moved to the Columbia City area and built their 18 room home on Tri-Lakes. The entire family worked together and he was proud of building everything on the house excluding the chimney. He taught his children how to appreciate what they had by working hard to achieve it. They would travel around and repurpose old barn siding, removing and straitening the nails to use in building their home. Raymond worked at International Harvester for nearly 18 years before the company left Ft. Wayne. He went to work in sheet metal at Pettigrew and Sons in Fort Wayne and would retire from maintenance at General Electric in the early 90's. Besides spending time with his family, Raymond enjoyed scuba diving, boating, fishing, hunting and summer trips to Lake Michigan and Minnesota. He even made one memorable trip driving to Alaska and back with his parents and youngest son. Raymond also was a gun collector and a proud supporter of the National Rifle Association. On the afternoon of Sunday, December 31, 2017, Raymond's family heard the news that he passed away unexpectedly at his home. He leaves behind his loving children, Tim (Tam) Fearnow, Kristine (Jay) Straub, Melinda (Aaron) Woll, Erik (Melissa) Fearnow, all of Columbia City and Scott (Ruth) Fearnow, of Ft. Wayne; brothers, Phil (Judy) Fearnow, of Marion and Steve (Nancy) Fearnow, of Roann; sister, Camilla Fearnow, of North Manchester; 11 grandchildren, Alyssa Fearnow, Heath (Elena) Fearnow, Wesley Straub, Evan Staub, Cole Straub, Jacob Straub, Shamon (Dave) Ruckman, Alec Woll, Hailey Woll, Austin (Sarah) Fearnow and Blake Fearnow; and four great-grandchildren, Malleena, Rease, Dawson, and David Duane. He was preceded in death by his parents, Raymond C. Sr. and Nora A. Fearnow and former wife who passed away on November 27, 2016, Rose Marie Fearnow. Visitation is 4-8 p.m. Thursday, January 4, 2018 at DeMoney-Grimes, a Life Story Funeral Home, 600 Countryside Drive, Columbia City with a Rosary starting at 3:30 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10 a.m. Friday at St. Paul of the Cross Catholic Church, 315 S Line St, Columbia City with visitation one hour prior. Father Gary Sigler will officiate. Burial to follow at St. Paul of the Cross Catholic Cemetery. Memorial gifts may be given in his memory to St Paul of the Cross Catholic Church. Visit www.demoneygrimes.com to send family condolences online.