Arthur 'Jim' Hentschel

70 year old Arthur “Jim” Hentschel of Wheatfield passed away on March 18, 2013 at the VNA Hospice Center with his loving family around him. Art “Jim” was born in Gary Indiana on July 20 1942 to the late Carl and Marie (nee: Eckhardt) Hentschel.  He work as a stockman for NIPSCO, and had served in the United State Army from 1963 until 1970.  He enjoyed serving on the Jasper County Fair Board.

He is survived by his wife Margaret and children Jaime (Krista) Hentschel, Jodi Hentschel, Erica (Wally) Kerns, Todd Hentschel, four grandchildren, and two sisters Dorothy Binder, Charleen (Tim) Smurdon. He was preceded in death by parents, and one brother Rev. William Hentschel.

Friends are invited to visit with the family on Thursday March 21, 2013 from 4 until 8 PM at the Boersma Funeral Home, 90 East Grove St., Wheatfield, Indiana. Funeral services will be a 10:30 AM at the funeral home on Friday March 22, 2013, after the service there will be a military service, and then he will be cremated and his ashes will be placed in the Wheatfield Cemetery at a later time.