- Date Of Birth: August 12, 1921
- Date Of Death: August 8, 2009
- State: Indiana
Merl L. Fields, Sr., 87, of Ingalls passed away on August 8, 2009. He was born on August 12, 1921 to the late Forrest and Daisy (Wheaton) Fields. He was a truck driver for several companies, retiring from Ervin Zink in 1983. Mr. Fields served in the U.S. Army as a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne and was a POW for 28 months after being captured in North Africa.
He was a member of the Fortville American Legion Post 391 and the Fortville VFW Post 6904. Merl is survived by Clenis (Wright) (Jones) Fields, his wife of 31 years; children: Merl L. Fields, Jr. of Fortville; Randy (Brenda) Fields of Crothersville; Kathy (Donnie) Haskett of Anderson; Jeff Fields of Columbus, GA; Karen (Steve) Mattox of Yorkville, IL; Tina (Charlie) Fish of Hendersonville, TN; Nancy (Tony) Ladd of Portland, TN; John Fields of Evansville; Ronald L. Jones of Indianapolis; Nancy Phillips of Indianapolis; Jack E. Jones of Ingalls; Rebecca Ann (Jones) Fields of Columbus, GA; and Russell A. (Soni) Jones of Straughn; 34 grandchildren; and 21 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by wife Catherine L. (Pierce) Fields in 1966; and by his daughter, Jill L. Cloud.
