FULTON COUNTY INDIANA
OBITUARIES
1998
Rochester Sentinel
Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh
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The Sentinel
1998
Friday, January 2, 1998
Louise Polk
March 21, 1922 - Jan. 1, 1998
Louise POLK, 75, 1301 Pontiac St., Rochester, died 12:40 a.m. Thursday at South
Bend Memorial Hospital.
Born March 21, 1922 in Letters Ford to Harley and Melvina VAWTER WOODCOX, she
married Lewis J. POLK, Jr. on March 29, 1938 in Rochester. He died Feb. 7, 1985.
She was a homemaker and a member of Trinity United Methodist Church, Rochester.
Survivors include one daughter, Sharon and husband Bob VanMETER, Rochester; four
grandchildren, Bobby and wife Becky VanMETER, Rochester, Laura VanMETER,
Rochester, Betsy and husband Rick WORDEN, Galveston, and Lewis and wife Jennifer
VanMETER, Crown Point; three great grandchildren, Joshua VanMETER, Lynnelee
[WORDEN] and Derrick WORDEN; two sisters, Sara Annabel KINKAID, Rochester, and
Betty and husband William QUIGLEY, Peru.
She was preceded in death by one son, Harley Lewis POLK, one daughter, Linda
Anne POLK, and one sister, Mary TYLER and two brothers, Ulrich [WOODCOX] and Ben
WOODCOX.
Services will be 1:30 Sunday at Zimmerman Family Funeral Home, Rochester with
Rev. William LAWSON officiating. Burial will be in Rochester Citizens Cemetery.
Friends may call 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday and after noon on Sunday. Memorials may be
made to Trinity United Methodist Church.
Sarah E. Chapin
Nov. 2, 1899 - Dec. 31, 1997
Sarah Elizabeth CHAPIN, 98, formerly of 920 Park St., Rochester, died at
Miller's Merry
Manor Nursing Home, Logansport, at 12:05 p.m. Wednesday.
Born Nov. 2, 1899 in Macy to Albert and Ollie L. BACON SMITH, she lived most of
her life in Miami and Fulton Counties. She married H. Glen CHAPIN on Sept. 15
1917 in Peru. She was a homemak er and member of First Christian Church,
Rochester.
Survivors include three daughters, Frances Lavon DRABENSTOTT, Rochester, Edna
Mae and husband Omer BEDFORD, Rochester, and Rosalee and husband Murrel SUTTON,
Rochester; nine grandchildren; several great and grea-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death her husband, parents, a daughter, Ruth HUMMEL, seven
sisters four brothers, and five grandchildren.
Services will be 11 a.m Saturday at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester,
with Rev. Chris DODSON officiating. Burial is in Rochester IOOF Cemetery.
Friends may call 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday prior to services. Memorials may be made
to the First Christian Church Rochester.
Lilia LaVern Hewitt
Jan. 3, 1926 - Dec. 31, 1997
Lilia LaVern HEWITT, 71. Kimmell, died at 5:50 p.m. Wednesday at Hospice Home of
Northeast Indiana.
Born Jan. 3. 1926 in Dwight, Ill. to Randle Eugen and Virgic DeLean PAYNE BURNS,
she lived her lifetime in the Noble County area. She married Hershel HEWITT on
July 26, 1947 In Fort Wayne. He preceded her in death in 1996.
She was a homemaker.
Survivors include her mother, Virgie DeLean BURNS, Hudson, three sons, Randy
HEWITT, Kendallville, Hershel HEWITT, Jr., Ligonier, and Mike HEWITT, Kimmell;
four daughters, Virgie COOPER and Penny OWSLEY, both of Kimmell, Linda HEWITT,
Rochester, and Karen WEAVER, Goshen; two brothers, Clifford BURNS and Virgil
BURNS, both of Kimmell; four sisters, Anna SATTISON, Hudson. Imaboy JOHNSON,
Angola, Corda HUNT, Butler, Fla., and Carol Sue DAVIS, Mt. Dora, Fla.; 14
grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by a daughter, Vickie [HEWITT], two brothers, George
[BURNS] and, Donald BURNS, and one sister, Dorothy HEWITT.
Services will be 10:30 a.m. Sunday at Ulrey-Renner Funeral Home, 705 S. Main,
Ligonier with Linda HEWITT officiating. Burial is in Sparta Cemetery, Kimmell.
Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday. Memorials may be made to National
Kidney Foundation or Hospice Home of Northeast Indiana.
Saturday, January 3, 1998
Ina N. Berdine
Jan. 1, 1901 - Dec, 31, 1997
Ida N. BERDINE, 96, 775 South 200 West, Hebron, died 4:50 a.m., Wednesday at
Life Care Center, Rochester.
Born in Lowell to Frank and Addie WORLEY FRASHOUR, she married Charles H.
BERDINE. He died April 8, 1994.
She owned and operated Berdine's Conoco Service at Berdine's Corner for over 40
years. She retired in 1968. She was a former bowling league member.
Survivors include one son, Cedric and wife Barbara BERDINE, Rochester; six
grandchildren, Chuck POGUE, Hebron, Michael and wife Lonnie POGUE, Hebron, David
and wife Brenda POGUE, Hebron, John and wife Beverly BERDINE, Prospect Hill,
N.C., Aline and husband Doug HEIDLER, DeMotte, Scott BERDINE, U.S. Army,
Montana; six great- grandchildren and three step-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by one daughter, Shirley POGUE, two brothers and six
sisters.
There will be a family service at Steinke Hebron Chapel 624 N. Main (on Rt. 2).
Hebron with Rev. Chris SHRUM officiating. Private interment will be in Hebron
Cemetery. Friends may call 2 to 4 p.m., Monday at the funeral home. Memorial
service Monday at 4 p.m.
Lillie B. Elliott
Aug. 5,1901 -Jan. 2,1998
Lillie B. ELLIOTT, 96, 2051 East 18th Road, Tippecanoe, died at 8:40 a.m. Friday
at Pilgrim Manor Nursing Home, Plymouth, following a illness of 16 months.
She was born in Plymouth to William and Dora SULT SNYDER. She lived in
Tippecanoe and Argos after moving from North Liberty in 1927. On January 31,
1927 in North Liberty she married Harvey ELLIOTT who died April 25. 1975. She
was a homemaker.
Survivors include two sons, William "Jake" and Barbara ELLIOTT,
Bourbon, and Robert and Gertrude ELLIOTT, South Bend; four grandchildren, Sara
McKRILL, Huntertown; Mark ELLIOTT, Bristol; Paul ELLIOTT, Woodstock, Ill. and
David ELLIOTT, Fort Wayne: eight great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Loretta
BOWMAN, Osceola; and two brothers, Francis and Martha SNYDER, North Liberty, and
Earl and Alberta SNYDER, St. Petersburg, Fla. Preceding her in death were her
parents, four sisters and four brothers.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Grossman Funeral Home, Argos, with the
Rev. Richard LEWKE officiating. Burial will be in the Tippecanoe Cemetery.
Visitation is from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Sunday and after 9 a.m. Monday. Memorials
may be made to Tippecanoe EMS.
Loyola E. Davis
Aug. 31, 1919-Jan. 2, 1998
Loyola E. DAVIS, 78, 11531 10th Road, Plymouth,, died at 1:30 a.m. Friday at her
home.
She was born in Plymouth to Charles J. and Agnes CRIST RICHARD. On Feb. 19, 1944
in Plymouth she manried William Lawrence DAVIS. He died Sept. 18, 1981. She
lived In Plymouth her entire life and attended Green TownslAp schools. She was a
homemaker and member of the Happy Circle Club.
. Survivors include one daughter, Connie and Douglas MARKS two sons, Ronnie
[DAVIS] and Larry [DAVIS], all of Plymouth; grandchildren Holly [DAVIS], Richard
[DAVIS] and Reggie DAVIS, all of Bourbon, two step-grandchildren; five step-
great-grandchildren; two sisters, Lucy SCHLOSSER, Plymouth, and Julian LOCKRIDGE
Scottsdale, Ariz.; and four brothers, Joseph RICHARD, Rochester; Raymond
RICHARD, South Bend, and Lewis [RICHARD] and Robert RICHARD, both of Plymouth.
Preceding in death, with her parents and husband, is one sister Martha ZEIGER
BAKER.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Michael's Roman Catholic Church,
612 North Center St., Plymouth, with the Rev. Father Anthony GILLESPIE
officiating. Burial will be in the New Oakhill Cemetery, Plymouth. Visitation is
from 2-8 p.m. Monday at Johnson-Danielson Funeral Home, Plymouth, where a Rosary
Service will be held at 7:30 p.m. Memorials may be made to the Marshall County
Hospice.
Monday, January 5, 1998
Edna Camilla Jensen Thompson
Sept. 10, 1897 - Jan. 3, 1998
Edna Camilla JENSEN THOMPSON, 100, Grace Village, Winona Lake, died at 4:10
a.m., Jan. 3, 1998, at Grace Village Health Care, Winona Lake.
Born Sept. 10, 1897 in Buffalo, N.Y., to Rasmuss and Christina JENSEN, she
married Roy E. THOMPSON on July 29, 1917 in Indianapolis. He preceded her in
death on April. 9, 1983.
Mrs. Thompson was formerly of Indianapolis and Rochester and lived In Warsaw for
the past 15 years. She was a homemaker and a member of the United Methodist
Church.
Survivors include one daughter, Martha ANDREWS Warsaw; two grandsons, Dennis R.
ANDREWS Warsaw, and Jon ANDREWS, Warsaw; one granddaughter, Lynn HENNIC, Kimmell;
six great-grandchildren and numerous great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by two brothers and two sisters.
Services will be 10 a.m. Wednesday at McHatton-Sadler Funeral Chapel, Warsaw,
with Pastor David ASHLEY officiating. Burial is at Crownhill Cemetery,
Indianapolis. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the
funeral home. Memorials may be made to Grace Village or The Gideons.
Tuesday, January 6, 1998
Loretta L. Matheny
Loretta L. MATHENY, 61, 6606 N. Indiana 25, Talma, died at 9 p.m. Monday, at
her residence.
Arrengements are pending at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester.
Wednesday, January 7, 1998
Alma Mitchell Brewer
June 30,1908 - Jan. 6, 1998
Alma MITCHELL BREWER, 89, Worthington, E)hio, died Tuesday at Kobacker House,
Columbus, Ohio.
Born June 30, 1908 to Grant and Reny THRAWL MITCHELL in Tipton County, she
married Samuel Hawley BREWER. He preceded her in death.
Mrs. Brewer was a graduate of Ball State University, received a Masters Degree
from Butler University, and taught music in Indiana public schools for 39 years,
including nine years in Howard, Miami, and Fulton counties. She was a member of
Worthington Christian Church.
Survivors include one daughter, Helen Jean and her husband Verlin WARNOCK,
Columbus,Ohio; two granddaughters, Elaine and husband Greg MAJOR, Beverly Hills,
Mich.. and Virginia and husband Charles QUICK, Tiburon, Calif.; six
great-grandchildren.
She was preceded In death by by one brother, E. L. MITCHELL.
Services will be at 1 p.m., Saturday at the Rutherford Corbin Funeral Home, 515
High St., Worthington, with Dr. Marshall HAYDEN officiating. Graveside services
will be held at a later date at IOOF Cemetery, Rochester. Friends may call one
hour prior to the service at the funeral home.
Mabel "Doris" Lindemuth
Aug. 2, 1901 - Jan. 6, 1998
Mabel "Doris" LINDEMUTH, 96 Life Care Center, Rochester, formerly of
Argos and Plymouth died 4 p.m. Tuesday at her residence.
Born to Frank L. and Maud WOOLLEY ROHRER on Aug. 2, 1901 in Marshall County, she
married Dr. Carl B. LINDEMUTH on Nov. 15, 1954 in Indianapolis. He preceded her
in death on June 26, 1972. Mrs. Lindemuth was a Denver High School graduate and
attended Manchester College. She was homemaker and a nurses aide at Lutheran
Hospital, Fort Wayne, and Parkview Hospital, Plymouth. She was a former member
of the Tiosa Brethren Church and Beta Sigma Phi.
Survivors include one sister, Mamie MARSH, Fort Wayne, one foster brother,
Richard "Bud" LEWIS, Tiosa; several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by two sisters, Charlotte POMROY and Vera PARTRIDGE.
Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the New Oak Hill Cemetery,
Plymouth, with Rev. Gerald ZOOK officiating. No visitation is planned. The
Hartzler Funeral Home, Akron, is in charge of arrangements.
Loretta L. "Skip" Matheny
Oct. 24, 1936-Jan. 5, 1998
Loretta L. "Skip" MATHENY, 61, 6606 N. Indiana 25, Taima, died 9 p.m.
Monday at her residence.
Born Oct. 24, 1936 in Wabash County to Dale and Freida CURLESS BASHORE, she
moved to Rochester in 1972. She married Freddie Junior MATHENY on June 9, 1972
in Rochester. He survives.
Mrs. Matheny was a homemaker and a former employee of Controls Company. a
Division of Singer Company. North Manchester.
Survivors include two stepdaughters, Jean and husband Terry CRAIG, Warsaw, and
Judy ZORNE, Warsaw; four grandchildren; her mother., Freida BASHORE, Wabash; one
sister, Betty TEMPLE, Wabash.
She is preceded in death by her father.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Foster & Good Funeral Home,
Rochester, with Pastor Gerald ZOOK officiating. Burial will be in Oaklawn
Cemetery, North Manchester. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday and after 9
a.m. through the hour of services on Saturday. Memorials may be made to the
American Diabetic Foundation.
Thursday, January 8, 1998
Clarence Earl Overly
March 6, 1913-Jan. 7, 1998
Clarence Earl OVERLY, 84, Denver, died at I I a.m. Wednesday, at ExtendaCare,
Peru.
Born in Richland Township to William Franklin and Gertrude OVERLY, he married
Zellnora Eva ZIMMERMAN on Nov. 26. 1942. She preceded him in death on March 7,
1992.
Overly was a retired farmer and a member of Chili United Methodist Church.
Survivors include one daughter, Parlene M. PURVIS, Peru; three sons, Leonard W.
OVERLY, Lucerne, Walter D. OVERLY, Peru, and Glen R. OVERLY, Peru; one brother,
Paul OVERLY, North Manchester; nine grandchildren; five great grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by one brother, Clyde OVERLY.
Services are 2:30 p.m. Saturday at McClain Funeral Home, Denver. Rev. William
SHEWMAN will offictate. Burial is in Chili Cemetery. Visitation is from 4-8 p.m.
Friday at the funeral home.
William "Shiny" Blackburn
Aug. 17, 191 1 -Jan. 7, 1998
William "Shiny" BLACKBURN, 86, 10820 N. Indiana 25, Mentone, died at
2:55 p.m. Wednesday at Kosciusko Community Hospital, Warsaw.
Born in Warsaw to George A. and Nettie M. MORRIS BLACKBURN, he married Ethel
MEREDITH on Nov. 19, 1932 in Warsaw. She Survives.
Blackburn was a farmer.
Survivors include three sons, William "Bill" and wife Audrey
BLACKBURN, Elkhart, Max and wife Betty BLACKBURN, Mentone, and Jerry and wife
Ann BLACKBURN, Claypool; one sister, Mary RENSBERGER, Milford; one brother,
Lester and wife Shirley BLACKBURN, Warsaw; three grandchildren; four
great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by one son, Larry [BLACKBURN], three grandsons, six
sisters, three brothers.
Services are 10:30 a.m. Saturday at King Memorial Home, Mentone. Rev. Greg
RITTENHOUSE will officiate. Burial is at Mentone Cemetery. Visitation is from
2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Byron B. Gilchrist
Jan. 27, 1903-Jan. 7, 1998
Byron B. GILCHRIST, 94, Indianapolis, formerly from South Bend, Argos and
Rochester areas, died Wednesday at Forum at the Crossing., Indianapolis.
Born in Rochester to William and Artemica MOW GILCHRIST, he married Emma
PFEIFFER in 1928 in South Bend.
Gilchrist was a retired Superfritendant for Charles Aulm and Company
(construction) and also a retired farmer. He was the oldest surviving member of
the Carpenters Union Local 413, South Bend. He was also a member of the First
Presbyterian Church, Plymouth.
Survivors include two daughters, Dr. Mary A. GILCHRIST, Indianapolis, and Janet
A. and husband J. Michael FROST, Indianapolis: two granddaughters, Susan ROJAS,
Scottsdale, Ariz., and Catherine NICHOLS, Chandler, Ariz.
Services are 11 a.m. Saturday at F&B Broad Ripple Funeral Home,
Indianapolis. Dr. Donald DURRETT will officiate. Burial is in Oaklawn Memorial
Gardens, Indianapolis. Visitation is one half hour prior to services.
Charles E. Gradeless
July 3, 1925-Jan. 8, 1998
Charles E. GRADELESS, 72, 6839 N. Indiana 25, Talma, died at 5:30 a.m. Tbursday
at his home. He was formerly of Bippus.
Born in Huntington County to Walter and Lela BARE GRADELESS, he married Evelyn
GARSHWILER on Feb. 24, 1946 In Huntington. She survives.
Gradeless retired from Dalton Foundry, Warsaw in 1988 after 11 years of service.
Formerly, he was a truck driver for Rollcoater Trucking, Pendleton.
Survivors include three sons, Alan GRADELESS, Hendersonville, Tenn., David
GRADELESS, Huntington, and Charlie GRADELESS, Fort Wayne; two daughters,
Christine and husband Kent DUHAMELL, Greencastle, and Carlene and husband Ross
STALLER, South Whitley; 14 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; one sister,
Elizabeth LEACH, North Webster; one brother, Harmon GRADELESS, Almond, Wis.
He was preceded in death by two sisters, Rebecca GRADELESS and Ila STENSEL.
Services are 2 pm. Sunday at Dela-Robbins & Van Gilder Huntington Chapel,
Huntington. Burial is at Riverside Cemetery, Andrews. Visitation is from 2-4
p.m. and 6-8 p.m. Saturday at Huntington Chapel.
Friday, January 9, 1998
Cora Grogg
Sept. 25, 1902-Jan. 7, 1998
Cora GROGG, 95, Normal, Ill., died at 9:42 a.m. Wednesday at the Manor Care
Health Services, Normal, Ill.
Born in Prishtina Kosovo, Yugoslavia to Thomas and Nasta HADOVICH YOVONOVICH,
she married George GROGG on Nov. 22, 1922 in Yugoslavia. He died Oct. 26, 1969.
Mrs. Grogg came to this country from Yugoslavia and spent most of her adult life
in rural Indiana. She taught herself English. She grew lush gardens.
Survivors include three sons, William I. and Patricia GROGG, Heyworth, Ill.,
Charles J. GROGG and Sharon, Mesa, Ariz., and Robert V. and Jean Ann GROGG,
Claypool; 11 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and five
great-great-grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by her parents, one son, Jean GROGG, three brothers,
George [YOVONOVICH], Dushan and Arsenta [YOVONOVICH], and three sisters, Susan [YOVONOVICH],
Yefka [YOVONOVICH] and Donitza [YOVONOVICH].
A private inurnment service will be held 10:00 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 24. at the
Roann Community Cemetery, Roann. There will be a Memorial Service following the
committal service at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 24, at the Akron United Methodist
Church, Akron, with her grandson, Rev. Keith Andrew GROGG officiating. The
family will receive friends following the memorial service at the church.
Metzler-Froelich Memorial Home, Bloomington, Ill., is in charge of arrangements
and Hartzler Funeral Home, Akron will be in charge of services in Indiana.
Memorials may be made to Alzheimer's Association Corn Belt Chapter, P.O. Box 67
Normal, III 61761 or United Methodist Church, Akron.
Saturday, January 10, 1998
Evelyn C. Bonine
Jan. 28, 1906-Jan. 8, 1998
Evelyn C. BONINE, 91, Taylor Road, Columbus, died at 7:20 p.m. Thursday at Four
Seasons Health Care Center, Columbus.
Born in Center Point to John B. and Olive M. ALEXANDER JONES, she married Wyle
C. BONINE on July 5, 1936 in Rochester. He preceded her in death in 1979.
Mrs. Bonine was a graduate of Indiana State University School of Business,
worked as a Business teacher at the Business School of Detroit, Mich. for
several years. She also taught Business in Fort Branch and Rochester. She was a
volunteer for the Columbus Regional Hospital Auxliary and the Columbus Senior
Citizens Center, Columbus. She was a member of the Welcome Wagon, Columbus.
Survivors include one brother, Nyle JONES, Columbus; one nephew, Jim BONINE,
Culver, four nieces, Joyce ROBINSON, Columbus, Jan MILLER, Carmel, Cynda DICK,
Illinois, Harriet ROMINE, Rochester.
A memorial service will be conducted at Garland Brook Mausoleum at 12:30 p.m.
Monday. Rev. Evelyn BROWN will officiate. Inurnment will be at Garland Brook
Mausoleum. Memorials may be made to Hospice of Bartholomew County.
Monday, January 12, 1998
Elgie Harold Vandermark
Sep 7,1908-Jan.12,1998
Elgie Harold VANDERMARK, 89, 1106 Jackson Blvd., Rochester, died 3:30, p.m.
Monday at his residence.
Born Sep. 7, 1908 in Chetopa, Kan. to Joseph and Mary AZDELL VANDERMARK, he
married Velma Lucein NELSON on Aug. 25, 1934 in Mansfield, Ohio. She survives.
Vandermark lived in Fulton County area for 55 years. He was a poultry farmer in
Newcastle Township until retiring in 1974. He was a member of the Church of
Christ, was past Elder of the Church, a 4-H leader, and a bus driver for the
former Talma and Mentone school systems.
Survivors include one daughteter, Mary Jo and husband Jay WILSON, Rochester; one
son, Lyle and wife Carol VANDERMARK, Rochester; seven grandchildren and 15
great-grandchildren: one sister, Mrs. Helen ELLER, Melbourne, Fla., one brother,
Orie and wife Maxine VANDERMARK, Lake Placid, Fla.; one sister-in-law, Helen
VANDERMARK, North Manchester.
He is preceded in death by his parents, a sister, Edna WOOD, and a brother,
Orville [VANDERMARK].
Services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Church of Christ, Rochester with
Rev. Jim DILLINGER officiating. Burial is in Meritone Cemetery. Friends may call
from 3 to 5 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Fostcr & Good Funeral Home,
Rochester, and in the church one hour prior to services. Memorials may be made
to the Church of Christ Building Fund, Rochester.
Ralph J. Long
Nov. 13, 1914-Jan. 12,1998
Ralph J. LONG, 83, 659 South 950 West, Etna Green, died 4:15 a.m. Monday at
Millers Merry Manor, Warsaw.
Born Nov. 13, 1914 in Etna Green to George and Esther DUNFEE LONG, he married
Aleta HIGHT on Nov. 26, 1935 in Etna Green, She survives.
He was a farmer. Survivors include three daughters, Barbara and husband Robert
McQUINN, Forest, LuAnn WISEMAN, Marcellus, Mich, and Linda and husband Max
FLENAR, Etna Green; two sons, Larry and wife Mary Ellen LONG, Warsaw, and Robert
and wife Judy LONG, Milford; two sisters, Annabel TUCKER, Mentone, and Mary
Alice and husband Gerald JONES, Rochester, 14 grandchildren; 16
great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by one brother, Everett [LONG], and one sister, Helen
[LONG].
Services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Etna Green Church of Christ with Rev.
Gene NEYHART officiating. Burial will be at Etna Green Cemetery. Friends may
call from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the King Memorial Home, Mentone. Memorials may
ba made to Church of Christ or favorite charity.
George S. Jones
July 12, 1912-Jan. 10, 1998
George S. JONES, 85, 201 W. 9th St., Rochester, died 2:35 p.m. Sunday at
Woodlawn Hospital.
Born July 12, 1912 in Elk City, Oklahoma to Dr. Harry and Allabelle TYLER JONES,
he married Hazel C. PUTNAM on May 10, 1947 in Lainsburg, Mich.
He owned and operated the George S. Jones Wholesale Company, Rochester. He had
been a Fulton County Probation Officer. He was a long time leader of Rochester's
Boy Scout Troop 219 and was recipient of the Silver Beaver Award. He was a
member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Rochester American
Legion and VFW Posts, the Rochester Eagles Lodge, and a charter member o Fulton
County Historical Society. He was a retired Lt. Colonel in the U.S. Army
Reserves and served with the U.S. Army In the Pacific theater during World War
II. He was awarded the Soldiers Medal and the Bronze Star.
Survivors include one daughter, Janet and husband Terry MEYER, Roseburg, Ore.;
four sons, Harry O. JONES, West Lafayette, Dewey George JONES, Marquette, Mich.,
Richard P, JONES, Atlanta, Ga, and John A. JONES, Rochester; 15 grandchildren,
eight great- grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a son, Tyler S. JONES,. grandson, Jacob MEYER, and
brother, Harry O. JONES.
Services will be 1 p.m. Wednesday at Zimmerman Family Funeral Home: with Bishop
William TINCHER and Rev. Don BRENNEMAN officiating. Burial is at IOOF Cemetery,
Rochester. Graveside military rites will be conducted by the Rochester American
Legion and VFW Posts. Friends may call 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Zimmerman Family
Funeral Home, Rochester, and from 11 a.m. until services Wednesday. Memorials
may be made to Sagamore Council of Boy Scouts of America or the National VFW
Children's Home
Richard. D. Sheetz
Dec. 17, 1923 - Jan 9, 1998 !
Richard D. SHEETZ, 74, South 36th St., South Bend, died 9:50 p.m. Friday at his
home.
Born Dec. 17, 1923 in Akron, he married Arphelia Ann HAMLETT on Nov. 13, 1943 in
Rochester. She survives in New Orleans, La. He remarried on May 6, 1961 in South
Bend to Monna Y. BOWLIN. She survives.
Sheetz was a carpenter for Hartman Builders and B & G Construction, both of
South Bend. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II, a member of the Masonic
Lodge, F&AM, Carpentcr's Union No. 413, South Bend, and a member of the
River Park United Methodist Church.
Survivors include two sons, Vince S. SHEETZ, New Orleans, La. and Kent D. SHEETZ,
Las Vegas, Nev.; one stepson, Daniel R. JONES, Canal Winchester, Ohio; one
stepdaughter, Vicki E. RIEDEL, Livonia, Mich; four grandchildren, one
great-grandson, and one sister, Louise SMITH, Tustin, Calif.
There will be no services. Memorials may be made to Milton Home, 206 E. Marion,
South Bend, Ind.. 461501 or to Hospice of St. Joseph County, 111 Sunnybrook
Court, South Bend, Ind. 46637. Arrangements are by Palmer Funeral Home, South
Bend.
Tuesday, January 13, 1998
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Wednesday, January 14, 1998
Lois Fenstermaker
Lois FENSTERMAKER, 94, 117 E, State St., Etna Green, died 2:10 a.m.
Wednesday at Mason's Health Care, Warsaw.
Arrangements are pending at King Memorial Home, Mentone.
Samuel R. McNutt
May 21, 1928-Jan. 12, 1998
Samuel Robert McNUTT, 69, Chicago, Ill., died 1:26 p.m. Monday at his residence.
Born May 21, 1928 in Columbus, Georgia to Claude and Sarah J. BROOKS McNUTT, he
married Myrtle KESZLER on Aug. 20, 1948 in Chicago. She survives.
A U.S. Navy veteran of World War II, he was a warehouse supervisor at Northern
Telecom Corp., Martin Grove, Ill., until retiring in 1993. He was a member of
the United Church of Christ, Chicago.
Survivors include three sons, Michael and wife Paula McNUTT, Palatine, Ill.,
John and wife Nancy McNUTT, Harvard, Ill., and Steven and wife Elena McNUTT,
Rochester; one daughter, Jeanne and husband Michael WOJCIECHOWSKI, Chicago; 11
grandchildren, Matthew [WOJCIECHOWSKI], Peter [WOJCIECHOWSKI], Susan and husband
Benecke [WOJCIECHOWSKI], Heather Bethany [WOJCIECHOWSKI], Quinn [WOJCIECHOWSKI],
Shannon [WOJCIECHOWSKI], Veronica [WOJCIECHOWSKI], Steven [WOJCIECHOWSKI],
Jonathon [WOJCIECHOWSKI] and Jason [WOJCIECHOWSKI]; three, sisters, Sarah Ann
[LONG], Jane [LONG], and Mary [LONG]; three brothers, Joe [LONG], Millard [LONG]
, and Ben [LONG].
He was preceded in death by two brothers, Harold [LONG] and Bill [LONG].
Friends may call 3 to 8 p.m., CST Wednesday at the Lawrence Funeral Home, 4800
N, Austin, Chicago. A private family service will be from 8 to 9 p.m. Wednesday.
Internmtent is private. Memorials may be sent to American Cancer Society.
John W. Hudson
John W. HUDSON, 76, 7326 West 775 North, Culver, died 4 a.m. today at his
residence.
Arrangements are pending at Grossman Funeral Home, Argos.
Thursday, January 15, 1998
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Friday, January 16, 1998
Lois Fenstermaker
Dec. 19, 1903-Jan. 14, 1998
Lois W. FENSTERMAKER, 94, 117 E. State St., Etna Green, died 2:10 a.m. Wednesday
at Mason's Health Care, Warsaw.
Born in Kosciusko County to Mr. and Mrs. DUNLAP, she was married to the late
Elmore FENSTERMAKER. Mrs. Fenstermaker was a teacher in, Mentone and Etna Green
schools and a member of the Order of the Eastern Star.
Survivors include one grandson, Jeff and wife Betty LONG, Coldwater, Ohio; three
great- grandchildren.
She was also preceded in death by one daughter, Sue LONG; one brother, and one
sister, Dorothy [DUNLAP].
Services were at 2 p.m. Friday at King Memorial Home, Mentone, with Rev. Gene
NAYHART officiating. Burial was in Mentone Cemetery.
John W. Hudson
April 3, 1921-Jan. 14, 1998
John W. HUDSON, 76, 7326 West 775 North, Culver, died 4 a.m. Wednesday at his
residence.
Born in Florence, S.C. to John J. and Sarah WILLIAMS HUDSON, he married Helen J.
McDONALD on April 3, 1948 In Germany. She preceded him in death on July 21,
1990. Coming from Fort Belvoir, Va., he lived in Culver the past 30 years.
Hudson retired from the U.S Army Aug. 25, 1969 with 30 years of service with the
rank of Sgt Major and had served in both European and Pacific theaters in WW II
and also served in the Korean Conflict and received Purple Heart, Silver Star.
and the Legion of Merit. After his retire rdetit from the Army, he was the coach
of the Polo team at the Culver Military Academy for the past 20 years. He was a
member of the American Legion Post Monterey, and the Fulton County Conservation
Club.
