Alvin “Herman” Bozarth, Jr., 92, Wabash, formerly of Roann, died at 4:47 a.m., Wednesday, March 22, 2017 at Peabody Health Care Center in North Manchester.

He was born July 26, 1924 in Kewanna to Alvin Herman Sr. and Jennie (Hendry) Bozarth.

Herman was a 1942 graduate of Roann High School. He married Virginia Devers on January 20, 1946 in Urbana, Indiana. Herman was a US Army Air Corps veteran, serving during WWII. He attended Roann United Methodist Church, was a member of Wabash American Legion Post 15, and a former member of the Masonic Lodge. Herman enjoyed fishing, gardening, doing yard and pond work, mushroom hunting, and playing cards.

He is survived by his wife, Virginia P. Bozarth of Wabash; three children: Stanley (Judy) Bozarth of Fort Wayne; Debra DeMarco of Belvidere, Ill.; and Bradley (Jodie) Bozarth of Wabash; 13 grandchildren, Barbra (Jon) Simpson of Mundelein, Ill.; Greg (Libby) Bozarth of Westfield; Angela Snow of Chicago, Ill.; Jay (Jonnie) DeMarco of Montgomery, Ill.; Courtney Kinsey of Noblesville; Keeley (Michael) Abbott of Wabash; Blake Bozarth of Anderson; Joe (Dea) DeMarco of Elmhurst, Ill; Sam (Jan) DeMarco of Arlington Heights, Ill.; Gina (Jeremy Borowski) DeMarco of Montgomery, Ill.; John (Amanda) DeMarco of San Antonio, Texas; Paul DeMarco of Plainfield, Ill.; and Pat (Sylvia) DeMarco of Montgomery, Ill.; 16 great grandchildren, one great great grandson, and his sister, Beulah “Boots” (John) Krause, of Plainfield, Ill.

He was preceded in death by his parents two brothers, and one grandson.

Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Saturday, March 25, at Grandstaff-Hentgen Roann Chapel, 335 S. Chippewa Rd., Roann, with Pastor Wayne Balmer officiating.  Burial will be in Roann Community Cemetery, Roann.  Friends may call 5-7 p.m, Friday, at the funeral home.

Preferred memorial is Animal Shelter of Wabash County.