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Monday, September 22, 2008
"Decatur Daily Democrat", Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Leonel K. "Lee" Bixler, 67, of Berne, died on Monday in Adams Memorial
Hospital.
He was born on April 1, 1941, in Adams County to Glenn and Louneta Von Gunten Bixler.
His father is deceased; his mother lives in Berne.
He was a retired barber, having worked many years in Berne.
Other survivors are one son, Brent (Vivian) Bixler of Versailles, Kentucky; one
daughter, Melinda (Lack) Taing of Berne; two brothers, Sheldon (Karen) Bixler of Fort
Wayne and Von (Ruth) Bixler of Decatur; one sister, Raelene (Rick) Hirschy of Monroe; 10
grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday in Yager-Kirchhofer Funeral Home,
Berne, with burial in MRE Cemetery, rural Berne.
Visiting hours are 5-8 p.m. Thursday and 9:30-10:30 a.m. Friday in the funeral home.
Preferred memorials are to The Gideons International and/or to Chalet Village in
Berne.