Survivors include three daughters, Cynthia and husband Ken GOOD, Culver, Audrey
and husband Bill DOWNEY, Argos, and Teresa HUDSON, Columbus, Ohio; one son, John
and wife Luan HUDSON, Fresno, Calif.; six grand children; one sister, Julia
BULLOCK, Florence, S.C.
He was preceded in death by three sisters and two brothers.
Services will be at 11:30 a.m Monday at the Culver Academy Chapel, Culver, with
Chaplain Thomas STEFFAN officiating. A private burial service will take place in
the Washington Cemetery, Culver. There will be no visitation or viewing.
Grossman Funeral Home, Argos is in charge of arrangements.
D. Bernard Ponder
Mar. 3, 1921-Jan. 12, 1998
Lt. D. Bernard PONDER, USAAF, 76, RR 4, Box 219, Rochester, died 8:24 p.m.
Monday at his residence.
Born in Pelham, Ga. to Alfred H. and Esther L. DRISKELL PONDER, he lived in the
Rochester area since 1959, coming here from Chicago.
He was a retired Purchasing Agent for the City of Chicago. He served in the U.S.
Air Force from 1942 to 1945 in the European Theater assigned to the 332nd
fighter. He was a WW II fighter pilot with the famed Tuskegee Airmen, who flew
several missions over Germany. He was a former President of the Kings Lake
Improvement Association.
No services are scheduled at his request. Foster & Good Funeral Home,
Rochester, is in charge of arrangements.
Devon P. Ogle
Devon P. OGLE, 70, 1328 Monroe St., Rochester, died 4:26 a.m. today at
Memorial Hospital, South Bend.
Arrangements are pending at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester.
Saturday, January 17, 1998
Devon P. Ogle
Dec. 24, 1927 -Jan. 16, 1998
Devon P. OGLE, 70, 1328 Monroe St., Rochester, died 4:28 a.m. Friday at Memorial
Hospital, South Bend.
Born Dec. 24, 1927 in St. Joseph County to Elmer and Martha ENDERS OGLE, he
married Barbara A. SMILEY on April 20, 1951 in Rochester. She survives.
Ogle retired from Sealed Power Corporation, Rochester where he worked for over
30 years. He also worked for the Studebaker Corporation, South Bend. He was a WW
II U.S. Army veteran who served in the Paciflc Theater. He was a 1945 graduate
of Bremen High School. He was a charter member of the VFW Post In Bremen, and
locally was a member of the Lake Manitou VFW Post. He had been a long time
secretary/treasurer of Starlite bowling league at Quick's Lanes, Rochester and
was past president of Sealed Power Retirees. He enjoyed playing cards and
fishing.
Survivors include two daughters, Debra Jo and husband Joe DIERDORF, Terre Haute,
and Terri L. and husband Kris AIRGOOD, Kokomo, grandchildren; mother, Martha
OGLE, Logansport; one sister, Evelyn and husband Paul THORNTON, Gainesville,
Fla.
He was preceded in death by his father and one brother, Arnold OGLE.
Services will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester,
with Rev. Junior BOSE offlciating. Burial is in Rochester IOOF Cemetery. Friends
may call from 4 to 8 p.m Saturday and after 1 p.m. Sunday through the hour of
services.
Monday, January 19, 1998
Barbara A. Hooker
July 12, 1941-Jan. 17, 1998
Barbara A. HOOKER, 56, 19970 Pine Road, Argos, died 10:14 a.m. Saturday at St.
Joseph Hospital of Marshall County, Plymouth.
Born in Indianapolis on July 12, 1941 to Carl V. and Ilo SULLIVAN BROWN, she
married Jerry L. HOOKER on June 8, 1956 in Knox. He survives.
Mrs. Hooker lived most of her life in the Argos community. She worked at
Ristance Corporation, Argos for 14 years, and was a member of Pretty Like
Trinity United Methodist Church.
Survivors include two daughters, Rhonda and husband Greg HOLT, Plymouth, Karen
HOOKER and her fiancee Travis DENNEY, Argos; two sons, Jim L. and wife Chris
HOOKER, Middleville, Mich.,, and Jeff and wife Dawn HOOKER, Plymouth; six
grandchildren, Jessica [HOOKER], Jeremy [HOOKER], Michael [HOOKER], Zachary
HOOKER and Taryn [HOLT] and Kaylee HOLT; her mother, Ilo WILLIAMS, Plymouth: one
sister, Dianna and husband Fred BENNEY, Lapaz: four brothers Clyde and wife Barb
BROWN: Plymouth, Robert BROWN, Inman, SC, Richard and wife Lynn BROWN, Argos,
and Tom and wife Barb BROWN, Argos.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Grossman Funeral Home, Argos, with Pastor
Charles KRIEG officiating. Burial is in Maxinkuckee IOOF Cemetery (formerly
Poplar Grove Cemetery) near Culver. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday and
after 9 a.m. Tuesday until the time of services. Memorials m be made to Marshall
County Hospice.
Ralph F. Bailey
March 13, 1917-Jan. 18, 1998
Ralph F. BAILEY, 80, Four Seasons Mobile Estates, 705 E. Fourth St., Rochester,
died 4:20 p.m. Sunday at his residence.
Born March 13, 1917 in Grovertown to Thomas and Selma HOAGLAND BAILEY, be
married Ocelia EMIGH on June 21. 1975 in Donaldson. She survives.
Bailey served with the 2066 bomber squadron in the U.S Army Air Corps during WW
II and was a retired engineer with Rockwell International, Los Angeles, Calif.
He was an elder of the First Presbyterian Church Rochester.
Survivors include one daughter, Deirdre BAILEY, Riverside Calif.; one son,
Michael BAILEY Placentia, Calif., one grandson Jeffrey REEDER, Calif.; one
brother, Donald BAILEY, Harrisonburg Va.
Services will be 11 a.m Wednesday at First Presbyterian Church, Rochester, with
Rev. Robert CRYTZER officiating. Burial is in Woodlawn Cemetery Walkerton.
Friends may call fro 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Zimmerman Family Funeral Home,
Rochester, and one hour prior to services at the church
Memorials may be made to First Presbyterian Church.
Katherine Alderfer
Sept. 23, 1961-Jan. 18, 1998
Katherine L. ALDERFER, 36, 3305 S. Indiana 19, Mentone, died at 7 a.m. Sunday,
at her residence.
Born Sept. 23, 1961 in Fort Wayne to Franklin and Sandra KAIN BANGHART, she
married David A. ALDERFER on Dec. 10, 1978. He survives.
Mrs. Alderfer worked at Crace Village Retirement Facility, Winona Lake, where
she was honored as employee of the year in 1997.
Survivors include her mother, Sandra and husband Robert DENTON, Warsaw; one
daughter, Nicole and husband Shawn DUNNUCK, Mentone; one granddaughter, Baylee
DUNNUCK, Mentone; maternal grandmother, Evelyn WAGNER, Concord, Calif.; three
sisters, Elizabeth and husband Eric WILLIAMS, Rochester, Penny BANGHART, Warsaw,
and Katina BANGHART, Warsaw; three brothers, Foy and wife Teressa BANGHART,
Claypool, Timothy BANGHART, Mentone, and Franklin Jr. and wife Rachael BANGHART,
Warsaw.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at King Memorial Home, Mentone, with Rev.
Will LAWSON officiating. Burial is at Mentone Cemetery. Friends may call from 2
to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. today and after 8:30 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Tuesday, January 20, 1998
Joel H. Lewis
1910 -Jan. 19, 1998
Joel H. "Harvey" LEWIS, 87, 406 Charles St., Plymouth, died Monday at
his residence.
Born May 30, 1910 in Rochester to Lee Alton and Martha Washington McGRAW LEWIS,
he married Margaret HENDERSON in Rochester on July 11, 1931. She preceded him in
death. He later married Clarabelle CHAPEL, Kokomo, and Laura NORRIS, South Bend,
both preceding him in death.
Lewis attended Fulton County schools and was a resident of the county until 1954
when he moved to St. Joseph County and the Hudson Lake area. He worked as a
truck driver for Wilson Coal, Grain and Anchor Mill, Rochester, and then for
Drewry's Brewery, South Bend for 31 years. He was a lifelong member of Teamster
Union Local 364. Following retirement in 1967 he moved to Florida. He liked
fishing, hunting, woodworking and his dachshund, "Harley."
Survivors include a son, Richard and wife Theresa LEWIS, Plymouth: three
daughters, Lois LANHAM, South Bend, Charon MYERS, Stevensville, Michigan, and
Judith and husband Joseph PIETRZAK, South Bend; 14 grandchildren; 25
great-grandchildren; one great- great-granddaughter; three sisters, Harriet
HARRELL and Evabelle ENYART, Rochester, and Sarah YOUNG, Lansing, Mich.; two
brothers, Clyde LEWIS, Logansport, and Jack LEWIS, Rochester.
Lewis was also preceded in death by two infant daughters, Tonda Jo [LEWIS]and
Carolyn Sue [LEWIS], and an infant son, Harvey Joe [LEWIS]; two sisters, Louise
COOK and Evelyn BALLINGER, two brothers, Lee A. LEWIS and Raymond LEWIS.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Johnson-Danielson Funeral Home, 1100
N. Michigan St., Plymouth, with Rev. Tom PADBERG officiating. Burial is in St.
Michael's Cemetery, Plymouth. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the
funeral home. Memorials may be made to Marshall County Hospice.
Joseph F. Brady
Feb. 2,1920 -Jan. 19, 1998
Joseph F. BRADY, 77, 111 S. Smith St., Kewanna, died at 4:35 a.m. Monday at
Porter Memorial Hospital, Valparaiso. Born Feb. 2, 1920 in Burnettsville to
James and Bertha NETHERCUTT BRADY, he married Edith DENNY on Feb. 21, 1940. She
survives.
Brady served in the U.S. Army in Burma during WW II. He a was truck driver for
Crop Fertility Specialist, Kewanna. He was a life member of VFW James Talbott
Post, Kewanna and the American Legion Post, Rochester. He liked yard work and
his grandchildren and family. Survivors include one daughter, Marty COLLINS,
Kewanna; two sons, Les BRADY, Kewanna and Walter BRADY, Rochester; three
sisters, Wenifred MARQUESS, Monticello, Lucy MULL, Idaville, and Kay HARRISON,
Monticello; one brother, Russell BRADY, Delphi; seven grandchildren; 10
great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by three brothers and one sister.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Harrison-Metzger Funeral Home Chapel,
Kewanna, with Rev. Mark KLINE officiating. Graveside military services will be
in Pleasant Hill Cemeteiy, Bruce Lake. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday
and after 8 a.m. Wednesday until time of service. Memorials may be made to
Kidney Foundation or American Heart Association.
Sharon A. Loughman
Sharon A. LOUGHMAN, 54, 18 West and 100 North, Rochester, died 10:14 p.m...
Monday at woodlawn Hospital.
Arrangements are pending at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester.
Wednesday, January 21, 1998
Sharon A. Loughman
May 2, 1943 - Jan. 19, 1998
Sharon A. LOUGHMAN, 54, Fulton County roads 18 West and 100 North, Rochester,
died 10:14 p.m. Monday at Woodlawn Hospital.
Born in Fairmount, W. Va. on May 2, 1943 to W. V. and Jean BETONE AYERSMAN, she
married George W. LOUGHMAN on Jan. 20, 1963 in Waynesburg, Pa. He survives at
home.
Mrs. Loughman came to Rochester from Peru in 1979, lived in Wabash for a few
years, and then returned to Rochester in 1992.
She was a team leader for gas service, Northern Indiana Public Service Company,
Plymouth, with 32 1/2 years service. She was a member of Christ United Methodist
Church, Wabash.
Survivors include one daughter, Joy and husband David BAILLIEUL, Rochester; one
son, Joe and wife Kellye LOUGHMAN, Fort Worth, Tex.; three grandchildren, Haley
and Clay BAILLIEUL, Rochester, and Karlye LOUGHMAN, Fort Worth, Tex.; three
sisters, Peggy and husband Hugh BLACK, Mt. Dora, Fla., Wilma and husband John
BLAIR, Waynesburg, Pa., and Mary and husband Lanny McCANN, Waynesburg, Pa.; one
brother, Joe and wife Lila AYERSMAN, Waynesburg, Pa.: mother-in-law, Marie
LOUGHMAN: several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death- by one sister, Kay GREER.
Services will be 10 a.m. Thursday at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester,
with Rev. Don CRABILL officiating. Burial is in IOOF Cemetery, Rochester.
Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and one hour prior to services on
Thursday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the Christ United
Methodist Church, Wabash.
Thursday, January 22, 1998
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Friday, January 23, 1998
Mabel B. Kietzman
Feb 1, 191 0-Jan. 22, 1998
Mabel B. KIETZMAN, 87, formerly of 117 W. Fifth St., Rochester, died at 2:43
p.m. Thursday at Life Care Center
Born Feb. 1, 1910 in McCain County, Ill,. to Adolph and Olga ACKERT STROH, she
married William G. KIETZMAN on August 24, 1929 in Melvin, Ill. Parents and
husband preceded her in death.
Mrs. Kietzman moved to Fulton County !n 1944 and to Rochester in 1971. She was a
homemaker and a nurses aide at Woodlawn Hospital. She was a member of St. John's
Lutheran Church, Rochester, and the Luther Anns of the church.
Survivors include one daughter, Catherine and husband William WALTERS,
Valparaiso; one son, William and wife Mary KIETZMAN, Mexico; six grandchildren;
10 great- grandchildren; two sisters, Evelyn GRAUMAN, Rochester, N.Y., and
Dorothy and husband Leo LAGE, Gibson City, Ill.; three brothers, Floyd STROH,
Denver, Colo., Warren and wife Shirley STROH, Denver, Colo., and Donald STROH,
Champaign, Ill.
She was preceded in death by one daughter, Eleanor J. KIETZMAN, a sister,
Eleanor STROH, and a brother, Raymond STROH.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at St. John's Lutheran Cl-iurch, Rochester,
with Pastor James KREFT officiating. Burial is in Fulton Cemetery, Fulton.
Friends may call from 7 to 8 p.m. Friday in the Foster & Good Funeral Home,
Rochester, or one hour prior to service in the church on Saturday. Memorials may
be made to the missions, handicapped children or St. John's Lutheran Church,
Roy L. Adams
Jan. 25, 1907-Jan. 22,1998
Roy L. ADAMS, 90, 520 N. Franklin St., Mentone, died 6 p.m. Thursday at Life
Care Center, Rochester.
Born Jan. 25, 1907 in Atwood to William Seymour and Iola BOWERMAN ADAMS, he
married Esther Coral JONES on April 4, 1925 in Warsaw. She preceded him in death
on May 11, 1997.
A farmer, he was district president of Farmers Union and a member of the Akron
Lions.
Survivors include three daughters, Beatrice GORDON, Macy, Mary and husband Paul
WEASE, Rochester, and Betty and husband Robert BUSCH, Syracuse; two sons, James
and wife Kathryn ADAMS, and William and wife Ardith ADAMS, both of Rochester; 24
grandchildren; 54 great-grandchildren; 29 great-great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by two brothers, Leo [ADAMS]and Victor ADAMS, and two
sisters, Fern GOSHERT and Goldie DUNNUCK.
Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday at King Memorial Home, Mentone, with Rev.
Marvin LOWMAN officiating. Burial is in Harrison Center Cemetery, Etna Green.
Friends may call from 2 to p.m. on Sunday at King Memorial Home, Mentone.
Saturday, January 24, 1998
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Monday, January 26, 1998
Edward Jones
July 10, 1912-Jan. 24, 1998
Edward JONES, 85, 301 S. Bufalo St., Burket, died 2:41 a.m. Saturday at
Kosciusko Community Hospital, Warsaw.
Born in Kosciusko County to Charlie A. and Stella L. WARREN JONES, he married
Mary Jane BUSENBURG on Aug. 29, 1958. She survives.
Jones was a U.S. Army veteran of WWII. He was employed by Nickel Plate and
Norfolk Railroad and was a janitor at Warsaw Black Oxide.
Survivors include one stepson, Joe SLONE, Burket; three granddaughters, Peggy
SMITH, Warsaw, Penny A. SLONE, Burket, and Debbie SLONE, Burket; one grandson,
Jason E. SLONE, Burket; one brother, Franklin JONES, Silver Lake.
He. was preceded in death by one daughter, Suellen SLONE in 1987, one brother,
Allan [JONES], and one sister, Lucile [JONES].
Graveside services will be at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday at Mentone Cemetery. Rev.
Don POYSER will officiate. There will be no viewing. King Memorial Home, Mentone
is handling arrangements.
Geraldine Spencer
Geraldine SPENCER, 60, Miller's Merry Manor, Logansport, died at 7:20 p.m.
Sunday at Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis.
Arrangements are pending at Marocco Funeral Chapel, Logansport.
Mabel E. Norris
Aug. 20, 1912-Jan. 25, 1998
Mabel E. NORRIS, 85, Grace Village Retirement, Winona Lake. died at 12:28 p.m.
Sunday at he residence.
Born in Mentone to Amasa and Bertha SMITH SARBER, she married Leroy NORRIS on
April 27, 1935.
He preceded her in death on Nov. 5, 1994.
Mrs. Nonris was a graduate of Mme. Blaker's Teachers College, now a part of
Butler University, and a long time librarian at First Baptist Church, Mentone,
where she was a member for 60 years. She was a second and fourth grade teacher
at Mentone School.
Survivors include one daughter, Elener and husband Gilbert GROSSMAN,
Jonesborough, Tenn.; one son, David and wife Vickie NORRIS, Colonial Heights,
Va.; three grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by one brother, Elmer SARBER, two nieces, and one
nephew.
There will be no viewing or visitation. A private family graveside service is
planned for Tuesday at Mentone Cemetery. Rev. Donald KAKAVECOS will officiate.
Memorials may be made to Grace Village Retirement, Box 322, Winona Lake, Ind.
46590.
Tuesday, January 27, 1998
Geraldine Francis Spencer
March 29, 1937-Jan. 25, 1998
Geraldine Francis SPENCER, 60, 1773 Smith St., Logansport, died at 7:20 p.m.
Sunday at Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis.
Spencer was born in Pulaski County, Mo. to Clifton Truman and Grace BOWMAN
ASHLOCK. She was employed by RBM and White-Rogers until retiring in 1985. She
enjoyed quilting, reading and horses.
Survivors include one daughter, Patricia Louise SPENCER VLADETICH, Logansport;
one son, Mark Wayne and wife Lisa Ann SPENCER, Royal Center; two grandchildren,
Kimber and Kyle VLADETICH, Logansport: one brother, Robert ASHLOCK, Clayton;
three sisters, Coteta CORDRAY, Kansas City, Mo.. Pearlene MOON, Peru, and
Murlene MAZE, Clearwater, Fla. .
Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Marocco Funeral Chapel, Logansport. Rev.
Scott ELLISON will officiate. Entombment is in Ever Rest Memorial Park,
Logansport.
Friends may, call from 1-7 p.m. on Wedncsday, at the funeral chapel.
Tressia Mae Crist Butcher
March 3,1909-Jan-26,1998
Tressia Mae (FRANCE) CRIST BUTCHER, 88, Peabody Retirement Community, North
Manchester, died at 1:20 a.m. Monday at Peabody Healthcare Center, North
Manchester.
Born in Huntington County to John and Alice BOLINGER FRANCE, she married John
Marshall CRIST, Sr. on Feb. 12, 1927. He preceded in death Nov. 5, 1969. She
married John C. BUTCHER Jan. 27, 1973. He preceded in death on Aprtl 29, 1978.
She was a member of Bachelor Creek Church of Christ.
Survivors include one daughter, Martha FISHER, Clearwater, Fla.; three sons,
John CRIST, Roann, Clifford CRIST, North Manchester, and James CRIST, Silver
Lake; one stepdaughter, Charlotte HOFF, Whitee, Wisc.; four stepsons, Fred
BUTCHER, Rochester, Bob BUTCHER, Denver, Ronnie BUTCHER, Denver, and David
BUTCHER, Peru: eight grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; several
step-grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by two grandchildren, two stepdaughters, one sister,
and one brother.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Grandstaff-Hentgen Roann Chapel,
335., Chippewa Road, Roann. Rev. Robert SCHMEISER will officiate. Burial is in
Roann Community Cemetery, Roann. Friends may call from 2-8 p.m. Wednesday at the
funeral home. Memorials may be made to Bachelor Creek Church of Christ.
Alfred Lee Young
Jan. 28,1951 -Jan. 25,1998
Alfred Lee YOUNG, 46, 503 1/2 South St., North Manchester, died at 7:55 p.m.
Sunday at Methodist Hospital.
Young was born in Mishawaka to Luther F. and Zelpha Marie BECRAFT YOUNG. His
mother survives in Akron.
He was employed by Hi-Grade Processors, North Manchester for 10 years.
Survivors include two brothers, Floyd Eugene YOUNG, Palm Bay, Fla., and Gerald
YOUNG, Santa Fe, Texas, two sisters Joyce and husband Howard DAY, Roann, and
Geraldine FRIEND, North Manchester.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at DeLaughtcr-McKee Mortuary, North
Manchester. Rev. Don FISHER will officiate. Burial is in Fairview Cemetery,
Servia. Friends may call from 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. Wednesday at the mortuary.
Wednesday, January 28, 1998
Josephine A. Wagner
Dec. 5, 1924-Jan. 26, 1998
Josephine A. WAGNER, 73, 512 Second St., Henderson, Ky.. formerly of Monterey
and South Bend, died at 4:15 p.m. Monday at St. Mary's Medical Center,
Evansville.
Born in Monterey to William and Ernestine ROCK DECKER, she married Jacob WAGNER
on May 8, 1943 in South Carolina. He preceded her in death on Nov. 3. 1975.
Mrs. Wagner lived in Henderson, Ky. for the past nineteen years, going there
from South Bend. She was a member of Holy Name Catholic Church of Henderson, Ky.
Survivors include three daughters, Janis and husband Dennis ROSS, Henderson,
Ky.; Joyce WAGNER, Henderson, Ky., and Mary "Jody" and husband Richard
ROSS, North Street, Mich.; three sons, James F. WAGNER, Coldwater, Mich., ,
Jacob W. WAGNER, Alexander, N.Y., and Joseph A. WAGNER, Evansvillc; 17
grandchildren; four sisters, Rita GOTTLICK, South Bend, Mary BAUER, South Bend,
Judy MINEAR, Muncie, and Carol STONEBURNER, Plymouth. . She was preceded in
death by two brothers.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at St. Anne's Catholic Church, Monterey. The
Rev. Dominic YOUNG will officiate. Burial will be in St. Anne's Cemetery,
Monterey. There will be no visitation. Bonine Funeral Home, Culver is in charge
of the arrangements.
Thursday, January 29, 1998
Margaret A. Dickey
Jan. 6, 1913-Jan. 22, 1998
Margaret Alice FREEMAN DICKEY, 85, died on Thursday at St. Paul's Health Center,
South Bend.
Born in Dugger to Benjamin and Dove FREEMAN, she marricd Floyd M. DICKEY on Oct.
23, 1936. He preceded her in death in 1984.
Dickey was a graduate of the Indiana State Teacher's College (now Indiana State
University) in Terre Haute, and Bethel College, Mishawaka. She started her
teaching career at Dugger Elementary School and taught elementary education for
more than 20 years at Purley and Lincoln Elementary Schools in the South Bend
Community School Corporation. After retirement in 1975, she was involved in
volunteer services as a church elder and president of the Christian Women's
Fellowship at the First Christian Church, South Bend, at South Bend Memorial
Hospital, and as a reading tutor for elementary students. She was also president
of South Bend School Men's Wives.
Survivors include a daughter, Barbara GILBERT, Fort Wayne; three sons, Joseph M.
DICKEY, N.Y., Dr. Stephen F. DICKEY, Tampa, Fla., and Dr. Keith W. DICKEY,
Edwardsville, Ill.; five grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; a sister,
Frances MOODY, Rochester; a brother, Stephen FREEMAN, South Bend; nieces and
nephews.
Services were on Sunday at the First Christian Church of South Bend. Burial was
in Dugger Cemetery, Dugger. Memorials may be made to the First Christian Church,
1101 E. Jefferson Blvd., South Bend, Ind. 46617.
Donald K. Downs
Word has been received that Donald Kenneth DOWNS, 91, Naples, Fla., former
resident of Rochester, died Friday, Jan. 16.
He was born to William K. and Maude BRUBAKER DOWNS in Fulton County in 1906.
Downs was the Vice President of the F.W. Woolworth Company until his retirement
in 1971. He worked his way up through the ranks of the Woolworth Company
starting as a stock boy at the age of 18. He was instrumental in the founding of
the DeVoe Family Scholarship Trust which has assisted in furthering the college
education of 186 Naples High School graduates.
Survivors include one daughter, Barbara J. DeVoe, Naples, Fla.; one son, Robert
K. DOWNS, Oak Park, Ill.; five grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren.
Burial and a private service was in Bradenton, Fla. Memorials may be made to
Hospice of Naples.
Bertha A. Wright
May 21, 1907-Jan. 28, 1998
Bertha A. WRIGHT, 90, Miller's Merry Manor, Warsaw, died at 12:05 a.m. Wednesday
at her residence.
Born in New Mexico to William Leo and Lucinda BRADLEY ALLEN, she married Ed
WRIGHT on Sep. 21., 1923. He preceded her, in death on Oct. 6, 1977.
Wright lived in Kosciusko County for 67 years. She was a homemaker, previously
employed by General Tire, Wabash, Gatke Corporation, Warsaw, and Warsaw Coil,
Warsaw until retirement in 1972. She was a membe of Pleasant Valley United
Baptist Church, Silver Lake.
Survivors include three sons, Waitsel "Gummy" WRIGHT, Akron, Eddie
"Jr." WRIGHT, Warsaw, Otto WRIGHT, Clearmont, Fla.; one daughter,
Catherine SPACY, Manchester; 18 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; one
great-great-grandson.
She was precedcd in death by one son, David [WRIGHT], one sister and six
brothers.
Graveside service and burial will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Lakeview Cemetery,
Silver Lake. Friends may call 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. Friday at the Titus Funeral
Home, Warsaw.
Glenn E. Powell
April 1, 1921-Jan. 28, 1998
Glenn E. POWELL, 76, 3762 W. Old U.S. 30, Warsaw, formerly of Mentone, died at
1:35 p.m. Wednesday at Prairie View Health Care Center, Warsaw.
Born April 1, 1921 in Akron to Benjamin and Kitty BOWEN POWELL, he married Julie
Bell REFFITT on March 23, 1966 in Plymouth. She survives.
Powell was employed by Kralis Brothers Foods, Inc., Mentone for 18 years and had
worked on several area farms. He was a World War II, U.S. Army veteran who had
served in the Pacific Theater.
Survivors include one step-daughter, Barbara Sue and husband Jim NORTH, North
Manchester; one brother, Boyd and wife Edith POWELL, Akron; nieces and nephews.
Services are 10 a.m. Saturday at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Akron. Rev.
Glenn HUGHES will officiate. Burial will be in Omega Cemetery, near Akron.
Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. Friday and after 9 a.m. Saturday through the hour
of services.
Friday, January 30, 1998
[no obits]
Saturday, January 31, 1998
Ruth M. Walters
Aug. 5, 1918-Jan. 30, 1998
Ruth M. WALTERS, 79, Kewanna, died at 10:41 a.m. Friday at Woodlawn Hospital.
She was born in Fulton County to John E. "Ed" and Dora BRAMAN
GOTTSCHALK. On August 5, 1939 in Fort Wayne, she married Vachael B. WALTERS, who
survives. She was a retired nurses aide, working at Woodlawn Hospital, and
member of the Grass Creek United Methodist Church and Ladies Aid.
Surviving with her husband are one daughter, Mike and Aletta Jane HEATH, LaPorte;
three sons, George E. and Carol WALTERS, Gardner, Mass.; James L. and Patricia
WALTERS, Fort Worth, Texas, and William L. and Pam WALTERS, Bourbon; six
grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Preceding in death were two brothers
and two sisters
Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Harrison-Metzger Funeral Home, Kewanna,
with the Revs. David R. JENNYS and Don REED officiating. Burial will be in the
Citizens IOOF Cemetery, Kewanna. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. Sunday and after
8 a.m. Monday. Memorials may be made to the Ladies Aid of the Grass Creek United
Methodist Church.
Monday, February 2, 1998
LouAnn Hudspeth
Oct. 28, 1937-Feb. 1, 1998
LouAnn HUDSPETH, 60, 16655 S. Linden Road, led at 6:30 a.m. Sunday at her
residence.
Born in Hobart to Louis and Myrtle SCHARBACH KRAMER, she married Richard P.
HUDSPETH on Feb. 8, 1963 in Hobart. He survives.
Hudspeth lived in Argos for 20 years. She was formerly employed by Northern
Indiana Public Service Company, Hobart. She was a member of Trinity Lutheran
Church, Hobart.
Survivors include one daughter, Kristen and husband Tom SCHOLL, Blue Springs,
Mo.; three sons, Steven and wife Shannon HUDSPETH, Union Mills, Jeffrey and wife
Cynthia HUDSPETH, Wichita, Kan., and Brent HUDSPETH, Fort Hood, Texas; three
grandchildren; two sisters, Carolyn and husband Harold THOMPSON, Hobart, and
Doris KING, Hobart.
Services are 2 p.m., Tuesday at Trinity Lutheran Church, 900 Luther, Hobart.
Rev. Gary NAGY will officiate. Burial will be in Evergreen Memorial Park
Cemetery, Hobart. Friends may call at the church one hour prior to services.
Memorials may be made to Hope Hospice, P.O. Box 62 1, Rochester; Trinity
Lutheran Church, 900 Luther Drive, Hobart, In. 46342; or Scleroderma Foundation,
330 S. Wells St., Room 1318, Chicago, Ill. 60606-7101.
Evelyn Hope Hughes
Evelyn Hope HUGHES, 86, Argos, died at 2 a.m. today at Woodlawn Hospital.
Arrangements are pending at the Grossman Funeral Home, Argos.
Onis K. Hartman
Onis K. HARTMAN, 88, Macy, died at 3 a.m. today at Lutheran Hospital, Fort
Wayne.
Arrangements are pending at McClain Funeral Home, Denver.
