NORTH MANCHESTER — Roger Lee Haupert, 73, rural Leesburg, died at 4:08 p.m. Wednesday, July 25, 2018, at Kosciusko Community Hospital, Warsaw.
He was born March 28, 1945, in Kosciusko County, to Luther J. and Irene Leckrone Haupert.
Roger was a 1964 graduate of Sidney High School. He was a U.S. Army veteran, serving in Vietnam, where he received a Purple Heart.
He retired from R.R. Donnelley, Warsaw.
Roger loved the 1957 Chevy and restored his own '57 Chevy. He also enjoyed fishing, golfing and living on the lake. He spent the winter months in LaBelle, Fla.
He is survived by his sister, Mary Louise (Bob) Eltzroth, Fort Myers, Fla.; two nieces, Ronda (Skip) Armstrong, Alva, Fla., and Brenda (Todd Anderson) Wright, Fort Myers; and great-nephews and great-niece, Derek (Erica) Armstrong and Dustin (Danielle) Armstrong, both of Lehigh, Fla., and Kayla Armstrong, Alva.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister, Nancy Jewell.
A celebration of life will be private at Grandstaff-Hentgen Bender Chapel, 207 W. Main St., North Manchester, with Bob Eltzroth officiating.
Burial will be in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, North Manchester.
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Memorials to the charity of the donor's choice.
The memorial guest book for Roger may be signed at www.grandstaff-hentgen.com.
