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Cyril E. (Cy) Sarber Jr.

April 28, 1928 — June 22, 2001

Lifetime Tyner area resident Cyril E. “Cy” Sarber, Jr., 73, living at 5119 Sage Road, Plymouth, for 41 years, died, following years of chronic emphysema, at 2:10 p.m. on Friday, June 22, 2001, in Miller’s Merry Manor, Walkerton. Born in Tyner on April 28, 1928, Cy was the son of Cyril E. Sarber, Sr. and Hazel M. Stout Sarber. He graduated from Tyner High School with the class of 1946. Cy served as a Sergeant in the United States Army during the Korean War. He was a member of the American Legion Post #385, LaPaz and the V.F.W., #1954, North Liberty. On April 19, 1956, in Tyner, Cy and Carol A. Krieg were married. A truck mechanic for Shippers Dispatch, South Bend, for 31 years, he retired in 1986, as the Service Manager. He loved cars…fixing them and driving them. As a young man he was a stock car racing driver. Cy enjoyed being with his family and grandchildren, supporting them in their 4-H animal projects. He liked to ice fish area lakes. He was a 50-year member of the Tyner United Methodist Church and a 50-year member of the Tyner Oddfellows Lodge 821. Cy is survived by his wife and their two daughters and a son. The daughters are Julie C. Spitznagle of Carlisle, Ind., and Laurie A. and Steve Weiand, Fishers, Ind. His son, Craig E. and Sandy Sarber live in Walkerton, Ind. Five grandchildren also survive: Jay Spitznagle, Morocco, Ind., Andrea and Brianna Weiand, Fishers, and Cahill and Cole Sarber, Walkerton. Cy’s mother, Hazel M. Skinner, of Tyner, and two brothers, Dean and Joyce Sarber, Plymouth, and David “Lou” and Nancy Sarber, Anchorage, Alaska, together with numerous nieces and nephews also survive. He was preceded in death by his father and a brother, Dwight Sarber. Visitation with the family will be on Monday, June 25, 2001, from 4 to 8 p.m. in the Johnson-Danielson Funeral Home, 1100 N. Michigan St., Plymouth. A Tyner Oddfellows memorial service will take place following visitation at 8 p.m. On Tuesday, June 26, 2001, at 10 a.m. in the funeral home, Cy’s brother-in-law, the Rev. Charles Krieg, pastor of the Pretty Lake Trinity United Methodist Church, will conduct the funeral service. Special military graveside rites will be given by the LaPaz American Legion Post 385. Burial will be in the Tyner Cemetery, Tyner, Ind. Memorial gifts may be made to the American Lung Association in memory of Cy.
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