Alvin E. Habegger

Alvin E. Habegger , 76, a resident of Decatur the past two years, and a former longtime resident of Berne, Indiana, passed away Wednesday, May 1, 2019 at Gulfside Hospice in Zephyrhills, Florida

He was born on Thursday, October 1, 1942, in Adams County, Indiana the son of the late Edgar Habegger and the late Savilla (Roth) Habegger. On September 25, 1965 he married Virginia Lehman and she survives.

Alvin attended the Zion United Church of Christ in Decatur, and was a graduate of Adams Central High School in Monroe. He retired from Micro Precision, in Berne where he worked as a machinist.

Surviving include his wife, Virginia Habegger of Decatur; son, Douglas (Denise) Habegger of Portland, Indiana; daughter, Sedonna Habegger of St. Petersburg, Florida; sister, Sarah (Robert) Amstutz of Grenada Hills, California; sister, Hannah (Richard) Amstutz of Berne, Indiana; three grandchildren, Dustin (Kayla) Habegger, Jaimie Habegger, and Alyssa (Bryan) Irelan; and three great-grandchildren, Jack, Gibson and Sawyer.

Alvin was preceded in death by four brothers, Howard, Benjamin, Chester and Paul Habegger; and two sisters, Catherine Smith and Eldonna Amstutz.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, May 9, 2019 at Zwick & Jahn Funeral Home Yager-Kirchoffer Chapel Berne, Indiana with Pastor Randy Rossman officiating. Interment will follow in the M.R.E. Cemetery, in Berne.

Friends will be received from 2-5 p.m. and 6-8 p.m., Wednesday, May 8, 2019 at Zwick & Jahn Funeral Home Yager-Kirchoffer Chapel in Berne and one hour prior to the service on Thursday at the funeral home.

Preferred memorials are to Family LifeCare or Zion United Church of Christ Church, Decatur.

Arrangements are being handled by the Zwick & Jahn Funeral Home, Yager-Kirchoffer Chapel, Berne.