Jack Brewer Obituary

Jack Duane Brewer, 84, of Lafayette, passed away Wednesday-May 25, 2022, at 3:00am, at IU Health Arnett Hospital in Lafayette. He had been in declining health for the past 6 months. He was born July 20, 1937, in Lafayette, to the late Harold & Mabel Ashba Brewer. He graduated from Delphi High School in 1955, and attended Purdue University for 2 years, and participated in their ROTC program. He worked for 20 years at the former Peters-Revington Furniture Factory in Delphi, then for 7 years at the Wabash Center in Lafayette, and then for Gunstra Builder's in Lafayette for 12 years. He moved from Delphi to Lafayette in 1976. He was a member of the Cloud Jockey's Lafayette Model Airplane Club. He loved building and flying the model RC planes he made, a hobby that lasted for 56 years. He also enjoyed participating in Rendezvous locally and around the country, specializing in buck skinning. He loved to hunt and make muzzle loaders and handmade knives. Jack had his private pilot's license for many years and loved to fly. Surviving: daughter-Toni Ann & Doug Gray of Nashville; daughter-Jessie Ann Brewer of Perrysville; sister-Janice & Phil Girton of Delphi. 4 grandchildren & 2 great granddaughters survive. He was preceded in death by an infant brother. Visitation will be Tuesday from 11am until his funeral service at 1pm, at Abbott Funeral Home, Inc., Delphi. Rev. Ed Selvidge officiating. Burial at Masonic Cemetery, Delphi. To view his obit or send an online condolence to the family, visit: http://www.abbottfuneralhome.com