Obituaries
David Dean Stangle
May 28, 1939 to April 20, 2011
KEWANNA - David Dean Stangle, 71, Kewanna, passed away at 6:35 a.m., Wednesday, April 20, at the Rochester Life Care Center, Rochester.
He was born May 28, 1939 in Cass Co. to the late Cecil & Dorothy (Watson). On March 4, 1962 he married his high school sweetheart, Mary Jane Woodke at Helm St. Church of God in Logansport. She survives.
Also surviving are daughter, Janie (Troy) Hattery, and their children, Dean and Melinda Hattery all of Peru, daughter, Jenny (Wade) Cohagan, and their daughter, Ellie all of Monticello, son David Cecil Stangle (Dawn) and their son David Dean Stangle and her daughters McKenna & Rebecca all of Kewanna. He is also survived by a brother Edwin (Bette) Stangle of Monticello and a sister Joan (Lester- deceased) Piercy of Mesa, AZ.
Mr. Stangle was a 1958 Star City High School graduate. A farmer all his life, he also had a passion for big, earth moving equipment. As a teenager he operated a crane and helped dredge out Lake Manitou. He was probably best known as the driver of a Minneapolis Moline tractor by the name of " Solid Junk".He was national points champion for three years. He was inducted into the NTPA hall of fame in 1997.
Mr. Stangle was a past supervisor of Fulton Co. Soil & Water Conservation District, a member of Winamac Nazarene Church, Fulton Co. Historical Power Assoc., Prairie Gold Rush, IH collectors-Chapter 33, Richland Center Tractor Pullers, Indiana Pullers Inc., M & M Collectors, and a Pfister seed corn salesman for over 40 years.
Visitation will be from 2 to 8 p.m., Monday, and one hour prior to the service at the Church of the Nazarene, Winamac. The funeral service will be 11 a.m., Tuesday (April 26) at the church with Rev. Daniel Burgess officiating. Burial will be at the Bruce Lake Cemetery, Kewanna.
The family requests no flowers. Memorial donations may be made to the Fulton Co. Historical Power Assoc. or the Kewanna Union Township Volunteer Fire Dept. Arrangements have been made by Harrison-Metzger & Rans Funeral Home, Kewanna Chapel.
