- Date Of Birth: July 22, 1928
- Date Of Death: June 15, 2008
- State: Indiana
Kenneth Louis Timpe, 79, of Elkhart, died at 10 a.m. Sunday (June 15, 2008) at home.
He was born July 22, 1928, in Elkhart, to Dorsey and Almeda (Kuehm) Timpe. On July 9, 1950, he married Donna J. Martin in Elkhart.
She survives along with two sons, Michael (Rebecca) Timpe of Vicksburg, Mich., and Mark Timpe of Syracuse; two grandsons; four great-grandchildren; a sister, Adeline Ott of Elkhart; and a half-brother, Jack Kunkel of Elkhart.
He was preceded in death by a son, Douglas Timpe; and a half-brother, Ray Scheaf.
Mr. Timpe was a 1946 graduate of Elkhart High School and a lifelong member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Elkhart. He served in the U.S. Army Air Force from 1946 until he was honorably discharged in 1949.
He retired from Bendix Corp., South Bend, after 31 years of service. Mr. Timpe was a Red Coat at Elkhart General Hospital for 19 years.
