Lewis Bert “Lew” Goshert, 86, died Dec. 19, 2012, in Timbercrest Senior Living Community, North Manchester. He was born March 8, 1926, in Atwood, to Ronald Andy and Ruth Burt Goshert. He lived most of his life in Warsaw. He graduated in 1944 from Warsaw High School. He enlisted March 7, 1944, and entered the U.S. Navy June 8, 1944, in Warsaw. He was a pharmacists’s mate 3c. He was honorably discharged July 8, 1946, through Great Lakes, Ill. He lived most of his life in Warsaw. He worked with his father at Skelgas as a self-employed long-haul truck driver for more than 20 years. He belonged to Masonic Lodge 73 F & AM, Warsaw; Mizpah Shriners, Fort Wayne; and American Legion Post 49. He loved sports and played football and basketball in high school. He also played fast pitch softball for the traveling Warsaw AA team, and played a short stint with the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons. He was a basketball referee for 19 years and a member of the Northern Indiana Officials Association. Surviving are a son, Gary (and spouse Cindy) Goshert, Ligonier; a daughter, Vonnie (and spouse David) Miller, Asheville, N.C.; a brother, Bill (and spouse Dede) Goshert, Warsaw; a sister, Martha Houser, Fort Wayne; three grandsons: Brian Hepler, Wilmington, N.C.; David (and spouse Jenny) Hepler, Longhorne, Pa.; Matthew Acton, Asheville, N.C.; three granddaughters: Neile Acton, Asheville, N.C.; Gretchen Goshert, Milford; Megan (and spouse Brett) Grimes, Brownsburg; and five great-grandchildren: Nicholas, Jacob, Justin, Colin and Sienna. He was preceded in death by a grandson, Luke Acton. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Titus Funeral Home, Warsaw, with Pastor Joey Nelson, Stone’s Hill Community Church, Ligonier, officiating. A military honors service will be conducted by Warsaw’s American Legion Post 49 and VFW Post 1126. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery, Warsaw. Titus Funeral Home, Warsaw, is in charge of arrangements. ***** Memorials may be made to Northern Indiana Officials Association Memo: Lewis Goshert c/o Kirk Robinson, P.O. Box 474 Akron, IN 46910.
