Obituary

DUE TO THE WEATHER, VISITATION AND SERVICE TIMES HAVE BEEN CHANGED AS FOLLOWS:

Service: Thursday, January 9, 2014 - 2 p.m. at Young Family Funeral Home, Kendallville Chapel

Calling: Thursday, January 9, 2014 - Noon to 2 p.m. in the funeral home ****************************************************************************** Paul L Stanley, 80, of Kendallville died Saturday, January 4, 2014, in Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne

He had lived in this area for more than 50 years, coming from Kentucky.

He was a veteran of the U.S. Army.

Mr. Stanley was a welder, working for Wirco in Avilla and Levin & Sons in Kendallville. For the last 20 years, he had worked for the Robert and Marie Strater family of Kendallville.

Paul loved to fish and hunt. He greatly loved his babies, Callie, Little Bit, and Duchess, which were his cats. He also enjoyed his grandchildren.

He was born November 4, 1933, in Garrett, Floyd County, Kentucky, to Jake and Ellen (Hicks) Stanley.

On June 11, 1953, in War, West Virginia, he married Polly Gibson.

Surviving are his wife of 60 years, Polly Stanley of Kendallville; four sons, Edwin (Donna) Stanley of Albion, Danny (Kari) Stanley of Kendallville, Beech Stanley of Kendallville, and Paul Stanley of Wolf Lake; four daughters, Ruth Ann (Roy) Christian of Woodruff, Kathy (Nick) Arnold of Kendallville, Mary Stanley of Kendallville, and Jamie Stanley of Kendallville; 14 grandchildren; and 25 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents; one brother; seven sisters; a grandson, Roy Allen Christian; and a great-grandson, Kile Allen Stanley.

Funeral services will be Thursday, January 9, 2014, at 2 p.m. in Young Family Funeral Home, Kendallville Chapel, 222 South State Street, Kendallville, with Pastor Mike Stanley of the Church of the Stone, Wolcottville officiating. Burial will be in Orange Cemetery near Rome City.

Calling is Thursday, January 9, 2014, from noon to 2 p.m. in the funeral home.

Condolences may be sent to the family at www.youngfamilyfuneralhome.com