Fort Recovery native Theodore J. Kneisly, 60, of Berne, Ind., died at 6:36 p.m. Oct. 5, 2007, at Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne, Ind. The cause of death was not available.

He was born June 18, 1947, in Fort Recovery, to John E. and Viola M. Wendell Kneisly. His wife, Patricia, survives.

Other survivors are two sons, Scott and Bradley; two daughters, Christina and Sabrina; a stepson, Keith Horine Jr., Berne; three stepdaughters, Brenda (William) Cosner, Eaton, Denise (James) Harlow, Ethel, and Penny (Terry) Huston, Winchester, Ind.; and a sister, Marilyn Campbell, Richmond, Ind.

Deceased is a sister, Barbara Ann.

He was a self-employed transporter for the Amish Community. He was a U.S. Navy veteran serving in Vietnam where he earned the Purple Heart.

Services were today at Yager-Kirchhofer Funeral Home, Berne, the Rev. Lyle Breeding officiated. Burial with military rites was at Lisbon Cemetery, Union City, Ind.