Ken W. Grandstaff
Ken W. Grandstaff, 78, of Roann, died at 10:50 p.m. Saturday, July 18, 2015, at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne. He was born Feb. 22, 1937, in Peru, to Lloyd and Alma (Ensley) Grandstaff.
Ken was a 1955 graduate of Roann High School, earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Indiana University in 1959, attended I.U. School of Law one year, and graduated from Indiana College of Mortuary Science in 1961. He continued the operation of Grandstaff Funeral Home in Roann after the death of his father in 1959. He brought Steven Hentgen into partnership and together they purchased Hover-Miner Funeral Home in Wabash in 1975 and Garrett and Sloane Mortuary of Wabash and Bender Funeral Home of North Manchester in 1992. He was past president of the Indiana Funeral Directors Association and served on the Indiana State Board of Funeral Home and Cemetery Licensing. Mr. Grandstaff retired from funeral service in 2008, at which time his nephew, Chad Maple, joined the partnership.
He was a civic-minded leader. He served on the Roann Library Board, was a charter member and organizer of the Roann Merchant’s Association, ROLANCO and the Roann Condominium Association. He was a member of the Wabash Rotary, Elks Lodge, Hanna Masonic Lodge, and Fort Wayne Scottish Rite and Mizpah Shrine since 1975. He was a former president of the Wabash Chamber of Commerce, and a life member of the Board of Directors of the Honeywell Foundation, Inc, actively serving 22 years. Ken was a life-long member of the Roann United Methodist Church and enjoyed spending time, whenever possible, at Lake Wawasee.
He is survived by his wife: Kathleen Grandstaff, Roann; two daughters: Julie Kay (Joseph) Kostka, Naperville, Ill.; and Jean Marie (Douglas) Morehouse, Brookston; three grandchildren: Nathan Joseph Kostka, Naperville, Ill.; Jack Douglas Morehouse; Brookston; and Anna Marie Morehouse, Brookston; and his sister: Kay (Barry) Maple, Wabash.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Thursday, July 23, at Roann United Methodist Church, located at the corner of South Arnold and East Adams Streets in Roann, with Pastors Wayne Balmer and Kurt Snyder officiating. Burial will be in Roann Community Cemetery, Roann. Friends may call from 2 p.m. until 8 p.m. Wednesday, July 22, at Grandstaff-Hentgen Roann Chapel, Roann.
Preferred memorial are the following Roann organizations:
The Roann Public Library, The Roann Covered Bridge Association, The Stockdale Mill Foundation, and The Roann Community Heritage.