Jeremy M. Oden

March 25, 1981 - May 17, 2020

Jeremy M. Oden, age 39, of Huntington, died at 1:51 a.m. Sunday, May 17, 2020 at his home. Visitation will be from 3 – 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 20, 2020 at Bailey-Love Mortuary, 35 West Park Drive, Huntington, Indiana, 46750. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, May 21, 2020 in Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Huntington with Rev. Raymond Scribner officiating. Preferred memorials are to American Diabetes Association, in care of Bailey-Love Mortuary, 35 West Park Drive, Huntington, Indiana, 46750. Jeremy was born on March 25, 1981 in Huntington, the son of Michael H. and Donna J. (Buzzard) Oden. He graduated from Huntington North High School in 2000 and spent a year studying at Ball State University in Muncie before transferring to Indiana-Purdue University Fort Wayne, where he earned a degree in Mechanical Engineering. He married Tammy M. Forbes on January 12, 2008 in Huntington. Jeremy worked as a design engineer at Navistar in Fort Wayne for three years. He then spent eight years as a senior design engineer at DePuy Synthes in Warsaw, where he developed several patented instruments. He enjoyed indie rock music, Star Wars, and fishing. He was a Chicago Cubs baseball fan and he loved his grandson. Surviving in Huntington are his wife, Tammy Oden of Huntington, his children, Scot M. Forbes and Stephaine Davenport, his parents, Michael and Donna Oden, brothers Jason (Brittany) Oden and Jared Oden, a sister, Janell Oden, a step-sister, Heather Clark, grandparents Herbert and Virginia Oden and Jean Ann Buzzard, a grandson, Benjamin Forbes, and nephews Ross Oden and Bryson Oden.