Gerald “Jack” Lybarger, 79, of North Manchester, Ind., died at 2:26 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne, Ind.

He was born Aug. 20, 1933, in Geneva, Ind., to Clarence and Marjorie A. (Smith) Lybarger. Jack was a 1951 graduate of Hoagland, Indiana High School. He first married Mary Anne Owens on July 3, 1954; she died June 24, 1993. He then married Margene Abbott in Rochester, Ind., on July 26, 1997; she died Jan. 13, 2011.

He retired from The Hardware Store in North Manchester and also worked at Gaunt & Son Asphalt in Wabash, and McMahan-O’Connor in Rochester. Jack was a member of the Manchester United Methodist Church and sang in the church choir. He was also a member of the Rochester Masonic Lodge, the South Bend Scottish Rite, the Fort Wayne Mizpah Shrine, and Shrine Chanters.

Jack was a U.S. Army veteran serving in the Korean Conflict. He could fix anything and loved history, animals, music and his country.

He is survived by his two daughters: Laurel Lybarger, Silver Lake, Ind.; and Shaunn (Jeffrey) Munn, Plymouth, Ind.; a brother: Gary (Diane) Lybarger, Hoagland, Ind.; a sister: Dee Ann Blackburn, Columbia City, Ind.; five sisters-in-law: Jane Ann (Tom) Airgood and Mary Beth (Jon) Perkins, both of North Manchester; Carolyn Baumgartner, Donna Owens and Linda Drake, all of Monmouth, Ind.; a brother-in-law: Ted Abbott, Weeki Wachee, Fla.

He was preceded in death by his sister: Nancy Springer.

Visitation will be from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013, at United Methodist Church, 306 E. 2nd St., North Manchester. A memorial service will being at 3 p.m. that Saturday in the church. Burial will be in Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery.

Arrangements by Grandstaff-Hentgen Bender Chapel, North Manchester.

Preferred memorials are Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children or Epworth Forest Methodist Youth Camp.