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August 6, 1980 – August 10, 2024

Brian S. Ottinger, 44, a lifelong resident of Dowagiac, passed away on Saturday, August 10, 2024.

He was born on August 6, 1980, in Berrien Springs, MI.

Surviving are his daughter – Ezra; significant other and mother of his daughter – Crystal Morseau; mother – Mary Wood; father – Tom Guntle; step-father – John Wood; siblings – Tonya Guntle, Travis Guntle, Ashley (Michael) Smith and Adam (Creasie) Wood; aunts & uncles – Robin (Walter) Peters, Paula (Fred) Schoff, Lyman Ottinger, Leroy Starrett, Mark Starrett, Orville Starrett; Robert Guntle Jr, and Sue Guntle; step-aunts and step-uncles – Sharon Landers, Jack Wood, and Dawn Drish; paternal grandmother – Jan Drouillard; paternal grandfather – Robert Sr (Fran) Guntle; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and extended family.

Preceding him in death were his baby brother – Michael Wood; maternal grandparents – Lyle and Dorothy Starrett; aunt – Elaine Starrett; two uncles – Joe Guntle and Bruce Landers; step-grandmother – Maryann Drish; and step-grandfather – Floyd Wood.

Funeral services for Brian will be at 12:00 PM on Monday, August 19, at Pokagon Band Community Center, 27043 Potawatomi Trail, Dowagiac, where friends may visit with the family from 10:00 AM until the time of services. Interment will follow in Sacred Heart of Mary Cemetery, Dowagiac.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Clark Chapel – Starks Family Funeral Homes, Dowagiac. Please visit Brian’s personalized webpage to share a memory or leave a condolence to his family at www.clarkch.com.