Harold R. Costello
Nov. 21, 1913-Feb. 1, 1998
Harold R. COSTELLO, 84, Kewanna, died at 10:10 a.m. Sunday at Life Care Center,
Rochester.
Born in Royal Center to Charles G. and Myrtle NICHOL COSTELLO, he married
Theadora D. DILLIS on May 29, 1944 in San Francisco,. Calif. She survives.
Costello was a retired farmer. He was a 1933 graduate of Royal Center High
School and served in the U.S. Navy in WW II in the Pacific.
Survivors include one daughter, Connie NICHOLS, Astatula, Fla.; two sons, Harold
COSTELLO, Kewanna, and Ron COSTELLO, Kokomo; one brother, Harold COSTELLO,
Chatsworth, Ill.; four grandsons, Ryan [COSTELLO] and Cory COSTELLO and Joseph
[JERNIGAN] and Jeff JERNIGAN; two great-granddaughters.
He was preceded in death by two sisters and three brothers.
Private services will be on Wednesday at Harrison-Metzger Funeral Chapel,
Kewanna. Rev. Bryan CLEMENS will officiate. Burial will be in Grass Creek
Cemetery. Friends may call from 5-8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Isabel B. Henderson
Aug. 12, 1910-Jan. 30, 1998
Isabel B. HENDERSON, 87, Grabill, formerly of Rochester, died Jan. 30, 1998 in
The Cedars Nursing Home, Leo.
Henderson resided in Allen County for the past 10 years. She was a housewife and
former fountain manager of the Baxter Drug Store, Rochester.
Survivors include one son, Larry "Tad" HENDERSON, Spencerville; two
grandchildren; four great-grandchildren.
Services are 11 a.m. Tuesday at Leo United Methodist Church, Leo. Burial and
grayeside services will be at 3 p.m. in the Odd Fellow Cemetery, Rochester.
Friends may call from 2-5 p.m. and 6:30-8:30 p.m. today at Hockemeyer Funeral
Home, Harlan, and one hour before services at the church. Memorials may be made
to The Cedars Nursing Home, Leo.
Virginia P. Kirk
March 28, 1932-Jan. 30, 1998
Virginia P. KIRK, 65, Portage, died at 8:26 p.m. Friday at Fountain View Place
Nursing Home, Portage.
Born in Mattoon, Ill., to Alvis and Juanita CLAYPOOL STROHL, she married Vernon
M. KIRK on Jan. 17, 1948 in East Chicago. He preceded her in death on Feb. 14,
1990.
Mrs. Kirk resided in Hammond for a number of years and lived in Tippecanoe
Shores near Leiters Ford and Delong for about 13 years. She was formerly
employed by the City of Gary.
Survivors include four daughters, Toni and husband Dale McCREA, Hammond, Dawn
KEEN, North Vernon, Deborah and husband Dale MINNS, Westville, and Michelle and
husband William CLINGLER, Culver: two sons, Ronald and wife Karen KIRK, Portage,
Larry and wife Jean KIRK, Macy; 16 grandchildren; 12 great grandchildren. one
sister, Diane STROHL, Hebron; three brothers, Phillip and wife Sharon STROHL,
Valparaiso, Richard and wife Jean STROHL, Munster, and Lynn and wife Leslie
STROHL, Hebron; several nieces and nephews.
Services were today at Foster and Good Funeral Home, Rochester. Rev. David
HOGSETT officiated. Burial was in IOOF Cemetery, Rochester.
Madeline E. Weiland
April 7, 1939-Jan. 31, 1998
Madeline E. WEILAND, 58, 333 7 W. 4go North, Rochester, died at 10 a.m. Saturday
at her residence.
Born in Chicago, 111. to Fredrick and Madeline BRINKMAN, she married Bernard
Paul "Bernie" WEILAND on Sept. 23, 1965 in Chicago, Ill. He survives
at home.
Weiland was a retired bookkeeper for Chicago City Bank. She was a member of
Richland Center Rebekah Lodge, Fraternal Order of Eagle, Rochester, Plymouth
Moose Lodge, American Legion Women's Auxiliary, Rochester, and Fulton County
Friends of the Library.
Survivors include two daughters, Michaelene WEILAND, Chicago, Ill., Denise
WEILAND, Alsip, Ill.. one sister, Carol and husband Vincent SALOMONII, Bowling
Brook, III.; one brother, Henry BRINKMAN, Woodridge, Ill.
She was preceded in death by her parents and a brother, Kenneth [BRINKMAN].
Services are 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Foster and Good Funeral Home, Rochester. Rev.
David HOGSETT will officiate. Burial will be private. Friends may call from 3-8
p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Fulton County Library
or the Animal Welfare.
Tuesday, February 3, 1998
Rev. Jessie N. Young
Dec. 18, 1908-Feb. 2, 1998
Rev. Jessie N. YOUNG, 89, 1120 Hill St. Rochester, died at 11:40 a.m. Monday at
Life Care Rochester.
Born in Kcwanna to Tola and Lucy CLEMANS ROGERS, she married Ora L. YOUNG on
June 15, 1946 In Rochester. He preceded in death on Oct. 28, 1977.
She was a retired minister and participated in a traveling ministry with her
husband to spiritualist churches in Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Illinois. She
was a 1927 graduate of Rochester High School, attended DePauw University and
graduated from South Bend Business College. She was a member of the Democrat
Women's Club.
Survivors include nieces, nephews and cousins.
She was preceded in death by an infant sister, Velda A. ROGERS, and one brother,
Richard G. ROGERS Sr.
Services are at I p.m, Wednesday at Zimmerman Family Funeral Home, Rochester.
Rev. Chris DODSON will officiate. Burial Is in Richland Center IOOF Cemetery.
Friends may call after 11 a.m. on Wednesday.
Evelyn Hope Hughes
April 29, 1911-Feb. 2, 1998
Evelyn Hope HUGHES, 86, 11309 W. 19th B Road, Argos, died at 2 a.m. Monday at
Woodlawn Hospital, Rochester.
Born in Argos to Herbert and Bertha H. ROOSE PUTERBAUGH, she lived her entire
life in Argos. She married Milo Dewey HUGHES, on May 20, 1929 in South Bend. He
died July 7. 1979.
She retired in 1972 after 30 years as head cook at Argos Community School Food
Service Dept. She was a member of Jordan Baptist Church, near Argos, the
Missionary Society of the church, and the Green Twp. Home Economics Club.
Survivors include one daughter-in-law, Jeannine PHILLIPS, Warsaw; two
sons-in-law, Charles SMITH, Plymouth, and Ted COLEMAN, Fort Meyers, Fla.; nine
grandchildren, Dick [SMITH], Mike [SMITH], and Patti SMITH, Debbie POTCHIK,
Steven [COLEMAN] and Larry COLEMAN, Ellen ESTES and Todd [HUGHES] and Greg
HUGHES, great and great- great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by two daughters, Betty COLEMAN and Darle SMITH, a
son, Robert HUGHES, a sister, Neva GROSSMAN and a brother, Glen PUTERBAUGH.
Services are 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Grossman Funeral Home, Argos. Revs. Roy
FISHBURN and Arley MITCHUM will officiate. Burial will take place at Argos Maple
Grove Cemetery, Argos. Friends may call from 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. Tuesday and
after 9 a.m. Wednesday through the hour of services at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to Jordan Baptist Church.
Onis Kern Hartman
July 12,1909-Feb. 2,1998
Onis Kern HARTMAN, 88, Macy, died at 3 a.m. at Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne. '
Born in Miami County to Francis Esta and Mabel C. KERN HARTMAN, he married
Alfretta J. BEAR on April 24, 1937 at Churubusco United Methodist Church. She
survives.
Hartman retired in 1971 from Standard Oil Company after 35 years of service as
an agent. He was a member of Grace United Methodist Church, Rochester, and Miami
and Fulton County camera clubs. He was a 1928 graduate of Macy High School and
attended Purdue University.
Survivors include two sons, Robert Onis HARTMAN, Oakland, Calif., and Roger L.
and wife Deborah HARTMAN, Fort Wayne; two grandchildren, Nicholas [HARTMAN] and
Anthony HARTMAN, both of Ft. Wayne.
Services are 11 a.m. Thursday at McClain Funeral Home, Denver. Rev. David
HOGSETT will officiate. Burial is in Plainview Cemetery, Macy. Friends may call
from 2-3:30 and 7-8:30 p.m. Wednesday. Memorials may be made to Salvation Army,
Peru.
Elizabeth J. "Betty" Weaver
Nov. 15, 1934-Feb. 2, 1998
Elizabeth J. "Betty" WEAVER, 63, 2327 Westside Drive, Rochester, died
at 12:40 a.m. Monday at St. Joseph Medical Center, South Bend.
Born in Chicago, Ill. to Patrick and Georgia BLOOD DONAGHEY, she married Robert
W. WEAVER on July 30, 1955 in Lake Station. He survives at home.
Coming to Rochester from Omaha, Neb. she lived here for 22 years.
Weaver was a homemaker and a secretary for the Fulton County Highway Department
for seven years. She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, Rochester.
Survivors include one daughter, Kathy and husband Brad GOOD, Rochester; five
sons, Rick and wife Ashley WEAVER, Kokomo, Mike and wife Barb WEAVER,
Noblesville, Tom and wife Julie WEAVER, Noblesville, Dan and wife Judy WEAVER,
Kokomo, and John and wife Amy WEAVER, Menomonee Falls, Wisc., 13 grandchildren,
Corey [GOOD], Casey [GOOD], Maggie [GOOD], and Elizabeth "Libby" GOOD
and Ryan [WEAVER], Justin [WEAVER], Brandon [WEAVER], Autumn [WEAVER], Allison
[WEAVER], Aaron [WEAVER], Austin [WEAVER], Ben [WEAVER] and Kelly WEAVER; three
sisters, Pat and husband Lou ROBERTS, Goodlettsville, Tenn., JoAnn and husband
Jack BANNISTER, Winfield, III, and Mary DONAGHEY, Cappell, Texas; one brother,
Tom and wife Michelle DONAGHEY, Bremen; mother-in-law, Mrs. Mary C. WEAVER,
Rochester.
Services are 11 a.m. Friday at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Rochester. Rev. John
ZAHN will officiate. Burial will be in Rochester IOOF Cemetery. Friends may call
from 4-8 p.m. Thursday at the Foster and Good Funeral Home, Rochester. Memorials
may be made to the Fulton County Cancer Society or the Manitou Mountain
Playground.
Wednesday, February 4, 1998
Jerome C. Hartzler
May 18, 1938-Feb. 3, 1998
Jerome C. HARTZLER, 59, Gilead, died at 11:30 p.m. Tuesday at his residence.
He was born to Lester Joe and Helen M. THOMPSON HARTZLER in Miami County.
He was a farmer and had been a Prairie Farmer Insurance salesman. He ran the
Gilead Starter Service. He was a member of the Rochester Eagles.
Survivors include his mother, Helen HARTZLER, Akron; two daughters, Angela
REFFITT, Akron, and Cindy HARTZLER, Wabash; two sons, Jerry L. HARTZLER, Akron,
and Todd J. HARTZLER, Macy, six grandchildren; a sister, Patsy SMITH, with
husband Duane, of Macy: three brothers, Steve, with wife Kathryn [HARTZLER],
Larry, with wife Beverly [HARTZLER], both of Akron, and Jack, with wife Marilyn
[HARTZLER], of Macy.
Services are 10:30 a.m. Friday at Hartzler Funeral Hom6, Akron. Rev. Lowell
BURRUS will officiate. Burial will be in Akron Cemetery. Visitation is from 2-8
p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
L. Jeannette "Jean" Friedrich
March 22, 1920-Feb. 3, 1998
L. Jeannette "Jean" FRIEDRICH, 77, Kewanna, died at 3:30 a.m. Tuesday
at her home. . The daughter of William A. and Mary Catherine LINDEN PERKINS, she
was born in Kewanna. She married Floyd S. FRIEDRICH Sept. 24, 1940, in Goodland.
He died Aug. 1. 1987.
She was a homemaker and member of the Kewanna Church of Christ. She was a member
of the Moose auxiliary and The Reiter Club.
Survivors include a daughter, Judy Kay HOLLIS, Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.; and a
brother, Steve PERKINS, Kewanna; four grandchildren and five
great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by one son.
Services are 1:30 p.m. Friday at Harrison-Metzger Funeral Home, Kewanna. Rev.
Cliff GANO will officiate. Butial will be at Citizens IOOF Cemetery, Kewanna.
Visitation is from 4-8 p.m. Thursday and from 8 a.m. until time of services
Friday.
Thursday, February 5, 1998
Victor K. Shaffer
Jan. 24, 1924-Feb. 4, 1998
Victor Keith SHAFFER, 74 2451 Fulton County Road 200 died at 4:05 p.m.
Wednesday at home.
He was born to Durward and Edna WILLIAMS SHAFFER Jan. 24, 1924, at Tippecanoe,
He married Wilma WISELEY on March 1, 1947, in Lafayette. She survives.
He graduated from Argos High School In 1942. He retired from Dean Foods Co. in
February 1990 as the cooler foreman, having worked there 36 years. He was a
member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. He was a World War II
veteran, serving 32 months in the Italian campaign and receiving the Purple
Heart with Oak Leaf Clusters and Bronze Star medals. He was a past member of the
American Legion and Polar Bear Association.
Survivors include two daughters, Juleen NEWCOMER, with husband Ron, and Chris
HAMBLIN, with husband LaVar, both of Rochester; a son, Steve [SHAFFER], with
wife Joann, of Rochester; seven sisters, Virginia BIRKY, with husband Eldon,
Kouts, Jeanice (Mrs. Max) SHAFFER, South Bend; Rosemary BROCKUS, with husband
Bert, Lapaz, Millicent SHAFFER, with husband Don, Bremen, Demaris TORRES, Ann
Arbor, Mich., Patricia HENSLEY, with husband Bud, of Argos; and Karen
MENDENHALL, with husband Ron, of Star City; a sister-in-law, Marcelle SHAFFER,
Florida; an uncle, Robert SHAFFER, with wife Esther, Plymouth: 10 grandchildren
and five great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, son
Michael [SHAFFER], and his brother Dee [SHAFFER].
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Foster and Good Funeral Home with Bishop
William TINCHER Jr. officiating. Burial will be in the Rochester IOOF Cemetery.
Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. Friday and after 9 a.m. Saturday.
Memorials may be made to the Rochester High School choir or band.
Paul Cutshaw
Paul CUTSHAW, 78, Tucson, Ariz., died Wednesday.
He was a veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife Gladys "Pat" [CUTSHAW]; son David with wife
Colleen [CUTSHAW]; grandchildren Cart [CUTSHAW], Cassy [CUTSHAW], Chris [CUTSHAW]
and Carly [CUTSHAW]; sisters Margaret STANTON, Athens, and Juanita JOHNSON,
Rochester; and nieces and nephews.
Funeral service will be 11 a.m. Monday at East Lawn Palms Mortuary, 5801 E.
Grant Road, in Tucson. Burial will be In East Pawn Palms Cemetery. Visitation
will be a half hour prior to the service.
Ben F. Whitaker
April 13, 1932-Feb. 4, 1998
Ben F. WHITAKER, 65, 106 Wells St., Silver Lake, died at 5:02 p.m. Wednesday at
the Veterans Roudebush Medical Center in Indianapolis.
He was born to Rueben and Vella JENKINS WHITAKER on April 13, 1932, in
Prestonsburg, Ky. He married Sylvia HUNLEY on Jan. 28, 1954. She survives.
He lived 44 years in Kosciusko County and retired as a foreman from Gatke
Corporation, Warsaw, where he worked from the time he moved to Warsaw. He was a
veteran of the U.S. Army. He was a member of the Free Will Baptist Church in
Packerton and past member of the Claypool Lion's Club.
Survivors include a son, Harvey [WHITAKER]. Columbia City; two daughters, Wilma
(Mrs. Keith) HALE, Akron, and Rhonda (Mrs. John) PERKINS, Warsaw; three
brothers, Grover [WHITAKER], of Pierceton, Paul [WHITAKER], Ellijay, Ga., and
Charles [WHITAKER], Myrtle Beach, S.C; five sisters, Fanny HELTON, of Sidney,
Nancy KONKLE, Warsaw, Margaret ANDERSON and Hazel BRAGG, both of Statesville,
N.C., and Bethel PADGETT, Leesburg, Fla.; nine grandchildren and one
great-grandchild. He was preceded by one daughter, three brothers and one
sister.
Funeral service is at 1 p.m. Saturday at Titus Funeral Horne, 200 E. Sheridan
St., Warsaw, with Pastors Chad BURKHART and Jerry TRAVIS officiating. Burial
will be in Oakwood Cemetery, Warsaw. Visitation is from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8
p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Memorial may be made to Disabled American
Veterans in care of the funeral home.
Friday, February 6, 1998
Harriet V. Baugh
Aug. 28, 1928-Feb. 3, 1998
Harriet V. HELMS BAUGH, 77, Route 1, Waynestown, died at 8:55 p.m. Tuesday, Feb.
3 at Home Hospital, Lafayette, of an apparent heart attack.
Born in Rochester, she graduated from Richland Center High School in 1938 and
from Methodist Hospital School of Nursing, Indianapolis, in 1942. She lived in
Linden from 1955 to 1993.
She married C. Richard HELMS in Rochester on Nov. 23, 1950. He died Dec. 18,
1971. She married Evan BAUGH in Linden in 1978.
He survives. A registered nurse, she worked at Home Hospital and assisted her
ftrst husband in the operation of Helms Funeral Home, Linden, and its successor,
Hahn Funeral Home.
She was a member of Linden Kirkpatrick United Methodis Church, Order of Eastern
Star and the Linden Cemetery Board. She was an avid bridge playe and mushroom
hunter.
Surviving with her husband ar one son, Gordon HELMS Indianapolis, four stepsons
Thomas BAUGH, Columbus, Jerome BAUGH, Portland, Ore., Royce BAUGH, Indianapolis,
Eugene BAUGH, Columbus, Ohio, and one stepdaughter Elizabethi RILE, Madison,
Wis.; one granddaughter, 13 step-grandchildren and one step-great-grandson.
Friends may call at Hahn Funeral Home, Linden, 4:30-8 p.m. Friday. Order of
Eastern Star services will be at 8 p.m. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m.
Saturday with the Revs. Dennis ZETTERBERG and Clayton KENDALL officiating.
Burial will be in Linden Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Methodist
Church, the American Lung Association or a charity one's choice.
Saturday, February 7, 1998
[no obits]
Monday, February 9, 1998
Road Builder Ed Boswell dead at 88
Rochester lost one of its most influential figures at 4 p.m. Sunday when
Edwin C. BOSWELL, 719 Jefferson St., died at home at the age of 88.
In addition to leading McMahan-O'Connor Construction Co. to prominence among
Midwestern road builders, Boswell was a leader of the Methodist Church and the
Republican Party, a longtime member of the DePauw University Board of Trustees
and a local philanthropist who quietly contributed to the success of many
community projects.
During his hore than six decades with McMahan Construction Co., McMahan-O'Connor
Construction Co. and Rock Industries, Boswell's crews were active in Indiana,
Michigan, Kentucky and Illinois. They built U.S. 31 between Kokomo and U.S. 6,
U.S. 465 around eastern Indianapolis and parts of Interstate 70. They also did
extensive work on Indianapolis International Airport, Grissom Air Force Base,
the Louisville, Ky., airport and the Fulton County Airport. They built Rochester
High School's Barnhart Field and the nearby sledding hill. At one time or
another, his machinery laid down pavement on virtually all Rochester streets.
He was a leader of the Asphalt Pavement Association of Indiana and of Indiana
Constructors, Ind. and a member of the Indiana Society of Chicago.
During the 1950s he was financial chairman of Indiana's 2nd Congressional
District.
He was active in Grace United Methodist Church as a trustee and finance
committee chairman. He also served on the statewide Bishop's Commitee.
Born in Indianapolis to Edwin C. and Nellie LOWE BOSWELL on Oct. 11, 1909, he
married Rebabelle McMAHAN on Sept. 17, 1932. She died Sept. 27, 1972. He lived
in Rochester most of his adult life.
After graduating from Arsenal Technical High School in Indianapolis, he entered
DePauw as a Rector Scholar. He earned six athletic letters as a basketball guard
and a golfer. He was captain of the ROTC unit, and member of the student council
before graduating with majors in history and political science in 1931.
He served in the U.S. Army from 1942-45, rising to the rank of Lt. Col. and
supervising Buckley Field, Colo.
Boswell was named to the DePauw Board of Trustees in 1956 and soon became
chairman of the Trustee Committee on Athletics. He remained closely allied with
DePauw for the rest of his life. He is credited with changing the campus
landscape, largely by marshaling the resources of his companies. His DePauw
projects included developing tennis facilities, two intramural fields, a varsity
practice field and the Boswell Soccer Field. He chaired the drive for the
construction of Lilly Physical Education and Recreation Center. He was
instrumental in establishing the Old Gold Scholarshp for scholar-athletes. A
recipient of DePauw's Old Gold Goblet award, he was inducted into the DePauw
Athletic Hall of Fame in 1996.
He was a member of Rochester Lodge No. 79 F&AM; Mizpah Temple of Fort Wayne;
Scottish Rite of Indianapolis; Rochester Elks Lodge 2120; American Legion Post
36; Tippecanot Lake Country Club, Leesburg Bellaire Country Club, Clearwater,
Fla.; The Wabash Country Club; and Rock Hollow golf course, Peru.
Surviving are two daughters, Lalla and her husband James HEYDE, and Rebecca and
her husband Terry SMITH, both of Rochester; one sister, Mrs. Carl GERDTS,
Indianapolis; seven grandchildren, Edwin [HEYDE], David [HEYDE] and Robert HEYDE,
Todd [SMITH], Terry [SMITH], Chris [SMITH] and Julie (Carroll) SMITH, and 15
great-grandchildren.
His parents and one brother, William A. BOSWELL, Indianapolis, preceded him in
death.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Foster and Good Funeral Home,
Rochester. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. Tuesday and for an hour before
services.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Grace United Methodist Church.
Dale Krieg
Feb. 13, 1911 - Feb. 6, 1998
Dale KRIEG, 86, 105 N. Maple St., Akron, died at 11:23 p.m. Friday at Lutheran
Hospital, Fort Wayne.
He was born to Charles and Lucy HAYES KRIEG on Feb. 13, 1911, in Fulton County.
He married Evelyn KUHN on Dec. 8. 1935, in Akron. She survives.
He was retired from Miller & Sons Lumber Co, Silver Lake. He was a
carpenter. He attended the Akron Church of God.
Survivors include, one daughter, Sandra GRAY, Warsaw; two sons, Steven J. and
wife Nancy [KRIEG], Silver Lake, and Kenton M. [KRIEG], Akron; 12 grandchildren
and 17 great-grandchildren; one sister, Ardis LAMB, Michigan. He was preceded in
death by his grandson, Billy, and two brothers, Raymond [KRIEG] and David [KRIEG].
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Akron Church of God with
Rev. Floyd WHITESEL officiating. Burial will be in Silver Creek Cemetery, Silver
Lake. Visitation is from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Hartzler Funeral Home in Akron.
Dorothy I. Baird
April 5, 1916-Feb. 7, 1998
Dorothy I. BAIRD, 81, 502 Wright St., Fulton, died at 11 p.m. Saturday at Duke's
Memorial Hospital in Peru.
She was born to Clayton and Ada STULTS DOUTT on April 5, 1916, in Argos. She
married Robert D. BAIRD on June 25, 1938, in Fulton. He preceded in death Aug.
6, 1961.
She lived most of her life in Fulton. She, was retired from Webster's Florist.
She attended Fulton United Methodist Church.
Survivors include two sons, Robert M. [BAIRD], Ligonier, and David L. [BAIRD].
South Mud Lake. She was preceded in death by one sister and four brothers.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Zimmerman Family Funeral Home
in Fulton with Rev. George HAPNER officiating. Burial will be in the Fulton
Cemetery. Visitation is from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home and from 9
a.m. until services. Memorials may be made to Fulton United Methodist Church.
William H. Caddy Sr.
Jan. 23, 1914-Feb. 8, 1998
William H. CADDY Sr., 84, 6283 W. Fulton County Road 300 North, died at 8:15
a.m. Sunday at ExtendaCare, Rochester.
He was born Jan. 23, 1914 in Star City to Robert and Mary SCALES CADDY. He
married Norma WAGONER on Jan. 19, 1938 In Mishawaka. She preceded in death on
May 23, 1983.
He was a retired truck driver and a member of the Fulton County Fraternal Order
of Police.
Survivors include two sons, David A. [CADDY] and Pat [CADDY], Rochester; two
daughters, Marilyn CADDY and Suzanne WALTZ, Rochester; two sisters, Peggy
WASHNOCK, Lake-of-the-Woods, Mary Ann LUKOWSKI, Mishawaka; six grandchildren and
one great-grandchild. He was preceded in death by one son, William H. [CADDY]
Jr., five grandchildren and one brother.
Graveside services will be at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at Moon Cemetery, west of
Rochester, with Rev. John ZAHN officiating. There will be no visitation.
Zimmerman Family Funeral Home is making arrangements.
J. Marie Johnson
June 11, 1908-Feb. 8, 1998
Former Burket resident J. Marie JOHNSON, 89, died at 11:16 a.m. Sunday at
Kosciusko Community Hospital, Warsaw.
She was born to Ora and Flora MARTIN BAKER on June 11, 1908, in North
Manchester. She married Howard B. JOHNSON, who preceded in death in 1991. She
was a bookkeeper for Nelson Trucking Co. and for Hines Trucking Co.
Survivors include one cousin, Margaret LEONHARD, North Manchester. She was
preceded in death by one sister, Rosamae [BAKER], and one brother, Walter
[BAKER].
Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at King Memorial Home, Mentone. Burial will
be in Palestine Cemetery, Palestine. Visitation will be from noon to 2 p.m.
Tuesday.
Tuesday, February 10, 1998
Jean Knight
Feb. 13, 1925-Feb 8, 1998
Jean KNIGHT, 72, rural Macy, died at 3:50 p.m. Sunday at Woodlawn Hospital.
She was born to Johnny and Susie FERRIS CAGLE on Feb. 13, 1925. She married Bud
KNIGHT, who preceded her in death. A homemaker, she is survived by one daughter,
Dorothy KNIGHT, Rochester; two granddaughters, Sherry ABRIGO, Rochester, and
Darlene KNIGHT, Virginia; and four grandchildren.
Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Citizens Cemetery, Rochester,
with Rev. Melvin MERRILL officiating. There will be no visitation. Hartzler
Funeral Home, Akron, is handling arrangements.
Wednesday, February 11, 1998
Barnett D. Howard
July 28, 1966-Feb. 8, 1998
Barnett Dick HOWARD, 31, 8835 South 1000 East, Knox, died at 11:45 p.m. Sunday
at home.
He was born to Witt and Pequitti SHUEY HOWARD on July 28, 1966, in Rochester.
His wife, Patricia Dawn [HOWARD], survives.
He was disabled. He lived in Knox three years.
Survivors include his father, of Jackson, Ky.; his mother, Pequitti MONTELONTO,
Rochester; four daughters, Rebecca [HOWARD], Tylyn [HOWARD], Leandra [HOWARD]
and Samantha [HOWARD], of Knox; a sister, Katrina KNEZEVICH, Argos; two
brothers, William SCOTT and Jason MONTELONTO, Rochester.
Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday, prior to burial, at Citizens
Cemetery in Rochester with Rev, Ron PURKEY officiating. There will be no
visitation.
Joe Sixbey
Former Rochester resident Joe SIXBEY, 63, Turlock, Calif., died Feb 10,
1998, in California. Arrangements are pending.
Thursday, February 12, 1998
Wilma Johnette Creager
March 29, 1931-Feb. 11, 1998
Wilma Johnette CREAGER, 66, Timbercrest Retirement Community, North Manchester,
died at 12:54 a.m. Wednesday at Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne.
Born in Fulton County to John F. and Dorothy P. PARKER KUHN, she manied Donald
E. CREAGER on Feb. 19, 1962. He preceded in death on Feb. 22, 1977,
Creager was the owner of Creager's Poly Klean, North Manchester, for 10 years.
She was a 1947 graduate of Akron High School and a member of the Laketon
Wesleyan Church.
Survivors include a daughter, Penny PIPER BENNETT and husband Richard BENNETT,
North Manchester; three grandchildren, Kerry ASHTON, Strasburg, Pa., Kelly
ASHTON Longanecker and Korry ASHTON, both of North Manchester; one brother,
Jerry KUHN, Macy; four sisters, Donna and husband Eli YODER, Rochester, Ruth
Evelyn McLAUGHLIN, Kalamazoo, Mich., Ella Mae and husband John YOUNG, Lapel, and
Rose NORMAN, Peru: three step grandchildren, Tim BENNETT, Evansville, Heather
BENNETT BLOCHER and Amy BENNETT, both of North Manchester; one great-grandson,
Andrew John LONGANECKER, North Manchester; one step great-granddaughter, Halsey
BLOCHER, North Manchester; several nieces and nephews and four aunts.
She was preceded in death by four brothers.
Services are 11 a.m. Saturday at Tlmbercrest Chapel, North Manchester. Burial
will be in Oaklawn Cemetery, North Manchester. Rev. Tim HIBSCHMAN will
officiate. Friends may call from 5-8 D.m. Fiiday at DeLaughter-McKee Mortuary,
North Manchester, and one hour prior to services Saturday at Timbercrest Chapel.
Friday, February 13, 1998
John L. McLaughlin
John L. McLAUGHLIN, 70, 300 East 4th St., Apt. 4D, Rochester, died 3:43 a.m.
today at Woodlawn Hospital.
Arrangements are pending at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester.
Saturday, February 14, 1998
John L. McLaughlin
Dec. 2, 1927-Feb. 13, 1998
John L. McLAUGHLIN, 70, Rochester, died at 3:43 a.m. Friday at Woodlawn
Hospital.
Born to William and Ruth COX McLAUGHLIN in Fort Wayne, he married Barbara BAUMAN
in September 1952. They were divorced.
He was a former employee of Dana Corporation and Lassus Brothers, both of Fort
Wayne. He was a graduate of Central Catholic High School, Fort Wayne. He served
in the U.S. Navy on the U.S.S. Brinkley Bass In World War II.
