In loving memory of our Friend, Co-worker and Pharmacist
David Gackenheimer “Gack”
7/31/1941 – 4/11/2004
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Dave was a pharmacist for 39 years. He was a 3rd generation pharmacist and graduated from University of Cincinnati. He worked and managed family owned pharmacies in Wabash for 26 years before coming to work for Webb's Family Pharmacy in March of 91. Dave had over 15 years experience in Nursing Home consulting. He enjoyed counseling patients and listening to and assisting with the needs of our elderly patients. Dave has significant compounding expertise and while in Wabash was Crystal Gayle’s favorite pharmacist. He is a member of the Indiana Pharmacist Association.
On a community level, Dave assumed a leadership role on the Retail Merchants Committee of the Rochester & Lake Manitou Chamber of Commerce where he served as president for 2 years, and was a member of the Rochester Optimist Club. He belonged to the Lake Manitou association and was a committee member on the worship committee for the Grace United Methodist Church. While in Wabash, Dave was President of the Wabash Chamber of Commerce, served on the Honeywell Foundation Board, is a Charter member of the Wabash Optimist Club and President of the St. Matthew’s United Church of Christ Governing Board.
Obituary for
David E.
Gackenheimer
July 31, 1941–April 11, 2004
David E. Gackenheimer, 62, of 497 S. Meridian Road, Rochester, died at 3:17 p.m.
Sunday at Woodlawn Hospital, Rochester.
Born in Wabash to Paul D. Gackenheimer and Bonita M. Crow Gackenheimer, he
married Shirley Sweares Hashbarger on May 26, 1979, in Wabash.
David was a past president and 26-year employee of Gackenheimer Pharmacies Inc.,
a family-owned business in Wabash, until it closed in 1991. He worked as a
pharmacist for Webb’s Family Pharmacy in Rochester since 1991. He was a member
of Grace United Methodist Church and attended First Church of God, both of
Rochester. He belonged to the Indiana Pharmacy Association and was a charter
member of the Wabash Optimist Club. He was a 1959 graduate of Wabash High School
and a 1965 graduate of the University of Cincinnati School of Pharmacy. He was a
past president of Wabash Chamber of Commerce and Rochester Retail Merchants
Association. He went to Nicaragua with Habitat for Humanity. He was a student in
a lay pastors program for two years. He moved to Rochester from Wabash in 1991.
Survivors include wife Shirley Gackenheimer, Rochester; mother Bonita M.
Gackenheimer, Wabash; daughter Teresa and husband Gary Jones, North Manchester;
son Jeff and wife Susan Gackenheimer, Danville; daughter Lisa and husband Kent
Miller, Macy; son Mike Hashbarger, Rochester; son Mark and wife Cindy
Gackenheimer, Appleton, Wis.; daughter Michelle and husband Robert Sinclair,
Peru; daughter Julie and husband Chris Gackenheimer Porter, Wabash; daughter
Mary Jo Lynn and husband Brian Merrill, Rochester; brother John H. and wife Ana
Gackenheimer, Wabash; 30 grandchildren and great-grandchildren; and his former
wife, Joyce Gackenheimer, Indianapolis. He was preceded in death by his father,
Paul Gackenheimer.
His funeral service is at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral
Service, 1241 Manchester Ave., Wabash, with Pastor Dave Dittman officiating.
Burial is at Falls Cemetery, Wabash. Visitation is 2-8 p.m. Wednesday at the
funeral home. The memorial guest book for David may be signed online at www.
grandstaff-hentgen.com. Preferred memorials are St. Matthew’s United Church of
Christ, Wabash, or First Church of God, Rochester.
