Merrill Gene TACKETT

1 DEC 1919 - 20 OCT 1998

• BIRTH: 1 DEC 1919, Martinsville, Morgan, IN
• DEATH: 20 OCT 1998, Memorial Hospital, South Bend , IN

• MARRIAGE: 12 JUL 1984, Rochester, Fulton, IN

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[N18033] Merrill 'Gene' Tackett
ROCHESTER - Services for Merrill "Gene" Tackett, 74,650 East Indiana 14, Athens, will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday in Foster & Good Funeral Home, Mr. Tackett died at 5:05 p.m. Wednesday in South Bend Memorial Hospital. He was F Born Dec 1 1919, in Martinsville, he was the son of Frank and Marx Stott Tackett. On July 12, 1984, he was married in Rochester to Barbara Ann Campbell Prathaftakis, who survives. Mr. Tackett had lived in Athens for 15 years, coming to the community from New Castle, IN. He retired in 1977 as an engineer for Chrysler Corporation in New Castle. He was a member of the United Auto Workers Union. • He attended First Baptist Church. ; A veteran of the U.S. Army Air Force, Mr. Tackett had served in the European Theater during World War II.
• Mr Tackett belonged to the New Castle Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Eagles and Moose lodges, Fraternal Order of Police and Rochester Amenj can Legion Post No. 36,
• He also had been a driver for Manitou Training Center.
Also surviving are two sons, Phillip, Mobile, Ala., and Raymond, of Florida; three stepdaughters, Becky Zepf, Danbury, Conn., Tmd Turnipseed, Bluffton, S.C., Cathy Ulrich, Athens, Ga.; three stepsons; Michael, Phillip and John Prathaftakis, all of Rochester; one sister, LOUISA Johnson, New Castle; and nine grandchildren. : One brother preceded in death ; Officiating at the services will be Dr. Sam Wnght. Bunal will be in Jo& dan Cemetery, southwest of Argos. j Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. today and after 11 a.m. Satr urday in the funeral home. . . Memorial contributions may be made to the United Ministries Food Pantry and First Baptist Church general fund