John T. Rehm
July 25, 1939 –
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<p>John T. Rehm, 73, passed away peacefully with his family at his side on February 9, 2013 at LifePath Hospice House in Sun City Center, FL.</p>
<p>John was born July 25, 1939 in Indianapolis, IN to Lois Thompson Rehm and John Edgar Rehm, who preceded him in death. His family moved to Anderson, IN in 1950, where he went to school and graduated from Anderson High School in 1957.</p>
<p>He attended Indiana University where he received a Bachelor of Music degree (1961) and a Masters of Music degree (1962). He then moved to NYC where he worked at a music publisher’s house and as a professional musician. He travelled throughout the U.S. as a trombonist in the orchestra of a well-known ballet troupe.</p>
<p>In 1964 he began teaching Music Theory at East Carolina University in Greenville, NC. He married Fran Wagner in 1965. Two years later, they moved back to Indiana where he studied for his Ph.D. degree in Music Theory at Indiana University. In 1969 John and his wife started their family & moved to Normal, IL, where he taught Music Theory at Illinois State University for 26 years until his retirement in 1995.</p>
<p>John spent his retirement years initially at their summer home at Clear Lake, IN, but soon warmer Florida weather beckoned him and Fran south, where they found a home near Sun City Center, FL and lived about seven months each year.</p>
<p>John was an avid stamp collector, reader, and lover of music all his life; he enjoyed playing the trombone and baritone in several local Big Bands for several years before health problems prevented him from continuing to play.</p>
<p>John is survived by his loving wife of almost 48 years and a wonderful, devoted family: son Jeff Rehm, his wife Amanda, and four children in Commerce Twp., MI; and his daughter, Laurie Caniglia, her husband Mike, and their three children on Camano Island, WA. </p>
<p>He will be greatly missed by all his family and friends, but is now resting peacefully in the presence of his loving Lord. A memorial/celebration-of-life service in Florida will take place at a later date.</p>
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<p>John T. Rehm, 73, passed away peacefully with his family at his side on February 9, 2013 at LifePath Hospice House in Sun City Center, FL.</p>
<p>John was born July 25, 1939 in Indianapolis, IN to Lois Thompson Rehm and John Edgar Rehm, who preceded him in death. His family moved to Anderson, IN in 1950, where he went to school and graduated from Anderson High School in 1957.</p>
<p>He attended Indiana University where he received a Bachelor of Music degree (1961) and a Masters of Music degree (1962). He then moved to NYC where he worked at a music publisher’s house and as a professional musician. He travelled throughout the U.S. as a trombonist in the orchestra of a well-known ballet troupe.</p>
<p>In 1964 he began teaching Music Theory at East Carolina University in Greenville, NC. He married Fran Wagner in 1965. Two years later, they moved back to Indiana where he studied for his Ph.D. degree in Music Theory at Indiana University. In 1969 John and his wife started their family & moved to Normal, IL, where he taught Music Theory at Illinois State University for 26 years until his retirement in 1995.</p>
<p>John spent his retirement years initially at their summer home at Clear Lake, IN, but soon warmer Florida weather beckoned him and Fran south, where they found a home near Sun City Center, FL and lived about seven months each year.</p>
<p>John was an avid stamp collector, reader, and lover of music all his life; he enjoyed playing the trombone and baritone in several local Big Bands for several years before health problems prevented him from continuing to play.</p>
<p>John is survived by his loving wife of almost 48 years and a wonderful, devoted family: son Jeff Rehm, his wife Amanda, and four children in Commerce Twp., MI; and his daughter, Laurie Caniglia, her husband Mike, and their three children on Camano Island, WA. </p>
<p>He will be greatly missed by all his family and friends, but is now resting peacefully in the presence of his loving Lord. A memorial/celebration-of-life service in Florida will take place at a later date.</p>
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