Merle Bough
Sunday
22
March

Visitation

1:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Sunday, March 22, 2015
Day & Carter Mortuary
1133 Lincoln Ave.
Bedford, Indiana, United States
Monday
23
March

Funeral Service

10:00 am
Monday, March 23, 2015
Day & Carter Mortuary
1133 Lincoln Ave.
Bedford, Indiana, United States

Obituary of Merle Bough

Bedford – Merle E. Bough, 85, of Bedford, died Thursday, March 19, 2015 at Westview Nursing and Rehab. in Bedford. Born March 19, 1930, he was the son of Marvin and Elsie (Slinkard) Bough. He married Rita Jo Krantz and she preceded him in death on December 1, 1998. He retired as a die cast cleaner at General Motors. He was a member of U.A.W. Local #440 and a veteran of the U.S. Army. He had coached basketball and baseball for the Boy’s Club and enjoyed hunting, fishing and watching NASCAR. Survivors include a daughter, Kathy Newton and husband, Chuck, of English, IN; two grandchildren, Dana Flinn and husband, Brad, Jamie Brown and wife, Jenny, all of Pinhook; four great grandchildren, Carrie and Brandon Flinn, Jake and Justin Brown; a brother, Mel Bough of Ft. Myers, FL; two nieces, Becky Davis and husband, Kerry, of Bedford and Delynn White and husband, Glen, of Ft. Myers, FL; a nephew, Gordon Bough and wife, Cindy, of Labelle, FL; his best friend, Danny Brown of Leesville; He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, Rita Jo; a son, Jeff Bough; a brother, Gordon Bough; a sister, Geraldine Howell. Funeral services will be conducted at 10:00 am on Monday, March 23rd in the Elmwood Chapel of the Day & Carter Mortuary with Clarence Brown officiating. Burial will follow in Cresthaven Memory Gardens. Visitation will be from 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm on Sunday, March 22nd at the Day & Carter Mortuary. The family asks that friends consider memorial contributions be made to the Alzheimer’s Assoc. Family and friends may express condolences at www.daycarter.com.
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