ROCHESTER — Kenneth Fay Bathrick, 83, Rochester, went home to be with the Lord at 5:52 a.m. Friday, Nov. 24, 2017, at Kosciusko Community Hospital, Warsaw.
Ken was born in Muskegon, Mich., on April 29, 1934. He was the oldest of nine children born to Fay Jasper and Mildred Elizabeth Grossenbacher Bathrick. In September of 1948, the Bathrick family moved from Muskegon to Rochester as one of 17 families to establish Sealed Power Corp.
Ken graduated from Rochester High School with the class of 1952, then started working at Sealed Power. He was called to serve two years in the U.S. Army, and served 16 months in Korea as an engineer. When he was discharged, he married Marlene Reed on Dec. 6, 1958, and returned to Sealed Power.
Left to cherish Kenny's memory are his wife, Marlene; a daughter, Carmen J. Paris and husband Randy, Winona Lake; a son, Kerry L. Bathrick and wife Anna, Oak Park, Ill.; four grandchildren: Madelyn and Landon Paris, Elaina Bathrick and Jack Kenneth Bathrick; a brother, Keith Bathrick and wife Carolyn of Rochester; five sisters: Karen Gibson and husband Dan, Snohomish, Wash.; and Arlene Hounshell, Marilyn Townsend, Carolyn Wagoner and husband Jim, and Gail Hayden and husband Mark, all of Rochester; and a brother-in-law, Bill Adams, Rochester. Many treasured nieces and nephews also survive, along with four beloved sisters of Marlene and their husbands.
Preceding Ken in death were his parents; his in-laws, Howard and Lucy Reed; a sister, Ardith Adams; a brother, Gordon Bathrick and wife Diane; and brother-in-law, Dee Hounshell.
A celebration of the life of Kenneth Fay Bathrick will be at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 29, in Good Family Funeral Home, 1200 West 18th St., Rochester. Pastor Rod Ruberg will officiate.
Friends may visit with the family from 4 to 7 p.m. today, Nov. 28, and one hour prior to the service Wednesday in the funeral home.
Interment will be in Rochester IOOF Cemetery.
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Memorials to Riverview Community Church, 3780 Ind. 110, Tippecanoe, IN 46570.
Expressions of sympathy may be made to his family at www.goodfamilyfh..com]www.goodfamilyfh.com.
