Ivan Lester Werstler, 85, of rural Pierceton, died at 6:15 p.m. Saturday, February 26, 2022, at Kosciusko Community Hospital, Warsaw, where he was admitted on Friday.

Born on September 9, 1936, in Whitley County, Indiana, he was a son of the late Lester and Leone (McGee) Werstler. Growing up in Etna-Troy Twp., he graduated from Larwill High School in 1954.

On June 2, 1956, he married Glenna Darlene Witmer. The couple has always made their home on a farm in Kosciusko County.

A life-long farmer, when he was not farming, he enjoyed cutting wood with his chainsaw or mowing the grass. He liked to attend the area farm auctions and would occasionally go fishing. He followed the weather more closely in his senior years as technology made weather forecasts more readily available.

Surviving is his wife of 65 years, Glenna, children Janet (Vern Zartman) Murphy of Warsaw, Peggy (Dennis) Juillerat of Larwill, Brenda (Patrick) Landrigan of Pierceton, Terry (Robin) Werstler of Larwill, and Lisa (Jeffrey) Fitzgerald of Warsaw; 14 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild with one expected; and sisters Lola Drudge of Warsaw, Joan Myers, and Isabel Ruckman both of Larwill.

He was preceded in death by a brother John Werstler.

The funeral service is 10 a.m. Saturday at Smith & Sons Funeral Home, Columbia City. Burial is at the Hillcrest Cemetery in Pierceton. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

Preferred memorials in Ivan's honor are to the charity of your choice.