{"id":97123,"date":"2025-12-22T21:21:50","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T02:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/masterzradio.net\/?p=97123"},"modified":"2025-12-22T21:21:52","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T02:21:52","slug":"leon-gene-delauter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masterzradio.net\/?p=97123","title":{"rendered":"Leon Gene DeLauter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!--AUTO-AD-BEFORE-->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\"\n        data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\n        data-ad-layout-key=\"-gw-3+1f-3d+2z\"\n        data-ad-client=\"0531879237494766\"\n        data-ad-slot=\"5600453644\"><\/ins>\n    <script>(adsbygoogle=window.adsbygoogle||[]).push({});<\/script>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"318\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/masterzradio.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Leon.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-97124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masterzradio.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Leon.jpg 318w, https:\/\/masterzradio.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Leon-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leon Gene DeLauter, 88, a resident of Wabash, Indiana, passed away at 1:30 a.m., Sunday, December 21, 2025, at his residence. He was born on May 31, 1937, to Domer Leon DeLauter and Genivieve F. (Young) DeLauter in Canton, Ohio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gene was a graduate of Wabash High School. He married his true love, Mary L. Day on August 28, 1954-a marriage that would last seventy-one years.&nbsp; With&nbsp;a talent&nbsp;of working with&nbsp;his hands, Gene&#8217;s career as an electrician flourished at General Tire in Wabash, Indiana and carried him through until his retirement.&nbsp;&nbsp;He had a servant&#8217;s heart and once retired steadily committed&nbsp;to giving back to his community and family.&nbsp;&nbsp;Gene was a master craftsman not only adding to his one home over the&nbsp;years, but various civic projects locally.&nbsp;&nbsp; A small volunteer offer to tend a few flower beds at the Wabash City Parks Department turned into a full-time maintenance&nbsp;job.&nbsp; He was a life-long learner, passionate about Wabash County and U.S. history and served as a member of the Wabash Historical Society.&nbsp; History also fueled his wanderlust as he would travel afar to visit museums and the president&#8217;s homes across the country.&nbsp; He made the journey to Germany to find the&nbsp;foreign exchange student that lived with his family in high school and granddaughter&nbsp;in China.&nbsp;&nbsp;Music was another cornerstone of Gene&#8217;s life.&nbsp;&nbsp;Gene was a member of the Wabash Church of the Brethren where he sang in the choir.&nbsp; He played a potpourri of instruments by himself or with his children and grandchildren including the guitar and harmonica, which he always kept in his pocket.&nbsp; Although he felt one&#8217;s voice was the greatest instrument of all as you could use it to sing your entire life.&nbsp; He and his wife, Mary, were awarded Distinguished Citizen in 2005 for their various&nbsp;community service projects. Most of all, Gene was a beloved anchor for&nbsp;his&nbsp;family believing that time spent together was sacred.&nbsp; He loved his family beyond measure.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gene is survived by his wife, Mary L. DeLauter of Wabash, Indiana; one son, Jack DeLauter of Wabash, Indiana; three daughters, Jeanie (Tony) Cooper of Silver Lake, Indiana, Jane (John) Unger of Wabash, Indiana, Joyce (Daryl) Knotts of Converse, Indiana; six grandchildren, Carrie (Andrew) Brunson, Candie Cooper, Mary Knotts, Calvin Knotts, Reese (Layne) DeLauter, and Sterling DeLauter; three great-grandchildren, A.J. Brunson, Giselle McCoart, and Wyatt DeLauter; sister, Caryl (John) Flesher of Roann, Indiana. He is preceded in death by his parents and one brother, David DeLauter.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, December 27, 2025, at McDonald Funeral Home,&nbsp;231 Falls Avenue, Wabash, Indiana 46992. Burial will follow at Memorial Lawns Cemetery in Wabash, Indiana.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Visitation for family and friends will be on Friday, December 26, 2025, from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the funeral home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Preferred memorials may be made to the Wabash County Museum,&nbsp;36 E. Market St., Wabash, Indiana 46992.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">McDonald Funeral Homes, Wabash Chapel,&nbsp;231 Falls Avenue, Wabash, Indiana 46992, have been trusted with Leon Gene DeLauter&#8217;s final arrangements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Online condolences may be sent to the family at&nbsp;www.mcdonaldfunerals.com<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n<!--AUTO-AD-AFTER-->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;text-align:center\"\n        data-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\"\n        data-ad-client=\"0531879237494766\"\n        data-ad-slot=\"9212395598\"><\/ins>\n    <script>(adsbygoogle=window.adsbygoogle||[]).push({});<\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leon Gene DeLauter, 88, a resident of Wabash, Indiana, passed away at 1:30 a.m., Sunday, December 21, 2025, at his residence. He was born on May 31, 1937, to Domer Leon DeLauter and Genivieve F. (Young) DeLauter in Canton, Ohio. Gene was a graduate of Wabash High School. 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