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Gary L. Speelman

Gary L Speelman, 63, of rural Roann, IN, and formerly of Huntington, IN, died Wednesday, June 26, 2019, at 7:45 a.m.  at Parkview Randallia Hospital in Fort Wayne.

He was born Nov. 24, 1955, in Huntington to Harold Eugene and Melba Jean (Powell) Speelman. He married Marilyn Tait on Oct. 4, 1982, in Wabash, and she survives.

Mr. Speelman was a 1974 graduate of Northfield High School. He worked 42 years at Ford Meter Box in Wabash. He was a member of the Sons of the American Legion in Lagro and the FoMeBo Credit Union Board of Directors.  

Additional lsurvivors are two daughters, Brandi (Reid) Amones, of Valparaiso, and Autumn (Ed) Nevgloski, of Fredericksburg, VA; a son, Derek (Kimber) Speelman, of Indianapolis; a sister, Susan (Roger) Snyder, of Wabash; and five grandchildren, Julia Amones, Elizabeth Amones and Phillip Amones, all of Valparaiso, and Edward Nevgloski and Brooke Nevgloski, both of Fredericksburg, VA

Calling is Monday, July 1, 2019, from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Ave., Wabash. A funeral service will be Tuesday, July 2, 2019, at 10:30 a.m. with Mark Whinery and Charlie Easterday officiating. Burial will be in Falls Cemetery, Wabash.  
The preferred memorial is the Lagro American Legion.
The memorial guest book may be signed at www.grandstaff-hentgen.com.