He was born on Sept. 21, 1929, in Florida Station, to Clyde and Ethel (Shafer) Ashby.
He was a disabled Army Air Corps veteran of the Korean War and he retired in 1980 from the former Delco Remy division of General Motors in Anderson after 30 years of employment.
David was a member of the Trinity United Methodist Church in Lapel, a member of the Lapel American Legion Post 212, and a member of several square dancing clubs.
He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Ramona (Lane); two daughters, Jane (John) Chismar and Chris (Bill) Stone; four grandchildren, David Reddick, Jana (Jimmy) Witcher, Michael C. Beeman, and Jeremy (Melissa) Hinshaw; five great-grandchildren, Ashley, Joshua, Jacob, David, and Ainsleigh; a sister, Barbara Bevelheimer; four stepgrandchildren, Teri, Nancy, Jason, and Ben; and several nieces and nephews.
David was preceded in death by his parents; and seven brothers and sisters.
A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020, at Hersberger-Bozell Funeral Home, 1010 N. Main St., Lapel, with Pastor Susan Hobson and Brett Busby officiating. Burial will follow in Brookside Cemetery where the Lapel American Post will conduct military gravesites.
He was born on Sept. 21, 1929, in Florida Station, to Clyde and Ethel (Shafer) Ashby.
He was a disabled Army Air Corps veteran of the Korean War and he retired in 1980 from the former Delco Remy division of General Motors in Anderson after 30 years of employment.
David was a member of the Trinity United Methodist Church in Lapel, a member of the Lapel American Legion Post 212, and a member of several square dancing clubs.
He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Ramona (Lane); two daughters, Jane (John) Chismar and Chris (Bill) Stone; four grandchildren, David Reddick, Jana (Jimmy) Witcher, Michael C. Beeman, and Jeremy (Melissa) Hinshaw; five great-grandchildren, Ashley, Joshua, Jacob, David, and Ainsleigh; a sister, Barbara Bevelheimer; four stepgrandchildren, Teri, Nancy, Jason, and Ben; and several nieces and nephews.
David was preceded in death by his parents; and seven brothers and sisters.
A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020, at Hersberger-Bozell Funeral Home, 1010 N. Main St., Lapel, with Pastor Susan Hobson and Brett Busby officiating. Burial will follow in Brookside Cemetery where the Lapel American Post will conduct military gravesites.
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