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William K. 'Bill' Carpenter

William K. "Bill" Carpenter Sr., 76, of rural Wabash, IN, died Thursday, March 19, 2020, at 1:03 p.m.,  at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne.
Mr. Carpenter retired from GenCorp in Wabash, and also worked at BTR in Peru. He most recently worked security at Fort Wayne GMC.
He was born July 7, 1943, in Leander, KY, to Sanford and Madgie Click Carpenter. He married Gladys Farmer on July 19, 1966, in Wabash, and she survives.
Additional survivors are two daughters, Kimberly (Mike Figert) Rowe, of Urbana, and Teresa (Hampton) Correll, both of LaFontaine; a son, William K. "Bud" Carpenter Jr., of LaFontaine; and two grandchildren, Shaylee Correll of Indianapolis, and Breklon Salyers, of Urbana.
There will be no services.
Arrangements were handled by Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, Wabash.
The memorial guest book may be signed at www.grandstaff-hentgen.com.