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John D. Rohrer

John David Rohrer, 86, of North Manchester, IN, and having family members in Huntington, IN, died Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017, at Timbercrest Senior Living Community, North Manchester.

Mr. Rohrer, a lifelong resident of North Manchester, graduated from Chester High School in 1950. He was a self-employed farmer from 1948 to 1990 and had also worked at Parker Industries/ParKan, at Silver Lake, from 1967 to 2012. He was a member of The Chapel, in Fort Wayne.

He was born July 31, 1931, in North Manchester. He married Mary Ann Gugle in 1952, and she survives.

Additional survivors include two daughters, Vicki Korreckt, of Huntington, and Sue (Tom) Sinex, of Fort Myers, FL; a son, David (Mara) Rohrer, of Jeffersonville; 10 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.

No service is planned at this time.

Memorial gifts may be made to the North Manchester Food Pantry in care of McKee Mortuary, 1501 Ind.-114 West, North Manchester, IN 46962.