Laurel E. Gaff is the son of John Wesley Gaff and Abby Celeste Ott. He was born 19 August 1924 in Noble, Noble, Indiana. He died 30 March 2006 at age 81 in Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana. He is buried at Christian Chapel Cemetery, Merriam, Noble, Indiana.

• He married Thelma Jean Heintzelman. She is the daughter of Carl A Heintzelman and Lillian Mae Fuller. She was born 8 October 1926 in Noble county, Indiana. She died 29 December 1993 at age 67 in Columbia City, Whitley, Indiana. She was buried 1 January 1994 at Christian Chapel Cemetery, Merriam, Noble, Indiana.

Children of Laurel E. Gaff and Thelma Jean Heintzelman:

1. LaDonna Gaff
   • She married Joel A. Hoehn. He is the son of Robert G. Hoehn and Norma Jean Franks.
2. Ken Gaff
3. Randy Gaff

Sources

Laurel:

• Birth and Death from the Social Security Death Index [Name: Laurel E. Gaff; Last Residence: 46725 Columbia City, Whitley, Indiana; Born: 19 Aug 1924; Died: 30 Mar 2006; SSN issued: Indiana (1956)].
• Birth, Death and Burial from his headstone.
• Birth, Death and Burial from his obituary as follows:

  Gaff Laurel E, 81, of Columbia City, died March 30, 2006 at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne. He operated a farm and stock truck business for many years in Green Twp and had also been employed at W.A. Jones & Son in Columbia City for more than 35 years. He was born Aug. 19, 1924 in Noble County to Milo and Abby (Ott) Gaff. He married Jean Heintzelman. She died in 1993. Surviving are 2 sons and a daughter-in-law, Ken of Columbia City and Randy and Diana of Churubusco; a daughter and son-in-law, LaDonna and Joel Hoehn of Ossian; a brother and sister-in-law, Robert and Neda of Ligonier; 7 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren. Services Friday at Smith & Sons Funeral Home in Columbia City. Burial, Christian Chapel Cemetery.

Thelma:

• Birth and Death from the Social Security Death Index [Name: Thelma J. Gaff; SSN: 305-28-2043; Last Residence: 46725 Columbia City, Whitley, Indiana; BORN: 8 Oct 1926; Died: 29 Dec 1993; SSN issued: Indiana (Before 1951)].
• Birth, Death and Burial from her headstone.
• Birth, Death and Burial from her obituary in the News-Sentinel, Fort Wayne, IN, Thursday, December 30, 1993 as follows:

  THELMA JEAN GAFF, 67, of Columbia City died yesterday in Parkview Memorial Hospital. She was a former employee of Farm Bureau Insurance in Albion and Lastar Ceramic Shop in Fort Wayne. Surviving are her husband, Laurel; a daughter, LaDonna Hoehn of Fort Wayne; sons, Ken of Columbia City and Randy of Churubusco; and seven grandchildren. Services are 10:30 a.m. Saturday in Christian Chapel Church, Merriam, with burial in the church cemetery. Calling is 2 to 8 p.m. tomorrow in Orr Funeral Home, Ligonier, and 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday in the church. Preferred memorials are gifts to the American Cancer Society.