James O. UnzickerMENTONE – James O. Unzicker, 80, of rural Claypool, passed at 8:25 p.m. Monday, Feb. 24, 2020, at his residence.
Jim was born on May 16, 1939, in Brooke, to the late William P. and Melissa T. E. Beschorner Unzicker. He married on Nov. 18, 1961, in the First Baptist Church of Mentone to Mary F. Ladson; she survives.
He had been a grain and livestock farmer. He had worked from 1960 to 1974 as a bindery operator at R.R. Donnelley of Warsaw.
He was a 1957 graduate of Mentone High School. Jim was a member of the First Baptist Church of Mentone, where he had served as deacon, song leader and Sunday school teacher. He had been on the Production Credit and Federal Land Bank Association boards. He enjoyed annually attending the National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville, Ky. His choice of machinery was always John Deere. He also loved swimming, golf and bowling. In earlier years, he also played basketball and football.
He is survived by wife, Mary Unzicker, Claypool; daughters, Laura and husband Bobby Silver, Mint Hill, N.C.; Sonya and husband Spence Galloway, Caledonia, Mich.; Tami and husband Scott Cameron, Matthews, N.C.; grandchildren, Jeffery and wife Jennie, Hannah, Lydia, Abigail, Carson and wife Meghann, Kendall and husband Zach, Jordan, Asher, Bella and Alma James; great-granddaughter, Autumn; sister, Barbara and husband Jerry Eaton, Spring Lake, Fla.; and brother, Bill and wife Sarah Unzicker, Holland, Mich.
He was preceded in death by his parents; son, Robert Allan Unzicker in 1988; and sisters, Rhoda, Betty, Luann and Alice.
Visitation hours will be from 2 to 3 p.m. Friday, Feb. 28 at King Memorial Home, 101 N. Tucker St., Mentone. The funeral services will take place at 3 p.m. Friday, 28 at the funeral home with Pastor Michael Wilhite and Pastor Scott Cameron officiating.
The burial will take place in the Sycamore Cemetery, Mentone.
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