- Date Of Birth: October 23, 1939
- Date Of Death: January 2, 2007
- State: Indiana
W. Jerome Harter, 67, of Forrest Lakes Drive, Middlebury, died at 9:55 p.m. Tuesday (Jan. 2, 2007) at home, after a four-year battle with cancer.
He was born Oct. 23, 1939, in Erie, Pa., to Wilford J. and Helen L. (Halfast) Harter. He married Sandra S. Green on Aug. 18, 1962, in Erie.
She survives, along with three sons, Andrew J. (Susi) Harter of Grand Rapids, Mich., Daniel J. (Sherry) Harter of Naperville, Ill., and Matthew J. (Julie) Harter of Kalamazoo, Mich.; two daughters, Amy L. (James) Mishler and Karen J. (Michael) Ganger, both of Goshen; nine grandchildren and a sister, Nancy (William) Vebber of Waukesha, Wis.
Mr. Harter was owner/operator of Management Services in Elkhart for 26 years. He formerly worked in consulting and labor relations with several companies. He graduated from Catholic Prep High School and earned his bachelor’s degree from Gannon University, both in Erie. He earned a master’s degree in U.S. history from Villanova University in Philadelphia.
Mr. Harter was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, White Pigeon; a third-degree member of Knights of Columbus Council No. 13749 in White Pigeon and a fourth-degree member of Mother Theodore Guerin Assembly No. 2035 in Elkhart. He was a member of Elkhart Moose Lodge No. 599 and the American Legion.
He was a U.S. Army veteran, ranking as a first lieutenant upon his honorable discharge. He was a Civil War buff and historian and a member of the Sons of the Union Veterans of the Civil War.
