Leroy Dean Eppley, 87, rural Wabash, Indiana, died at 9:24 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023, at Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne.

He was born April 18, 1935.

He is survived by his wife, Carolyn Eppley, Wabash; three children, Barry (Susan) Eppley, Wabash, Teresa (John) Kofodimos, Mooresville and Linda (Lloyd) Williams, Portage; six grandchildren; and three sisters, Miriam (Maurice) Musselman and Lois Wood, both of North Manchester and Lela Dale, Wabash.

Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, Wabash, is in charge of arrangements.