Ted C. Brentlinger

Sept. 13, 1942-July 7, 1995

GRANGER - Services for Ted C. Brentlinger, 52, of 50650 Cherry Road, who died at 9:03 a.m. Friday in Vencor Hospital, LaGrange, of natural causes, will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Hartzler-Gutermuth Funeral Home, Elkhart. Burial will be in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Osceola. Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday in the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to New Creation Fellowship, Elkhart.

Mr. Brentlinger was employed by Ryder Dedicated Logistics, South Bend, as a driver. He was born Sept. 13, 1942, in Bowling Green, Ohio. On Nov. 15, 1991, in Elkhart, he married Sharon ''Shari'' Dunning. She survives with two sons, Rick and Ron, both of Granger; two stepdaughters, Michelle Kirkdorfer of Edwardsburg and Laurie Kirkdorfer of Mishawaka; one grandson; one step-grandson; his parents, Ruth and Donald A. Brentlinger of Elkhart; and a sister, Kay Brekke of Middlebury. He was a graduate of Adams High School, South Bend, and former patrolman for the St. Joseph County Police Department.