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Surnames: GENEVA, SNYDER, GILCHRIST, BROOKS
Classification: Obituary
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John F. GENEVA Sr - Howe, IN, 73, of 1885W - 570N, Howe, Ind. died Aug. 22, 1999 at the
Vencor Hospital, LaGrange. He was born Jan. 1, 1926 in Des Moines, Iowa, a son of Forrest
and Doris (Ide) GENEVA. In 1975 he married Virginia "Ginny" SNYDER in Sturgis,
Mich. A 1950 graduate of Iowa State, he earned degrees in mechanical engineering and
general engineering. He served in the U.S. Navy in the South Pacific from 1943 to 1946. A
former engineer for Firestone Company, he founded Geneva Associates in 1973 in Sturgis,
which he later moved to Howe, Ind. He attended the Episcopal Church. Surviving are his
wife; 3 sons, John F. GENEVA Jr. of Grand Haven, Peter E. GENEVA of Spring Lake and Daniel
I. GENEVA of Owings, Md.; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Jack (Linda) GILCHRIST of Burr Oak, Mich.;
a stepson, Larry SNYDER of Elkhart, Ind.; a sister, Mrs. William D. (Connie) BROOKS of
Ludlow, Shropshire, England; 4 grandchildren and 2 step-grandchildren. Cremation has
taken place, and a pri!
vate memorial service will be held at a later date. Memorials may be directed to the
American Lung Association of Northeast Ind., 802 W. Wayne St., Fort Wayne, IN 46802-3996.
Arrangements were handled by the Shoup-Carney-Frost Funeral Home of Howe, Ind. source:
undated newspaper (submitted by a volunteer, no family connection)