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Author: MargieRoopPearce
Surnames: Lough, White, Strickler, Harvey, Foreman, DeBolt, Andrews, Krontz, Currier
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Decatur Daily Democrat, Adams County, Indiana; Monday, Aug 26, 1974
GENE LOUGH, 48, DIES ON SATURDAY
Gene Lough, 48, of 306 Green St., Willshire, O., a retired employee of Philps-Dodge,
Fort Wayne, after 20 years of service, died at 3:25 p.m. (EDT) Saturday at his home. He
had been in ill health for six months.
He was a member of the Homer Pearson post 207, American Legion of Willshire, VFW of
Sturgis, Mich., and a veteran of the Korean War.
Born in Decatur on Oct 2, 1925, he was the son of Frank and Cora White Lough and was
married to Adeline Strickler who survives.
Other survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Larry (Jeanne) Harvey of Decatur; one son,
Lynn Lough of Willshire; five sisters, Mrs. Gretchen Foreman of Decatur; Mrs. Ruth DeBolt
of Decatur, Mrs. Russell (Idora) Andrews of Decatur, Mrs. Pete (Dorothy) Krontz of
Sturgis, Mich., Mrs. Asia (Elvina) Currier of Kalamazoo, Mich.; six brothers, Fred of St.
Paul, Minn., Donald of Fort Wayne, James of Decatur, Kenneth of Decatur, Everett of
Decatur, and Frank of Sturgis. One brother, William (Bud) Lough preceded him in death.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m (Ohio time) at the Zwick funeral home,
with Rev. Menzel Smith officiating. Burial will be in the Willshire Cemetery. Friends
may call at the Zwick funeral home. Full military graveside rites will be held by post
207 of the American Legion.
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