Dallas C. Short, 72, Montezuma, died Nov. 12, 2010, at Parkview Memorial Hospital in Fort Wayne, Ind.

He was born in Keokee, Va., to John M. and Dovey Short. He married Patricia Short, who survives.

Also surviving are two sons, Dean (Marika) Short, New Haven, Ind., and Mitch (Katrina) Short, Fort Wayne, Ind.; a daughter, Jennie (Jim) Rogers, Pensacola, Fla.; two sisters, Annette Flannery of Tennessee and Doris (Gene) McQuarry of North Carolina; a brother, John Short of Ohio; 12 grandchildren and six great-grandsons.

He worked in construction through Local Union #213 and retired from Shambaugh Construction in Fort Wayne, Ind.

Funeral services are 3 p.m. Tuesday at Hogenkamp Funeral Home in Coldwater. Burial is at Burdge Cemetery in Montezuma.

Calling is 5-8 p.m. today at D.O. McComb and Sons Lakeside Park Funeral Home in Fort Wayne, Ind., and 1-3 p.m. Tuesday at Hogenkamp Funeral Home in Coldwater.

Condolences may be left at hogenkampfh.com.