Kenneth E. Beachler: 1941 – 2009
Kenneth E. Beachler, 68, a resident of rural Churubusco, passed away at 6:05 p. m. on Tuesday, January 5, 2010, at the family residence in Green Township. He had been in declining health for the past three years.
Mr. Beachler was born in Wabash on September 27, 1941, a son of the late Ernie and Flora E. (Renicker) Beachler, and spent his formative years in Laketon. He graduated from Laketon High School in 1959, was a graduate of Findlay College, and was an ordained pastor in the Church of God.
He spent his early years engaged in farming and also in carpentry, and lived in Iowa for a period. The owner and operator of Classic Wood Products in Columbia City, he later owned and operated Thor Trucking. Following his retirement in 2000, he and his wife started Garden Cottage Flowers & Produce at their residence north of Churubusco, and sustained that until closing this fall for the season.
A member of the Sugar Grove Church of God north of Churubusco, he was a skilled woodworker, and in his leisure time enjoyed fishing.
On September 26, 1992 he was married in Churubusco to Elizabeth “Liz” (Bayford) Krider. She survivies.
Other surviving relatives include his children Kirk (Kim) Beachler of Fort Wayne and Kathy (Jim) Hite of Garrett; his step-children Wayne (Judy Johnson) Krider of Churubusco, Darlene (Don) Leon of Fort Wayne, Lisa (David) Waterman of Churubusco, Donna (Mike) Ellis of Edmund, Ok., and Lynda (Eddie) Arnold of Columbia City; ten grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a. m. on Saturday, January 9, 2010, at the Sugar Grove Church of God with Pastor Timothy Grable, officiating.
The family will receive friends at the Sheets & Childs Funeral Home in Churubusco on Friday from 2-4 and from 6-8 p. m., or at the church one hour prior to the service.
Interment will be in the Christian Chapel Cemetery, Merriam.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials to Heartland Home Health Care & Hospice, 1315 Directors Row, suite 210, Fort Wayne, IN 46808; Cancer Services of Northeast Indiana, 6316 Mutual Dr., Fort Wayne, IN 46825; or Sugar Grove Church of God, 5019 E 500 S-57, Churubusco, IN 46723
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January 8th, 2010 at 10:32 am
Liz,
So sorry for you loss. Ken is a better place and
has no more pain. Every day will get better for
you and your family.
Chuck & Judy Morgan
January 8th, 2010 at 11:37 am
Liz and Family,
We were so sad to hear about Kenny. We did not want to see him suffer, but we will miss seeing him and his big smile. You are and will continue to be in our thoughts and prayers.
Jack and MaryAnn Bever
Bill and Kate O’Hara
January 9th, 2010 at 11:38 am
Liz, sorry for your loss. Our thoughts are with you and your family. Peggy and Jane
January 13th, 2010 at 1:15 pm
I am very saddened to hear the news. Ken was a good person and a good friend. Your family are in our thoughts and prayers.
January 19th, 2010 at 10:04 pm
Kenny and I are very distant relation. he was older than i but i remember him well. i went to laketon school. he was a friend of my mother’s brother, my Uuncle Larry Moore. I hung around u. Larry a lot and so i saw kenny sometimes. U. Larry lived next door to us. I give you my sympathy. I was sorry to see in the news journal that he had suffered for a few years. I think we are related this way, my great uncle was elmer renicker, it was through marriage to my great anunt francis. i think that might have been kenny’s uncle. Anyway, i am sorry for your loss but so glad he knew Jesus! Someday you shall be with Him, and Kenny again. May Jesus comfort you by surrounding you with His presence!! Dennis Cripe