He was a retired foreman for U.S. Steel, a maintenance employee at the Hobart Family YMCA in Hobart, Ind., a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War and a member of the Church of Jesus Christ.
Services were Monday at Rees Funeral Home in Portage, Ind., with the Rev. Gordon Small officiating. Burial was in Calvary Cemetery in Portage.
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