Earl T. Ahrens, 75, 1110 Sunset Drive, Celina, died at 3 a.m. Feb. 28, 2002, at Lima Memorial Hospital. Death was due to natural causes.
He was born July 24, 1926, in Port Washington, to Herman and Ella (Fark) Ahrens. On Jan. 6, 1951, he married Madonna Bollenbacher and she survives.
Also surviving are a son and his wife, David and Barb of Celina; three daughters and their husbands, Carol and Ken Gray, Diane and Don Norris and Denise and Randy Laux, all of Celina; two brothers and their wives, Herman and Lorene of Landsdale, Pa., and Ralph and Marilyn of Ossion, Ind.; a sister and her husband, Ruth and Eddison Klingler, Kenton; and 11 grandchildren.
He retired from the former Mersmanís factory and Erb Lumber, both of Celina, after 31 years of service. He was a World War II veteran and a member of Celina American Legion Post 210.
Services are 3:30 p.m. Sunday at St. Pauls United Church of Christ, Rockford, the Rev. John Fleming officiating. Burial is at the church cemetery.
He was born July 24, 1926, in Port Washington, to Herman and Ella (Fark) Ahrens. On Jan. 6, 1951, he married Madonna Bollenbacher and she survives.
Also surviving are a son and his wife, David and Barb of Celina; three daughters and their husbands, Carol and Ken Gray, Diane and Don Norris and Denise and Randy Laux, all of Celina; two brothers and their wives, Herman and Lorene of Landsdale, Pa., and Ralph and Marilyn of Ossion, Ind.; a sister and her husband, Ruth and Eddison Klingler, Kenton; and 11 grandchildren.
He retired from the former Mersmanís factory and Erb Lumber, both of Celina, after 31 years of service. He was a World War II veteran and a member of Celina American Legion Post 210.
Services are 3:30 p.m. Sunday at St. Pauls United Church of Christ, Rockford, the Rev. John Fleming officiating. Burial is at the church cemetery.
Earl T. Ahrens, 75, 1110 Sunset Drive, Celina, died at 3 a.m. Feb. 28, 2002, at Lima Memorial Hospital. Death was due to natural causes.
He was born July 24, 1926, in Port Washington, to Herman and Ella (Fark) Ahrens. On Jan. 6, 1951, he married Madonna Bollenbacher and she survives.
Also surviving are a son and his wife, David and Barb of Celina; three daughters and their husbands, Carol and Ken Gray, Diane and Don Norris and Denise and Randy Laux, all of Celina; two brothers and their wives, Herman and Lorene of Landsdale, Pa., and Ralph and Marilyn of Ossion, Ind.; a sister and her husband, Ruth and Eddison Klingler, Kenton; and 11 grandchildren.
He retired from the former Mersmanís factory and Erb Lumber, both of Celina, after 31 years of service. He was a World War II veteran and a member of Celina American Legion Post 210.
Services are 3:30 p.m. Sunday at St. Pauls United Church of Christ, Rockford, the Rev. John Fleming officiating. Burial is at the church cemetery.
He was born July 24, 1926, in Port Washington, to Herman and Ella (Fark) Ahrens. On Jan. 6, 1951, he married Madonna Bollenbacher and she survives.
Also surviving are a son and his wife, David and Barb of Celina; three daughters and their husbands, Carol and Ken Gray, Diane and Don Norris and Denise and Randy Laux, all of Celina; two brothers and their wives, Herman and Lorene of Landsdale, Pa., and Ralph and Marilyn of Ossion, Ind.; a sister and her husband, Ruth and Eddison Klingler, Kenton; and 11 grandchildren.
He retired from the former Mersmanís factory and Erb Lumber, both of Celina, after 31 years of service. He was a World War II veteran and a member of Celina American Legion Post 210.
Services are 3:30 p.m. Sunday at St. Pauls United Church of Christ, Rockford, the Rev. John Fleming officiating. Burial is at the church cemetery.
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