Calling(s)

Sunday, September 15, 9:30 AM to 10:30 AM Young Family Funeral Home, Kendallville Chapel, 222 South State Street, Kendallville

Service

Sunday, September 15, 10:30 AM Young Family Funeral Home, Kendallville Chapel

Obituary

Karl A. Housholder, 92, of Pretty Lake, Wolcottville died Thursday, September 12, 2019 at Lutheran Life Villages, Kendallville.

He was born February 17, 1927, in Avilla, to Fred and Iva (Stark) Housholder. On May 13, 1950 in Immanuel Lutheran Church, Avilla he married Josephine Ellen Taylor. She survives at Pretty Lake.

Karl was a 1945 graduate of Avilla High School and was the president of his class. He retired from General Electric in Fort Wayne.

Mr. Housholder honorably served in the U.S. Army during World War II, stationed at the Aleutian Islands, Adak, Alaska.

He was a member of St. John Lutheran Church in Kendallville, LaGrange American Legion Post 215, and the Pretty Lake Conservation Club.

Karl was privileged to have gone on Honor Flight to Washington, D.C.

Also surviving are two daughters, Pamela Sue (Roger) Getts of Fremont and Connie Jean (Michael) McKinney of Clearwater, Florida; three grandchildren, Vaughn Halsey of Franklin, Tennessee, Robin Halsey of Wolcottville, and Michael McKinney, Jr. of Panama; and four great-grandchildren, Sierra Mullins, Logan Mullins, Trinity Getts, and Josiah Young.

He was preceded in death by a grandson, Jason Getts; four sisters, Wilma Weber, Loretta Weber, Maxine Peterson, and Helen Housholder; and two brothers, Howard Housholder and Donald Housholder.

Funeral services will be Sunday, September 15, 2019, at 10:30 a.m. at Young Family Funeral Home, Kendallville Chapel, 222 South State Street, Kendallville with his son-in-law, Michael W. McKinney, Sr. officiating. Burial will be Monday, September 16, 2019 at 10 a.m. in Orange Cemetery, Rome City.

Veteran honor guard services will be provided by the Honor Guard and active duty members of the U.S. Army.

Calling is one hour prior to the service on Sunday at the funeral home.

Preferred memorials are to Honor Flight of Northeast Indiana, P.O. Box 5, Huntertown, IN 46748.

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