MITCHELL – John E. “Gene” Kacher, 81, passed away at 4:29 p.m. Wednesday, March 4, 2015, his residence.Born April 27, 1933, in East Chicago, he was the son of John and Rose (Shaydik) Kacher. He married Annabeth Christy August 15, 1963.
Gene retired from General Motors with 33 years of service. He was a member of the Bedford Boat and Sportsman Club, National Rifle Association, and Spring Mill Lodge Fraternal Order of Police No.172. Gene was a 20 year member of the Mitchell Volunteer Fire Department. He enjoyed woodworking and fishing trips in Canada.
Gene was a U. S. Army veteran and a member of American Legion Post No. 250, and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 9107.
Surviving: wife, Annabeth Kacher, Mitchell
children, Raymond E. (Janie) Kacher, Merrillville
Alice (Joe) McFadden, Bedford
Lloyd D. (Carla) Kacher, Bedford
Bridget (Larry) Sanders, Mitchell
son-in-law, Steve Gilbert, Mitchell
grandchildren, John Paul Flynn
Adam Flynn
Andrew Kacher
Kaiti Beitler
Chelsea Beitler
Stephanie Stinson
Joshua Gilbert
Shanna Kacher
Alaina McFadden
Jaelynn Sanders
7 great grandchildren
siblings, Rosemary Sipka, Maine
Ray Kacher, Griffith
His parents and daughter, Roxanne Gilbert, preceded him in death.
Funeral service will be at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, March 8, in the Memorial Chapel of Chastain Funeral Home & Cremation Center with Reverend Dwight Dunbar and Lee Hupp officiating. Burial will be in Mitchell Cemetery with military honors accorded by American Legion Post No. 250 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 9107.
Friends may call from 2:00-6:00 p.m. on Saturday and from 12:30 p.m. until the service on Sunday at the funeral home.
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