierceton. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Preferred memorials in Ivan’s honor are to the charity of your choice.
Condolences may be sent to www.smithandsonsfuneralhome.com.
