Moeller Funeral Home 104 Roosevelt Road Valparaiso, IN  46383 (219) 462-0535

Kosanke Funeral Home 105 East Indiana Avenue Kouts, IN  46347 (219) 766-2224

Wanatah Funeral Chapel 309 North Main Street Wanatah, IN  46390 (219) 733-2313

Angelcrest Cemetery Highway 49 and 600 North Valparaiso, IN  46383 (219) 531-8690

Michael Lynn Childress, 62, of Valparaiso passed away Wednesday, May 16, 2018. He was born May 20, 1955 in Dyersburg Tennessee.  Mike served proudly with the U.S. Navy then made his career as an auto body painter. Living life to the fullest and spending time with family and friends brought out the best in Mike. Life’s losses identified the undercurrents in his psyche that helped him value the good times even more.  Survivors include his sisters, Ann Parchmann and Joan May of Hammond, IN, nephew Robert (Wendy) Bogle of Valparaiso, other beloved nieces and nephews, cousins and friends. He was preceded in death by his 5 year old daughter, Sonia Childress, parents, sister, Faye and brothers, Jerry & James.
A visitation will be held Wednesday from 11 am – 12 noon at Moeller Funeral Home, Valparaiso with burial following at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood, IL at 1:30 pm.