Roddy “Rod” Lee Dias, 70, of Wabash, Indiana, died at 3:18 am, Thursday, April 16, 2020 at Miller’s Merry Manor East in Wabash. He was born August 2, 1949 in Wabash, to James S. Dias and Edna (Rinearson) Tyner.
Rod was a 1968 graduate of Northfield High School. He married Virginia “Jenny” (Robinson) Stapleton in Wabash on June 23, 2000. He worked at Dana in Andrews, at Controls/Invensys in North Manchester, and several years at Celotex in Lagro. Rod was a member of the Lagro American Legion. He enjoyed eating, riding motorcycles, and talking to people.
He is survived by his wife, Jenny Dias of Wabash, three children, Anthony Dias of Bunker Hill, Indiana, Angela Durben of Kokomo, Indiana, and Christopher Dias of Fairmount, Indiana, two grandsons, Coty Dias of Kentucky, and Brandt Durben of Kokomo, and his sister, Dixie (Tom) Sullivan of Pittsboro, Indiana. He was preceded in death by his parents and his step-son, Aaron Stapleton.
Private family services will be at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Avenue, Wabash, with Pastor Tim Prater officiating. Entombment will be in the Chapel of Remembrance Mausoleum at Memorial Lawns Cemetery, Wabash.
Preferred memorial is Animal Shelter of Wabash County.
The memorial guest book for Rod may be signed at www.grandstaff-hentgen.com.