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Warsaw community volunteers to help with plane crash victim funerals


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On Sunday Warsaw began a mourning period that will last for several days as visitation and funerals are held for the men who died in a plane crash nine days ago.

Among the dead were former Tippy Valley coach and counselor Scott Bibler, Sprint car driver Tony Elliott, Warsaw councilman Charlie Smith and his son, Warsaw attorney Scott Smith.

Bibler's funeral was Sunday at Tippy Valley high school.

Visitation for Elliott was held Sunday at the Warsaw Community Church. In fact, over the next three days the church will be the site for visitation and funeral services for three of the four men killed.

Just minutes after Sunday services came to an end at Warsaw Community Church, dozens of volunteers went to work.

From setting up tables to sweeping the floors, many were helping to get families ready for Tony Elliott's visitation.

"There are so many people that are coming forward," said Church Communication Director Greg Demopoulos. "That just want to see how can we help. How can we care for the people around us."

Over the next several days hundreds of volunteers from Warsaw Community Church and others will be pitching in to help ease the stress during this difficult time.

As the church prepares for visitation and funeral services for the families of Tony Elliott , Charlie Smith and Scott Smith -- Demopoulos says this is the biggest series of events they've ever seen at the church.

"This is four guys who had a huge impact on the community in different ways in different circles, and so their reach is much larger than anything we've ever experienced," said Demopoulos.

"People have come together to help with food," said Jeff Pfeifer, the community care pastor at Warsaw Community Church. "With prayer. People coming in to help set up and tear down and different denominations working together. It's such a blessing."

Pfeifer says it's amazing to see so many in the community lend a helping hand.

"It's just been a responding to these men and their deaths and celebrating their lives. We've come together in prayer. It just have been an amazing thing how the community has come together."

As volunteers dedicate their time, many are hoping the families of the lost loved ones will see the support that's behind them.

Warsaw Community Church is planning to webcast the funerals for Elliott and the Smiths. So that family members and friends who cannot attend the services can still be a part of the tribute: https://livestream.com/accounts/11031352

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