K NOW Y OUR N EIGHBOR Huffer strives to serve community any way he can

Tyler Huffer has worn many hats while serving the Warsaw community.

The Warsaw native grew up on Main Street. A graduate of Warsaw High School, he attended IUPUI for college.

He has worked as an EMT and then went on to earn a paramedic’s license where he served locally for many years with Parkview and Parkview Samaritan. He started at Titus Funeral Home and stayed on staff after Cory Benz purchased the business.

At Titus, Huffer is a pre- planning specialist, assisting clients in pre-planning their funeral. He is also a community outreach coordinator, helping create healing experiences through unique and personalized life celebrations.

He is currently finishing up mortuary school and has his life insurance agent’s license. Huffer explained the state of Indiana requires anyone assisting a customer with pre-planning a funeral to be a licensed life insurance agent. “You’re still serving the community,” he said. “As a paramedic you care for a patient for 20-30 minutes. Here you care for a family for weeks, months and years.”

“The funeral home is such a community pillar,” he said. He has served as the Plain Township Trustee, overseeing fire, EMS, township assistance and township government. Huffer said he got involved in local politics through his desire to serve.

More recently he won the county coroner caucus after Tony Ciriello resigned to run for county council. He is now finishing up Ciriello’s term, which required he and the chief deputy coroner to take a 40hour training course in medicolegal death investigator training. He then had to observe an autopsy in Fort Wayne.

Letter to the editor

Veterans honored during National Poppy Month

Dear Editor:

The VFW Auxiliary Post 1126 of Warsaw would like to thank Rural King and Tractor Supply Company.

We welcome readers’ letters.

On May 20, they allowed us to honor our veterans by passing out poppies during National Poppy Month at their establishments. We would also like to thank the community for their support.

Kirby LeMond VFW Auxiliary President

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The Mary Jane Miller Scholarship Trust was established by Mary Jane Miller of Warsaw to provide financial assistance to students pursuing higher education. Ms. Miller cared greatly for our county and community. Her ambition was to provide scholarships to high school seniors and college students residing in Kosciusko County. Michael Valentine and Lake City Bank are co-trustees of the Mary Jane Miller Scholarship Trust. Applications are available each new year at the counselor’s office of all Kosciusko County high schools and at Lake City Bank, Wealth Advisory Group, 202 E. Center St. Warsaw, IN. Applications and additional information can also be found at www.lakecitybank.com/scholarships. Completed application packets will be collected before April 1st in consideration for the next academic year.