Don Otis Gardenour
Don Otis Gardenour, 93, of Fort Wayne, formerly of Wabash, died at 9:30 a.m. Monday, Aug. 17, 2015, at his home in Fort Wayne. He was born Aug. 10, 1922, in Huntington, to Don Gardenour and Cecil (Divelbiss) Gardenour Montel.
Don was a 1941 graduate of Huntington Township High School. He was a US Army veteran during WWII. He married Madalyn J. DeBatty in Huntington, on June 22, 1946; she died May 3, 2014. He retired from General Tire in Wabash, after 37 years.
Don was a member of the Alliance Church in Wabash, American Legion Post 777 in Indianapolis, and AARP. He was a volunteer driver for Meals on Wheels. He enjoyed owning and caring for seven properties in Wabash for 40 years, and especially enjoyed taking children to church.
He is survived by three children: Peggy (Byron) Taylor, LaPorte; Rosalee (Bill) Blevins, Fort Wayne; and Kent Gardenour, Chicago, Ill.; daughter-in-law: Rebecca Gardenour, New Albany; seven grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; two sisters: Anna Belle Land; and Lois (Richard) Johnston, both of Timbercrest Church of the Brethren Home, North Manchester. He was also preceded in death by his parents; and his son: Leonard Gardenour.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 22, at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Services, Wabash, with Rev. Don Mitchell officiating. Burial will be in Friends Cemetery, Wabash. Friends may call from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 21, and one hour prior to the service Saturday at the funeral home.
The memorial guest book for Don may be signed at www.grandstaff-hentgen.com.