Jon Charles Nearhouse, 71, rural Wabash, died at 2:50 a.m. Monday, Sept. 26, 2016, at Wellbrooke, Wabash. He was born Dec. 30, 1944, in Wabash, to Charles Franklin and Betty Marie (Jenks) Nearhouse.

Jon was a 1964 graduate of Wabash High School. He married Betty Jean Riddle in Wabash on Feb. 14, 1964; she died Oct. 15, 2012. He worked at Ford Meter Box in Wabash 40 years, retiring in 2010. Jon enjoyed woodworking and deer hunting.

He is survived by two daughters: Linda Pitcher, Indianapolis; and Jo Ann Richey, Wabash; two grandchildren: Coty Black, Peru; and Jon Richey, Wabash; and two brothers: Mike (Gabby) Nearhouse, Blue Eye, Mo.; and Greg (Rhonda) Nearhouse, Arkansas. He was also preceded in death by his parents.

Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 29, at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, Wabash, with Rev. Melissa Rice officiating. Burial will be in Center Grove Cemetery, Lincolnville. Friends may call 4-8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 28, at the funeral home.

Preferred memorial is Wabash County Cancer Society.