Harold M. Imel

4/24/1934 -  1995

 
   Harold M. Imel, 61, rural Portland, died early Friday morning in his home following an extended illness. He was born April 24, 1934, in Jay County to ??? and Vera Mazie (Spade) Imel. He married Linda Sue Fouts on October ??, 1960. She survives.
  

   Harold Imel was employed at Teledyne Portland Forge where he had worked ?? years.  He belonged to the Machinist Union at the Forge.  He graduated from ?? Township High School with the class of 1952.

   Surviving, in addition to his wife, are 3 sons; Dan L. Imel, Berne; Steve ? Imel, Kendallville; and Stan R. Imel (wife Diane) West Lafayette; 2 daughters, Mrs. Bob (Tammy) Bayham, Fort Hood, Texas, and Mrs. Jerry E. . (Sheila) ???, New Knoxville, Ohio; a brother, Clarence Imel (wife Penny), rural Portland; 2 sisters; Mrs. Jim (Vera) Jackson, rural Portland, and Mrs. Ernest (???) Brown, Portland; 3 half-brothers; Floyd W. Imel (wife Violet), ???, Indiana; Roy L. Imel (wife Pauline), fort Recovery, Ohio; and George (wife Margaret), Detroit, Michigan; a half-sister, Mrs. Laura Moneysmith, ??. and 5 grandchildren.

   Services were at 1:00 p.m. today, Monday in the Portland Chapel of Williamson and Spencer Funeral Home. Rev. John Gibson officiated. Burial was in the Gravel Hill Cemetery, west of Bryant.
Calling hours were 2 to 8 p.m. Sunday and prior to the services on Monday in the Williamson and Spencer Funeral Home.

    Memorials to the Jay County Heart Foundation, the Jay County Cancer Fund, the Evangelical Methodist Church, or the Westchester United Methodist Church.

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Transcribed by Janice Vasilovski

Buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery