Lee Bigham Jr.

Lee Bigham Jr., 84, of Van Wert, died at 7:48 a.m. Monday, January 21, 2013, at Lutheran Hospital of Indiana in Fort Wayne, Ind.

He was born September 4, 1928, near Dayton, the son of the late Lee and Gladys (Warford) Bigham. On September 4, 1949, he married Patricia L. (Seekings) Bigham, who survives.

Other survivors include two sons, Paul F. (Elrhea) Bigham of Van Wert and Jay Bigham of Fort Wayne; a daughter, Ann Gardner of California; one brother, Dave (Connie) Bigham of Rockford; three sisters, Genevieve (Wayne) Timbrook of Hicksville, Bonnie Bigham of Syracuse, N.Y., and Sylvia Belle Martin of Van Wert.

A son, Laurence Bigham; two brothers, Wesley and Roger Lee Bigham; and two sisters, Margie Hurless and Rosalind Todd, also preceded him in death.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday, January 25, at Cowan & Son Funeral Home in Van Wert. Burial will be in Woodland Cemetery in Van Wert.

Calling hours are from noon-2 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

Online condolences may be sent to www.cowanfuneralhome.com.