Survivors include three daughters, Christine and Steve HANEY, Houston, Texas;
Terri McLAUGHLIN, Fort Wayne: Mary Beth STONE, Fort Wayne; two sons, Father
Michael and Susanna MALAKOVA, Port Jefferson Station, N.Y.; Timothy McLAUGHLIN,
San Diego, Calif: 11 grandchildren; one sister, Patricia KUMMER, Rochester: and
one great aunt, Maude NUTT, Rochester.
He was preceded in death by one son, Paul [McLAUGHLIN], in 1986.
Services are 10 a.m. Tuesday at Foster and Good Funeral Home, Rochester. Father
Michael MALAKOVA will officiate. Burial will be at Marion Nation National
Cemetery, Marion. Friends may call at the funeral home one hour prior to
services.
Monday, February 16, 1998
James L. Denton
James L. DENTON, 64, died at his residence, 6778 Bridge St., Monterey.
arrangements are pending at Frain Mortuary, Winamac.
Janet Hickok
Sept. 3, 1917-Feb. 15, 1998
Janet HICKOK, 80, Chicago, died 6:15 a.m. Sunday at Life Care Center, Rochester.
Born Sept. 3, 1917 in Chicago to William and Alice FARREL DOW, she married
Malcolm HICKOK. He preceded her in death in 1959.
Mrs. Hickok was a 1938 graduate of DePauw University and a member of the Trinity
United Methodist Church, Chicago.
Survivors include three nephewsi William and wife Brenda KINDIG, Ojai, Calif.,
Charles KINDIG, Oxnard, Calif., and Philip and wife Sandra KINDIG, Rochester;
one niece, Lucinda and husband Richard McLOCHLIN, Rochester; several great
nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents. one brother and one sister.
Private services, will be conducted. Zimmerman Family Funeral Home is in charge
o arrangements. Burial will be In Mount Hope Cemetery, Chicago,
James LaFrance, Sr.
James LaFRANCE, Sr., 40, 1100 Park Road, Rochester, was pronounced dead at
Woodlawn Hospital Sunday.
Arrangements are pending at Zimmerman Family Funeral Home.
Joseph S. Reith, Jr.
April 21, 1926-Feb. 15, 1998
Joseph Steven REITH, Jr., 71, 11083 W. Kokomo Ave., Kewanna died 4 a.m. Sunday
at his residence,
Bom in Kokomo on April 21, 1926 to Joseph Stephen and Marion K. BEER REITH, Sr.,
he married Loma FLEENOR on April 24, 1948 in Kokomo. She survives.
Reith retired from the Kokomo Police Department in 1972 and the Howard County
Board of Health in 1988. A graduate of Kokomo High School, he served in the U.S.
Marines during World War II. He was a member of St. Patrick Catholic Church,
Kokomo, the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge, and the Kewanna Veterans of Foreign
Wars.
Survivors include one daughter, Kimberlee and husband Tim MILLER, Noblesville;
three grandchildren, Jenna [MILLER], Jodi [MILLER], and Jessaline MILLER; one
brother, David and wife Mary Jo REITH, Kent, Ohio.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Patrick Catholic
Church, 1229 N. Washington St., Kokomo with Father Frank KILCLINE officiating.
Burial will be in Kokomo following the services. Friends may call from 2 to 8
p.m., with a Rosary at 7 p.m., Wednesday at Ellers Mortuary Webster St. Chapel,
3400 S. Webster St., Kokomo. Memorials may be made to St. Patrick Catholic
Church.
James L. Denton
June 2, 1933-Feb. 15, 1998
James L. DENTON, 64, 6778 N. St., Monterey, formerly of Rochester, died 5:40
p.m. Sunday at his residence.
Denton was born June 2. 1933 in Rochester to Herman and Dessic ZEMPLEMAN DENTON.
He was a retired salesman and a member of the Veterans of Foreign Warr,,
Rochester.
Survivors include two daughters, Becky FORNELLI, Knox, and Linda ROTH,
Burnettsvtlle; one son, Doug DENTON, Monterey: nine grandchildren; four sisters,
Junie [DENTON], Seattle, Wash., Virginia [DENTON], Galveston, Irma [DENTON],
Ohio, and Julia [DENTON], Wisconsin; two brothers Jack DENTON, Rochester, and
Bob DENTON, Kewanna.
He was preceded in death by one brother, William DENTON.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Frain Mortuary, 305 E. Main St., Winamac
with Rev. Bert WOOLSON officiating. Burial will be in IOOF Citizens Cemetery,
Kewanna. Graveside military services will be conducted by Winamac VFW Post 1728.
Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday and after 8 a.m.
Wednesday at Frain Mortuary. Memorials may be made to Disabled American
Veterans.
Donald E. Mitchell
March 14, 1928-Feb. 15, 1998
Donald E. MITCHELL, 69, formerly of 705 E. 4th St., Rochester, died 11:10 p.m.
Sunday at ExtendaCare, Rochester.
Born March 14, 1928 in Monticello to Robert W, and Minnie M. SAMPSON MITCHELL,
he married Mary Jane SHIREMAN on July 12, 1955 in Rochester. She survives.
He served in the U.S. Army World War II with the 4th ulary in Germany. While
with the constabulary, he assisted in the writing of the text, "Ther
Establishment and Operations of the United States Constabulary." He was
employed by Public Service of Indiana for 28 years and later worked for McMahan
O'Conner Construction Company for 20 years. He was a member o the Veterans of
Foreign Wars American Legion, and Fraternal Order of Eagles, all of Rochester.
Survivors include two daughters, Linda and husband Bill STEVENS, Bourbon, and
Lisa an husband Phil BOWLES, Bollin AFB, Washington, D.C.; one son Kerry
MITCHELL, Atlanta, Ga.; four grandchildren, Craig [STEVENS] and Keith STEVENS,
Bourbon, Brian [BOWLES] and David BOWLES, Washington, D.C. one
great-granddaughter, Kati STEVENS, Bourbon; one sister, Martha EWEN, Salem, one
brother, Howard MITCHELL, Salem; several nieces and nephews.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Foster & Good Funeral Home,
Rochester, wit Rev. Chris DODSON officiating. Burial will be in IOOF Cemetery,
Rochester with American Legion and VFW conducting graveside military services.
Friends may call 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday or from 9 a.m. until services Wednesday.
James D. LaFrance, Sr.
Sept. 10, 1957-Feb. 15, 1998
James D. LaFRANCE, Sr.. 40, 1100 Park Road, Rochester, died 9:17 p.m. Sunday at
Woodlawn Hospital, Rochester.
Born Sept. 10, 1957 in St. Louis, Mo. to John and Erlene McCARTER LaFRANCE, he
married Pam S. JESSUP in 1975 in St. Louis, Mo. She survives.
LaFrance was a civil service worker for the City of Ballwin, Mo., a civilian
worker at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, and worked for the school board of
Pinellas County, Fla.
Survivors include one daughter, Christina S. LaFRANCE, Rochester; one son, James
D. LaFRANCE, Jr., Rochester; four brothers, Richard LaFRANCE, Argos, Gary
LaFRANCE, St. Louis, Mo., John LaFRANCE, Jr., St. Louis, Mo., Steven LaFRANCE,
St. Louis, Mo.; two sisters, Debra MELMANN, St. Louis, Mo., Mary HOFER, St.
Louis, Mo.;
grandmother, Marie McCARTER, St. Louis, Mo.; several nieces and nephews and
several great nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by one daughter Carolyn LaFRANCE.
A memorial service will be 10 a.m. Friday at Zimmerman Family Funeral Home,
Rochester, with Rev. Danny HONEYCUTT officiating.
Robert C. Romine
Robert C. ROMINE, 45, Sandusky, Ohio, died Sunday at the Hospice Home of
Northeast Indiana, Fort Wayne.
Romine worked for the Social Security Administration for 23 years with
assignments in Indiana, Michigan and Ohio. He was most recently manager of the
Social Security branch in Sandusky, Ohio.
Survivors include his parents, Kenneth and Esther ROMINE, Mentone; two brothers.
Ken [ROMINE] and John [ROMINE]; one niece; three nephews.
A memorial service will be 11:30 a.m. Saturday. Feb. 28, at Mentone United
Methodist
Church, Mentone. Friends may call one hour before and after the service. In lieu
of flowers, memorials may be made to Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church, 3705
S. Anthony Blvd., Ft. Wayne, Ind. 47806 or to the Hospice Home of Northeast
Indiana, P.O. Box 12869, Ft. Wayne, Ind. 46866-2869.
Wednesday, February 18, 1998
Rev. Charles R. "Chuck" Armstrong
The Rev. Charles R. "Chuck" ARMSTRONG, 65, died Feb. 10 after a
long battle with cancer that prompted his resignation last year as senior pastor
of the Castleton United Methodist Church and cut short a three month teaching
assignment. in Israel.
A 1950 alumnus of Akron High School, he graduated from Manchester College in
1954 and from Christian Theological Seminary in 1959.
During his long ministerial career, he served as superintendent of the New
Castle district and as minister of United Methodist churches in Evansville,
Bloomington, Poseyville, Acton and Broad Ripple. He was a delegate to the
quadrennial Jurisdictional Conference in 1988, 1992 and 1996 and the quadrennial
General Conference in 1988 and 1996.
He also served as a member of the Board of Ordained Ministry, was chairman of
the Conference Relations Panel for eight years and chairman of the Disability
Committee. He was a member of the board of the Franklin United Methodist Home
and chairman of the South Indiana Conference Camping Program.
His wife, the former Jean WYSE, preceded him in death. Surviving are his mother,
Thelma KUHN, Franklin; three children, Charles Peter ARMSTRONG, Cheryl Jean
BECKERICH and Mary CARSON. a brother, Ronald KUHN; and four grandchildren.
Ray L. Smiley
June 18, 1925-Feb. 17, 1998
Ray L. SMILEY, 72, 1819 ore Park Road, Rochester, 12:05 p.m. Tuesday at Memorial
Hospital, South Bend.
Born June 18, 1925 in Rochester to Earl and Engrid HANSON SMILEY, he married
Barbara B. SIBERT on May' 22, 1976 in Rochester. She survives.
Mr. Smiley served in the U.S. Navy in World War II in both European and the
Pacific Theaters, and also was a Merchant Marine gunner. He was
secretary/treasurer of Rochester
Farmers Mutual Insurance Company, and a realtor in the Rochester area. He was a
member of the Elks, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and American Legion, and a
lifelong member of the Moose Lodge, all in Rochester.
Survivors include two daughters, Corinne and husband Monte PICKENS, Rochester,
and Rae Ann and husband Gary ROBERTS, New Castle; one son, Mark and wife Jayne
SMILEY, Rochester; one stepdaughter, Kim RICHARDSON, Rochester; two stepsons,
Charles RICHARDSON, Warsaw, and Edward RICHARDSON, Rochester; 14 grandchildren;
two sisters, Ruth and husband Milo TULLIS, Wabash, and Terri and husband Larry
HOWDESHELL, Rochester; three. brothers, John and wife Gladys SMILEY, Sebring,
Fla., Dean and wife Esther SMILEY, Terre Haute, and Dale and wife Jean SMILEY,
Ponte Verde Beach, Fla: one step-sister, Joyce and husband Fred TRUAX, Sebring,
Fla.
He was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers, Robert [SMILEY], Don
[SMILEY] and George [SMILEY], one step-sister, Jean JENKINS, and his stepmother,
Estelle SMILEY.
Services will be 2 p.m. Friday at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester with
Pastor James KREFT officiating. Burial uall be in Rochester IOOF Cemetery. The
American Legion and VFW are in charge of graveside military services. Friends
may call from 3 to 8 p.m. Thursday and after noon through the hour of services
on Friday. Memorials may be made to Hope Hospice, Rochester.
Keith C. Thomas
Keith Chapman THOMAS, 56,. 4298 North and 750 West, Rochester, died 10:01
p.m. Tuesday at Woodlawn Hospital, Rochester.
Arrangements are pending at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester.
Vincent E. Berwanger
Vincent E. BERWANGER, 72, Kewanna, died 9:42 p.m. Tuesday at St. Joseph
Hospital, Kokomo.
Arrangements are pending at Harrison-Metzger Funeral Home Chapel, Kewanna.
Frank D. Wheetley
Frank D. WHEETLEY, 57, Mexico, died 6:23 p.m. Tuesday at Wabash County
Hospital, Wabash.
Arrangements are pending at McClain Funeral Home, Denver.
Edward D. Kroft
Sept. 7,1911-Feb. 17,1998
Edward D. KROFT, 86, died 9:35 a.m. Tuesday at Life Care Center, Rochester.
Born Sept 7, 1911 in Akron to Anthony and Emma DICKERHOFF KROFT, he married
Marian B. SOMMER on July 30, 1939 in North Manchester. She preceded In death on
May 21, 1995.
Mr. Kroft was a personnel representative for Oliver Tractor Factory, Charles
City, Iowa for 22 years.
Survivors include two brothers, Joseph and wife Gladys KROFT, Akron, and Merl
and wife Ruth KROFT, Olathe, Kan.; one sister-in-law, Mrs. Gene HOOVER,
Rochester; several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by one sister, Mable KROFT.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Hartzler Funeral Home, Akron, with Rev.
Clark SHEARER officiating. Burial will be in Akron Cemetery, Akron. Friends may
call from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to
the Gideons International.
Joan R. Hollerman
Dec. 23, 1930-Feb. 16, 1998
Joan R. HOLLERMAN, 315 S. Home Ave., Rensselaer, a former resident of Rochester,
died 10 p.m. Monday at her home. .Born Dec. 23, 1930 in Stockwell to Rudy and
Irene BECKMAN DeHAHN, she married William A. HOLLERMAN on Derc. 8. 1951 in El
Paso, Texas. He survives.
Mrs. Hollerman graduated from St. Frances High School, Lafayette, in 1949 and
attended Indiana Business College. She was a member of St. Augustine Catholic
Church.
Survivors include one sister, Bernadine and husband Cecil PLATT, Rochester; two
sons, William Andrew and wife Gerlyn HOLLERMAN, Huntsville, Ala., Michael A. and
wife Angie HOLLERMAN, Chicago, Ill.; two daughters, Carol Ann and husband James
MINTER, Rensselaer, and Holly Ann HOLLERMAN, Columbus, Ohio; two granddaughters,
Elizabeth and Alexandria; one grandson, William.
She was preceded in death by her parents and two sisters.
Rosary services will be at 7 p.m. CST Wednesday at Jackson Funeral Chapel,
Rensselaer. Services will be at 10 a.m. CST Thursday at St. Augustine Catholic
Church with Rev. Fr. Mark PERES officiating. Interment will be in Mt. Calvary
Cemetery, Rensselaer. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. CST Wednesday at the
funeral home. Memorials ;may be made to Jasper County Home Healthcare and
Hospice.
Thursday, February 19, 1998
Frank D. Wheetley
March 17, 1940 - Feb. 17, 1998
Frank D. WHEETLEY, 57, 155 Water St., Mexico, died 6:23 p.m. Tuesday at Wabash
County Hospital, Wabash.
Born March 17, 1940 in Higginson, Ark. to Johnnie Doyne and Willie Mary DENNIS
WHEETLEY, he married Mary Marvelene JENKINS on Aug. 28, 1959 in Kennett, Mo. She
survives.
He worked at CMI-Wabash Cast, Inc. and was a member of First Assembly of God
Church, Peru.
Survivors include two sons, Ronnie L. WHEETLEY, Peru, and Terry G. WHEETLEY,
Perrysburg; two daughters, Delores A. REED, Mexico, and Lisa M. REED, Peru. four
sisters, Mary McKINLEY, Logansport, Doris STARBUCK, Granite City, Clara
FLETCHER, San Antonio, Texas, and Marie FLETCHER, San Antonio, Texas-; three
brothers, Marvin WHEETLEY, Peru, Doyne WHEETLEY, Searcy, Ark., and Henry
WHEETLEY, Fresno, Calif.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at McClain Funeral Home, Denver, with
Rev. Steve FLECK officlattng. Burial will be in EverRest Memorial Park,
Logansport. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Keith C. Thomas
March 7, 1942-Feb. 17, 1998
Keith Chapman THOMAS, 55. 4298 North and 750 West, Rochester, died 10:01 p.m.
Tuesday at Woodlawn Hospital, Rochester.
Born March 7, 1942 In DeLong to Raymond and Abby CHAPMAN THOMAS, he married
Pamela S. NUNN on June 12, 1987 in Leiters Ford. She survives.
Mr. Thomas lived most of his life in Leiters Ford. He was a sales clerk for Auto
Tech Automobile Parts Store, Rochester. He was Aubbeenaubbee Township fighter
for 30 years. and Fire Chief for 20 years. He was a member of Leiters Ford Lions
Club and the Leiters Ford Businessmen's Association.
Survivors include two sons, Kent and wife Dawn THOMAS, Rochester, and Kyle and
wife Marlo THOMAS, Rochester; two stepdaughters, Victoria THOMAS, at home, and
Erica and husband Jeff PARTIN, Culver, one stepson, Steven BOETSMA, Argos; seven
grandchildren; one sister, Barbara and husband Robert SMITH, Leiters Ford;
nephews.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Foster & Good Funeral Home,
Rochester. Burial will be at Leiters Ford Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 8
p.m. Friday or for an hour before services at the funeral home Saturday.
Memorials may be made to the Aubbeenaubbee Township Fire Department,
The family asks that only fire departments from Fulton County send equipment to
the funeral.
Vincent Berwanger
April 7,.1925-Feb. 17, 1998
Vincent E. BERWANGER, 72, Kewanna, died 9:42 p.m. Tuesday at St. Joseph
Hospital, Kokomo.
Born April 7, 1925 in Shawnee Town, Ill. to Edward J. and Gertrude CLARK
BERWANGER. he married Wilma THOMAS. She survives.
He served in the U.S. Coast Guard in World War II. He owned Burr's Bait Barn,
Lake Bruce, and was a utility employee with NIPSCO until retirement in 1980. He
was a member of St Victors Catholic Church, Calumet City, Ill., and received the
50-year Award from Baumgarter Court of Catholic Order of Foresters in 1997. He
was a member of Grass Creek Lions Club, the Royal Center Lions Club and a
lifetime member and a director of Fulton County Historical Society. He was a Boy
Scout leader. He liked fishing and enjoyed all sports.
Survivors include one stepson, Charles THOMAS, Brookston,. two stepdaughters,
Charlene VOTE, Evansville, and Charlotte ROBSON, Oxford: three aunts; nine
step-grandchildren; one great-step-granddaughter.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
A scripture vigil will be at 7:30 p.m. Friday. Funeral services will be at noon
on Saturday at Harrison-Metzger Funeral Homes, Kewanna Chapel. with Father John
ZAHN officiating. Burial will be in St. John-St. Joseph Cemetery, Hammond.
Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday and after 8 a.m. until time of services
on Saturday.
Friday, February 20, 1998
Clarence Hiatt
Funeral arrangements for Clarence HIATT, 86, 2869 W. 450 N., are pending at
Foster & Good Funeral Home. Rochester.
Keith C. Thomas
March 7, 1942-Feb. 17, 1998
Keith Chapman THOMAS, 55, 4298 North and 750 West, Rochester, died 10:01 p.m.
Tuesday at Woodlawn Hospital, Rochester.
Born March 7, 1942 in DeLong to Raymond and Abby CHAPMAN THOMAS, he married
Pamela S. NUNN on June 12, 1987 in Leiters Ford. She survives at home.
Mr. Thomas lived most of his life in Leiters Ford. He was a sales clerk for Auto
Tech Automobile Parts Store, Rochester. He was an Aubbeenaubbee Twp. fire
fighter for 30 years, and Fire Chief for 20 years. He was a member of Leiters
Ford Lions Club and the Leiters Ford Businessmen's Association.
Survivors include two sons, Kent and wife Dawn THOMAS, Rochester, and Kyle and
wife Mario THOMAS, Rochester; one daughter, Victoria THOMAS, at home; one
stepdaughter, Erica and husband Jeff PARTIN, Culver; one stepson, Steven BOETSMA,
Argos; seven grandchildren; one sister, Barbara and husband Robert SMITH,
Leiters Ford; nephews.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Foster & Good Funeral Home,
Rochester, with Rev. Dorothy JONES of Leiters Ford United Methodist Church
officiating. Burial will be at Letters Ford Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to
8 p.m. Friday or an hour before services Saturday at the funeral home. Memorials
may be made to the Aubbeenaubbee Township Fire Department.
The family asks that only fire departments from Fulton County send equipment to
the funeral.
Lucille E. Best
Lucille E. BEST, 91, 1105 Hill St., Rochester. died 12:45 a.m. Friday at
ExtendaCare, Rochester.
Arrangements are pending at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester.
Bruce R. Anderson
Oct. 2, 1941-Feb. 19, 1998
Bruce Richard ANDERSON, 56, 2107 Smith Court, Rochester, died 5:24 p.m. Thursday
at his residence.
Born Oct. 2, 1941 in Rockford, Ill., to Earl S. and June CARLSON ANDERSON, he
married Christie S. HOEL on August 17, 1963 in Rockford, Ill. She survives at
home.
Mr. Anderson was a 28-year employee of Camcar Torx Products and was employed by
Gateway Homes of Rochester in the past two years. He was a member of Grace
United Methodist Church, Rochester, and served on the church board of trustees
for six years. He was a Boy Scout leader for 30 years, a foster parent for 10
years, and an Indian Guide.
Survivors include two daughters, Michele C. SILLENPAA and fiance Paul UMFLEET,
Westland, Mich.. and Cari L. BATTLE, South Lyon, Mich; one son, U.S. Navy Lt.
Kevin S. and wife Anami ANDERSON, St. Marys, Ga.; nine grandchildren, Corin [SILLANPAA]
and Andrew SILLANPAA, Joyce [BATTLE], Jessica [BATTLE], Jennifer [BATTLE] and
Michael BATTLE, and Kenneth [ANDERSON], Nicole [ANDERSON] and Nadine ANDERSON;
mother, June E. ANDERSON, Rockford, Ill.; one sister, Sandee and husband Estelle
BEAVER, Rockton, Ill.; his mother-in-law, Marrie HOEL, Rockford, Ill.
He was preceded in death by one son, Richard E. [ANDERSON] in 1989 and his
father.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Sunday at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester
with Rev. David HOGSETT and Rev. Jeff TAYLOR officiating. Burial will be in IOOF
Cemetery, Rochester. Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday and from noon
Sunday through e hour of services at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to
the family.
Ines M. Humbert
Feb. 5, 1911-Feb. 18, 1998
Ines M. HUMBERT, 87, 19245 16th Road.Culver, died 6:35 p.m. Wednesday at St.
Joseph Hospital, Plymouth.
Born Feb. 5, 1911 in Culver to James and Mae DUDDLESON CHAPMAN, she married Paul
A. HUMBERT on March 28, 1955. He preceded her in death on May 5, 1970.
Mrs. Humbert was a resident of Culver for 87 years and a graduate of Culver High
School. She retired as a telephone operator from Culver Military Academy. She
was a member of Emmanuel United Methodist Church, Culver, and the Culver City
Club.
Survivors include one niece, Barbara and husband Robert SMITH, Letters Ford.
She was preceded in death by a sister, Abbie THOMAS, and a nephew, Keith THOMAS
on Feb. 17, 1998.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Emmanuel United Methodist Church, So. Main
St., Culver, with Rev. P. Michael DIXON officiating. Burial will be in Burr Oak
Cemetery, Culver. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday at the Bonine
Funeral Home, 104 Lakeshore Dr., Culver, and 1 to 2 p.m. Sunday at the church.
Memorials may be made to Emmanuel United Methodist Church.
Victor R. Smyth
Jan. 27, 1917-Feb. 18, 1998
Victor R. SMYTH, 81, 414 E. 3rd St., Peru, died 9:55 p.m. Wednesday at Dukes
Memorial Hospital, Peru.
Born Jan. 27, 1917 in Lee County, Ky. to Elree and Effie HOWELL SMYTH, he
married Delores BARNES on Oct. 30, 1965. She survives.
Mr. Smyth was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. He retired from the C&O
Railroad Shops, Peru, after 33 years of service.
Survivors include three daughters, Phyllis SMYTH, Peru, Pam SMYTH, Peru, and
Billie FORTNER, Mint Air Force Base, North Dakota; two sisters, Lavern SPENCER,
Denver, and Ina RUNKLE, Rochester; three grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by two brothers.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Flowers-Leedy Funeral Home, 105 W. Third
St., Peru, with Rev. Jack CORRELL officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Hope
Cemetery, Peru. The American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars will provide a
military committal service at the cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m.
and 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Rebecca K. Jewett
July 31:1949 - Feb. 17, 1998
Rebecca Kaye JEWETT, 48, 1010 Cumberland Ave., West Lafayette, died Tuesday in
St. Mary's Hospital, Rochester. Minn.
She was born July 31, 1949 in Rochester to Michael R. and Juanita ROE JEWETT.
They survive.
She was a 1967 graduate of Rochester High School. She graduated from Indiana
State University in 1971 and pursued graduate studies for a master of library
sciences degree at Purdue University. She was an outreach librarian at West
Lafayette Public Library for eight years, and the Otterbein Public Library prior
to that. She also taught art education in Williamsport.
She was a member of the First United Methodist Church, West Lafayette, the ESO
Reading Club. and the Alpha Sigma Alpha sorority. She was formerly active in the
Indiana Disabilities Coalition and the Indiana Library Association. She enjoyed
cooking, gardening, reading, pets, birds and traveling.
Survivors include one sister, Pamela JEWETT THACKER, Fishers; two stepbrothers,
Bruce SWICHART, Bloomington, and Randy SWICHART, Middlebury, and one
step-sister, Dawn JACKSON, Middlebury.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Soller-Bakcr Funeral Home, West Lafayette
Chapel with Rev. Ken PUENT officiating. Memorials may be made to the West
Lafayette Public Library.
Saturday, February 21, 1998
Vincent Berwanger
April 7, 1925-Feb. 17, 1998
Vincent E. BERWANGER, 72, Kewanna, died 9:42 p.m. Tuesday at St. Joseph
Hospital, Kokomo.
Born April 7, 1925 in Shawnee Town, Ill. to Edward J. and Gertrude CLARK
BERWANGER, he married Wilma THOMAS. They divorced. She survives.
Mr. Berwanger served In the U.S. Coast Guard in World War II. He owned Burr's
Bait Barn, Lake Bruce, and was a Northern Indiana Public Service Co. employee
until retirement in 1980. He was a member of St. Victor Catholic Church, Calumet
City, Ill., and received the 50-year Award from Baumgarter Court of Catholic
Order of Foresters in 1997. He was a member of Grass Creek Lions Club, the Royal
Center Lions Club and a lifetime member and a director of Fulton County
Historical Society. He was a Boy Scout leader. He liked fishing and enjoyed all
sports.
Survivors include one stepson, Charles THOMAS, Brookston, two stepdaughters,
Charlene VOTE, Evansville, and Charlotte ROBSON, Oxford; three aunts; nine
step-grandchildren; one great-step-granddaughter.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Scripture vigil will be at 7:30 p.m. Friday. Funeral services will be at noon on
Saturday at Harrison-Metzger Funeral Home, Kewanna Chapel, with Father John ZAHN
officiating. Burial will be in St. John-St. Joseph Cemetery, Hammond. Friends
may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday and after 8 a.m. until service on Saturday.
Memorials may be made to Fulton County Historical Society. Grass Creek or Royal
Center Lions Clubs, or St. Ann's Catholic
Church. Kewanna.
Clarence L. Hiatt
Sept. 19,1911-Feb. 19,1998
Clarence L. HIATT, 86, 2869 West Fulton County Road 450 North, died at 9 p.m.
Thursday at his home.
He was born to Chauncey and Catherine Luella STEININGER HIATT on Sept. 19. 1911,
in Richland Township. He married Charlotte McMILLEN, who died Jan. 3, 1966. He
then married Mary YORK, who died Oct. 2, 1986.
He lived his entire life in this community. He was involved in agriculture and
truck farming. He was past president of The Farmers Market, South Bend, where he
sold produce and poultry. He was a member of the Missionary Church, Rochester,
the Gideons International and Rochester Rotary Club.
Survivors include one daughter, Kathryn HIATT, Plymouth; four sons, Ernest L.
with wife Carolyn [HIATT], Pat with wife Shirley [HIATT], and Gene with wife
Ruth [HIATT], Rochester. and Phil with wife Shirley [HIATT], Plymouth; 11
grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren; one sister, Fern BAKER with husband
Vern, Alhambra, Calif.; several nieces and nephews. He also was preceded by a
sister, Faye VanSCOIK, and a brother, Dee HIATT.
Funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Mill Creek Missionary Church,
825 N. Indiana 25, with Rev. Dale WALTERHOUSE officiating. Burial will be in
Rochester IOOF Cemetery. Visitation is from 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. Sunday at Foster
and Good Funeral Home or in the church one hour prior to services. Memorials may
be made to Gideons International.
Lorraine Kazlauskas/Kazlauski
Lorraine "Dr. Lorry" KAZLAUSKAS/KAZLAUSKI, formerly of 5758 N. Old
U.S. 31, died at 2:55 p.m. Wednesday at Manor Care nursing center, Kokomo.
She was born in Wilmette, Ill., to Albina and Alexander KAZLAUSKAS/KAZLAUSKI.
She moved to Rochester in 1988 and opened an alternative medicine practice.
She was preceded in death by her parents and one brother, Alex [KAZLAUSKAS/KAZLAUSKI].
There will be no memorial service. Foster and Good Funeral Home is handling
arrangements. Memorials may be made to First Christian Church, Rochester.
Donnabelle Haggerty
Donnabelle HAGGERTY, 89, died Thursday in her home in Elkhart.
Arrangements are pending at Zimmerman Family Funeral Home, Rochester.
Monday, February 23, 1998
Donnabelle Haggerty
Sept. 2, 1908-Feb. 19, 1998
Donnabelle HAGGERTY, 89, 1816 Rainbow Bend, Elkhart, died at 10 p.m. Thursday at
her residence.
Born in Rochester to Timothy and Kathryn LANGSDORF COAKLEY, she married Roy L.
HAGGERTY on May 16, 1933 in Joliet, Ill. He preceded her in death on Jan. 6,
1984.
Haggerty graduated Rochester High School in 1926 and attended DePauw University.
She was a retired executive secretary for Wilts Food Centers, Elkhart. She was a
member of the National Harp Society, Alpha Chi Omega Sorority. Four Arts Club
and Beta Chi Sorority, Elkhart.
Survivors include nieces and nephews.
Services are 2 p.m. Tuesday at Zimmerman Family Funeral Home, Rochester. Rev.
