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Sydney C. "Bob" Awald
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Sydney C. "Bob" Awald

August 12, 1925 - May 10, 2022

WALKERTON – Sydney “Bob” Awald, age 96, passed away May 10, 2022. He was born on August 12, 1925 to the late Ora and Agnes Awald of Walkerton. Bob was a veteran of World War II serving with the US Coast Guard in the Merchant Marines. He was a member of the American Legion Post 356 of Hamlet and a former Oregon Township Trustee in Starke County. Survivors include his wife Mary Ann (Romine), whom he married in 1950 at the First Christian Church in Knox, IN. Also surviving are his two daughters Pamela Hawk and Jill (Brian) Hazelton all of Hamlet; two sons John of Walkerton and Jack (Debra) of Hamlet; one sister Vertie (Bob) Pulliam of Walkerton; seven grandchildren; and eighteen great-grandchildren. Preceding him in death are his parents; one son-in-law Gary Hawk; six sisters Ethel Thornburg, Irene Singleton, Gladys Large, Dorothy Carlson, Pauline Martin, and Audrey Dudek; and two brothers Clarence and Frederick Awald. Visiting hours will be from 6:00 to 8:00 CDT Monday, May 16, 2022 at the Rannells Funeral Home, Hamlet Chapel. Funeral services will be at 11:00 CDT Tuesday, May 17, also at the Funeral Home with viewing one hour prior to the funeral. Burial will follow in Grovertown Cemetery. In lieu of flowers the family requests memorial contributions be made to the Oregon-Davis Scholarship Fund.

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WALKERTON – Sydney “Bob” Awald, age 96, passed away May 10, 2022. He was born on August 12, 1925 to the late Ora and Agnes Awald of Walkerton. Bob was a veteran of World War II serving with the US Coast Guard in the Merchant... View Obituary & Service Information

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