Joshua “Josh” R. Copeland, 44, Wabash, died at 4:10 p.m. Friday, March 17, 2023, at Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne.

He was born March 14, 1979.

He is survived by one son, Tyler Copeland, Wabash; one daughter, Kayleigh Copeland, Wabash; his parents, Ray and Dawn (Penn) Copeland, Wabash; two brothers, Alvah (Dawndra) Copeland, Wabash, and Donnie (Angie) Wagner, New York; two sisters, Amelia (Anthony) Bailey, Rising Sun, and Katie (Rusty) Richardson, Wabash; paternal grandmother, Mary Fields, Peru; stepdaughter, Skylia Wilcox; and biological father, Scott Heeter.

McDonald Funeral Homes, Wabash, is handling arrangements.