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Arthur J. Winterholter

Arthur Jay Winterholter, 64, of Mt. Etna, IN, died Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015, at Marion General Hospital, in Marion.

Mr. Winterholter attended Lancaster elementary and high schools and graduated from Huntington High School in 1968. He earned a bachelor’s degree in physical education from Marion College (now Indiana Wesleyan University) in 1974 and graduated from the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy in 1978. He served as a police officer in Kendallville for two years and with the Huntington Police Department for 24 years, retiring in 2002. He was a member of Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 77, the National Rifle Association and Lancaster Wesleyan Church.

He was born May 20, 1950, in Huntington to Arther F. and Mary Shideler Winterholter. He married Carol Cox on Aug. 21, 1976, at Morris Chapel Church, in Grant County. His wife survives.

Additional survivors include a stepson, Dr. Eric (Lisa) Treadwell, of Indianapolis; two brothers, Larry Winterholter, of Upland, and Jerry (Vadonna) Winterholter, of Rangely, CO; and two stepgrandchildren, Owen Parrett and Helen Treadwell, both of Indianapolis.

Calling is Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015, from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Glancy-H. Brown & Son Funeral Home, 203 N. Matilda St., Warren. A service will be held on Friday, Jan. 30, 2015, at 11 a.m., with calling one hour prior to the service, at Lancaster Wesleyan Church, 3149W-543S, Huntington. Rev. Doug Sharrard will officiate. Burial will be at Lancaster Cemetery, Huntington County.

Memorial gifts may be made to Lancaster Wesleyan Church.