MENTONE – M. Garwin Eaton, 83, of rural Mentone, passed at 7:05 a.m. Sunday, May 9, 2021, at Paddock Springs of Warsaw, where he had been for three weeks.
Garwin was born on July 4, 1937, in Silver Lake, to the late Marshall E. and Helene Bashore Eaton. He married on Nov. 22, 1956, in the Burket United Methodist Church to Peggy Lou Tinkey; she survives.
Garwin was a lifelong farmer. He was a graduate of Mentone High School in 1955. He served as past REMC director for Kosciusko County. He was a past trustee of the Burket United Methodist Church, where he had been a member. He also attended Warsaw Community Church.
He loved sports, especially basketball, and was one of the biggest Tippecanoe Valley fans. He always enjoyed watching all of his grandchildren play at their events. He was known as a regular at the coffee shops, which included Teel’s, the Beehive and the Burket Restaurant. The love of his life was his Shih Tzu, George, that he adopted.
He is survived by his wife, Peg Eaton, Mentone; children: Kevin and wife Terri Eaton, Claypool; Greg and wife Flo Eaton, Morrisville, N.C.; Kelly and husband Jeff Howard, Rochester; and Stacy and husband Kenny Johnson, Claypool; 10 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; and two nieces.
Garwin was preceded in death by his parents; a great-grandson, Issac; a sister, Patricia Ann Syler; and a niece, Vicki Parson.
Visitation hours will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today, May 12 at King Memorial Home, 101 N. Tucker St., Mentone. The funeral service will take place at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, May 13 at King Memorial Home, Mentone, with Pastor Jamy Gregory officiating. There will also be visitation one hour prior to the funeral service.
The interment will take place in the Palestine Cemetery, Palestine.
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Donations can be made in Garwin’s memory to Kosciusko Home Care and Hospice.
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