Joshua Alan Kelsey

Joshua Alan Kelsey , 24 years old of Willshire, Ohio, passed away on Thursday, July 27, 2017 Van Wert County Hospital Emergency Room after being stricken at home.

He was born on Monday, July 12, 1993 in Tell City, Indiana.

Josh attended New Corydon Bible Church, New Corydon, Indiana.

He enjoyed working…especially with his grandfather.  He liked wood turning, being the class clown, building forts along the river with his cousins, entertaining young children, four wheeling, singing gospel music and playing guitar, campfires, working on the farm with Clarence Hamrick and Mark Lehman, and Amish Country Popcorn.

Surviving are his mother, Debra Kelsey of Adrian, MI; grandparents, Jerry & Cheryl Kelsey of Willshire, OH; sister, Bethany Kelsey (fiancé, Joel Young) of Willshire, OH; two aunts, Lisa White of Palmyra, MI & Julie (James) Noble of Ypsilanti, MI; & cousins, Caleb, Justin, Nathan, & Olivia.

Funeral services will be held at 12:00 noon Tuesday, August 1, 2017 at Zwick & Jahn Funeral Home in Decatur with Pastor Patrick Young officiating.  Interment will follow in the Willshire Cemetery.

Friends will be received from 9 a.m. until the time of service, Tuesday, August 1 at Zwick & Jahn Funeral Home in Decatur.

Preferred memorials are to the family or for Bibles to Papua, New Guinea (checks payable to New Corydon Bible Church).