Glen D. Summers, 95, formerly of Wabash, Indiana, died at 10:15 am, Monday, April 22, 2019 at Parkview Wabash Hospital. He was born May 14, 1923 in Wabash, to Carl S. and Marie (Crumrine) Summers.
Glen married Ruth A. Rapp in Wabash County, Indiana on September, 6, 1946. He was a World War II US Army veteran from 1943 – 1946 serving in Germany. He worked at Ford Meter Box, retiring after 23 years, and also farmed. Glen was a member of the Urbana Yoke Parish. He enjoyed camping, traveling, woodworking, fishing, gardening, and working in his yard. Glen went on the WWII Honor Flight, to Washington DC, in 2016. He and Ruth moved to Timbercrest Senior Living Community in North Manchester in August of 2015, from Wabash.
He is survived by his wife, Ruth A Summers of North Manchester, four brothers, Jim (Marge) Summers of Lagro, Indiana, Jack (Carolyn) Summers of LaFontaine, Indiana, Bernard (Becky) Summers of Bedford, Texas, and Robert (Joyce) Summers of Wabash, and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, four brothers, Maurice, Rex, Ralph, and Richard Summers, and three sisters, Helen Rouch, Phyllis Steele, and Judy Murphy.
Funeral services will be 2:00 pm Friday April 26, 2019 at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Avenue, Wabash, with Rev. Larry Ray officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Lawns Cemetery, Wabash. Friends may call 3-6pm Thursday, at the funeral home.
Preferred memorial is Urbana Yoke Parish.
The memorial guest book for Glen may be signed at www.grandstaff-hentgen.com.