NORTH WEBSTER – John E. Ulmer, 87, of Warsaw, died at 5:41 a.m. Dec. 31, 2011, in Visiting Nurse & Hospice Home, Fort Wayne.
He was born June 11, 1924, in Huntington, to Harry and Frances Hughes Ulmer. On Aug. 19, 1943, in Bryant, Ohio, he married Mary L. Mitchell, who survives.
He graduated in 1942 from Bluffton High School. He retired in 1995 from Emge Packing Co., Anderson; was the former owner and operator of Ulmer’s Freezer Beef, Chesterfield and Pendleton; and formerly worked in North Manchester, Huntington and Muncie, working many of those years for A&P. He lived in the Huntington, Anderson and Chesterfield areas before moving to Kosciusko County in 1998.
Also surviving are three daughters: Diane (and spouse Terry) Manley, Irish Lake; Laura Heathcote (and fiancée Terry Jones), Mississauga, Ontario; and Valerie (and spouse Mark) Stiers, Anderson; eight grandchildren; and 19 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by five sisters.
A memorial service will be at a later date.
Owen Family Funeral Home, North Webster, is in charge of arrangements.
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