- Date Of Birth: September 28, 1954
- Date Of Death: July 15, 2009
- State: Indiana
John Philip Town, 54, of Bristol, died at 2:50 p.m. Wednesday (July 15, 2009) at Elkhart General Hospital, after an extended illness.
He was born Sept. 28, 1954, in South Bend to Forbes and Dorothy (Blackford) Town. He married Cynthia M. “Mecheala” Purdy on Feb. 14, 1997, in Goshen.
She survives along with three daughters, Kristen M. (Chad) Bennett of Nappanee, and Tarah M. (Dave) Hiatt and Rachel A. (Rob) Ramesh, both of South Bend; two sisters, Sue (Ralph) Lee of Bridgestone, Ga., and Sharon (Keith) Foster of South Bend; his parents, Forbes Town of Millersburg and Dorothy (Harold) Gee of Roselawn; and eight grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by one brother, Robert Town, and one sister, Carol Seiber.
Mr. Town was an electrician in the RV industry for more than 20 years, working at such places as ERI Housing in Warsaw, Four Seasons Housing in Middlebury and Fairmont Homes in Nappanee. He enjoyed the outdoors and animals, and raised horses, ducks and chickens on his farm, along with tending a garden. He was an avid collector of bells, as well as Coca-Cola and NASCAR memorabilia, including No. 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. He also liked to build models of all types and had several HO gauge model train collections. He was a science fiction movie enthusiast. The “Star Trek” and “Stargate” series were favorites of his.
