Carl “Kelly” HUNSBERGER Jr.

3 FEB 1929 - 30 SEP 2016

• BIRTH: 3 FEB 1929, Wakarusa, Elkhart County, IN
• DEATH: 30 SEP 2016, Wakarusa, Elkhart County, IN

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[N29761] Carl “Kelly” Hunsberger Jr.

BIRTH 3 Feb 1929
Elkhart County, IN

DEATH 30 Sep 2016 (aged 87)
Wakarusa, Elkhart County, IN

BURIAL Cremated, Other
MEMORIAL ID 170787601 ·

WAKARUSA, IN - Carl “Kelly” Hunsberger Jr., 87, of Wakarusa, went home to be with Jesus, at 4:42 a.m. Friday, Sept. 30, 2016 at his residence. He was born Feb. 3, 1929, in Elkhart, to Carl Sr. and Ruth (Mishler) Hunsberger. Mr. Hunsberger was a 1947 graduate of Wakarusa High School and served in the Indiana National Guard. On April 25, 1948, he married Geraldine “Deanie” Mae Buzzard. She survives along with their children, Linda (Larry) Andrews of Nappanee, Carla (Daryl) Kauffman of Grand Rapids, Mich. and Steve (Ronda) Hunsberger of Wakarusa; grandchildren Tyler (Nicci) Sloat, Amy (Ben) Wilson, both of Goshen, Kelli (Vic) Branstetter of California, Angela (Bill) Curtis of Michigan, Kyle (Brooke) Hunsberger of South Bend and Kelsey (Luis) Morales of Goshen; 11 great-grandchildren; and sister Jeanette Verheye of Wakarusa.
He was preceded in death by his parents and grandson SSGT Travis Hunsberger (FAG# 27897891), Green Berets who was killed in Afghanistan in 2008. Mr. Hunsberger was the owner and founder of Kelly’s Woodcraft in Wakarusa, which is Kelwood Designs today. The business began in 1951. He had also worked at Honey Crest of Elkhart, Brown and Brown in Wakarusa and Nappanee Wood Products. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Elkhart and formerly attended Bible Baptist Church in Wakarusa, where he had been an Awana leader. He was a member of the Wakarusa Lions Club and a former member of the Wakarusa Fire Department. Kelly loved spending time with his family. He also enjoyed church basketball and softball, trail rides with his horses, traveling, camping, elk hunting trips in Montana and fishing trips in Canada. Private family services have been arranged with Thompson-Lengacher & Yoder Funeral Home in Wakarusa.
Memorial contributions may be given to the Sgt. Travis Hunsberger Memorial Fund through Interra or the funeral home.