Don BRENNEMAN will officiate. Burial will be in Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery.
Friends may call two hours prior to services at thefuneral home.
Edward L. McCartney
Aug. 25, 1934-Feb. 20, 1998
Edward L. McCARTNEY, 63, Plymouth, died at 3:13 p.m. Friday at his home.
Born in Queens, N.Y. to Schylor and Vera E. TUCKER McCARTNEY, he married Judy
LEININGER on Oct. 30, 1960 in Fulton County. She survives.
McCartney was a 1952 graduate of LaPaz High School. He was a machinist most of
his life and he was with , the Blomet Company, Warsaw, for seven years.
Survivors include one daughter, Linda and husband Jeff BANEY, Plymouth; four
sons, Scott and wife Marcia McCARTNEY, Eric McCARTNEY, all of Plymouth, Douglas
and Karen McCARTNEY, Argos, and Tim and Kelly McCaARTNEY, Fishers; eight
grandchildren, Lisa MASTEN and Lee McCARTNEY, Michael [BANEY], Marion, Marrissa
[BANEY] and Marcus BANEY, all of Plymouth, and Adam and Kristi McCARTNEY, Argos;
one great-grandson, Shawn MASTEN, Plymouth, one brother, Ronnie McCARTNEY, LaPaz.
He was preceded in death by his father.
Services are af 2 p.m.,Tuesday at the First Community Church of God, LaPaz. Rev.
Mike Van DeVOORDE will officiate. Burial will be in Maple Grove Cemetery, Argos.
Friends may call from 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. Monday at the Johnson-Danielson
Funeral Home, Plymouth and one hour prior to services at the church. Memorials
may be made to First Community Church of God or to Marshall County Hospice.
Donna J. Ditmire
March 29, 1944-Feb. 20, 1998
Donna J. DITMIRE, 53, Culver. died at 3:05 p.m. Friday in Knox.
Born in Argos to Donald and Bertha COX SMITH, she married Raymond Lee DITMIRE on
Oct. 12, 1962 in Culver. He survives.
Ditmire lived in the Culver area since 1951, coming from Brown County. She was a
homemaker.
Survivors include two sons, Scott R. and wife Amy DITMIRE, Culver, and Michael
D. and wife Judy DITMIRE, Argos; one grandson, Brandon DITMIRE, Culver; one
granddaughter, Megan DITMIRE, Argos; her father, Donald SMITH, Plymouth; six
sisters, Vivian and husband Richard BUSH, Culver, Ellen and husband Larry DeWITT,
Argos, Sandra and husband Walter HOLCOMB, Letters Ford, Vera and husband Eugene
REICHARD, Culver, Vickie and husband George SWIZEK, Granger, and Jo and husband
Terry LISTENBERGER, Culver: one brother David and wife Marcia SMITH, Rochester.
She was preceded in death by one grandson Nathaniel DITMIRE.
Services are at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Emmanuel United Methodist Church. Rev. P.
Michael DIXON will officiate. Burial will be in Leiters Ford IOOF Cemetery.
Friends may call 2-5 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. today at Bonine Funeral Home, Culver.
Memorials may be made to Emmanuel United Methodist Church, Culver.
Lois A. Flook
Aug. 27, 1941 -Feb. 21, 1998
Lois A. FLOOK, 56, Peru, died at 3:50 a.m. at St. Joseph Hospital, Kokomo.
Born in Silver Point, Tenn. to Roscoe and Minnie Bell DENNY GAMBRELL, she
married Raymond FLOOK on Aug. 24, 1973. He survives.
Flook was a member of the First Church of God.
Survivors include one daughter, Amy R. FLOOK, Peru: three stepdaughters, Mitzi
D. and husband Glen ANDERSON, Columbus, Ga., Karen M. and husband Edward LEWIS,
Carmel, Valerie and husband Duane TOLLEY, Peru; two stepsons, Gary R. and wife
Linda FLOOK, Peru, and Robert C. and wife Kathleen FLOOK, Rochester; two
brothers, Herman and wife Syvilla GAMBRELL, Sun City. Fla., and Kenneth GAMBRELL],
Silver Point, Tenn; seven sisters, Bea PURCELL, Hillsdale, Mich, Roxie and
husband Bill YORK, Roscoe, Ill., Juanita and husband Charles HUFFORD, Milton,
Ill., Neioda and husband Joe WILSON, Milton, Ill., Jean GISH, Peru, Henrietta
and husband Dellmus HALL, Peru, and Alger and husband Frank QUINN, Grcentown: 10
granchildren: three great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, one daughter, Julie Ann FLOOK, three
brothers and one sister.
Services are at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Flowers-Leedy Funeral Home, Peru. Rev. Lowell
BURROUS will officiate. Burial will be in Gilead Cemetery. Friends may call from
2-8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the Heart
Association.
Lucille E. Best
Sept. 6, 1906-Feb. 20, 1998
Lucille E. BEST, 91, 1105 Hill St., Rochester, died at 12:45 a.m. Friday at
ExtendaCare, Rochester.
Born in Brooklyn to Clem and Jessie COOPER WHITSON, she married Everett W. BEST
on Jan, 26, 1926 in Danville. He preceded her in death on Feb. 3. 1987.
Best was a homemaker. She attended the First Presbyterian Church, Rochester. She
was a member and a past worthy matron of O.E.S. No. 70, Rochester, a member of
the Reiter Community Home Economic Club, and Fulton Women's Club.
Survivors include one daughter, Virginia and husband Ernest McQUEARY, Rochester:
two grandchildren, Charlann and husband Chris CARSON, Logansport, and Gary and
wife Debra CLEVENGER, Rochester: several great-grandchildren and
great-great-grandchildren.
Services were at 3:30 p.m. Sunday at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester.
Rev. Rod RUBERG officiated. Burial was at Rochester IOOF Cemetery. The OES
conducted a memorial service from 6-8 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
Vernal Robert Ness, Sr.
Feb. 19, 1933-Feb. 21, 1998
Vernal Robert NESS, Sr., 65, 626 1/2 Main St., Apt. 1, Rochester. died at 10:20
a.m. Saturday at Elkhart General Hospital.
Born in Grass Creek to Roy and Lillian BUTTON NESS, he married Elba WILLIAMS on
Feb. 19, 1954 in Camden, South Carolina. She survives.
Ness lived most of his life in the Fulton County area. He was a U.S. Air Force
veteran, having been stationed in Japan and the Philippines from 1951 to 1961.
He was a retired truck driver employed by Sam Tankley Trucking, Cape Girardeau,
Mo. He was a member of the American Legion and the Fraternal Order of Eagles,
both of Rochester.
Survivors include one daughter, Paula S. GARCIA, Rochester; one son, Vernal
Robert and wife Violet NESS, Jr., Rochester, eight grandchildren; mother,
Lillian NESS, Rochester; four sisters, Lorraine and husband Merle GRAY, Camden,
Irma and husband Robert . JOHNSON, Nappannee, Betty and husband James SMITH,
Tulsa, Okla., and Wilma and husband Weldon HARVEY, Athens; four brothers,
Chester NESS, St. Francisville, III,, Tom and wife Carol NESS, Rochester, Dale
and wife Virginia NESS, Long Beach, Calif, Sherril NESS; Napannee.
No services have been planned. Memorials may be made to the American Lung
Association.
Dean L. Miller
Dean L. MILLER, 77. died Jan. 31, 1998 at Mancos, Colo.
He was a Sergeant in the Paratroopers in World War II, where he was wounded
twice and received several decorations. His parents were in the Rochester retail
business for many years.
Survivors include his wife, Virginia [MILLER]; two daughters, Toni J. [MILLER],
Cortez, Colo. and Tina [MILLER]. Portland, Ore.; two sons, Michael [MILLER],
Golden, Colo., and Vincent [MILLER], Mancos, Colo.; one brother, Keith [MILLER],
Grass Valley, Calif.; one sister, Helen BURKETT, formerly of Rochester area, now
Phoenix, Ariz.
Tuesday, February 24, 1998
Edgar Stanley, II
Former Fulton County banker Ed STANLEY died Saturday in a car crash
northwest of Indianapolis.
He died at 5:56 p.m. at U.S. 421 and Boone County Road 100 North. Stanley's
daughter-in-law Christine [STANLEY], wife of Edgar [STANLEY], III, was gravely
injured in the wreck and is in critical condition at Methodist Hospital in
Indianapolis. Friends in Rochester report that a Stanley grandchild in the
vehicle was not hurt. Other details of the wreck were not available today. Boone
County police said the report was not finished.
Stanley married Judy MARCUCCELLI in 1964. They had three children, Elizabeth
[STANLEY], Joseph [STANLEY] and Eddie [STANLEY].
Raised in Van Buren, Stanley worked at his father's grocery, Stanley's Shopping
Center, before attending Purdue He began his banking career working for his
father-in-law at Gaston and attended the School of Banking in Madison, Wisc.
Stanley bought Leiters Ford State Bank, Letters Ford, in 1974. He later
consolidated that bank with Allen County Bank and Trust, Western State Bank and
Counting House Bank into Liberty Bank and Trust.
On Oct. 3. 1988, the Indiana Department , of Financial Institutions closed
Liberty Bank and Trust. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. was named receiver.
The bank reopened within days and later became part of the Society Bank system.
Stanley left the banking business and moved to Indianapolis, where his children
had begun Celebration Fireworks, a fireworks wholesaling and retailing company
that now has more than 160 outlets. He consulted them in business matters.
Stanley was named a Sagamore of The Wabash. In 1986 he was awarded the Carnegie
Medal of Honor for risking his life by entering a burning house to save the
lives of two children near Rochestcr's M&M Campground.
He was a member of St. Monica's Catholic Church, Indianapolis.
Survivors include one daughter, Elizabeth, STANLEY, Indianapolis; two sons,
Joseph M. and wife Andrea STANLEU, Indianapolis, and Virgil E. (Ed), III and
wife Christina [STANLEY], Indianapolis; mother, Naedeine STANLEY, Van Buren;
brother, Dan and wife Pat STANLEY, Van Buren; two sisters, Sandy and husband
Dale BUCKLER, Van Buren, and Jackie and husband Gary MAY, Greentown; two
granddaughters.
Services are 10:30 a.m. Thursday, at St. Paul Catholic Church, Marion. Rev. C.
Alan FUNK will officiate. Burial will be in Gardens of Memory Cemetery,
Huntington County. Friends may call 1-9 p.m. on Wednesday and 8:30-9:30 a.m.
Thursday at Raven Funeral Home, Marion. Christian Wake Service will be at 8 p.m.
Wednesday. Memorials may be made to Riley's Children Hospital, 926 West
Michigan, Indianapolis, Ind. 46202.
Warren G. "Bud" Griggs
June 30, 1932-Feb. 22, 1998
Warren G."'Bud" GRIGGS, 65, Peru, died at 9:10 a.m. Sunday at Dukes
Memorial Hospital, Peru.
Born in Peru to Warren and Genevieve DOOLITTLE GRIGGS, he married Ann AUKERMAN
in 1956. She preceded him in death. He then married Doris WOOD in 1991. She
survives.
Griggs served in the U.S. Navy. He was a retired Operating Supervisor for the
Peru City Utilities. He was a member of the Chapel of Praise Church, the Peru
Y's Men Club, and the Peru Softball League.
Survivors include one daughter, Valerie WHITTEN, Ramsey, Ill.; one son, Michael
GRIGGS, Rochester; stepmother, Katie GRIGGS, Peru; two step-sons, Dennis WOOD,
Fort Wayne, and David WOOD, Peru; two step-daughters, Diane OLESTEAD,
Russiaville, and Dedra BUSSEY, Rockford, III.; two stepbrothers, Larry DECKER,
Wabash, and Hank DECKER, Wabash; two grandchildren; nine step-grandchildren;
three great-grandchildren.
Services are at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Flowers-Leedy Funeral Home, Peru. Pastor
Mike NORTON will officiate. Burial will be in Mt. Hope Cemetery, Peru. Friends
may call from 4-8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to
American Heart Association.
Emil Drochner
June 1, 1908-Feb. 22, 1998
Emil DROCHNER, 89, DesPlaines, Ill., formerly of 1520 19th Road, Tippecanoe,
died at 3:30 p.m., Sunday at his residence.
Born in Lithuania to Godfried and Auguste ODAU DROCHNER, he married Marie LORENZ
on Nov. 24, 1931 in Lithuania. She preceded him in death March 3, 1992.
Drochner was a resident of the Tippecanoe community since 1962, coming here from
Chicago, Ill., and resided in Des Plaines for the past two years. He was a
carpenter and also farmed retiring in 1975. He was a member of St. John's
Lutheran Church, Rochester.
Survivors include three daughters, Herta and husband Ed MULELLER, Des Plaines,
Ill., Edith and husband Frank ALBERS, Oak Lawn, Ill., Erika and husband Jim
NAPIER, Los Angeles, Calif.; three sons, Edwin and wife Martha DROCHNER,
Tippecanoe, Harry and wife Hilda DROCHNER, Chicago, Ill., and Erich and wife
Joanne DROCHNER, St. Zion, Ill.; 12 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren;
three sisters, Anna KRUSE, Chicago, Ill., Martha LATSCH, Kiel, Germany, and Lana
and husband Ernest ANDERSEN, Germany.
He was preceded in death by one brother, Herman DROCHNER.
Services are 10 a.m. Saturday at St. John's Lutheran Church, 404 Jefferson St.,
Rochester. Rev. James KREFT will officiate. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery,
North Judson. Friends may call from 3-8 p.m. Friday at the Grossman Funeral
Home, Argos, and at the church one hour prior o the services Saturday. Memorials
may be made o St. John's Lutheran Church.
Wednesday, February 25, 1998
Lorraine Kazlauskas/Kazlauski
Dr. Lorry, 5758 N. Old U.S. 31, Rochester, died at 2:55 p.m. Wednesday,
February 18, at Manor Care in Kokomo.
She was born in Wilmette, Illinois to Albina and Alexander KAZLAUSKAS/KAZLAUSKI.
As a child she attended school in Switzerland then came back to the states where
she attended Vassar College. She received a Master's in Psychology and a medical
degree in neurosurgery from U.C.L.A. She interned at John Hopkins University.
Dr. Lorry provided surgical care to many of our servicemen who had head injuries
in Cambodia during the Viet Nam War. Her medical unit had to be airvaced out of
Cambodia when it Was overrun. Her patients and she were captured before the
evacuation was complete. They were tortured until the Navy air unit bombed the
V.C.'s and rescued them.
After the war she went to Japan to educate herself in Oriental medicine. She
stayed an additional year to learn how to treat animals. On June 6, 1997 she
became a doctor of A.C.U.
Until she became very ill in the fall of 1996, she was still providing
psychological counseling to Vietnam veterans on a 24 hour hotline.
She moved to Rochester and opened her office in 1988. She has helped many
people. Her patients came to her from many places, as far away as Alaska. Many
of her patients became her friends. A patient was never refused treatment
because of a lack of funds. She always said poor people get hurt too.
She fought to protect her patients from contaminated air and water. She
supported many charities and causes such as the Humane Society, Ducks Unlimited
because they are trying to save our wetlands, The Heart Associatiori, and the
Cancer Society to name a few. She supported the high school yearbook because of
the many children she's counseled in the area. She always said we need to listen
to our children.
She was preceded in death by her parents and one brother, Alex [KAZLAUSKAS/KAZLAUSKI].
Foster & Good specified there will be no memorial service per the request of
Dr. Lorry.
Memorials may be made to First Christian Church in Rochester where she attended
and supported as a completed Jew.
Her motto was: "Good Health is a gift from God. My prayer is to be an
administrator."
She leaves behind many friends.
Thursday, February 26, 1998
James H. Hunt
Jan. 2, 1944. Feb.25,1998
James H. HUNT, 54, Akron, died at 2:45 p.m. Wednesday at ExtendaCare, Rochester.
Born in Belfry, Ky. to William and Lassie CHARLES HUNT, he married Elleyese
MILLER on April 14, 1991 in Newport News, Va. She survives.
Hunt was a truck driver.
Survivors include seven children. two brothers, Charles E. HUNT, Hampton. Va.,
and Albert L. HUNT, Akron.
Memorial services are 5 p.m. Friday at the family home, Sunset Acres, Lot 16,
Akron. The family asks that friends and relatives attend. There will be no
visitation or services at the funeral home. The Hartzler Funeral Home is in
charge of arrangements.
Susan E. Davis
March 12, 1947-Feb. 24, 1998
Susan E. DAVIS, 50, 6357 N. Burch Lane, Rochester, died at 11:45 a.m. at her
home.
Born in East Chicago to William and Margaret REID ROHL, she married Gregory G.
DAVIS on Oct. 6, 1989 in Culver. He survives.
Davis was a homemaker and lived in Tlppecanoe Shores, Fulton County for the past
11 years, coming from Cedar Lake. She was a member of Culver Grace United Church
of Christ.
Survivors include one daughter, Deborah and husband Douglas SCHMAL, Lowell; one
son, David and wife Heather DeWITT, Lowell; one granddaughter, Abagail Susan
DeWITT, Lowell; one stepdaughter, Karyn DAVIS, Culver; one stepson, Ryan DAVIS,
Rochester.
She was preceded in death by one sister.
services are 2 p.m. Friday at Grace United Church of Christ, Culver. Rev. Steve
MYREN will officiate. Burial will be In Culver Masonic Cemetery, Culver. Friends
may call from 2-5 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. Thursday at Bonine Funeral Home, 104
Lakeshore Drive, Culver. Memorials may be made to Hope Hospice of Fulton County.
Friday, February 27, 1998
[no obits]
Saturday, February 28, 1998
Third Death From Accident
By Christina M. Seiler
Staff Writer, The Sentinel
Christina STANLEY, wife of Eddie STANLEY and daughter-in-law of Ed STANLEY
Jr.. died Thursday at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis from injuries she
sustained in the same wreck that killed Ed Stanley Jr.
They were in a car traveling north on U.S. 421 at Boone County Road 100 North at
5:56 p.m. Saturday when they were hit broadside by a pickup truck.
The driver of the truck, Ralph H. LONG, Sheridan, was killed on impact, police
said. So was Ed Stanley, a former Letters Ford bank owner. Christina Stanley
suffered head and internal Injuries, Boone County police said. Her infant
daughter Rosalie [STANLEY], five months, suffered scratches and was released
Monday from Methodist Hospital.
Christina Stanley died at 10 a.m., Thursday of brain swelling and other
complications.
"Christina has always been an individual concerned with helping others. On
Thursday night, at age 29. she made this quest her legacy. Turning Saturday
evening's tragic accident at the hands of a drunk driver into a final way of
helping others, Mrs. Stanley's organs are to be donated to many in desperate
need," states a press release from the Stanley family and Holly KUNKEL, of
the Indiana Organ Procurement Organization.. Kunkel is the former Holly BELLOWS,
of Rochester.
"At her request, Christina's family consented to donate her heart, heart
valves, lungs, liver, pancreas, kidneys, stomach, corneas, intestines, and islet
cells."
A scholarship in Christina Stanley's honor is being established by Purdue
University President Steven BEERING. Her father, Dr. Allen YORK, is a Purdue
University entomology professor.
Christina L. York Stanley
Christina L. YORK STANLEY, 29, Indianapolis, died Thursday at Methodist
Hospital, Indianapolis.
Mrs. Stanley was a homemaker. She was a member of St. Monica's Catholic Church,
Indianapolis, a former member of St. Thomas Aquinas Church, W. Lafayette. She
graduated from Harrison High School, W. Lafayette In 1987 and Purdue University
in 1992.
Survivors include her husband, Virgil Edgar "Ed" STANLEY, III, at
home; two daughters, Jacqueline Grace STANLEY and Rosalie Marie STANLEY, both at
home; her parents, Alan C. and Carol L. YORK, W. Lafayette; one sister, Cindy
YORK, W. Lafayette; maternal grandmother, Rosalie SCHLIESSMAN, Melbourne, Fla.;
paternal grandmother, Gwendolyn H. YORK, Toledo, Ohio.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Thomas Aquinas Church, W. Lafayette,
with Fathers Phil BOWERS, Patrick CLICK, David LAWLER, and Paul KOETTER
officiating. Burial will be in Tippecanoe Memory Gardens,W. Lafayette. Friends
may call from 4 to 9 p.m. Sunday at Hippensteel Funeral Home, 822 N. Ninth St.,
Lafayette. Memorials may be made to Christina L. York Stanley Scholarship Fund
at Purdue University, Purdue University Development Office, 1136 Terminal ,
Bldg., W. Lafayette, Ind. 47907.
Monday, March 2, 1998
Paul B. McGriff
Paul B. McGRIFF, Overland Park, Kan., formerly of Argos, died at 11:10 p.m.
Sunday at his residence.
Arrangements are pending at the Grossman Funeral Home, Argos.
Charles Swango
Charles SWANGO, 73, former resident of Plymouth and Rochester. died at 6:40
p.m. Sunday at Michigan City Health Care Center.
Arrangements are pending at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester.
Hazel Marie Reed
April 4, 1909-March 1, 1998
Hazel Marie REED, 88, Pulaski Health Care Center, Winamac, formerly of Trails
End Riverview, Rochester, died at 2:08 p.m. Sunday at the center.
Born In Lawton to Harry Victor and Martha Luella CHAPMAN CLARK, she married Lyle
Myron REED on Aug. 30, 1930 in Winamac. He preceded her in death on April 9,
1988.
Reed was a homemaker and a member of First Christian Church, Lawton.
Survivors include two daughters, Virginia and husband Noel LEWIS, Montpelier,
and Bonnie and husband D.S. MORRISON, Indianapolis; nine grandchildren and four
great- grandsons; three sisters, Blanche HEIMS and Esther ROLLER, both of
Winamac, Edna HODGES, Liberty, Mo.; three brothers, Charles and wife Julia
CLARK, Whitesbora, Texas, Marion and wife Flaura CLARK and Ralph and wife Audrey
CLARK, all of Winamae.
She was preceded in death by two sons Russell [REED] in 1968 and John [REED] in
1995, and one brother Earl [CLARK] in 1980.
Services are 11 a.m. Wednesday at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester.
Revs. Edward CLARK and Ernest HEIMS will officiate. Burial will be in IOOF
Cemetery, Rochester. Friends may call at the funeral home from 2-5 p.m. and 6-8
p.m. Tuesday and one hour prior to the service on Wednesday.
Carolyn F. Cline
June 25, 1953-Feb. 27, 1998
Carolyn F. CLINE, 44, Delong, died at 9:50 p.m. Frlday at her residence.
Born in Knoxville, Tenn. to Jesse Ault and Maggie Elizabeth HACKNEY THOMAS, she
married Benny Ross CLINE in Knoxville, Tenn. on April 12. 1969. He survives.
Survivors include her father, Jesse THOMAS, Hammond; four sons, Michael CLINE,
Cicero, Ill., Benny R. CLINE, Jr., Chicago, Ill., Earl CLINE, Rochester, and
Randolph CLINE, Delong, two daughters, Martha ALVARADO, Cicero. Ill.. and
Rebecca CLINE, Cicero, Ill.; four brothers, Jess THOMAS, Tenn., John THOMAS,
Calif., Gordon THOMAS, Calif., and Pete THOMAS, Calif., four sisters, Joyce
ALONSO, Chicago, Ill., Patricia THOMAS, Hammond, Rebecca TAYLOR, Rochester, and
Maggie HOLT, Chicago, Ill.; nine grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her mother and half-brother.
Services are 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Harrison-Metzger Kewanna Chapel. Rev. Douglas
BLANC will officiate. Burial will be in IOOF Cemetery, Letters Ford. Friends may
call from 4-8 p.m. Sunday and from 4-8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.
Chelle J. Kline
April 24, 1974-Feb. 26, 1998
Chelle J. KLINE, 23, 137 Grove St., Logansport, died at 5 p.m. Thursday at her
residence.
She was born to Richard G. and Susan HELMS KLINE in Logansport.
Kline was a 1992 graduate of Caston High School where she participated in track,
cross country and basketball. She was a 10-year member of 4-H and was member of
the Bethlehem Presbyterian Church. She als attended Ivy Tech State College.
Logansport.
Survivors include mother and stepfather, Susan and Andy KEISER, Royal Center;
father and stepmother, Richard and Renda KLINE, Lafayette; two brothers, Craig
and wife Angela KLINE, Royal Center, and Curt KLINE, Rochester; grandmother,
Betty HELMS, Twelve Mile; aunts and uncles, Joe and Barb LEFFERT, Logansport,
Jim and Rene KLINE, Alsip, Ill., and Jim and Midge SHERRICK, Twelve Mile; one
nephew, Cody KLINE; several great aunts, uncles and cousins.
Services were today a McCloskey-Hamilton-Gundrum Funeral Home. Rev. George
HAPNER officiated. Burial was Ever-Rest Memorial Park Cemetery, Logansport.
Friends called from 2-7 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made
to Caston Athletic Fund or Bethlehem Presbyterian Church.
Melissa S. Hilton
Jan. 20, 1981-Feb. 28, 1998
Melissa S. HILTON, 17, 6468 E. 250 S., Kewanna, died at 11:21 p.m., at, Pulaski
Memorial Hospital, Winamac.
Born in Winamac to Edward F. and Susan L. FRASA HILTON. They survive.
Hilton was a junior at Winama Community High School, a member of Harrison
Hustlers 4-H Club, on the high school Cross Country and Track teams, Winamac
record holder for the 3200 meter run, and a member of the Sunshine Society. She
worked part time as a filing clerk for Dr. C.E. HEINSEN, Winamac, and as a
waitress at Miller's Restaurant, Winamac.
Survivors include one brother, Scott HILTON, Kewanna; paternal grandparents,
Floyd and Penni HILTON, Yuma, Ariz., and Sharon HILTON, Winamac; maternal
grandmother, Dorothy FRASA, Kewanna; paternal great-grandmother, Hazel HILTON,
Medaryville.
Services are 1 p.m. Wednesday at First United Methodist Church, Winamac. Rev.
William MATHYS will officiate. Burial will be in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Lake
Bruce. Friends may call from 2-9 p.m. Tuesday at Frain Mortuary, and after 10
a.m. Wednesday at the church. Memorials may be made to the Winamac Community
High School Track and Cross Country teams.
Howard F. Barnett
March 31, 1936-March 1, 1998
Howard F. BARNETT, 61, Winamac, died at 6:30 a.m. Sunday at his residence.
Born in Kokomo to Clarence Alonzo and Ida Frances McNALL BARNETT, he married
Mary KOONS OLINGER on Dec. 1, 1990 In Rochester. She survives.
Barnett was a Lab Manager at Pulaski Memorial Hospital, Winamac, for eight
years, and a Certified Medical Technologist at St. Joseph Hospital, Kokomo, for
32 years. He was a member of Clinical Laboratory Management Association and
American Medical Technologists.
Survivors include three daughters, Tamara BARNES,. Kokomo, Vickie LANE, Lowell,
Mass., and Julie and husband Dennis EDENS, Raleigh, N.C.; two stepsons, Mark and
wife Bonnie OLINGER, Rochester, Jeff and Patti OLINGER, Rochester; one sister,
Janice and husband Ed MOELLER, Kokomo; 10 grandchildren, Brad and Jared EDENS,
Clark BARNETT, Amanda BARNES, Vanessa LANE, Roger [OLINGER], Shelly [OLINGER],
David [OLINGER], Jessica [OLINGER], and Amy OLINGER; three sisters-in-law,
Beverly BARNETT, Kewanna, Marilyn GARVISON, Rochester, and Maxine BADGER,
Hobart; three brothers and sisters-in-law, Sue and Robert REYNOLDS, Conley, Ga.,
Jewell and David WRAY, Jacksonville, Fla., and Bruce and Judy FAIRCLOTH,
Statesboro, Ga.; former spouse, Alice BARNETT, Kokomo; father-in-law, Carl KOONS,
Rochester, several nieces, nephews, great-nieces, nephews, and many good
friends.
He was preceded in death by four brothers and one stepson.
Services are 11 a.m. Wednesday af Frain Mortuary. Rev. Tony ALONZO will
officiate. Friends may call from 2-5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Tuesday and after 8 a.m.
Wednesday at Frain Mortuary. Memorials may be made to Cancer Fund, Hope for Kids
World Wide fund, or Assoc. for Retarded Citizens.
Tuesday, March 3, 1998
Richard Wayne Seebauer
Richard Wayne SEEBAUER, Juno Beach, Fla., died Sunday at his home.
Survivors include his wife, Gina [SEEBAUER] and daughter, Chelsea [SEEBAUER], at
home; one son, Ryan SEEBAUER, Chicago, Ill.; his mother, Dawn MURPHY, Rochester;
brother, Mike SEEBAUER, Madison; three sisters, Becky THOMAS, Lohman, Mo., Joyce
NEDOFF, Kannapolls, NC, and Janet WAGONER, Rochester; many nieces and nephews.
Services will be at First Baptist Church, Juno Beach, Fla. Burial will be held
at Springdale Cemetery, Madison.
Paul B. McGriff
Aug. 11, 1915-March 1, 1998
Paul B. McGRIFF Overland Park, Kan., formerly of Argos, died at 11:10 p.m.
Sunday at his residence.
Born in South Bend to Parker R. and Elsie STAYTON McGRIFF, he married Dorothy M.
SMITH on Aug. 24, 1936 in Plymouth. She preceded him in death on Feb. 26, 1997.
McGriff was a resident of Argos most of his life coming from LaPorte. He retired
from Bendix Homes Inc., Bourbon in 1970. He was a member of Real Meals of
Marshall County and a Boy Scout Leader for a number of years.
Survivors Include one daughter, Dorothy and husband Robert SMITH, Argos; two
sons, James "Jerry" and wife Joan McGRIFF, Overland Park, Kan., and
Paul E. and wife Lois McGRIFF, Millington, Tenn; eight grandchildren; 14
great-grandchildren; one sister, Marceil SCHMELTZ, Romulus, Mich.; two brothers,
Raymond and wife Mary McGRIFF, Argos, and James and wife Donna McGRIFF Fort
Meyers, Fla.
He was preceded in death by two infant daughters, Patricia [McGRIFF] and Joan [McGRIFF],
one infant grandson, Richard McGRIFF, one sister, Rosemary MONTAGUE along with
three brothers, Rolland [McGRIFF], Robert [McGRIFF] and Max Joe [McGRIFF].
Services are 2 p.m. Saturday at Grossman Funeral Home, Argos. Rev. Roy FISHBURN
will officiate. Burial will be in Maple Grove Cemetery, Argos. Friends may call
from 6-8 p.m. Friday and one hour prior to service on Saturday at the funeral
home. Memorials may be made to Argos Real Meals Program.
