Garry Lynn Boggs, 62, of rural Wabash, Indiana, died at 8:35 am, Saturday, October 7, 2017 at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne. He was born February 19, 1955 in Eolia, Kentucky to Lawrence V. and Nellie (Collins) Boggs.
Garry was a 1973 graduate of Southwood High School. He first married Vanissa Schlemmer, she survives in Wabash. He then married Tina (Mitchell) Costa in Mount Sterling, Kentucky on March 29, 2003. He worked for Schlemmer Masonry in Wabash. Garry enjoyed playing corn hole, fishing, collecting guns, watching his grandkids’ activities, and spending time with his family.
He is survived by his wife, Tina Boggs of Wabash, six children, Justin (Kerri) Boggs, Jared (Brooke Bell) Boggs, and Jessica (Joe Goshert) Boggs, all of Wabash, Billy (Kylene) Sickafus of Logansport, Indiana, Angela Sickafus of Roann, Indiana, and Richard (Lauren) Costa of Milford, Indiana, twelve grandchildren, two great grandchildren; sisters and brothers, Betty Justice of North Manchester, Indiana, Larry G. (Rachel) Boggs of Wabash, Wanda (Bruce) Shaw of Roann, Laster (Kanda) Boggs of Silver Lake, Indiana, and Janice (Jerry) Bucher of Dowagiac, Michigan, and his sister-in-law, Linda Boggs of Lagro, Indiana. He was preceded in death by his parents and his brother, Bill Boggs.
Funeral services will be 6:00 pm Wednesday, October 11, 2017 at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Avenue, Wabash, with Pastors Chad McAtee, and John Hobson officiating. Friends may call 3-6 pm Wednesday, at the funeral home. Inurnment will be in the Chapel of Remembrance Mausoleum, at Memorial Lawns Cemetery, Wabash at a later date.
Preferred memorial is Garry’s family.
The memorial guest book for Garry may be signed at www.grandstaff-hentgen.com.