MENTONE - Philip K. Lash, 90, of 6391 S. Ind. 19, Mentone, died at 8:50 a.m. Oct. 19, 2009, in Hospice Home, Fort Wayne.
He was born July 19, 1919, in Harrison Township, Kosciusko County, to Raymond and Zelda Blue Lash. On April 14, 1956, in Burket, he married Violet E. Jones, who died Nov. 22, 1986.
A lifetime area resident, he was a teacher at Mentone High School and Junior High, teaching agriculture and science for five years. He also was a grain and livestock farmer. He graduated from Beaver Dam High School in 1937, and Purdue University in 1941, where he studied agriculture. He was a World War I U.S. Army veteran. He was a member of Mentone Masonic Lodge for years and Mentone United Methodist Church.
Surviving are a daughter, Ann (and spouse Paul) Brandson, South Whitley; a son, John (and spouse Darlene) Lash, Mentone; and three grandchildren, Laura Lash, Indianapolis, and David (and spouse Kyla) Lash and Sarah Lash, all of Mentone. He was preceded in death by two sisters, Eleanor Chamberlain and Ruth Ellison.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at King Memorial Home, 101 N. Tucker St., Mentone, with the Rev. Doris Smith and Pastor Terry Vanlaningham officiating. Burial will be in Harrison Center Cemetery, Etna Green.
No calling is planned.
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Memorials to Kosciusko Home Care & Hospice and Kosciusko County Helping Hands.
Condolences may be sent to www.hartzlerfuneralservices.com
