Kenneth G. Hunter, 83, of Timbercrest Retirement Community, North Manchester, Ind., and formerly of LaFontaine, Ind., died Thursday, July 18, 2013, at Wabash County Hospital.

He was born June 10, 1930, in Peru, Ind., to James C. and Swan (Godfroy) Hunter. Kenny graduated from Peru High School in 1948, attended Manchester College in North Manchester and graduated from Indiana College of Mortuary Science in Indianapolis, Ind., in 1956. He married Ann Beauchamp at the First Methodist Church in Wabash, Ind., on Thanksgiving, Nov. 25, 1954.

He was a licensed Funeral Director and Embalmer for 56 years. He owned and operated Hunter Funeral Home in LaFontaine for 37 years. He was a member of the Indiana Funeral Director’s Association and First United Methodist Church of Wabash. He was an avid euchre player.

He is survived by his wife; three daughters: Diane Kay (Patrick Bickers) Hunter, Prairie Village, Kan.; Beth (Glen) Engle, North Manchester; Susan B. Hunter, Wabash; three grandchildren: Rex (Jen) Engle, Columbia City, Ind.; John Bickers and Hunter Bickers, both of Prairie Village, Ind.; three great-grandchildren: Wyatt, Adelynn and Jesse Engle, all of Columbia City, Ind.; three sisters: Evie Jane Hunter, Indianapolis; Phyllis (Rex) Puckett, Plainfield, Ind.; Mary Kasberg, Cleveland, Ohio; and his sister-in-law: Aileen Hunter of Peru, Ind.

He was preceded in death by three sisters: Betty Hartleroad, Gladys Halliburton and Helen Kroll; his brother: James H. Hunter; and his great-grandson: Jasper Engle.

Visitation will be from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, July 21, at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Ave., Wabash, and from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. Monday, July 22, at Timbercrest Memorial Chapel 2201 East St., North Manchester. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, July 22, at the funeral home. Pastor Kurt Freeman will officiate. Burial will be in Falls Cemetery, Wabash. Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.

Memorial contributions may be directed to the Ronald McDonald House.