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Val R. Pemberton 97, Rochester

Val R. Pemberton 97, Rochester,  passed away at 12:57 P.M. Saturday, October 15, 2022, at his residence.

He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the son of Andrew Dewey and Gertrude Elinor (Nolan) Pemberton. He married Joyce Lee McMahan of Houston, Texas on December 1, 1951 in Riverside, California, and she preceded him in death on November 7, 1997. On July 22, 2000, he married Shirley Irene Smith and she survives.

Mr. Pemberton was raised in Ohio where he graduated from Westerville High School in 1942. He served in World War II in the U.S. Army from 1943-1946, as a navigator/bombardier on B-29 bombers. He entered The Ohio State University in January of 1957 and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in the College of Commerce in December of 1949. He was a member of the Beta Gamma Signa National Honorary Society. Recalled to active military duty in the United States Air Force for the Korean War upon graduation form O.S.U., he served in aerial combat in B-29’s, served in B-47 jet bombers, and became a F-86 jet fighter pilot, retiring from the Air Force in 1985.

Mr. Pemberton received his M.B.A. from the University of Wisconsin in 1964. He served twenty -eight years with Camcar Textron, Rockford, Illinois as group vice president and administrative vice president, and retired as division manager of Torx Products in 1993. He served as executive director of the Fulton Economic Development Corporation from 1995-1997.

Mr. Pemberton was a member of the Rochester Kiwanis Club for over thirty- five years.  He also was a member of the Elks’ Lodge, Moose Lodge, and the V.F.W. He was a life member of the American Legion, the Marine Memorial Club, the F86 Sabre Pilots Association, and the Ohio State University Alumni Association, the Ohio State University Faculty Club, and the Army and Navy Club of Washington, D.C. He served as a volunteer SCORE counselor for over ten years. He was a member of the Gideons International for many years.

Survivors include his wife, Shirley I. Pemberton, Rochester, Indiana, three sons, James Andrew (Pam) Pemberton, Rochester, Indiana, Paul Arnold Pemberton, Rochester, Indiana, Thomas Orrin Pemberton, Kokomo, Indiana, daughter, Sarah Pemberton, Santa Fe, New Mexico, step-children, Donald Smith, Rochester, Indiana, Ruby Troglen, Rochester, Indiana, Linda Rodriguez, Rochester, Indiana, Kara Graham, Macy, Indiana, several grandchildren and great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, son, John McMahan Pemberton, two grandchildren, two step-sons, Mark Rodriguez and James Rodriguez

Graveside services will be conducted at 2:00 P.M. Friday October 21, 2022, at the Odd Fellows Cemetery, Rochester, Indiana, where military graveside services will be conducted by the Wright -Patterson Air Force Base Honor Guard. Arrangements by Zimmerman Bros. Funeral Home, Rochester, Indiana. Online condolences may be expressed at www.zimmermanbrosfh.com

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