{"id":15718,"date":"2025-08-11T20:54:57","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T01:54:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=15718"},"modified":"2025-08-11T20:54:57","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T01:54:57","slug":"david-a-gramelspacher-64-of-south-bend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/15718-david-a-gramelspacher-64-of-south-bend\/","title":{"rendered":"David A. Gramelspacher (64) of South Bend"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>David A. Gramelspacher, 64, of South Bend, IN, passed away unexpectedly at 5:45 a.m. Wednesday, August 6, 2025, in his home.<\/p>\n<p>Graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday August 16th, 2025, in the Casey-Cumberland Cemetery, in Casey.<\/p>\n<p>David was born on August 13, 1960, to the late Kenneth and Norma Jean (French) Gramelspacher in Waynesboro, MS, and has lived in South Bend, IN since 1986.\u00a0 Along with his parents; he was preceded in death by his father-in-law and mother-in-law, William E. and Evelyn Roan.<\/p>\n<p>He graduated in 1978 from Newton Community High School in Newton, IL.\u00a0 David then received an Associates Degree in Accounting from Olney Central College, in Olney, IL; before attending Bethel University, where he received a Bachelor Degree in 2006.<\/p>\n<p>David was currently employed at Indiana Hoosier Lottery, where he worked as a Divisional Licensing Specialist for 19 years.\u00a0 Prior to that, he worked as Single Copy Sales Representative for the South Bend Tribune.<\/p>\n<p>On April 10, 1982, he married Lori Roan at Scott Avenue Christian Church in Newton, IL.<\/p>\n<p>He is survived by his loving wife of 43 years, Lori Gramelspacher of South Bend, IN; his son, Aaron Gramelspacher of Mishawaka, IN; two granddaughters, Avelyn \u201cAva\u201d Gramelspacher and Alyvia Gramelspacher, both of Mishawaka, IN; four sisters, Marsha (Richard Billings) Hart; Kris Sargent; Kim Johnson; and Claudia Gramelspacher; two brothers, Keith (Denise) Gramelspacher; Bert Gramelspacher; and multiple nieces &amp;<br \/>\nnephews.<\/p>\n<p>David was a longtime member of Calvary Church in South Bend, IN. \u00a0He was very active with Southside Little League, where he participated as a Board Representative, coached, and volunteered.\u00a0 He was also a member of Bend of the River Conservation Club.\u00a0 David was an avid St. Louis Cardinals baseball and St. Louis Blues hockey fan along with being a Notre Dame enthusiast, where he was an usher for football and basketball<br \/>\nfor over 20 years.\u00a0 He loved to play golf in his spare time and attend his granddaughters\u2019 extracurricular activities.Online condolences can be expressed at www.barkleyfuneralchapels.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David died on Wednesday, August 6.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":15719,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obits"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>David A. 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