Residence: Monticello (Buffalo area), Indiana
Died: Thursday, March 17, 2016
Location: 3:55 a.m., at the St. Elizabeth East Hospital in Lafayette, Indiana
 
 
Age: 80
Date of Birth: Tuesday, January 28, 1936
Birth place: Hammond, Indiana

 

 
Father: Thomas Charles "Fred" Lea
 
Mother: Mary Lucille ( O’Dell ) Lea
 
Marital Status: Widowed
Resided in: Fred / Gene had lived in the Monticello (Buffalo area), Indiana, area for the last 43 years.
Funeral Date: Sunday, March 20, 2016
Funeral Location: 1:30 p.m. (EST), Celebration of Life Service, Sunday, March 20, 2016, at the Miiller - Roscka Funeral Home of Monticello, Indiana.
Clergy: Father John Cummings of the St. Joseph Catholic Church of Reynolds, Indiana.
Burial will take place:
I.O.O.F. Riverview Cemetery in rural Monticello, Indiana.
Visitation will be:
4:00 to 8:00 p.m. (EST), Saturday, March 19, 2016, at the Miller - Roscka Funeral Home of Monticello, Indiana, with a Rosary Service at 6:00 p.m. (EST), Saturday, March 19, 2016, at the funeral home.
Biographical Information:
Fred / Gene had lived in the Monticello (Buffalo area), Indiana, for the last forty - three (43) years, coming from the Griffith, Indiana, area. He attended school at Hammond Tech High School in Hammond, Indiana. Before moving to the Monticello (Buffalo area), Indiana, Gene was a painter from 1953 to 1973 at a automobile repair shop, and continued doing that even after moving to the Buffalo, Indiana, area. Gene had also worked at Winamac Steel in Reynolds, Indiana, as a foreman and then in shipping and receiving. He then went to work at the former Monon Trailer in Monon, Indiana. Gene then worked full time for the maintenance department and supervisor in the water park at Indiana Beach in Monticello, Indiana, for nineteen (19) years, retiring in November of 2007.
Special Services: Rosary Service at 6:00 p.m. (EST), Saturday, March 19, 2016, at the Miller - Roscka Funeral Home of Monticello, Indiana.
Memorial Information: Memorials may be given to the Our Lady of the Lakes Catholic Church of Monticello, Indiana. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home.
Marriage Information: On June 2, 1956, at the St. Casimir Catholic Church in Hammond, Indiana, he married Patricia Ann "Pat" Kubisz, she passed away on Tuesday, January 12, 2010.
Survivors include:
Daughters, Joan M. (husband Jim) Phelps of Bluffton, Indiana, Judith A. (husband David "Dave") Clerget of West Lafayette, Indiana, and Jean M. (husband Terry) Cunningham of Fishers, Indiana; Grandsons, David "Ian" (wife Brittney) Clerget of Muncie, Indiana,Seth A. (wife Carolyn) Clerget of South Euclid, Ohio, and Matthew L. Cunningham of Fishers, Indiana; Step - Grandson, Christian (wife Sarah) Phelps of Monticello, Indiana; Step - Great Grandchildren, Gatlin, andEmily Phelps, both of Monticello, Indiana; Companion,Janet Sarault of Lafayette, Indiana; Sisters-in-law, Thersa (husband Eugene) Wojcichowski of Hammond, Indiana, and Marion Kubisz of San Jose, California; Brothers-in-law, Clarence Kaleta of San Clemente, California, Anthony S. "Tony" Kubisz of Burnham, Illinois, andBob Delaney of Hammond, Indiana; Many Nieces, Nephews, Great Nieces, and Great Nephews.
Preceded in Death:
Parents, Thomas Charles "Fred" and Mary Lucille (O’Dell) Lea; Wife, Patricia Ann "Pat" Lea;Infant Son; Sisters, Dorothy Kaleta, andLoretta Delaney; Sisters-in-law, Bonnie Kubisz, andEdith Kubisz;Brothers-in-law, Joseph J. "Joe" Kubisz, andWally Kubisz;
Arrangements by:
Miller - Roscka Funeral Home, 6368 E. US 24, Monticelllo, Indiana, 47960 ( 574 ) 583 - 8488.