Kenneth George Stanger

The following obituary is being republished to provide additional information. KENNETH GEORGE STANGER, 71, died Monday, Dec. 8, 2003, at his home in Fort Wayne. Born June 13, 1932, in Fort Wayne, he retired from heat treatment at Dana Corp. in 1996, after 36 years. He was a member of the Church of the Divine Science and American Legion Post 241. He was a U.S. Navy veteran serving on the USS Hickox having sailed around the world. His hobby was travel. "Kenny was a wonderful person and will be greatly missed." Surviving are his wife, Mary Ellen Stanger of Fort Wayne; stepdaughters, Dorothy (Kenneth) Hitzeman of Americus, Ga., Kathleen (Dan) Smith of San Clemente, Calif., Martha (Doug) Masterson of Valparaiso, Stephanie (Rick) Seitz of Roanoke; brother, Charles (Jeanette) Stanger of Fort Wayne; sisters, Louise Powell of Spencerville, Joan Adamonis of Fort Wayne and Marjorie (Jim) Keefer of Fort Wayne; eight grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren. Service is 11 a.m. Friday at Elzey-Patterson-Rodak Home for Funerals, 6810 Old Trail Road, with calling from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. today and from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial at Prairie Grove Cemetery. Memorials to Church of the Divine Science or American Cancer Society.