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IN LOVING MEMORY OF Floyd Wade
Floyd
Wade
May 19, 1921 – February 16, 2016
Floyd Wade's Obituary
FLOYD WADE
SPENCERVILLE — Floyd J. "Bud" Wade, 94, of Spencerville, died peacefully when his health deteriorated at 4:56 AM Tuesday, February 16, 2016 in his home with his family at his side.
He was born May 19, 1921 in St. Marys, a son of Otto Earl and Anna Mae Johns Wade, who preceded him in death. On June 15, 1947 he married Edith Jane McIntire, who survives along with three children, Diann J. (Gary) Foster of Campbellsville, KY.; Nancy J. (Thomas) Keiffer of Lima and Mark Alan (Diane) Wade of Gresham, OR.; and a church son; Edward (Nancy) Hoffmeyer of Lima; 18 grandchildren; 23 great grandchildren and one great great granddaughter.
He was preceded in death by two grandchildren and six siblings; Arthur Wade, Dorothy May, Ruth Hindenlang, Lila Carmean, Lela Goodpastor and Evelyn Thomas.
Bud attended the Memorial High School in St. Marys and then joined the Army to serve in the European Theater where he received 5 Battle Stars for his service in WW II. At the age of 72 he earned his GED and graduated in 1994. He worked at the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company for 43 years .
He was a member of the Lima Seventh Day Adventist Church where he had served as Deacon and Elder and had helped build 11 churches across the U.S. And Canada. He became an E.M.T. in 1972 and and was a Charter member of the Spencerville Ambulance Service in 1974, where he volunteered for 30 years until retirement. He was a life member of the Bowersock Bros. VFW Post 6772, the Harry J. Reynolds American Legion Post 191 and the Northwestern Ohio Field and Stream Assn., all of Spencerville.
Funeral services will be 10:30 AM Friday in the THOMAS E. BAYLIFF FUNERAL HOME in Spencerville with Pastors Don Byard and Ron Bear officiating. Burial will follow in the Spencerville Cemetery with military rites by the Spencerville Veterans.
The family will receive friends from 4 until 8 PM Thursday at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to the Lima Seventh Day Adventist Church to be used for church camps.
Condolences may be sent to tbayliff@woh.rr.com
SPENCERVILLE — Floyd J. "Bud" Wade, 94, of Spencerville, died peacefully when his health deteriorated at 4:56 AM Tuesday, February 16, 2016 in his home with his family at his side.
He was born May 19, 1921 in St. Marys, a son of Otto Earl and Anna Mae Johns Wade, who preceded him in death. On June 15, 1947 he married Edith Jane McIntire, who survives along with three children, Diann J. (Gary) Foster of Campbellsville, KY.; Nancy J. (Thomas) Keiffer of Lima and Mark Alan (Diane) Wade of Gresham, OR.; and a church son; Edward (Nancy) Hoffmeyer of Lima; 18 grandchildren; 23 great grandchildren and one great great granddaughter.
He was preceded in death by two grandchildren and six siblings; Arthur Wade, Dorothy May, Ruth Hindenlang, Lila Carmean, Lela Goodpastor and Evelyn Thomas.
Bud attended the Memorial High School in St. Marys and then joined the Army to serve in the European Theater where he received 5 Battle Stars for his service in WW II. At the age of 72 he earned his GED and graduated in 1994. He worked at the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company for 43 years .
He was a member of the Lima Seventh Day Adventist Church where he had served as Deacon and Elder and had helped build 11 churches across the U.S. And Canada. He became an E.M.T. in 1972 and and was a Charter member of the Spencerville Ambulance Service in 1974, where he volunteered for 30 years until retirement. He was a life member of the Bowersock Bros. VFW Post 6772, the Harry J. Reynolds American Legion Post 191 and the Northwestern Ohio Field and Stream Assn., all of Spencerville.
Funeral services will be 10:30 AM Friday in the THOMAS E. BAYLIFF FUNERAL HOME in Spencerville with Pastors Don Byard and Ron Bear officiating. Burial will follow in the Spencerville Cemetery with military rites by the Spencerville Veterans.
The family will receive friends from 4 until 8 PM Thursday at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to the Lima Seventh Day Adventist Church to be used for church camps.
Condolences may be sent to tbayliff@woh.rr.com
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