Delbert M. Gallmeyer, 88, of Hoagland, IN, and having family members in Roanoke, IN, died Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016, at Adams in Monroeville.
Mr. Gallmeyer was a veteran of the United States Air Force. He retired from Tokheim in Fort Wayne, where he had worked for 40 years. A 1947 graduate of Monmouth High School, he was a member of Heritage Lions Club, in Hoagland, and Emmanuel Lutheran Church-Soest, in Fort Wayne, where he volunteered with the Carpenter’s Helpers Group.
He was born Aug. 7, 1928, in Adams County to Conrad and Martha Buuck Gallmeyer. He married Selma Louise Neff on July 7, 1951, at St. John Lutheran Church, Flatrock, and she survives.
Additional survivors include five sons, Stanley (Patti) Gallmeyer, of Woodburn; Roger Gallmeyer, of Angola; Byron (Susan) Gallmeyer, of Hoagland; Jeff (Brenda) Gallmeyer, of Roanoke; and Kurt (Tammy) Gallmeyer, of Springfield, OH; two brothers, Donald (Mary Ann) Gallmeyer, of New Haven, and Jerry (Bonnie) Gallmeyer, of Ossian; two sisters, Delores (Dave) Nahrwold, of Wooodburn, and Julaine (Larry) Hockemeyer, of New Haven; nine grandchildren, Jennifer (Roy) Sorg, Staci (Jeremy) Frick, Michael Gallmeyer, Matt (Britney) Gallmeyer, Kristen Gallmeyer, Rachel Gallmeyer, Tom Gallmeyer, Joe Gallmeyer and Jack Gallmeyer; and four great-grandchildren.
A service will be held on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016, at 10:30 a.m., with calling one hour prior to the service, at Zwick & Jahn Funeral Home, Jacobs Chapel, Monroeville, with Rev. Shayne Jonker officiating. Additional calling is on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the funeral home. Interment will be at Concordia Cemetery Gardens, Fort Wayne.
Memorial gifts may be made to Emmanuel Lutheran Church-Soest, Worship for Shut-Ins or Promise Ministries.