"Obituary courtesy of the News-Banner Publications, posted with permission."

Bluffton News-Banner, August 4, 1998

Kenneth H. French, 88

Funeral services were at 11 a.m. today at Fort Wayne for Kenneth H. French, 88, of Fort Wayne, a former resident of
Bluffton for 32 years, who died Aug. 1 at University Park Nursing Home.

Mr. French had retired in 1975 after 46 years in the drafting department of General Electric Co.

Mr. French was born in Linn Grove July 5, 1910 to Hubert and Bessie Kindel French. His marriage at Bluffton on April 20,
1940 was to Margaret L. Kerfoot, who survives.

He was a member of Trinity English Lutheran Church in Fort Wayne and Bluffton Elks Lodge.

Surviving, in addition to his wife, Margaret, are a son, Mark French of Indianapolis; a daughter, Mary Squires of Fort
Wayne; and four grandchildren.

D.O. McComb & Sons Foster Park Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements and burial was in Greenlawn Memorial
Park