COLUMBIA CITY – Paul L. Waugh, 78, of Winona Lake, died at 12:49 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 26, 2019, at Kosciusko Community Hospital, where he was admitted on Tuesday.
He was born Sept. 11, 1940, in Whitley County, a son of the late Robert K. and Imogene Wolf Waugh.
His formative years were spent in Raleigh, N.C. He returned to the area after a few years in South America with the family and graduated from Larwill High School in 1958. He continued his education at Purdue University.
On May 26, 1973, he was united in marriage to Pamela Samuelson. They made their home in Bethpage, Tenn., for 20 years. They then returned to Kosciusko County. Pamela died December 10, 2008.
He was a former member of the Kiwanis Club of North Webster and the North Webster United Methodist Church. He enjoyed fishing, working on old farm tractors, and more recently, he had taken an interest in aerial drones.
He is survived by his children: Andrew (Becky) Waugh, Warsaw; Megan Waugh, Goshen; Sherri (Vern) Borkholder, Goshen; Shelley (Robert) Vernatter, Tippecanoe; and Lisa (Steve) Fulton, Warsaw; 10 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; two brothers, Gene (Billy Jo) Waugh, Elgin, Ill., and John Waugh, Breaux Bridges, La.; and a sister, Lindel (John) McCarty, Columbus, Ohio.
The funeral service is at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Smith & Sons Funeral Home, Columbia City.
Visitation is from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
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Memorials to the 24-Hour Club, Warsaw, or Serenity House, Auburn.
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