Willie Charles Swango
July 27, 1924-March 1, 1998
Willie Charles SWANGO, "Rochester Charlie" in Plymouth community, 73,
Michigan City Health Care Center, Michigan City, former resident of Plymouth and
Rochester, died Sunday at the center.
Born in Rochester to Willie Lawrence and Etta Florence SHAW SWANGO, he married
Gwendlyn VAENTINE CAMP. She preceded him in death on June 7, 1965.
Swango lived in Plymouth for the past 20 years going there from Rochester. In
his youth he had been an amateur boxer. He was often seen playing his harmonica
in downtown Plymouth and Rochester. He liked kids and attended many summer ball
games in the parks. He was retired from railroad, foundry and construction work.
Survivors include many nieces and nephews.
Graveside services are 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at IOOF Cemetery, Rochester. Rev. C.
David HOGSETT will officiate. There will be no visitation or viewing.
Arrangements are being handled by Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester.
Wednesday, March 4, 1998
Marvin B. Meredith
Marvin B. MEREDITH, 76, Largo, Fla., died Saturday, Feb. 28, at his home.
Meredith was born in Marion and moved to Largo from Rochester in 1990 after
retiring as a machine attendant for RCA. He was a Navy veteran of World War II
and was a member of Turner Brandon Post 7 American Legion, Clearwater; Moose
Lodge 2205, Largo; Indiana Masonic Lodge 79; Veterans of Foreign Wars 343 and
Order of the Eastern Star 70, both of Rochester.
Survivors include his wife, Jenny [MEREDITH]; and a nephew, Bill AMOS, Largo,
Fla.
Cremation will take place at the National Cremation Society, Largo.
Hazel Marie Reed
Hazel Marie REED, 88, Pulaski County Health Care Center, Winamac, formerly
of Trails End Riverview, Rochester, died at 2:08 p.m. Sunday at the care center.
Mrs. Phyllis REED, Rochester, daughter-in-law of the deceased, was inadvertently
omitted from the obituary on Monday.
Services were at 11 a.m. today at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester.
Rev. Edward CLARK and Rev. Ernest HEIMS officiated. Burial was in Rochester
I.O.O.F. Cemetery.
Thursday, March 5, 1998
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Friday, March 6, 1998
Mary Wear
Aug. 20, 1910-Feb. 21, 1998
Mary E. WEAR, 87, LaGrange, died Saturday in General Hospital.
Born in Macy to Elbert L. and Mary Elba LEFFEL POWELL , she married Luther G.
WEAR In Rochester on Oct. 1933
Wear was a homemake and a nursing aide at Miller's Merry Manor for 11 years. She
moved to LaGrange in 1933 from Rochester. She was a 1932 graduate of Manchester
College and the owner of the Wear-Steele Century Farm, LaGrange. She was a
member of Mount Zion Lutheran Church, the Clay Township County Extension
Homemakers Club, and the LaGrange County Council on Aging.
Survivors include one daughter, Elaine and husband Roderick RODKEY, Elkhart: two
sons, Karl E. WEAR, Mich. City, and Rex A. WEAR, Newcastle, Calif.; five
grandchildren; five great-grandchildren.
She was preceded In death by one son, Paul E. WEAR, one sister, Miriam ZARTMAN,
and one brother, Ellis C. POWELL, Macy.
Services were at Mount Zion Lutheran Church, LaGrange. Rev. Stephen FLYNN
officiated. Burial was in Greenwood Cemetery, LaGrange. Memorials may be made to
Mount Zion Lutheran Church or LaGrange County Council on Aging.
Cathryn E. "Katie" Woodcox
Dec. 18, 1913-March 4, 1998
Cathryn E.,"Katie" WOODCOX, 84, Bismarck, N.D., died Wednesday at a
Bismarck hospital.
Born in Rochester to Albert and Addie AMES KNICKLEBINE, she married Elmer
"Bill' WOODCOX on Nov. 2, 1940 in Rochester. He survives.
Woodcox was a Rochester High School graduate and worked several years for Otto
McMAHAN and Armour Creameries, Rochester. She and her family moved to Bismarck
in 1949, where she was the bookkeeper at Arrowhead Cleaners and Laundry. She was
a member of the Eastern Star of Bismarck, a life member of the Rebekkah Lodge,
Rochester, Indiana and past nobel grand of that lodge. She was a member of First
Baptist Church, Bismarck.
Survivors include two sons, Steve and wife Lynn WOODCOX, Dallas, Texas, and
Jerry and wife Donna WOODCOX, Bismarck, N.D.; eight grandchildren; one brother,
Harold KNICKLEBINE, Pueblo, Colo; many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents two brothers.
Services are 11 a.m. Saturday at First Bptistr Church, Bismarck, N.D. Rev.
Stephen WISTHOFF and Rev. Stanley MALMGREN will officiate. Burial wil in
Fairview Cemetery, Bismarck, N.D. Friends call from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. today at
Eastgate Funeral Service, Bismarck, N.D. The family prcfers memorials be sent to
First Baptist Church, Bismarck, N.D.
Reannian Octavia Glassburn
Reannian Octavia GLASSBURN was stillborn at 1:05 a.m. on Wednesday at Dukes
Memorial Hospital, Peru.
Survivors include her mother, Shannon GLASSBURN, Peru; grandmother, Deena
GEHRING, Peru; grandfather, Mike GEHRING, Rochester; great-grandparents, Bud and
Sherry GEHRING, Peru; great-great-grandmother, Madaline DILL, Peru; one uncle,
Michael GEHRING, Rochester; one aunt, Tara GEHRING, Rochester; one brother,
Christian MATHIS.
Graveside service will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Mount Hope Cemetery, Peru. Rev.
Steve FLECK will officiate.
Kathryne E. Starr
Dec. 9, 1904-March 5, 1998
Kathryne E. STARR, 93, Fort Wayne, a former Rochester resident, died at 3:10
p.m. Thursday at Lutheran Hospital, Ft. Wayne.
Born in Peru, she married Herman ENGLE. He preceded her in death in 1952. She
married Harold J. STARR Dec. 9. 1954 in Ft. Wayne. He preceded her in death on
Aprfl 13, 1983.
Starr lived in Ft. Wayne four years, going there from Rochester. She had been a
telephone operator. She was a member of the Manitou Veterans of Foreign Wars
Auxiliary, American Legion Auxiliary, Women of the Moose. and Ladies of the
Elks, all in Rochester.
Survivors include one daughter, Harriet and husband Wayne BISHOP, Ft. Wayne; one
son, James ENGLE, Ontato, N.Y.; six grandchildren: 17 great-grandchildren; three
great-great- grandsons.
She was preceded in death by one daughter, Elizabeth STOLP, and one grandson.
Graveside services are at 3 p.m. Monday, at Maple Grove Cemetery. Argos. Rev.
John ZAHN will officiate. Friends may call from noon to 2:30 p.m. Monday at
Zimmerman Family Funeral Home, Rochester.
Saturday, March 7, 1998
F. Garland Maxwell
April 15, 1914-March 5, 199
F. Garland MAXWELL, Fort Wayne, died at home Thursday.
Born to William A. and Sina E. CURTIS MAXWELL at Battleground, he married Alyce
ZARTMAN on March 16, 1938 in Rochester. She preceded him in death in 1991.
He retired in 1981 as yard manager at Canfield Lumber Company, having worked
there 35 years. He was a member of Forest Park United Methodist Church.
Survivors include two sons, Kenneth [MAXWELL], Fort Wayne, and Phillip
[MAXWELL], West Friendship, Md.; a daughter, Mary Ellen OCHOA, Glendale, Az.;
five grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild; and
a companion, Jean DREHER, Fort Wayne.
Services are a.m. Monday at D.O. McComb & Sons Lakeside Park Funeral Home,
Fort Wayne. Visitation is from 2-5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Burial will be at 3 p.m. Monday in Mt. Zion Cemetery, Rochester.
Dorothy S. Olsen
Dorothy S. OLSEN, 93, a longtime Rochester resident who moved to Peabody
Retirement Community in North Manchester in 1981. died at 1:10 p.m. Friday at
Wabash County Hospital.
Arrangements are pending at Zimmerman Family Funeral Home, Rochester.
Monday, March 9, 1998
Opal O. Sparks
March 21, 1905-March 6, 1998
Opal O. SPARKS, 92, formerly of Mishawaka, died at 2:18 p.m. Friday in Miller's
Merry Manor in Warsaw.
Born in Kewanna to Bert and Leona MILLER CRAIG, she married Cecil SPARKS in St.
Joseph, Mich. on Sept. 4, 1923. He preceded her in death on June 14, 1984.
Sparks lived in this area most of her life and was a Cedar Lake, Marcellus,
Mich. summer resident. She was a homemaker and a professional drapery maker. She
belonged to St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church and the Ladies Guild of
the church, and the Ladies Auxiliary of American Legion Post No. 161.
Survivors include her sister, Mildred McINTIRE, Charleston, Ill.; five
grandchildren, Richard SPARKS, Warsaw, Russell SPARKS, Cincinnati, Ohio, John
SPARKS, Houston, Texas, Kathryn FILIPPELLI, Arlington Heights, Ill., and Suzanne
WISER, Bristol; nine great-grandchildren; daughter-in-law, Helen SPARKS, South
Bend; son-in-law, George NOME, Mishawaka.
She was preceded in death by her daughter, Marvilla NOME in January 1977, her
son Fred [SPARKS] in January 1994, two sisters and four brothers.
Services were at 11:30 a.m. today at Bubb Funeral Chapel North, 3910 N. Main
St., Mishawaka. Gus SIDERIS of Family Ministries of First Presbyterian Church,
Warsaw, officiated. Burial was in St. Joseph Valley Memorial Park, Granger.
Memorials may be made to St. Michael and All Angel's Church.
Ruth A. Fincher
Ruth A. FINCHER, 84, Miller's Merry Manor, Peru, formerly of Route 2, Macy,
died at 3:50 p.m. Sunday at the center.
Arrangements are pending at McClain Funeral Home, Denver.
Rosanna L. "Rosie" Overmyer
Oct. 5, 1921-March 8, 1998
Rosanna L. "Rosie" OVERMYER, 76, 624 East 750 South, Rochester, died
at 3:36 p.m. Sunday at Woodlawn Hospital. Rochester.
Born in Mexico to John W.F. and Marie FLENNER ZARTMAN, she married Emerson V.
OVERMYER on July 29, 1940 in Elizabethtown, Ky. He survives.
Overmyer was an employee of Hart, Schaffner & Marx and the Shultz Brothers
Dime store. She was a member of Fulton Baptist Temple.
Survivors include one daughter, Judy K. and husband Lonnie SHELTON, Rochester;
three grandchildren, T.J. Shelton, Rochester, Jerry and wife Margaret SHELTON,
Talma, and Catherine HOWARD, Phoenix; four great-grandchildren, one
great-great-grandson; two sisters, Janet and husband Francis COPLEN, Argos, and
Carolyn and husband Ronnie YOUNG, Rochester.
She was preceded in death by two brothers, Glen Dean "Dutch" ZARTMAN
and John ZARTMAN.
Graveside services are 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. Rev. Junior BOSE will officiate at
Fulton Cemetery. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. Tuesday at the Zimmerman Family
Funeral Home, Fulton. Memorials may be made to Fulton Baptist Temple.
Florence B. Feller
Aug. 26, 1906-March 7, 1998
Florence B. FELLER, 91, Miller's Merry Manor, Peru, formerly of Bunker Hill,
died at 9:13 p.m. Saturday at Dukes Memorial Hospital, Peru.
Born in Somerset to Clinton and Anna WIMMER BEHNY, she married Edwin L. FELLER
on April 15, 1927. He preceded her In death on March 17, li)68.
Feller was an avid reader and she also enjoyed knitting and semng.
Survivors Include two sons, Larry and wife Carolie FELLER, Peru, and Danny and
wife Janice FELLER, Bunker Hill; two daughters, Mary WELLER, Twelve Mile, and
Jean and husband Harold CONNER, Akron, 12 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren;
seven great-great- grandchildren; three nieces.
She was preceded in death by her parents, adoptive parents, John and Millie
LARSEN. a brother, Floyd BENNY, and a grandson, John CONNER.
Services are 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Allen Funeral Home, Bunker Hill. Rev.
Melissa RICE will officiate. Burial will be in Santa Fe Cemetery. Friends may
call from 4-8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the
Peoria Church, through Ule funeral home.
Milan Klasnja
March 14, 1919-March 7, 1998
Milan KLASNJA. 78, 11 00, Park Road, Lot 49, Rochester, died at 10:25 p.m.
Saturday at Woodlawn Hospital, Rochester.
Born in Chicago, Ill. to George and Helen KLASNJA. he married Ann SKRBINA, in
April 1938 in Chicago, Ill. She survives.
Klasnja came to Rochester from New Carlisle. He was a retired business agent for
Construction Local 269, Chicago, Ill.
Survivors include his three daughters. Frances OSTROWSKI, Calumet City, Ill.,
Helen RUDA, Garden Homes, Ill., and Georgene and husband Arthur DRAVES,
Rockford, Ill.; 11 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; two sisters, Amelia
OLENICK, S. Holland, Ill, and Violet and husband Lloyd WYNN, Chicago Ridge, Ill.
He was preceded in death by his parents, a sister, Sophie VANDERVER, and a
brother, Michael [KLASNJA].
Services are at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester.
Rev. Robert RITTER will officiate. Burial will be in Rochester IOOF Cemetery,
Rochester. Friends may call from 10 a.m. through the hour of service.
Dorothy S. Olsen
Nov. 27, 1904-March 6, 1998
Dorothy S. OLSEN, 93, Peabody Retirement Community, North Manchester, former
long-time resident of Rochester, died at 1:10 p.m. Friday at Wabash County
Hospital, Wabash.
Born in Madison Barracks, N.Y. to James A. & Emma MEYER SCULL, she married
Howard L. "Ted" OLSEN on Aug. 22, 1926 in Niles, Mich. He preceded her
in death in 1975.
Olsen was employed by the Fulton County Public Library for many years, and
assisted her husband at the former Olsen Cleaners. She was active in Rochester
First Presbyterian Church Sigma Kappa and Tri Kappa sororities, Rochester, a
member of the Grey Ladies Association, the Golden Agers, and the Fulton County
Library Board.
Survivors include one son, Ted J. and wife Elsa BAUTISTA OLSEN, New York; two
granddaughters, Sandra OVERSTROM, Manchester, Conn., and Karen APPLETON,
Portland, Ore.; one niece, Dorothy "Dot" and husband Dr. David SMOOK,
Deer Creek, and her four children, David [DUZENBERY], Argos Michael DUZENBERY,
Rochester, Christina DUZENBERY, Plainfield, and Patrick DUZENBERY, Long Beach,
Calif.
Services are at 2 p.m. Saturday at Peabody Retirement Community Chapel, North
Manchester. Rev. Robert SCHMEISER, Rev. Robert CRYTZER, and Dr. David SMOOK will
officiate. Burial will be in IOOF Cemetery, Rochester. Memorials may be made to
Peabody Caring Circle.
Tuesday, March 10, 1998
Vilma E. Ault-Miller
Aug. 20, 1909-March 9, 1998
Vilma E. [KINLEY] AULT MILLER, 88, North Manchester, died at 4:30 p.m. Monday at
the Peabody Health Care Center, North Manchester.
Born to Willard C. and Nellie CUNNINGHAM KINLEY in Union Township, Miami County,
she married Charles W. AULT on Jun6 29, 1929 at Twelve Mile. He died Jan. 9,
1969. She married Ray MILLER on Jan. 17, 1971. He died Jan.25, 1990.
Ault-Miller was a retired civil service postal clerk after 20 years of work. She
was the interim postmaster at Denver for 18 months. She retired from the Denver
Post Office on Jan. 19, 1973. She was a member of the First Baptist Church,
Denver, and the Denver Baptist Church. She was a past matron of the Vashti
Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star, Mexico. She was the volunteer of the
month in June 1994. She was an active volunteer for the Peabody Gift Shop.
Survivors include five children, Merna L. CUNNINGHAM, Mary Ester, Fla., Jerry M.
AULT and wife Christina, Wabash, Lee MILLER Peru, Louise DAVIS, Denver Louella
TEEL, Sun City, Fla.; three grandchildren, Lori DRAPER Wabash, Chris CUNNINGHAM
Mary Ester, Fla., and David AULT Indianapolis; seven grcat-grandchildren, Brian
DRAPER, Wabash, Janelle DRAPER, Wabash, David CUNNINGHAM, Mary Ester, Fla.,
Richard CUNNINGHAM, Mary Ester, Fla., Aaron AULT Indianapolis, Amanda AULT
Indianapolis, Alexander AULT Indianapolis; and several step-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death her two husbands, one sister Marie STINGLE, three
brothers Gilbert KINLEY, Fred KINLEY an Harry KINLEY; and one son Robe Gene
AULT.
Services are 11 a.m. Friday a McClain Funeral Home, Dcnvcr. Rev. Steve BATE will
. offictate. Burial will be in the Greenlawn Cemetexy, Mexico. Memorials can be
made to the Miami County Foundation or to the Vilma E Ault-Miller Denver Baptist
Church Building Trust Fund.
Edgar A. Foster
March 6, 1920-March 9,1998
Edgar A. FOSTER, 78, formerly of Akron, died at 1:47 a.m. Monday at the Indiana
Veterans Home, West Lafayette.
Born to Thomas and Rhonda JACOBS FOSTER in Jeria, Ky.. he married Helen BLAND on
June 26, 1942 in Charleston, W.V. She survives.
He was a coal miner machine operator, and he was a World War II U.S. Army
veteran.
Surviving with his wife are one daughter, Diana JOHNSON, West Virginia; two
granddaughters, Mrs. Brian (Tonja) LEMLER, Tippecanoe, and Mrs. Dan (Jennifer)
LEITER, Indianapolis; one great-granddaughter and one great-grandson.
Preceding in death were one son, Paul FOSTER in October 1995; three brothers and
one sister.
No public services are planned. The Hartzlcr Funeral Home, Akron, is in charge
of the arrangements. Burial will be at the Memorial Lawns Cemetery, Wabash. All
viewing and services are private.
David A. Parker
David A. PARKER, 54, 2714 N. Richmond St., Muncie, and formerly of Akron,
died at 11:41 p.m. Monday at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis.
Arrangements are pending at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Akron.
Mary Edith Thomson
June 13, 1894-March 10, 1998
Mary Edith THOMSON, 103, Life Care Center, died at 4:25 a.m. today at the
nursing home.
She was born in Carroll County to Charles and Virginia SINES THOMSON. She moved
to Rochester in 1921 from Lafayette. She attended DePauw University and
graduated in 1939 from Northwestern University with a degree in music education.
She was a music teacher two years in Brookston, three years in Williamsport and
from 1921-60 in Rochester. She also taught piano lessons, starting in 1916.
She was a member of Grace United Methodist Church, Trt Kappa, Sigma Delta Pi,
Indiana State Teachers Association. and the Rochester Daughters of the American
Legion.
Survivors include four great-nieces, one great-nephew and eight
great-great-nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by a niece, Mrs.
Charles (Virginia) HEATON in 1989, a nephew, Jack MATHEWS, in 1981 and a sister,
Mrs. Olive MATHEWS GRISWOLD.
Memorial services are 10:30 a.m. Friday at Zimmerman Family Funeral Home. Rev.
David HOGSETT will officiate. Burial will be in the Masonic Cemetery, Delphi.
Ruth A. Fincher
May 23, 1911 -March 8, 1998
Ruth Agness FINCHER, 84, Macy, died at 3:50 p.m. Sunday at Millers Merry Manor,
Peru.
She was born in Peru to Oliver Andrew and Gladys M. CONRAD WEBB. She married
Joseph Edgar "Ed" FINCHER on Sept. 2, 1934 at Denver. He preceded her
in death.
She graduated from Peru High School in 1930 and was a homemaker and member of
New Life United Methodist Church In Mexico and United Methodist Women.
Survivors include two sons, Joseph E. FINCHER Jr. with wife Patsy, rural Macy,
and Lowell G. FINCHER, with wife Suzan, Macy; two daughters Marilyn STOREY, with
husband David, Dunedin, Fla., and Lots K. BAICH, with husband William, Fort
Wayne; and ten grandchildren. She was preceded by two brothers and a sister.
Services are 10 a.m. Wednesday at McClain Funeral Home, Denver. Rev. Bill
BERGSTROM will officiate. Burial will be at Greenlawn Cemetery, Mexico.
Visitation is from 3-8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Memorial may be made to
New Life United Methodist Church Building Fund or Gideons.
Wednesday, March 11, 1998
Mary Edith Thomson
June 13, 1894-March 10, 1998
"Edith" THOMSON was a member of the Manitou Chapter of the National
Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution not the Daughters of the
American Legion.
Vilma E. Ault-Miller
August 20, 1909-March 9, 1998
Memorials may be made to Miami County Community Foundation or The Vilma E.
AULT-MILLER Denver Baptist Church Building Trust fund.
Frances M. Staedtler
Feb. 26,1900-Feb. 16, 1998
Frances Margaret STAEDTLER, 97, Nicevflle, Fla., died at 12:07 a.m., Monday,
Feb. 16.
Born Essen, Germany to Karl and Constance BARBOS ARNDT, emigrants from
Vilkaviskis, Lithuania, on their way to the U.S. in 1901 and 1902, she married
Daniel KANTROW on Nov. 20, 1921 in Detroit, Mich. He preceded her in death on
August 31, 1965. She married Herbert STAEDTLER on Dec. 2, 1972 in Pensacola,
Fla. He preceded her in death.
Staedtler lived in Detroit Mich. moving with the family to a Pioneer farm near
Foley. Ala. In 1909, then back to Detroit and lived in Evergreen Park and
Dearborn, Mich. She enjoyed visitors, traveling, gardening and browsing flea
markets.
Survivors include one son, Daniel KANTROW, Atlanta, Mich; six grandchildren,
Kathy VANDERLOAN, Orland Park, Ill., Karin LEWIS, Dearborn, Mich., Karla HALLER,
Plymouth, Minn., Daniel KANTROW, Ann Arbor, Mich., Jimmy GLOVAC, Harperwoods.
Mich.. and Larry GLOVAC, address unknown; 11 great-grandchildren; two sisters,
Antonia GUDAS, Kewanna and Elizabeth SWIRN, Foley, Ala.; numerous nieces and
nephews, great- nieces and nephews. as well as great-great-nieces and nephews of
the Star City, Kewanna and Winamac areas, as well as Illinois, Michigan and
world-wide.
She was preceded in death by her parents, sisters, Mary WIZGIRD, Anna MACKEWICH.
Adeline ROBERTSON, Madeline WENSLOW, and brother, George ARNDT, and several
infant brothers in Lithuania.
After cremation, the burial was in East Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
Dorothy S. Olsen
Nov. 27,1904-March 6,1998
Dorothy S. OLSEN. 93, Peabody Rettremeni Community, North Manchester, formerly
ol Rochester, died at 1: 10 p.m. Friday at Wabash County Hospital, Wabash.
Born in Madison Barracks, N.Y. to James A. & Emma MEYER SCULL, she married
Howard L. "Ted" OLSEN on Aug. 22, 1926 in Niles, Mich. He preceded her
in death in 1975.
Olsen was employed by the Fulton County Public Library for many years, and
assisted her husband at the former Olsen Cleaners. She was active in Rochester
First Presbyterian Church, Sigma Kappa, and Tri Kappa sororities, Rochester, a
member of the Grey Ladies Association, the Golden Agers, and the Fulton County
Library Board.
Survivors include one son, Ted J. and wife Elsa BAUTISTA OLSEN, New York; two
granddaughters, Sandra OVERSTROM, Manchester, Conn., and Karen APPLETON,
Portland, Ore.; one niece, Dorothy "Dot" and husband Dr. David SMOOK,
Deer Creek, and her four children, David [DUZENBERY], Argos, Michael DUZENBERY,
Rochester, Christina DUZENBERY, Plainfield, and Patrick DUZENBERY, Long Beach,
Calif.
Services are 2 p.m. Saturday at Peabody Retirement Community Chapel, North
Manchester. Rev. Robert SCHMEISER, Rev. Robert CRYTZER, and Dr. David SMOOK will
officiate. Zimmerman Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Burial will be
in IOOF Cemetery, Rochester. Memorials may be made to Peabody Caring Circle.
Ruth Agness Fincher
May 23, 1911 -March 8, 1998
Ruth Agness FINCHER, 86, Macy, died at 3;50 P.M. Sunday at Miller's Merry Manor,
Peru.
Born in Peru to Oliver Andrew and Gladys M. CONRAD WEBB, she married Joseph
Edgar "Ed" FINCHER on Sept. 2, 1934 in Denver. He preceded her in
death.
Flncher was a homemaker. She was a 1930 graduate of Peru High School. a member
of New Life United Methodist Church, Mexico, and a member of the United
Methodist Women.
Survivors include two sons, Joseph E. Jr and wife Patsy FINCHER, Macy, and
Lowell Gene and wife Suzan FINCHER, Macy, two daughters, Marilyn and husband
David STOREY, Dunedin, Fla., and Lois Kay and husband William BAICH, Fort Wayne;
10 grandchildren, Joseph E. [FINCHER] III and David FINCHER, both of Rochester,
Paul FINCHER, Hermiston, Ore., Shelli FISHER, Macy, Criag STOREY, Palm Harbor,
Fla., Julie RUDY, Largo, Fla., Jody TAYLOR, Logansport, Andrew FINCHER, Akron,
Tracy KNAPPEN, Peru, and Laura BAICH, Ft. Wayne; 19 great grandchildren-, two
great, great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by two brothers and a sister.
Services were at 11 a.m. today at McClain Funeral Home, Denver. Rev. Bill
BERGSTROM officiated. Burial was in Greenlawn Cemetery, Mexico. Memorials may be
made to New Life United Methodist Church Building Fund or Gideons.
David Allan Parker
April 17, 1943-March 9, 1998
David Allan PARKER, 54, Muncie, died at 11:41 p.m. Monday at Methodist Hospital,
Indianapolis.
Born in Akron to Philip J. and Patricia L. TROUTMAN PARKER, he married Carolyn
B. HELTZEL on April 9, 1966 in Los Angeles, Calif. They later divorced. She
survives.
Parker was a graduate of Akron High School and earned his bachelor of science in
education from Manchester College, North Manchester, and his masters degree from
Indiana University. He was a high school teacher in Sturgis, Mich., North
Vernon. and Yorktown school systems. He was a member of the United Methodist
Church and the Indiana State Teachers Association.
Survivors include one daughter, Leslie G. PARKER, Fort Pierce, Fla.; one son,
Eric E. and wife Catherine PARKER, Indianapolis; one granddaughter, Darcy
PARKER, Indianapolis; two stepgrandsons, John [BOONE] and Joshua BOONE,
Indianapolis; father, Philip J. PARKER, Ph.D., Warsaw; one sister, Sandra
DENTON, Rochester; one niece, Tricia DENTON, Rochester.
He was preceded in death by his mother in 1981.
Services are at 2 p.m. Friday at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Akron. Rev.
Juanita KUHN will officiate. Burial will be in Athens Cemetery, Athens. Friends
may call from 4-8 p.m. Thursday or one hour prior to services on Friday at the
funeral home.
Thursday, March 12, 1998
Patricia Ann Cole
April 30, 1929-March I
Patricia Ann COLE, 69, Marion, died at 11:40 a.m. Wednesday in Logansport.
Born in South Bend to Kenneth Earl and Alberta Louise BULLOCK SPANGLER, she
married David Frederick COLE, Sr. on June 1, 1951 in Macy, He preceded her in
death on June 30, 1981,
Cole was a silk screen operator at Tulox Plastics, Marion.
Survivors include one son David Frederick COLE, Jr., Anchorage, Alaska: three
grandchildren, David Christopher COLE, Knightdale, N.C., Jessica Marion COLE and
Mary Catherine COLE, both of Winston-Salem, N.C.; one brother, Kenneth Leroy
SPANGLER, Tavores, Fla. She was preceded in death by one sister, Grace SANDERSON
and one brother, Perry K. SPANGLER..
Services are 2 p.m. Sunday at McClain Funeral Home, Denver. Rev. Jeffrey
SPANGLER will officiate. Burial will be in Westlawn Cemetery, Denver. Friends
may call from 1-2 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Terry Gross
Terry GROSS, 31, Peru, died at I p.m. Wednesday at his residence.
Arrangements are pending at McClain Funeral Home, Denver.
Friday, March 13, 1998
Terry Alan Gross
Nov. 30, 1966 - March 11, 1998
Terry Alan GROSS, 31. RR 3. Peru; died 1 p.m. Wednesday at his residence.
Mr. Gross was born Nov. 30, 1966 in Peru to Elmer J. and Alice Ann SULLIVAN
GROSS. They survive.
He was a farm general laborer and a member of the House of Faith, Mexico.
Survivors include two brothers, Gary J. GROSS, Anderson, and Rodney L. GROSS,
Peru; paternal grandmother, Ila M. GROSS, Peru.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at McClain Funeral Home, Denver, with
Chaplain Steve FLECK officiating. Burial will be In Greenlawn Cemetery, Mexico.
Friends may call from 4 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Memorials may be
made to First Baptist Church Window Fund, Peru.
George W. Clinger
Feb. 14,1941 - March 12,1998
George W. CLINGER, 57, 514 East 4th St., Rochester. died 6:30 p.m. Thursday at
St. Joseph Hospital, Kokomo.
Born Feb. 14, 1941 in Fulton County to James Albert "Bo" and Pauline
BRUGH FRITZ, he was later adopted by Charles and Reathel THOMAS CLINGER, and
lived most of his life in Rochester area. He ried Carolyn HOWE on May 1, 1964 in
Rochester. She survives at home.
Mr. Clinger served., in the U,S, Army and retired from Akron Concrete Products,
Akron. He was a member of the Church of the Nazarene and the Fulton County
Historical Society, both of Rochester.
Survivors include two daughters, Tina HANCOCK, Lapaz, and Melinda CLINGER,
Rochester, three sons, Michael CLINGER, Bremen, Jerry [CLINGER] and Jason
CLINGER, both at home in Rochester; five grandchildren; one sister, Deloris and
husband James ROBERTS, Warsaw; several nieces and nephews and cousins.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester,
with Rev. Wanda MEEK officiating. Burial will be In IOOF Cemetery. Rochester.
Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday and one hour prior to services on
Monday in the funeral home. Memorials be made to the Fulton County Historical
Society or the
American Diabetes Foundation.
Saturday, March 14, 1998
George Clinger
Feb. 24, 1941-March 12, 1998
George W. CLINGER, East 4th St., Rochester, died at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at St.
Joseph Hospital, Kokomo.
Born in Fulton County to James Albert "Bo" and Pauline BRUGH FRITZ, he
was later adopted by Charles and Reathel THOMAS CLINGER, and lived most of his
life in Rochester area. He married Carolyn HOWE on March 1, 1964 in Rochester.
She survives at home.
Clinger served in the U.S. Army and retired from Akron Concrete Products, Akron.
He was a member of the Church of the Nazarene and the Fulton County Historical
Society, both of Rochester.
Survivors include two daughters, Tina HANCOCK, Lapaz, and Melinda CLINGER,
Rochester; three sons, Michael CLINGER, Bremen, Jerry [CLINGER] and Jason
CLINGER, both at home in Rochester; five grandchildren; one sister, Deloris and
husband James ROBERTS, Warsaw; several nieces, nephews and cousins.
Services are 11 a.m. Monday at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester. Rev.
Wanda MEEK will officiate. Burial will be in IOOF Cemetery, Rochester. Friends
may call from 4-8 p.m. Sunday and one hour prior to services on Monday in the
funeral home. Memorials may be made to the Fulton County Historical Society or
the American Diabetes Foundation.
Monday, March 16, 1998
Blaine J. Keyes
Oct. 26,1929 - March 14,1998
Blaine J. KEYES, 68, 195 West Cass St., Mexico, died 7:30 p.m. March 14, 1998 at
St. Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis.
Born Oct. 26, 1929 in Peru to Fred Blaine and Alice CARY DITCH KEYES, he married
Joyce R. LESLEY on Sept. 14, 1959 in Peru. She survives.
Mr. Keyes was a clerk and freight agent at Norfolk and Southern Railroad until
retirement in 1990. He was a member of First Brethren Church, Mexico, master and
member of the Mexico Masonic Lodge 347, secretary for .the Mexico Lodge for 31
years, Ruth Chapter 120, Order of Eastern Star, Peru, Miami County Past Masters
Association, Scottish Rite, Fort Wayne Valley, Ft. Wayne.
He was a rainbow pop and received the Grand Cross of Honor from the Rainbow for
Girls.
Survivors include one daughter Jennifer L. KEYES, Mexico; two sisters, Barbara
WEBB, Gary, and Ethel Mae KEYES, Warsaw.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at McClain Funeral Home, with Rev. Bill
Cook officiating. Burial Will be in Greenlawn Cemetery, Mexico. Friends may call
from2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Masonic service
will be at 8 p.m.Tuesday. Memorials may be made to Mexico First Brethren Church,
Hope Lodge, Indianapolis.
Mary Ethel Roberts
Sept. 11, 1906 - March 13, 1998
Mary Ethel ROBERTS, 91, 6151 15th Road, Tippecanoe, died 10:15 p.m. Friday at
Millers Merry Manor Nursing Home, Plymouth.
Born Sept. 11, 1906 near Bourbon to Frank and Hattie AMES EBY, she married
George M. ROBERTS on Nov. 6, 1926 in Inwood. He survives at home.
Mrs. Roberts was a homemaker. She was a member of Sunrise Chapel, Plymouth and
the Ladies Missionary Society of the church.
Survivors include one daughter, Betty OVERMYER, Bourbon; one son, Glen E. and
wife Martha ROBERTS, Plymouth, 14 grandchildren; 37 great grandchildren; eight
great-great- grandchildren; one brother, John EBY, Plymouth; one
daughter-in-law, Velma I. ROBERTS, Bourbon.
She was preceded in death by one son, Kenneth ROBERTS in 1986, a son-in-law,
Richard OVERMYER in 1987, one granddaughter, one great-granddaughter, and two
sisters. Thelma TILLMAN and Florence READ.
Services will be 10 a.m. Tuesday at Sunrise Chapel, 11802 Lincoln Highway E.,
Plymouth, with Rev. Mark HUTCHINSON officiating. Burial will be in Bethel
Cemetery, near Bourbon. Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. Monday at Grossman
Funeral Home, and at the church one hour prior to the service. Memorials may be
made to World Missionary Press, P.O. Box 120, New Paris, Ind 46553
Norbert M. Gallagher
Oct. 31, 1914 - March 14, 1998
Norbert M. GALLAGHER, 83, 920 Jackson Blvd., Rochester, died 11:55 p.m. Saturday
at Woodlawn Hospital, Rochester.
Born Oct. 31. 1914 in St. James, Beaver Island, Mich. to James and Katherine
ALLERS GALLAGHER, he married Katherine Jane BULL on June 21, 1941 in Muskegon,
Mich. She preceded him in death on July 21, 1982.
Mr. Gallagher was a retired personnel manager for Sealed Power Corporation. He
was a member of St. Joseph, Catholic Church, past Grand Knight of the Knights of
Columbus, president and member of Rochester School Board from 1969 to 1977, past
member of the Rochester Lions Club, Rochester Elks Lodge, and Manitou Moose
Lodge. He taught religious education classes at St. Joseph Church for many
years, was a member of the Holy Name Society, and was past president of the
Columbia School P.T.A.
Survivors include two daughters, Maureen K. and husband Ole DAHLE-MELSAETHER.
O'Fallon, Ill., and Patricia E. GALLAGHER, Rochester; two sons, Thomas N. and
wife Margaret [GALLAGHER], St. Petersburg, Fla., and Michael J. and wife Joan C.
[GALLAGHER], Wilmington, Ohio: nine grandcltldren; six great-grandchildren, one
brother, Earl and wife Mary GALLAGHER, Traverse City, Mich.; two sisters, Mrs.
Edith BURHANS, Lawton, Mich., and Dorothy and husband Giles McCANN, Jackson,
Mich.
He was preceded in death by two sisters, Margaret McCANN and Mae COPPENS. and
four brothers, James [GALLAGHER], Monsignor Victor [GALLAGHER], Leo [GALLAGHER]
and Billy [GALLAGHER].
Services will be 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Joseph Catholic Church, with Rev. John
ZAHN officiating. Graveside service will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Mona View
Cemetery, Muskegon, Mich. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at
Zimmerman Family Funeral Home, Rochester, with a Vigil Service at 8 p.m.
Memorials may be madc to American Heart Fund or Knights of Columbus.
Antwone D. Ford
July 13, 1977 - March 9, 1998
Antwone D. FORD, 20, 6011 E. County Road 800 North, Monterey, died 6:55 a.m.
Monday, March 9, 1998 at 8967 S. Adams St., Monterey.
Born July 13, 1977 in Chicago, Ill. to Michael and Beverly CARNEGIE FORD, he
lived in Monterey for two years.
Mr. Ford was a laborer at Kewanna Metal Specialties. He attended Culver
Community Schools and graduated from Sunny Ridge High School, Wheaton, Ill. He
was a member of Sunny Ridge Baptist Church, Wheaton, Ill.
Survivors include his mother, Beverly CARNEGIE, Chicago, Ill.; grandmother,
Elvira SANDERS, Gary; paternal grandfathers, Herbert FORD and Ulysses COX, both
of Chicago, Ill.; great-grandmother, Hattie JONES, Chicago, Ill.; paternal
grandmother, Mary FORD, Chicago,Ill.; four brothers, Emmanuel FORD III, Hammond,
Nathan CARNEGIE and Dest LIGGINS, both of Monterey, and Jr. Jerome GREEN,
Chicago, Ill., four sisters, Desireia LIGGINS, Joanna GREEN, Joyce GREEN, and
Gena GREEN, all of Chicago, Ill.; three aunts, Pauline LEE, Mae Rose ROSS, and
Edrlene AGUSTOS, all of Chicago, Ill.; three uncles, Victor and wife Rose
CARNEGIE, Monterey, Vincent and wife Marty CARNEGIE, Plymouth, Clinton and wife
Suzi SANDERS, Monterey.
He was preceded in death by his father, Michael FORD.
Gravcside services will be at 1 p.m. in Monterey IOOF Cemetery, Monterey, with
Rev. Barbara WHITMAN officiating. There will be no visitation. Bonine Funeral
Home, Culver is in charge of the arrangements.
Tuesday, March 17, 1998
George W. Malott
April 12, 1919 - March 16, 1998
George W. MALOTT, 78, Route 2. Box 304, Macy, died 2:46 p.m. Monday at
ExtendaCare Rochester.
Born April 12, 1919 in White County to Grover C. and Hilda Agnes LOWRY MALOTT,
he married Martha E. FOX on May 14, 1938 in Crown Point. She survives.
Mr. Malott was a World War II Navy veteran and a retired construction worker.
Survivors include three daughters, Beverly and husband James HUMES, Logansport,
Mary and husband Mike SANER, Akron, Kandy and husband Dan KEEFER, Denver; two
sons, William and wife Brenda MALOTT, Macy, John and wife Connie MALOTT, Akron;
13 grandchildren; 19 great grandchildren; one brother, Paul MALOTT, Wheatfield;
one daughter-
in-law, Betty MALOTT, Winamac.
He was preceded in death by one son, George L. MALOTT.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Hartzler Funeral Home, Akron, with
Pastor Steve FLECK officiating. Burial will be in Athens Cemetery, Athens.
Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorials may
be made to the Heart Association.
Wednesday, March 18, 1998
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Thursday, March 19, 1998
Col. Robert C. Ewbank, Sr.
August 5, 1908 - March 18, 1998
Col. Robert C. EWBANK, Sr,, 89, 2316 Country Club Drive South, Lake Manitou,
Rochester, died 7:25 p.m. Wednesday at his residence.
Born August 5, 1908 in Tangier to John Howard and Ruby CAPLINGER EWBANK, he
married Grace E. WHITE on March 25, 1933 in Chicago. She died on May 7, 1991,
He served with the 84th infantry, U.S. Army in Europe and the Battle of the
Bulge during World War II. He received the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star with
Oak Leaf Clusters. He served with the U.S. Coast Guard prior to World War II.
He was the chairman of the board of Modern Materials, Inc., Rochester, past
deputy Commissioner of Buildings, City of Chicago, secretary/treasurer of the
Beverly Suburban Savings & Loan, general contractor and federal bank
examiner, and a Continental Bank of Chicago trust officer. He was a member of
the Masonic Lodge, Triangle Lodge, Mizpah Shrine Medinah Temple and the Scottish
Rite, all of Chicago. He was a 33rd Degree Mason and member of the Macy
Christian Church and the Rochest Chamber of Commerce.
Survivors include two daughters, Marjorie and husband Eddie LEACH, Jonesboro,
Tenn., and Kathleen and husband Michael HORN, Rochester; 10 grandchildren: 12
great grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Margaret FOSTER, Medford, Ore., and Mrs.
Jeanne BRAZEAL, Fresno, Calif.
He was preceded in death by one son, Dr. Robert C. EWBANK, Jr. on May 26, 1991,
four brothers, and three sisters.
Services will be at 1:30 Saturday at Zimmerman Family Funeral Home, Rochester,
with Rev. David WELSH officiating. Graveside military rites will be conducted by
the Rochester American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars at the Rochester IOOF
Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday and after noon Saturday at
the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Macy Christian Church.
Friday, March 20, 1998
Clara Winterrowd
Mrs. Clara Ruth MATTHEWS WINTERROWD, 81, 1209 Franklin Ave., Rochester, died
at 10:51 p.m. Thursday at Woodlawn Hospital.
Funeral arrangements are pending at Foster & Good Funeral Home.
Saturday, March 21, 1998
Clara Winterrowd
Jan. 19, 1917-March 19
Clara Ruth WINTERROWD, 81, 1209 Franklin, Rochester, died at 10:51 p.m. Thursday
at Woodlawn Hospital, Rochester.
Born in Plymouth to Norris and Louise MATTHEWS, she married Wayne J. WINTERROWD
on Aug. 16, 1941 in Lafayette. He preceded her in death on Aug. 21, 1996.
Winterrowd was a Rochester resident for 21 years coming from Delphi. She was a
homemaker.
Survivors include one daughter-in-law, Patti WINTERROWD, Martinsville, eight
grandchildren, Alice KATER, Buchanan, Mich., Rachelle WINTERROWD, Mishawaka,
Marilyn ROBERTS, Houston, Texas, Richard WINTERROWD, Mishawaka, Mark WINTERROWD,
Hebron, Alan WINTERROWD, Blufton, Brett [WINTERROWD] and Ken WINTERROWD, both of
Indianapolis; 10 great-grandchildren; one half-brother, George SNYDER, Plymouth.
She was preceded in death by a son Kenneth [WINTERROWD].
Services are at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester.
Rev. Junior BOSE will officiate. Burial will be in Tippecanoe Cemetery,
Tippecanoe. Friends may call from 5-8 p.m. Monday and an hour before the service
on Tuesday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the American Diabetic
Foundation.
Maud E. Reynolds
April 5, 1905 - March 19, 1998,
Maud E. REYNOLDS, 92, of Bushnell, Fla.. died at 12:10 a.m. Thursday at Life
Center, Leeanta, Fla.
She was born in Miami County to Reuben and Samantha ARMANTROUT. In 1923 she
married Bloice O. REYNOLDS, who died in 1964. She was a homemaker and member of
the Mexico Church of the Brethren.
Surviving are one daughter, Betty THOMAS, Bushnell, Fla.; two sons, Russell
[REYNOLDS], Peru, and Donald [REYNOLDS], Rochester: 11 grandchildren; 22 great-
grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. Preceding in death, with her
husband, are two sisters, Myra KRISHER and Ruth DAYWALT, and. one brother,
Charles [ARMANTROUT].
Services will be at 11 a.m. today at the Mexico Church of the Brethren, with the
Rev. Don RITCHEY officiating.
Burial will be in the Greenlawn Cemetery, Mexico. Memorials may be made to the
church. McClain Funeral Home, Denver, is in charge of the arrangements.
Monday, March 23, 1998
Maude E. Reynolds
Apeil 5, 1905 - March 19,1998
Maude E. REYNOLDS, 92, Bushnell, Fla., died at 12:10 a.m. Thursday at Life Care
Center, Lecanta, Fla.
She was born in Miami County to Reuben and Samantha ARMANTROUT. In 1923 she
married Bloice O. REYNOLDS, who died in 1964. She was a homemaker and member of
the Mexico Church of the Brethren.
Surviving are one daughter, Betty THOMAS, Bushnell, Fla.; two sons, Russell
[REYNOLDS], Peru, and Donald [REYNOLDS], Rochester: 11 grandchildren; 22 great-
grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
Preceding in death, with her husband, are two sisters, Myra KRISHER and Ruth
DAYWALT. and one brother, Charles [ARMANTROUT].
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Mexico Church of the Bretbren, with
Rev. Don RITCHEY officiating. Burial will be in the Greenlawn Cemetery, Mexico.
Memorials may be made to the church. McClain funeral Home, Denver. is in charge
of the arrangements.
Theodore E. Zorn
Nov. 21, 1940 - March 22, 1998
Theodore "Ted" E. ZORN, 57, 7545 North Indiana 25, Tippecanoe, died
5:30 a.m. Sunday at his residence.
Born Nov. 21, 1940 in Pierceton to Aurlie and Georgia HOOVER ZORN, he married
Jane PRIEST on Oct. 4, 1970 in Lafayette. She survives.
Mr. Zorn lived in this area most of his life. He was retired from Zimmer
Corporation. Warsaw. in 1997. He was a member of the Warsaw Church of God.
Survivors include two daughters, Teddie Ann, and husband David BARTLEY, and
Bobbi Jo and husband John SALMONS, both of Claypool; one son, Monty ZORN,
Warsaw; two stepdaughters, Cheryl PRUETT MORRISON, and Candy HERBST, both of
Lafayette; three stepsons, Jimmy PRUETT, Lafayette, Joe PRUETT, Warsaw, and Dan
PRUETT, Silver Lake; eight grandchildren: one great-grandchild; 18
step-grandchildren; one brother, Max ZORN, Larwill, two sisters, Gerry and
husband Lester BAYS, Pierceton, and Netta and husband Joe GRAY, Syracuse.
He was preceded in death by one son and one sister.
Graveside services and burial will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Rest Haven Memorial
Park, Lafayette,with Dr. Robert PRIEST officiating. Friends may call from 2 to 4
p.m. and 6 to .8 p.m. Tuesday at King Memorial Home, Mentone. Memorials may be
made to Cancer Connection Group in care of Warsaw Wesleyan Church, 2402 Old U.S.
30, Warsaw, Ind.. 46580.
Tuesday, March 24, 1998
Nina A. Dillon
Nov. 11, 1910 - March 23, 1998
Nina A. DILLON, 87, United Methodist Home, Warren, died 5:40 a.m. Monday at the
home.
Born Nov. 11, 1910 in Wabash to Homer and Alta ELTZROTH RIDENOUR, she married
Raymond L. DILLON on March 1, 1930 in Indianapolis. He preceded her in death on
May 4, 1981.
Mrs. Dillon was a homemaker and a member of LaFontaine United Methodist Church.
She was a past member of Priscilla Club, Wabash, and a 1929 graduate of Linlawn
High School.
Survivors include one son, Donald C. and wife Donna DILLON LaFontaine; two
daughters, Ruth Ann and husband James DAVIS, Rochester,. and Joyce and husband
Robert SUMMERS, Wabash; one brother, Harold and wife Nola RIDENOUR, Andrews; 10
grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by one sister.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at McDonald Funeral Home, 104 S. Main
St., LaFontaine, with Rev. Phil HERSHBERGER officiating. Burial will be in
Mississinewa Cemetery, Somerset. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at
McDonald Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to LaFontaine United Methodist
Church, 2 W. Kendall. LaFontaine, Ind. 46940.
Hannah L. Oren
June 13, 1914 - March 23,' 1998
Hannah L. OREN, 83, 4465 S. Wabash Road, Rochester, died 2:15 p.m. Monday at her
son's home in Rochester.
Born June 13, 1914 in Rochester to Howard and Minnie ZIMMERMAN HOOD, she married
Chauncey R. OREN on Dec. 23, 1945 in Rochester. He preceded her in death on
April 24, 1995.
Mrs. Oren was a retired teacher, She was a graduate of Franklin College and
taught English and Latin at Rochester High School. She was a member of First
Presbyterian Church, Delta Zeta Sorority. and Ladies of the Elks, all of
Rochester.
Survivors include one son, C. Richard OREN, Rochester; one granddaughter,
Elizabeth Ann OREN, Lawrenceburg; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Jane VanDUYNE,
Rochester, and Mrs. Martha ROYNON, Chicago.
She was preceded in death by one sister, Inez HOOD.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Zimmerman Family Funeral Home, Rochester,
with Rev. Sue BURTON officiating. Burial will be in Rochester IOOF Cemetery.
Friends may call from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday and after noon on Thursday.
Memorials may be made to Hope Hospice.
Allen T. Grover
Feb. 1, 1919 - March 23,1998
Allen T. GROVER, 79, 216 E. 11th St Rochester, died 9:55 a.m. Monday at
ExtendaCare, Rochester.
Born Feb. 1, 1919 in Vincennes to Allen D. and Hazel GROVER, he married Mary
Lois BOBBIT in 1936 in Vincennes. She preceded him in death.
A retired printer, Mr. Gover is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Jeanette
CHASTAIN, Bedford; two sons, Allen D. GROVER, Rochester, and Thomas E. GROVER,
Terre Haute; 13 grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; one
great-great-grandchild.
He was preceded in death by one brother.
Graveside services and burial will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, at Rochester
Citizens Cemetery, with Rev. Larry PYEATT officiating. There will be no
visitation. Zimmerman Family Funeral Home, Rochester, is in charge of
arrangements.
Wayne E. Weidner Sr.
March 3, 1941 - March 23, 1998
Wayne E. WEIDNER Sr., 57, 702 Fortna Drive, Rochester, died 2:30 p.m. Monday at
his residence.
Born March 3, 1941 in LaPorte County to Harley and Opal ARMENTROUT WEIDNER, he
married Judy WIDVEY on July 7, 1984 in Rochester. She survives.
Mr. Weidner owned and operated WW Service Center, Plymouth until 1983. From 1983
to 1996 he was an owner/operator truck driver for C.S.I. of South Bend. He
served in the U.S. Air Force. He was a member of First Christian Church,
Rochester.
Survivors include three daughters, Tonya and husband Chester SHUSTER, Bourbon,
Brenda and husband David HAAG, Walkerton, Gina SAPP, Indiana Wesleyan
University, Marion; four sons, Wayne Jr. and wife Risa WEIDNER, Bremen, Mike and
wife Angie WEIDNER, Plymouth, Steven WEIDNER, Etna Green, and Jon SAPP,
Rochester, 13 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; mother, Opal WEIDNER,
Rochester; two sistcrs, Martha and husband Terry DAIN, Rochester, and Mary
PEREZ, Tuscon, Ariz.; one brother, Harley G. and wife Boots WEIDNER, Salt Lake
City, Utah.
He was preceded in death by his father, Harley O. WEIDNER on August 18, 1987.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the Foster & Good Funeral Home,
Rochester, with Rev. Robert STORY officiating. Burial will be in Reichter
Cemetery, northeast of Rochester. Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8
p.m. Wednesday or after 9 a.m. through hour of service on Thursday. Memorials
may be made to the Charity of one's choice.
Wednesday, March 25, 1998
Rev. Richard DuFord
Oct. 11, 1957 - March 23, 1998
Rev. Richard DuFORD, Rochester, formerly of South Bend, died Monday at Woodlavm
Hospital, Rochester.
Born Oct. 11, 1957 in Tocoma, Wash., to Richard and Syvilla DuFORD, he married
Debra RATLIFF on May 26, 1984. She survives.
A graduate of Central Bible College, Springfield, Miss., Rev. DuFord was the
pastor of First Assembly of God Church, Rochester.
Surviving with his wife are his parents, Richard and Syvilla DuFord, South Bend;
one daughter, Rachel DuFORD; two sisters, Amy SECOR and Beth FRY, both of South
Bend; his father and mother-in-law, Cecil and Lois RATLIFF, Lake City, Arkansas.
Service will be 11 a.m. Friday at Calvary Temple Church, 3717 S. Michigan St.,
South Bend, with Rev. Charles E. CRANK officiating. Burial will be in Southlawn
Cemetery, South Bend. Friends may call from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the First
Assembly of God Church, 608 E. 14th St., Rochester, where a memorial service
will be held at 7 p.m. Friends may also call on Thursday from 5 to 8 p.m. at the
Forest G. Hay Funeral Home, 435 S. Ironwood, South Bend. Memorial contributions
may be made to the family.
Walter L. Ludwig
Nov. 9, 1904 - March 23, 1998
Walter L. LUDWIG, 93, 441 Charles St., Plymouth, died Monday at 12:55 p.m. at
Miller's Merry Manor, Plymouth.
Born on Nov. 9, 1904 in Cedar Lake to Nicholas and Caroline SCHALLER LUDWIG, he
married Marjoric E. FELTZ on March 13, 1931. She died August 29, 1955. On April
26, 1956, he then married Ines HASSENPLUG. She survives.
Mr. Ludwig lived in Marshall County since 1929. He was retired from the Plymouth
Dairy, a parttime farmer and a member of the Trinity Assembly of God Church,
Lakeville.
Survivors include three sons, Walter [LUDWIG], Jr. and wife Sue LUDWIG, Rantoul,
Ill., Paul and wife Kay LUDWIG, Plymouth, and Robert and wife Pat LUDWIG,
Roseau, Minn.; two stepsons, Charles and wife Joyce HASSENPLUG, and Richard and
wife Betty Ann HASSENPLUG, all of Rochester; 15 grandchildren; 22
great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by one grandchild.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Van Gilder Funeral Home, 300 W. Madison
St., Plymouth, with Rev. Marlin DEBBAN officiating. Burial will be in New Oak
Hill Cemetery, Plymouth. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Van
Gilder Funeral Home. Memorials may be sent to the Trinity Assembly of God
Church, Lakeville.
Mildred Brockey
April 11, 1922 - March 25, 1998
Mildred BROCKEY, 75. 1403 Rochester Blvd., Rochester, died 3:20 a.m. today at
Woodlawn Hospital, Rochester.
Born April 11, 1922 near Kewanna to Samuel and Icy GARST LAMB, she married
Ernest W. BROCKEY on Dec. 25, 1940 in Kewanna. He preceded her in death Oct. 1,
1979.
Mrs. Brockey lived her entire life in Fulton County. She was a longtime resident
of the Mt. Hope community near Leiters Ford, a homemaker, a member of Grace
United Methodist Church, Morning Quest Group of the church, N.B.C. Social Club,
and Women of the Moose Lodge, all of Rochester.
Survivors include one daughter, Nancy and husband James KLINE, Leiters Ford; one
son, Larry BROCKEY, Rochester; five grandchildren, Todd KLINE, Leiters Ford,
Ashley KELLER, Mooresville, Larry BROCKEY Jr., Columbus, Ohio, Christine BROCKEY
and Brian BROCKEY, both of Culver; one great-granddaughter, Taylor Marie KLINE,
Culver; four sisters, Bernice FALCONER, Kewanna, Dorothy CHIZUM, Isabel BROCKEY
and Lois DOUD, all of Rochester.
She was preceded in death by two grandchildren, Julie [KLINE] and Gary KLINE and
two brothers, Marion [LAMB] and Frank [LAMB].
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Foster & Good Funeral Home,
Rochester, with Rev. Jeff TAYLOR officiating. Burial will be in Rochester IOOF
Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday and one hour prior to the
service on Friday. Memorials may be made to Grace United Methodist Church,
Rochester.
John L. Schultz
Dec - 25, 191 8 - March 24, 1 998
John L. SCHULTZ, 79, 64 West 3rd St., Peru, died 1:25 a.m. Tuesday at Howard
Community Hospital, Kokomo.
Born Dec. 25, 1918 in Bass Lake to John A..and Wilhelmina KOEHNKE SCHULTZ, he
married Margaret SNAY on Sept. 27, 1949. She survives.
Mr. Schultz was a World War II U.S. Army veteran. He was a retired car forman
with the C&O Railroad for 32 1/2 years. He was a member of St. John's
Lutheran Church.
Survivors Include six daughters, Cheryl LANCASTER, Patricia CANNON, and Wilma
RUSIC, all of Peru, Donna LONG, Wichita, Kan., JoEllen SCHULTZ and Marlene
COOTS, both of Wabash: one son, John L. SCHULTZ Jr., Rochester; 15
grandchildren: 11 great- grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by four brothers and four sisters.
Services will be 10 a.m. Friday at St. John's Lutheran Church, Peru. with Pastor
Philip KRUPSKI officiating. Military Committial Service by the American Legion
and Veterans of Foreign Wars will he at Lutheran Cemetery, Peru. Friends may
call from 2 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Flowers-Lecdy Funeral Home, Peru. Memorials
may be made to St. John's Lutheran Church through the funeral home.
Robert A. Feidner
Oct 11, 1938 - March 24, 1998
Robert A. FEIDNER, 59, Logansport. formerly of Creek, died 8:12 a.m. Tuesday at
Pulaski Memorial Hospital, Winamac.
Feidner was born Oct. 11, 1938 in Rochester to Arthur and Trella E. LONGMAN
FEIDNER. He was a 1957 graduate of Grass Creek High School, a U.S. Army veteran,
a delivery man for Dexter Pharmacy, Logansport, and a retired farmer.
Survivors include his companion, Marilyn HOESEL-JARVIS, Logansport; one brother,
William FEIDNER, Lafayette; several cousins.
Service will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Harrison-Metzger Funeral Home, Kewanna
Chapel. Burial will be in Grass Creek Cemetery, Grass Creek. Friends may call
from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and after 9 a.m. until time of service on Thursday.
Memorials may be made to the Heart Fund.
Jack Pritchard
Jan. 5, 1924 - March 24, 1998
Jack PRITCHARD, 74, 102 Miller Drive, Mentone, died at 2:23 p.m. Tuesday at
Parkview Memorial Hospital, Fort Wayne.
Born Jan. 5, 1924 to Henry O. and Ruth MERCER PRITCHARD in Zanesville, Ohio, he
married Jean KING. She survives.
Mr. Pritchard lived in Mentone 49 years. He was a World War II Army and Marine
veteran and a Kentucky Colonel. He was a dispatcher at Explorer Van, Warsaw, and
a member of Mentone United Methodist Church.
Survivors Include two sons, Tom and wife Ronnie PRITCHARD, Reston, Va., and Jeff
and wife Linda PRITCHARD, San Diego, Calif., two daughters, Jeri and husband
Scott HASKINS, Warsaw, and Jacque and husband Bill BRADLEY, Mentone; two
sisters, Carolyn and husband Ed KISIELEWICZ, Wickliffe, Ohio, and Maxine FELLER,
DesMoine, Iowa; five grandchildren, one great-grandchild.
Services will be 11 a.m. Friday at King Memorial Home, Mentone, with Rev.
William LAWSON and Rev. Greg RITTENHOUSE officiating. Graveside memorial
services will be conducted by the American Legion of Warsaw at Mentone Cemetery.
Friends may call from 3 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Memorials may be
made to Mentone United Methodist Church or the Diabetes Association.
Arleen C. Hitzemann
Jan. 14, 1 920 - March 24, 1998
Arleen C. HITZEMANN, 78, Logansport, died 11:58 p.m. Tuesday at Miller's Merry
Manor, Logansport.
Born Jan. 14, 1920 in Fort Wayne to Bernard and Emma HUNNEFIELD SCHOENEFELD. she
married Henry W. HITZEMANN on May 6, 1944 in Ft. Wayne. He preceded her in death
Dec. 29, 1984.
Mrs. Hitzemann was a member of St. James Lutheran Church since 1950. For many
years, she and her husband owned and operated Carolyn Ann Pastries in downtown
Logansport.
Survivors include two daughters, Sandra and husband Jerry EHLER, Twelve Mile,
and Ann and husband Frank COBLE, Rochester, two sons, Roger F. and wife Marianne
HITZEMANN, Indianapolis, and Richard L. and Bonnie HITZEMANN, Logansport; one
sister, Dorothy SCHOENEFELD, Ft. Wayne; six grandchildren, Paul HITZEMANN,
Amanda HITZEMANN, Jerry EHLER Jr., David EHLER, Shawn RAMSEY and Jennifer COBLE;
four great-grandchildren, several nieces and nephews,
She was preceded in death by two brothers, Don [SCHOENEFELD] and Aaron
SCHOENEFELD.
