Jerry Lee Shears, 73 of Durand, Michigan passed away on Monday, January 21, 2013 at Avalon Hospice in Flint, Michigan. He was born to the late George and Lee Ella (Bowers) Shears on June 12, 1939 in Honeycreek, Indiana, where he grew up. He lived most of his life in Wabash and Fort Wayne, Indiana.
He was a 1957 graduate from Middletown High School. He worked for 15 years at General Tire in Wabash, Indiana, then retired from Cooper-Standard Automotive, Inc. in Auburn, Indiana. He was a member at Church of the Nazarene in Durand, Michigan.
He is survived by daughter, Melissa Marie Shears of Durand Michigan; sons, Tony Lee Shears and Scott Douglas Shears-wife Roxanne (Brady) Shears of Wabash, Indiana; brother, George Michael Shears- wife Loretta (Hileman) Shears of Elizabethton, Tennessee; grandchildren, Travis Lee Shears of Wabash, Indiana, Janelle Marie Ross of Durand, Michigan, Shannon Marie Shears of Indianapolis, Indiana, and Nicole Schroll of Indianapolis, Indiana. He was preceded in death by a grandson, Jared Douglas Shears.
Service will be 10 a.m. on Friday, January 25, 2013 at McDonald Funeral Home, 231 Falls Avenue, Wabash, Indiana 46992, with Pastor David Phillips officiating. Burial will follow in the Friends Cemetery in Wabash, Indiana.
Visitation for family and friends will be from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. on Thursday, January 24, 2013 at the funeral home. Online condolences may be sent to www.mcdonaldfunerals.com
He was a 1957 graduate from Middletown High School. He worked for 15 years at General Tire in Wabash, Indiana, then retired from Cooper-Standard Automotive, Inc. in Auburn, Indiana. He was a member at Church of the Nazarene in Durand, Michigan.
He is survived by daughter, Melissa Marie Shears of Durand Michigan; sons, Tony Lee Shears and Scott Douglas Shears-wife Roxanne (Brady) Shears of Wabash, Indiana; brother, George Michael Shears- wife Loretta (Hileman) Shears of Elizabethton, Tennessee; grandchildren, Travis Lee Shears of Wabash, Indiana, Janelle Marie Ross of Durand, Michigan, Shannon Marie Shears of Indianapolis, Indiana, and Nicole Schroll of Indianapolis, Indiana. He was preceded in death by a grandson, Jared Douglas Shears.
Service will be 10 a.m. on Friday, January 25, 2013 at McDonald Funeral Home, 231 Falls Avenue, Wabash, Indiana 46992, with Pastor David Phillips officiating. Burial will follow in the Friends Cemetery in Wabash, Indiana.
Visitation for family and friends will be from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. on Thursday, January 24, 2013 at the funeral home. Online condolences may be sent to www.mcdonaldfunerals.com
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