Worth "Junior" Packer Jr.

Worth “Junior” Packer Jr. of North Webster, IN passed away at 6:30 a.m. on Friday, November 16, 2012 at Kosciusko Community Hospital in Warsaw, IN. He was born on June 11, 1936 in Bladen Co., NC to Worth & Delia (Edwards) Packer Sr.

He attended Bladenboro High School in Bladenboro, NC and was married on September 2, 1956 in Dillon, SC to Tibie J. Anderson who survives. He moved to the North Webster area in 1968 from North Carolina but still wintered there. He retired in 2003 from Jomac Industries in Warsaw as a maintenance man after 35 years of service. He was a member of the Syracuse Baptist Church and formerly attended the Bible Christian Church in North Webster.

He is survived by:
Wife – Tibie Packer of North Webster
2-Daughters- Mrs. Mark (Mary) Kiser of North Webster & Mrs. John (Maude) McCormick of Milan, IL
2 Sons- Worth (wife, Patty) Packer of North Webster & Charles (wife, Ginger) Packer of North Webster
4 Grandchildren - Andrew (Fiancé, Samantha Lynch) Packer, Adam (wife, Anna) Packer, John Philip McCormick, & Maggie McCormick
2 Sisters - Marilyn Wesseling of North Webster & Eunice Martin of Kalamazoo, MI
2 Brothers - George T. (wife, Francis) Packer of Morganton, NC & Jerry W. (wife, Donna) Packer of Whitakers, NC
2 Half Sisters- Mrs. Warren (Pat) Napowasa of Cary, NC; Janice Pait of FL
Half Brother- Edward (wife, Jodie) Pait of Raleigh, NC

He was preceded by his parents, brother – Earnest Packer, sister - Bonnie Finch.

Visitation will be from 2:00 – 7:00 p.m. on Monday, November 19, 2012 at Owen Family Funeral Home, St. Rd. 13 & CR 500N, North Webster. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, November 20, 2012 at the funeral home with Pastor Merv Swartzentruber of the church officiating. Burial will follow in the Mock Addition of the North Webster Cemetery.

Memorial bequest maybe given to Kosciusko Home Care & Hospice, P.O. Box 1196, Warsaw, IN 46580. Envelopes are available at the funeral home.

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