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Emmet E. Bachellor

Emmet Eugene Bachellor, 87, of Albion, IN, and having family in Huntington, IN, died Friday, March 6, 2020, at 8:34 a.m. at Goshen Health Hospital, Goshen.

Mr. Bachellor graduated from Payne High School, Payne, OH, in 1951 and served in the United States Army. He was a wire mill operator at General Electric for more than 30 years. He volunteered for the Noble Township Fire Department for many years.

He was born Nov. 6, 1932, in Paulding, OH, to Merle and Nellie Baldwin Bachellor. He married Catherine Elizabeth Tindall on June 28, 1968, in Fort Wayne, and she survives.

Additional survivors include four daughters, Sandra (Dennis) King, of Albion and Cynthia (Nathan Myers) Queiroga, both of Albion; Diana (David Caley) Burnworth, of Huntington; and Brenda (Steve) Wall of Corunna; three sons, Steve (Arlinda) Barclay, of Flippin, AR; Kevin (Gail) Barclay, of Churubusco; and Keith (Deb) Barclay, of Kimmell; 24 grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; and several great-great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by a son-in-law, Neil Koher, and a great-grandson Logan Peterson.

Calling is Monday, March 9, 2020, from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. at DeMoney-Grimes Funeral Home, 600 Countryside Drive, Columbia City. A funeral service will be held Tuesday, March 10, 2020, at 10 a.m. the funeral home, with funeral celebrant Sharon Brockhaus officiating. Burial will follow in Sparta Cemetery, Kimmell.

Memorials are to Wolf Lake VFW Post 4717.

Online condolences may be made at www.demoneygrimes.com.