The brother of a Chesterton resident, Rosco (Rocky) Wright, of Washington, Ind., died December 5, 2002 at Daviess Community Hospital, Washington. He was 61.
He was born January 18, 1941 in Valparaiso, the son of Wilbur and Dorothy (Clem) Wright.
He is survived by a daughter, Heidi Wright and three sons, Peter Wright, Ryan Wright and Wilber Wilson Wright, all of Portage; two sisters, Janice L. Miller of Fredericksburg, Va. and Diane Krause of Chesterton; three brothers, Robert Wright of Bumpass, Va., Larry Wright of Valparaiso and Richard Wright of LaPorte.
He was also preceded in death by a daughter, three sisters and a brother.
He was employed as a roofer/construction. He served in the U.S Army for three years in Germany 1961-63.
A memorial service is scheduled at 1 p.m. Friday, Dec. 13 at Edmonds and Evans Funeral Home, Chesterton. Interment will be at Swan Lake Memorial Gardens.
Visitation is from11 a.m. till time of service at 1 p.m. Friday.
Arrangements in Washington, Ind. Were made by Poindexter-Hall & McClure Funeral Home.
The Chesterton Tribune
Wednesday, December 11, 2002
Volume 118, Number 179
Page 10, Column 2