Gordon Dean Schlabaugh

Gordon Dean Schlabaugh, 76, died on Tuesday May 17, 2011 at Parkview Manor in Wellman

Celebration of Life services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, May 20, 2011, at the West Union Mennonite Church, rural Parnell, with Pastors Martha Yoder and Ray Reimer officiating.  Burial will be in the West Union Mennonite Cemetery. Visitation will be from 2-8 p.m. on Thursday at the Powell Funeral Home in Wellman. Visitation with the family will be from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m.  A general memorial fund has been established.

Mr. Schlabaugh was born August 18, 1934 near Wellman, the son of Sam and Nettie Yoder Schlabaugh.  He graduated from Iowa Mennonite School in 1953. He married Lois Horrisberger on October 22, 1955 in Conneaut Lake, Pa. He lived and farmed in the Wellman area all his life. He was a member of the West Union Mennonite Church. He loved animals, gardening, cars and reading.

Surviving are his wife Lois of Wellman, four sons, Daryl Schlabaugh and wife Charity of Iowa City, Lee Schlabaugh, Jim Schlabaugh and wife Beth, and Neil Schlabaugh and wife Anne, all of Wellman; two sisters-in-law, Madena Schlabaugh and Laurine Schlabaugh, both of Wellman; and five grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, Eldon and Don Schlabaugh, and an infant sister, Gladys Schlabaugh.