Rex Wayne Summers
Rex Wayne Summers, 85, of Wabash, died at 9:55 p.m., Thursday, July 2, 2015, at Autumn Ridge Rehabilitation Center in Wabash.
He was born July 10, 1929 in Wabash County, to Carl and Carrie Marie (Crumrine) Summers.
Rex attended Somerset Schools. He worked 33 years for Wabash Magnetics retiring in 1995. He was a U,S. Army veteran serving from 1951-53. He was a member of the former Church of the Brethren of Wabash County.
He is survived by six brothers: Glen (Ruth Anna) Summers, Jack (Carolyn) Summers, Bob (Joyce) Summers, all of Wabash; James (Marge) Summers of Lagro; Richard (Barbara) Summers of Edmond, Okla,; and Bernard (Becky) Summers of Fort Worth, Texas; his sister: Helen Roush of Peru; and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Ralph and Maurice; and two sisters, Phyllis Steele and Judy Murphy; four nephews and one niece.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Monday, July 6, at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Avee., Wabash. Burial will be in Mississinewa Cemetery, Wabash. Friends may call Monday, noon to 2 p.m. at the funeral home.
Preferred memorial is American Diabetes Association.