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Michael Gale Schwaderer, 62, of Villa Rica, Georgia, formerly of Indian Lake, died Sunday, May 19, 2019, in Tanner Medical Center in Villa Rica.
He was born in Marion on Aug. 28, 1956, the son of the late Paul Edwin Schwaderer and the late Virginia Naomi Samples.
He graduated from high school and when he ordered his class ring he added the National Honor Society emblem to his ring application, making him a “self-declared”member of the National Honor Society. This early declaration followed him through a long and very successful career which began in April, 1980, when he became the 141st person hired at Honda of America in Marysville.
He remained with Honda in Marysville until November, 2004, when he transferred to Honda Precision Parts of Georgia, and in June, 2005, he moved from Indian Lake to Mirror Lake in Villa Rica, Georgia.
During his long and very successful career with Honda of America, he traveled extensively for more than 25 years to Japan, Belgium, Egypt, Brussels, Mexico, Canada and many other countries and was overseer for many important projects for Honda. He served as the representative for Honda on the West Georgia Work Force Development Board and reported directly to the governor.
He officially retired from his Senior Management position with Honda on April 1, 2018, with 38 years of dedicated and faithful service – proving that his “early self-declaration” for his life had been wonderfully and successfully fulfilled.
In his spare time, he enjoyed restoring old Mustangs and had restored a beautiful 1966 Mustang. He was a loving and dedicated husband, father and grandfather and a friend to the many people he met on this journey called “Life.”
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Kevin Paul Schwaderer.
Survivors include his wife of 43 years, Karen Wells Schwaderer of Villa Rica, two sons, Benjamin (Ben) Schwaderer and Mahogany Wood of Villa Rica, and Jason Schwaderer and his wife, Abby, of London, Ohio, a sister, Tina Schwaderer of Covington, Kentucky, three grandchildren, Kayla Schwaderer, Kennedy Schwaderer and Sebastian Wood, his mother-in-law and father-in-law, Allan and Elba Post of Indian Lake, two brothers-in-law, Jim (Mary) Post and Chuck (Jill) Post, two sisters-in-law, Mary (Don) Quesenberry and Susan (Bret) Stahler, and several nieces, nephews and other relatives.
A celebration of life will begin at 7 p.m., Saturday at Shoffstall Funeral Home, 205 S. Main St., Lakeview, with gathering of family and friends from 5-7 p.m. A meal will follow at Bellefontaine First United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall.
Local arrangements are in the care of Shoffstall Funeral Home, Lakeview.
Condolences can be expressed at shoffstallfuneralhome.com.