Paul Harold Jokisch, Sr., 84, of Kendallville, Indiana, died Thursday, December 15, 2022, at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne.

He was born July 11, 1938, in Mascoutah, Illinois to Harold and Catherine (Wuebbles) Jokisch.

On November 8, 1958, he married Debby May Erwin.

They moved to the rural Kendallville area in November of 1994 from Clarkston, Michigan.

Mr. Jokisch owned and operated Paul Jokisch Excavating in Auburn Hills, Michigan.

Surviving are his wife of 64 years, Debby M. Jokisch of Kendallville; three daughters, Cathy (Lynn) Sims of Chipley, Florida, Connie Jokisch of Tallahassee, Florida, and Rhonda (Craig) McCall of Charlotte, North Carolina; three sons, Dave Jokisch of White Lake, Michigan, Dan (Gayle) Jokisch of Clarkston, Michigan, and Paul (Carrie) Jokisch, Jr. of Troy, Michigan; 13 grandchildren, Chase (Lauren-Ashley) Sims, Chelsea (John) Mulholland, Chole Sims, Bethany Jokisch, Paul Jokisch, III, Johnny Jokisch, Colin (Melissa) Jokisch, Logan (Chris) Barber, Christina (Michael) Brown, Daniel (Madeline) Jokisch, Brooke McCall, Avery McCall, and Shayne McCall; nine great-grandchildren, Scarlett Sims, Maevalyn Sims, Hilton Sims, Brayden Mulholland, Bennett Mulholland, Brody Mulholland, Olivia Jokisch, Jackson Barber, and Eleanor Brown; a sister, Maryann Schlesinger of Belleville, Illinois; and two brothers, David Jokisch of Belleville, Illinois and Daniel Jokisch of Belleville, Illinois.

He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister, Eileen Jokisch.

Paul's hobbies were farming, reading the Bible, working with horses and cattle and riding around on his golf cart fixing fences.

A Celebration of Life gathering will take place in the spring at his farm in rural Kendallville.

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