1/18/1937 - 6/18/2017
Richard L. Haffner age 80, 140 Floral Ave. Portland passed away Sunday in
the Jay County Hospital. He was born January 18, 1937 the son of Russell and
Jeanette (Bennett) Haffner. He was a 1955 Portland High School graduate and
served with the US Navy from 1955-1959. He had worked at Sheller-Globe,
Portland Forge and Naas Foods in Portland then B F Goodrich in Woodburn
retiring in 2002. He was married February 15, 1997 to Martha Chowning who
survives. He was a member and deacon at the Hopewell Church, Portland Moose
Lodge and American Legion Post 211.
Surviving are his wife Martha,
two sons Russell Haffner and Randy Haffner both of Portland, daughter
Jennifer Wendel of Portland, three step-sons Randy Mock of Portland, Lonnie
Mock of Portland and Ronald Dale Mock of Celina, one step-daughter Janie
Burklo of Celina, one brother David Haffner of Arcanum, Ohio, two sisters
Nancy Kelly and Sandra Drumm both of Portland, twenty three grandchildren
and eighteen great grandchildren
Funeral services will be Wednesday
at 2:00 PM in the Baird-Freeman with Pastors Herb Hummel and Ruth Funk
presiding. Burial will follow in the Gravel Hill Cemetery with military
graveside rites by American Legion Post #211. Visitation will be Wednesday
from 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM. Memorials can be made to Mooseheart.
Baird-Freeman Funeral Home; 06/20/17
Contributed by Jim Cox
Buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery