MONTPELIER, Ohio – John Arthur Lougheed, 81, North Webster, and formerly of Williams County, passed away Dec. 26, 2015, at Miller’s Merry Manor, Syracuse. He was born June 21, 1934, in Montpelier, Ohio, to Lester A. and Mary Isabelle Fischer Lougheed. On Oct. 2, 1986, in Las Vegas, Nev,, he married JoAnn Psurny Long, who survives. He attended one-room schools for eight years: Bridgewater, Heritage and Hay-Jay, where his mother was his teacher for two years. He was an Eagle Scout. He graduated from Montpelier High School in 1952 where he played and lettered in football, and then he attended the Ohio State University. He worked at Fifty Division, Hayes Albion in Bryan for 36 years, until his retirement in 1991. He also worked at Montpelier Body Shop. He was a member of the North Webster United Methodist Church. He was a 32nd degree Mason, a former member of the Montpelier Masons, and Order of the Eastern Star. He was also a former member of the Loyal Order of the Moose and the Eagles, both in Bryan. He coached baseball for both of his boys when they were young. He was an avid fisherman and golfer before Alzheimer’s/dementia. He enjoyed playing many golf courses with his son, Scott, and fishing Merry Lake. He and JoAnn loved country dancing and he organized a bus trip in 1994 to Nashville, Tenn. He was typically the life of any party he attended. He had a wonderful sense of humor, an infectious laugh, a quick wit, and would make you laugh without uttering a word. He was best friend to each of his grandchildren, who he routinely spoiled. Also surviving are two sons, Michael John and David Scott (and spouse Judy) Lougheed, Hamilton, Ohio; two stepdaughters, Joette (and spouse Scott) Conger, Downers Grove, Ill., and Kelly (and spouse Michael) Shock, North Webster; a sister, Mary Sue (and spouse Doug) DeGroff, Bryan; 12 grandchildren: Brittany (and spouse Lonnie) Warren, Jaclyn Lougheed, Michael James Lougheed, Christopher Ellis, Sydney Lougheed, Casey (and spouse Roberto) Caballero, Bryan Conger, Scott Joseph Conger, Adam (and spouse Christine) Shock, Alexander Shock and Anna Shock; many nieces, nephews and cousins. He was preceded in death by his parents and a granddaughter, Alexandra Faye Lougheed. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Thompson Funeral Home, Montpelier, with Pastor Bryon Kaiser, North Webster United Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will follow at Fountain Grove Cemetery, Bryan. Calling is from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday and 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. ***** Memorials to Free Community Suppers at North Webster United Methodist Church, 7822 E. Epworth Forest Road, North Webster, IN 46555; or to the Leukemia Foundation. Condolences via www.thethompsonfuneralhome.com
