Jerry Roger Rasawehr, 68, of Mendon, died at 12:25 p.m. March 30, 2010, at Lima Memorial Health System.

He was born June 5, 1941, in Mercer County, to Ernest Frederick and Betty Erlean Painter Rasawehr. On Sept. 22, 1962, he married Catherine E. Schwartz, who survives.

Also surviving are two sons, Roger (Bonnie) Rasawehr, St. Marys, and Ronnie (Ellen) Rasawehr, Geneva, Ind.; two daughters, Rita (Andy) Buffenbarger and Rhonda Rasawehr, all of Mendon; a mother-in-law, Doris Schwartz, Spencerville; eight grandchildren and a great-granddaughter.

He was a farmer and retired in 2002 from the Mercer County Highway Department. He also worked at the former UNICO Factory in Celina. He attended the Monticello United Brethren in Christ Church in rural Spencerville.

Services are 10:30 a.m. Saturday at W.H. Dick & Sons-Hellwarth Funeral Home in Mendon, the Rev. Andrew J. Atkins officiating. Burial is at Mendon Cemetery.

Calling is 2-4 and 5-8 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Contributions can be made to the American Heart Association.

Condolences can be left at dick.hellwarth@verizon.net.