Services will be 1 p.m. Friday at Kroeger Funeral Home, 711 East Market St.,
Logansport, with Pastor A. David SAILER officiating. Burial vall be in Ever-Rest
Memorial Park. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Kroeger Funeral
Home, Logansport. Memorials may be made to St. James Lutheran Church Memorial
Fund.
Thursday, March 26, 1998
Lora J. Schall
Lora J. SCHALL, 90. formerly of Argos, died at 7 a.m. today at Life Care
Center, Rochester.
Arrangments are pending at Grossman Funeral Home, Argos.
Oliver "Bee" Hackworth
March 10, 1917-March 25 1998
Oliver "Bee" HACKWORTH, 81, Warsaw, died Wednesday at Veterans
Administration Hospital, Fort Wayne.
Born in Prestonsburg, Ky. to Harry and Della STEPHEN HACKWORTH, he married Ora
Lee MARSILLETTE on Nov. 15, 1941 in Prestonsburg, Ky. She survives.
Hackworth attended Purdue Farm Extension School, was a foreman at Mollenhour
Lumber Company, Mentone, and was a farmer. He was a member of Penecostal
Lighthouse Church, Warsaw.
Survivors include two daughters, Barbara and husband James WHITAKER, Warsaw, and
Becky and husband Rick WHITAKER, Warsaw: one son, Duane HACKWORTH, Akron; four
brothers, Albert HACKWORTH and Jerry HACKWORTH, David, Ky., Ballard HACKWORTH,
Warsaw, and Gordon HACKWORTH, Mentone; five grandchildren; two great-
grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by one son, five brothers, one sister, and one
grandchild.
Services are 11 a.m. Saturday at Penecostal Lighthouse Church, Warsaw. Rev. Glen
HUGHES and Rev. Albert WHITAKER, will officiate. Graveside military service will
be at Graceland Cemetery, Claypool. Friends may call from 2-8 p.m. Friday at the
McHatton-Sadler Funeral Chapel, Warsaw.
Lester D. Leland
Lester D. LELAND, 76, Plymouth, died at 2:50 a.m. today at St. Joseph
Hospital of Marshall County, Plymouth.
Arrangements are pending'at Grossman Funeral Home, Argos.
Friday, March 27, 1998
Oliver "Bee" Hackworth
Oliver "Bee" HACKWORTH 1409 Rivercrest Drive, Warsaw, died
Wednesday at Veterans Administration Hospital, Fort Wayne.
Services are 11 a.m. Saturday at Penecostat Lighthouse Church, Warsaw. Rev. Glen
HUGHES and Rev. Albert WHITAKER will offlciate. Graveside military service will
be at Graccland Cemetery, Claypool. Friends may call from 2-8 p.m. Friday at the
McHatton-Sadler Funeral Chapel, Warsaw. Memorials may be made to Penecostal
Lighthouse Church, Warsaw.
Alberta F. "Fronzie" Fry
Dec. 11, 1940 - March 26,1998
Alberta F. "Fronzie" FRY. 57, 31 Park Ave., Logansport, died 12:15
a.m. Thursday at St. Joseph Hospital, Kokomo.
Born in Cass County to Albert Franklin FORKER Sr. and Dorothy Elizabeth ZELLERS
FORKER, she [Alberta FORKER] married Ronald J. FRY on July 10, 1960 in
Logansport. He survives.
Mrs. Fry was a press operator for BTR for 29 1/2 years. She was a member of the
Eagles Ladies Auxiliary Post No. 323, life member of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars Ladies Auxiliary Post No. 3790, and American Legion Ladies Auxiliary Post
No. 60, all in Logansport.
Survivors include three daughters, Connie and husband Gary JAMES, Rhonda
KORRECKT, and Linda McANINCH, all of Logansport; one son, James E. and Tisha
FRY, Rochester, two sisters, Claudette and husband Bob PETERS, Lake Cicott, and
Patricia and husband William DANIELS, Logansport; one brother, John Jackson and
wife Helen FORKER, Brookville, Fla.; one half-brother, Ronald L. SEE, Peru; one
half-sister, Jackie Sue FULTZ, Logansport; ten grandchildren, Amanda [PICKENS]
and Ashlee PICKENS, Adam JAMES, Ryan KORRECKT, Cheyenne PURSIFULL, Daniel
FISHER, Jason McANINCH, Logansport, Jacob [FRY], Corinne [FRY], Haley FRY,
Rochester.
She was preceded in death by a brother, Albert F. FORKER Jr.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at McCloskey-Hamilton-Gundrum Funeral
Home,
Logansport. Burial will be in Ever-Rest Memorial Park Cemetery, Logansport.
Friends may call from 2-7 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. The VFW Ladies
Auxiliary Service will be at 6:30 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Lora June Schall
June 4, 1907 - March 26, 1998
Lora June SCHALL, 90, 304 A Yearick St., Argos, died 7 a.m. Thursday at Life
Care Center, Rochester.
Born in Waveland to Bruce Robert and Edie Ann BREWER KACKS, she married Clifford
Elmer SCHALL on April 23, 1939 in South Bend. He died April 23, 1971.
Mrs. Schall was retired from Home Care for the Elderly.
Survivors include one daughter, Linda and husband Gene HIGBEE, Argos; one
granddaughter, Delilah and husband Jerry BINGLE, Argos, two
great-granddaughters, Lora and Brittany BINGLE, Argos; nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by four sisters and one brother.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at the Grossman Funeral Home, Argos. Rev.
Robert MACE will officiate. Burial will be in Argos Maple Grove Cemetery.
Friends may call from 2-5 p.m. Sunday or one hour prior to the service on Monday
at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the Linda Higbee Lung Transplant
Fund, c/o 1st Source Bank, Argos.
Lester D. Leland
Nov. 29, 1921 - March 26, 1998
Lester D. LELAND. 76, Miller's Merry Manor Nursing Home, formerly of 15910 Olive
Trail, Plymouth, died at 2:50 a.m. Thursday at St. Joseph Hospital of Marshall
County, Plymouth.
Born in Green Twp. of Marshall County to Lawson L. and Mary M. PRECHTEL LELAND,
he married Mary H. ALCALA on Sept. 1. 1946 in San Antonio, Texas. She preceded
in death on June 11, 1986.
Mr. Leland was a U.S. Army artillery captain and veteran of World War II. He was
a member of St. Michael Catholic Church, Plymouth, and a life member of the
Argos American Legion Post 68.
Survivors include two daughters, Cecilia Y. and husband Roger STONEBRAKER,
Fairbanks, and Phyllis J. LELAND, Richmond, Calif.. one son, Roger W. and wife
Jane LELAND, Plymouth; one granddaughter, Amanda LELAND, Plymouth; one grandson,
Travis STONEBRAKER, Bloomington; three sisters, Daralys and husband Raymond
KLINE, Culver, Delores A. YAKIMICKI, Grovertown, and Louise VOREIS, Plymouth;
one brother, Lloyd LELAND, Plymouth.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Michael's Catholic Church, Plymouth.
Father Anthony GILLESPIE will officiate. Burial will be at St. Michael's
Cemetery, Plymouth. Friends may call from 2-6 p.m. Sunday in Grossman Funeral
Home, Argos, where a Rosary Service will held at 6 p.m.
Anna S. Schmucker
August 17, 1968 - March 26, 1998
Anna Sue SCHMUCKER, 29, 1398 East 450 North, Rocheater, died 5:28 p.m. Thursday
at Wayne Lutheran Hospital Ft. Wayne.
Born in Bremen to Noah and Carolyn MILLER BORKHOLDER, she married Devon
SCHMUCKER on Feb. 23, 1989 in Nappanee. He survives.
Mrs. Schmucker was a homemaker and a lifetime area resident. She was a member of
the Old Order Amish Church.
Survivors include four sons, Nathan [SCHMUCKER], Luke [SCHMUCKER], Timothy [SCHMUCKER]
and Harvey SCHMUCKER, all at home; two daughters, Malinda and Lois SCHMUCKER,
both, at home; her parents, Nappanee; one brother, Jacob BORKHOLDER, Nappanee.
She was preceded in death by twin brothers, Noah Jr. [BORKHOLDER] and Norman
BORKHOLDER.
Services will be 9:30 a.m. Monday at the Amos BORKHOLDER residence, 20925 County
Road 50, New Paris. Burial will be in West Union Cemetery, Nappanee. Friends may
call beginning at 5 p.m. tonight at the family home in Rochester, and at the
Amos Borkholder residence 3 p.m. Saturday and all day Sunday.
Saturday, March 28, 1998
Elmer R. "Bill" Woodcox
Nov. 28, 1916-MarCh 27, 1998
Elmer R. "Bill" WOODCOX, 81. Bismarck, N.D.. died Friday in a Bismarck
hospital.
Born in Rochester to Ray and Orpha WOODCOX, he was raised and educated on a farm
five miles west of Rochester in the Burton area by his grandparents, Ulrich and
Mary WOODCOX, after his mother died during childbirth.
He graduated from Rochester High School in 1935. He married Cathryn KNICKLEBINE
on Nov. 2, 1940. She preceded in death on March 4, 1998. He was employed from
1936-60 by Armour Creameries. He was transferred to Bismarck in 1949 and became
plant manager. In 1960, he founded Arrowhead Cleaners and operated the business
until he sold it to his
son, Jerry, in 1979.
He served on the Bismarck Hospital Board of Directors for 11years, was a life
member of the Elks, Bismarck Rotary Club, Mason Lodge No. 5 and the El Zagal
Shrine, was a member of the First Baptist Church since 1949, served on many
church boards and was chairman of the trustees when the present church was
built.
He is survived by two sons, Steve [WOODCOX], Dallas, Texas, and Jerry [WOODCOX],
Bismarck. eight grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in
death by two brothers and a sister.
Services are 11 a.m. Monday at First Baptist Church, Bismarck. Rev. Stephen
WISTHOFF and Rev. Stanley MALMGREN will officiate. Burial will be at Fairview
Cemetery, Bismarck. Visitation will be from 4-9 p.m. today and 1-9 p.m. Sunday
at Eastgate Funeral Service, Bismarck. A Masonic service is 7 p.m. Sunday.
Monday, March 30, 1998
Thelma Irene Young
Aug. 1, 1907 -March 29, 1998
Thelma Irene YOUNG, 90, ExtendaCare Nursing Home, Winamac, formerly of 10526 W.
400 N., Rochester, died at 11 a.m. Sunday at the home.
Born in Eaton Rapids, Mich. to Clarence and Rita Mae SMITH, she married Lowell
E. YOUNG on April 5, 1959 in Plymouth. He survives at home.
She was a machinist retired from Hart Shaffner & Marx, Rochester, and was a
member of the Ladies Aide of the Mount Zion Church.
Survivors include one son, Robert D. and wife Karen CURTIS, Salem, Mo.; one
daughter-in-law, Beatrice DANIEL, Vernon, Texas; 10 grandchildren; 22
great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; two step-grandchildren and
nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, one daughter, Shirley Mae CURTIS, and
a son, Russell E. CURTIS.
Services are at 2 p.m. Wednesday, at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester.
Burial will be in New Oak Hill Cemetery, Plymouth. Friends may call from 4-8
p.m. Tuesday or one hour prior to services Wednesday.
Miriam J. Baker
Feb. 16,1903 - March 27, 1998
Miriam J. BAKER, 95, Macy, died Friday at 9:01 p,m. at Life Care Center,
Rochester.
Born in Miami County to Hugh and May HORTON FENTERS, She married Robert W. BAKER
on Sept. 5, 1923 in Macy. He died Oct. 21, 1985.
She was a homemaker and a member of the Macy Christian Church, Green Oak Club,
Pleasant Hour and RKK Card Club.
Survivors include one son Robert D. and wife Cynthia BAKER, Fresno, Calif.:, two
daughters, Mrs. Robert (Doris) ROSS, Tippecanoe, and Mrs. Lowell (Lois)
ROBINETTE, Penn Valley, Calif.; 14 grandchildren: 28 great-grandchildren; 10
great-great-grandchildren and nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by one daughter, Mrs. Robert (Patricia) EYTCHESON, one
grandchild, two great-grandchildren and two brothers.
Services are at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Zimmerman Family Funeral Home, Fulton. The
Rev. David WELSH will officiate. Burial will be in the Plainview Cemetery, Macy.
Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. Tuesday. Memorials may be made to the Macy
Christian Church.
Russell L. Mason
July 4, 1922 - March 22, 1998
Russell L. MASON, 75, Evansville, died Sunday, March 22, at the family farm in
Sullivan County.
Born in Sullivan County to Earl and Ruby BLEDSOE MASON, he married Constance
RENAKER, who survives.
He was retired after 38 years with Central Soya Co., Fort Wayne and was the
Master Mix salesman in this area from 1960 to 1968. He was past teacher and
basketball coach at Hymera and Dugger schools. He was an officer in the Marines
during World War II and the Korean conflict and was a member of the Dugger
American Legion. He was a member of the 1943-44 Western Michigan Basketball team
that ranked fourth in the nation.
Survivors include one son, Russell "Rusty" MASON, Jasper; three
daughters, Sue and husband Roger GROSSNICKLE, Ft. Wayne, Bonnie and husband
Russell DUNBAR, Akron, and Cara and husband Tom BOOS, Largo, Fla.; one sister
Lorene GOODMAN, Sullivan; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by one granddaughter, Olivia MASON, and two brothers,
Albert Lloyd "Cockeye" MASON and James "Juke" MASON.
Services were at the Newkirk Funeral Home, Dugger. Burial was at Mt. Calvary
Cemetery with Dugger American Legion graveside memorial services. Memorials may
be made to the Russ Mason Golf Scholarship in Jasper.
Tuesday, March 31, 1998
Thomas Marc Briggs
Oct. 19, 1961 - March 29, 1998
Thomas Marc BRIGGS. 36, Route 2. Box 338A, Macy, 5:30 a.m. Sunday at his
residence.
Brn in Rochester to Richard and Joyce BAILEY BRIGGS, he married Brenda D. CULP
on March 14, 1992 in Macy.
He was a 1980 graduate of Rochester High School. He served in the U.S. Air Force
for four years in Minot, N.D., where he was awarded Airman of the Month in
August 1986. He was an automobile mechanic for Fulton County Tire, Rochester,
and a member of Grace United Methodist Church, Rochester. He was a member of the
bowling league, the softball association, the Fraternal Order of Eagles Lodge
852, and the Elks Lodge #2120, all of Rochester. He was active in the Mexico
Church basketball league,Miami County.
Survivors include his wife, Brenda D. BRIGGS, at home, one daughter, Sabrina
Marie BRIGGS. at home; his parents, Richard and Joyce BRIGGS, Macy; one sister,
Loretta and husband Mark DEARDORFF, Macy; two brothers, Don and wife Tammi
BRIGGS, Macy, and Bill and wife Debbie BRIGGS, Michigan City; matemal
grandmother, Lavonne BAILEY, Rochester; paternal grandmother, Golda BRIGGS,
Rochester; nieces, Brittany and Bailey BRIGGS; nephews, Austin [DEARDORFF],
Anthony [DEARDORFF], Adrian [DEARDORFF] and Aasa DEARDORFF and Brady BRIGGS;
aunts and uncles, Ron and Rosic BAILEY, Lany and Reba CRIPE, and Terry and Mary
WYNN, all of Rochester and 12 cousins.
Services are at 11 a.m. Thursday at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester.
Burial will be in Plainview Cemetery, Macy. Friends may call from 3:30-9 p.m.
Wednesday or one hour before services on Thursday. Memorials may be made to the
Sabrina Marie Briggs Trust Fund.
Wednesday, April 1, 1998
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Thursday, April 2, 1998
Claude W. Masteller
Claude W. MASTELLER, 80, 6309 E 250 S, Rochester, died at 4:15 p.m.
Wednesday at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Hospital, Carmel.
Arrangements are pending at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester.
Esther "Jean" Kent
Sept. 7, 1917-April 2, 1998
Esther "Jean" KENT, 80, Fulton. died at 6:30 a.m. today at Woodlawn
Hospital, Rochester.
Born in Fulton County to William and Margaret DUDGEON FOSTER, she married Roger
E. KENT on June 20, 1940 in Mishawaka. He survives.
Kent was a retired secretary, having worked for the principals of the former
Fulton Elementary and High School and Caston High School. She was a member of
the Fulton United Methodist Church.
Survivors include one daughter, Karen and husband James CAMPBELL, Twelve Mile:
three granddaughters, Kimberly and husband John PATTISON, Cambridge City, Cindy
and husband Craig DOUGLASS, Twelve Mile, and Melissa and husband Chad HAXTON,
Cincinnati, Ohio; five great-grandchildren, two sisters, Mrs. Margaret KISTLER
and Mrs. Kathryn MOORE, both of Rochester.
She was preceded in death by one son, Kenneth R. KENT on April 27, 1966, three
sisters and five brothers.
Services are 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Fulton United Methodist Church. Rev. George
HAPNER will officiate. Burial will be in Fulton Cemetery. Friends may call from
4-8 p.m. Friday at Zimmerman Family Funeral Home, Fulton, and one hour prior to
services at the church. Memorials may be made to Fulton United Methodist Church.
Friday, April 3, 1998
Cozette Engle
March 18, 1945-April 1, 1998
Cozette ENGLE, 53, Aransas Pass, Texas, died Wednesday.
Born in Wabash to Frank and Mary Jane BAKER, she married Charles ENGLE. He
survives in Akron.
Engle and her husband spent winter months in Texas in each of the last five
years.
Survivors include one daughter, Amy and husband Harold DELLENBACH, Hillard,
Ohio: her mother, Mary Jane BAKER, Roann: two sisters, Nancy BEENEY, North
Manchester, and Margaret WARFORD, Wabash; one granddaughter, Sherman Jane
DELLENBACH, Hillard, Ohio, several nieces and nephews.
A memorial visitation service will be from 1-4 p.m. Sunday at the Hartzler
Funeral Home, Akron. Private family services will be at a later date. Cremation
will take place in Texas.
Arrangements are being handled by Charlie Marshall Funeral Homes and Crematory,
Aransas Pass, Texas, 800-428-2922.
Esther "Jean" Kent
Sept. 7, 1917-Aprif 2, 1998
Esther "Jean" KENT, Fulton., died Thursday at Woodlawn Hospital,
Rochester.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. James (Karen) CAMPBELL, Twelve Mile; three
granddaughters; five great-grandchildren; two sisters.
Services are 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Fulton United Methodist Church. Rev. George
HAPNER will officiate. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. Friday at Zimmerman Family
Funeral Home, Fulton, and one hour prior to services, at the church.
Claude W. Masteller
Jan. 20, 1918-April 1, 1998
Claude W. MASTELLER, 80, 6309 E. 250 S. Rochester, died at 4:02 p.m. Wednesday
at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Hospital, Carmel.
Born in Fulton County near Athens to Justin A. and Mary E. MOORE MASTELLER, he
married Ethel E. BOYER on Dec. 20, 1941 in Athens. She survives at home.
Masteller was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, the Pacific theater, where he
was involved in the battles of Luzon, Philippines and New Guinea.
Survivors include two daughters, Sharon and husband Michael SIPE, Indianapolis,
and Claudia and husband Roger BAILEY, Akron: two grandchildren, Andrew M. SIPE,
Indianapolis, and Angela M. AHLEFELD, Pendleton; five great-grandchildren,
Rachel [SIPE], Skylar [SIPE] and Jacob SIPE, Jayce [AHLEFELD] and Makyla
AHLEFELD; one sister, Kathleen and husband Delford BOWEN, Rochester.
He was preceded in death by his parents, a sister, Helen SMITH, and two
brothers, Robert [MASTELLER] and Ralph MASTELLER.
Services are 11 a.m. Saturday at the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester.
Rev. David MILLS will officiate. Burial will be in Hoover Cemetery, Athens.
Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. Friday or one hour prior to services. The
American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars will be in charge of Military
Gravesidc Services. Memorials can be made to the Fulton County Historical
Society.
Saturday, April 4, 1998
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Monday, April 6, 1998
Grace L. Reinhold
Grace L. REINHOLD, 84, Monterey, died at 11:09 p.m, Sunday at St. Joseph
Hospital of Marshall County, Plymouth.
Arrangements are pending at Bonine Funeral Home, Culver.
Emma J. Sonafrank
Oct. 1, 1925 - April 5, 1998
Emma Jean SONAFRANK, 72, Peru, died 1:50 p.m. Sunday at Winona Hospital.
Indianapolis.
Born in Silver Point, Tenn., to Haskle and Vola MAYNARD CLEMONS, she married
David SONAFRANK on Aug. 30, 1975. He survives.
Mrs. Sonafrank was past president of Peru Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary and
a member of Full Gospel House of Prayer, Akron.
Survivors include daughters, Irma "Susie" SCARLETT, Delores SMYTH,
Georgia COOK, Barbara BABCOCK, Debi SMYTH, all of Peru; one son, Larry BARNES,
Peru; one brother, Robert CLEMONS, Akron; one sister, Helen CARPENTER, Akron; 26
grandchildren: 21 great-grandchildren-, five great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by daughter Linda [SONAFRANK], a son, Donald [SONAFRANK]
and three brothers.
Services are at 11 a.m Wednesday at Flowers-Leedy Funeral Home, Peru. Rev. Larry
ZUMWALT will officiate. Burial wil be in Gaerte Cemetery, Northern Miami County.
Friends may call from 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Charles R. Blackford
Aug. 3, 1929 - Feb. 14, 1998
Charles R. BLACKFORD, 68, Las Vegas, Nevada, died 7:30 p.m. Feb. 14, 1998 in
Shadow Mountain Nursing Home, Las Vegas, Nev.
Born in Mentone to Joseph and Sarah SIEVERS BLACKFORD, he married Helen SCHENCK
in Las Vegas, Nev. She survives at home.
Mr. Blackford was a private investigator and detective in Los Angeles, Calif.
After retiring he moved to Las Vegas, Nev. where he was in property management
for 14 years.
Survivors include two daughters, Tammy GARCIA, Sky Forest, Calif., and Bette
VALDOW, Derry, N.H.; two sons, Terry SCHENCK, Indio, Calif., and Charles
"Rick" BLACKFORD, Fresno, Calif; 13 grandchildren; six
great-grandchildren; six sisters, Vi WARD, Argos, Carol BAUGHER and Helen
McINTYRE, both of Tippecanoe, Sara KAUFFMAN, Etna Green, Nancy KREFT,
Platteville, Wisc., and Rose HARROFF, Warsaw: four brothers, Robert BLACKFORD,
Dean BLACKFORD, both of Warsaw, Dale BLACKFORD, William BLACKFORD, both of
Tippecanoe. . He was preceded in death by three sisters, Kathryn MONTALBANO,
Pauline BLACKBURN and Mary LOZIER, and a brother, Paul BLACKFORD.
Services were 10 a.m. Feb. 17, 1998 in Bunkers Mortuary, LasVegas, Nev.
Interment was in Woodlawn Cemetery, Las Vegas, Nev. Local arrangements,were by
Grossman Funeral Home, Argos.
Tuesday, April 7, 1998
Grace Reinhold
April 27, 1913-April 5, 1998
Grace L, REINHOLD, 84, Monterey, died 11:09 P.M. Sunday at St. Joseph Hospital
of Marshall County, Plymouth.
Born in Buffalo to Frank and Frances F. QUINN WATSON, she married Raymond J.
REINHOLD on Sept. 12, 1939 in Monterey. He.preceded her in death on Jan. 20,
1988.
Mrs. Reinhold lived In the Monterey area since 1934, coming from Star City. She
was a homemaker and a member of St. Anne's Catholic Church, Monterey.
Survivors include two sons, James R. and wife Janice REINHOLD, and Joe C. and
wife Deborah REINHOLD, all of Monterey; seven grandchildren; three
great-grandchildren; two sisters, Helen BRUCKER and Mary SWEARER, both of South
Bend; one brother, Joseph WATSON, Greenville, Ky.; numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by one sister.
Services are 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Anne's Catholic Church, Monterey. Rev.
Dominic YOUNG will officiate. Burial will be in St. Anne's Cemetery, Monterey.
Friends may call from 2-8 p.m. Tuesday at Bonine Funeral Home, Culver. Rosary
will be said at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Wednesday, April 8, 1998
Opal C. Conley
Sept. 16, 1945 - April 7, 1998
Opal C. CONLEY, 52, died 4:45 p.m. Tuesday at her Pierceton residence.
Ms. Conley was born in Bonanza, Ky. to Fred and Myrtle MANNS CONLEY. She was a
machine operator at Preferred Technical Group, Columbia City, and a member of
Free United Baptist Church, Packerton.
Survivors include three daughters, Sheila and husband Steven CROWE, and Renae
and husband Todd WARREN, all of Leesburg, and Arvellia BRADLEY, Warsaw; seven
grandchildren, four brothers, Rev. Amos CONLEY, Ardmore, Ala., Norman CONLEY,
Chattanooga, Tenn., Alfred CONLEY, Macy, and Jerry CONLEY, Silver Lake; seven
sisters, Zefie JACKSON and Christine and husband Bill CORNELL, all of Akron,
Gracie and husband Don JACKSON, Roann, Izinia and husband Bruce THORNTON, Peru,
Lorene TESH, Martha and husband Junior HANCOCK, Nancy and husband Jerry
PENNINGTON, North Manchester.
Services are at 1 p.m. Friday at Free United Baptist Church, Packerton. Rev.
James ROWE will officiate. Burial will be in Hillcrest Cemetery, Piereeton.
Friends may call from 2-8 p.m. Thursday at the church. Memorials may be made to
the church. The DeLaughter-McKee Mortuary is handling arrangements.
Thursday, April 9, 1998
Robert E. Gast
Robert E. GAST, 56, 2607 Wolf Point Drive, Rochester, died 2 a.m. today at
Indiana University Medical Center Hospital, Indianapolis.
Born in Logansport to Fred and Dorothy HIATT GAST, he married Sue ADAMS on Feb.
14, 1969 in Logansport. She preceded him in death on Feb. 10, 1990.
Mr. Gast was a U.S. Navy veteran of the Vietnam War. He was retired from Wilson
Food Co., Logansport. He was a member of the Manitou Moose Lodge 1107, Fraternal
Order of Eagles Lodge 852, American Legion, and Veterans of Foreign Wars, all of
Rochester.
Survivors include two sone, Rob and wife Teresa GAST, Rochester, and Brad GAST,
Culver; three grandchildren, Cameron GAST, Rochester, and Devon and Chandler
GAST, Culver; his parents; one sister, Shirley THOMAS, Logansport.
Services are at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Foster & Good Funeral Home,
Rochester. Rev. Junior BOSE will officiate. Burial will be in Rochester IOOF
Cemetery. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. Friday or from 9 a.m. to the hour of
service on Saturday. The Manitou Moose Lodge 1107 will conduct a memorial
service at 7:30 p.m. Friday in the funeral home. The American Legion and V.F.W.
are in charge of military graveside services.
Olive V. Hudson
Oct. 18, 1904-April 8, 1998
Olive V. HUDSON, 93, Etna Green, died.at 3:10 p.m. Wednesday at Kosciusko
Community Hospital, Warsaw.
Born in Burket to John and Arena HEMMINGER LINN, she married Howard HUDSON on
March 1, 1924. He preceded her in death on Feb. 20, 1982.
Mrs. Hudson, was a homemaker and a member of the Mentone United Methodist
Church.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Carl (Norma) METHANY, Bourbon, and Mrs.
Loren (Pat) GROSS, Etna Green; four sons, Richard HUDSON, Donald and wife Betty
HUDSON, all of Etna Green, Kenneth and wife Barbara HUDSON, Claypool, Dale and
wife Barbara HUDSON, Warsaw; 10 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren, one
sister, Lena CLINKER, Akron.
She was preceded in death by two grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Services are at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at King Memorial Home, Mentone. Rev. Greg
RITTENHOUSE will officiate. Burial will be in Harrison Center Cemetery, Etna
Green, Friends may call from 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to the Diabetes Association.
Friday, April 10, 1998
Walter Gordon
Walter GORDON, 82, Argos, died 4:45 a.m. today at Miller's Merry Manor
Nursing Home, Plymouth.
Arrangements are pending at Grossman Funeral Home, Argos.
Saturday, April 11, 1998
William E. Kreft Jr.
William E. KREFT Jr, 73, 313 Spruce St., Aurora, Ill., died earlier this
week at his residence.
Arrangements are pending at Grossman Funeral Home, Argos.
Walter L. Gordon
Sept. 10, 1915 - April 10, 1998
Services for Walter L. GORDON, 310 Indiana Ave., Argos, will be at 10 a.m.
Monday at Grossman Funeral Home, Argos, with the Rev. Robin SMITH officiating.
Burial will be in the Maxinkuckee IOOF Cemetery, formerly Poplar Grove Cemetery,
southwest of Argos.
Friends may call from 5-8 p.m. Sunday and after 9 a.m. Monday
Mr. Gordon died at 4:45 a.m. Friday at Millers Merry Manor Nursing Home,
Plymouth. He was born in Rochester to Lyman and Myrtle MULLEN GORDON, both
preceded in death. He moved to Argos from Plymouth in 1939.
On February 16, 1936, in Culver, he married Ruth M. COWEN, who survives.
He owned and operated the Standard Oil service station in Argos for 20 years.
retiring in 1974. He was a carpenter and former employee of the Studebaker
Corporation, South Bend. He was and World War II Army veteran. He was a member
of the Argos United Methodist Church and the American Legion. He was a former
Mason of the former Argos F&AM Lodge.
Surviving with his wife are two sons, Walter L. and his wife Isabel [GORDON],
Chesapeake, Va., and Larry G. and his wife Kristen [GORDON], Bradenton, Fla.;
nine grandchildren, Kim SNYDER, Darci HAMPTON, Michelle CHAMBERLIN, Mathew
GORDON, Gregg GORDON, Aaron GORDON, Robyn NAGEL, Laverne AGUILLON and Aaron
PAYSENO; nine great-grandchildren and two sisters, Dora HOLLAND, Plymouth, and
Edith KEPLER and her husband Henry, Argos. Preceding in death were one daughter,
Brenda GORDON; one sister, Betty HOWARD, and one brother, Donald [GORDON].
Monday, April 13, 1998
Vernon Derring
Vernon DERRING, 73, Akron, died 10:10 p.m. Sunday at Lutheran Hospital, Fort
Wayne.
Arrangements are pending at Hartzler Funeral Home, Akron.
Marjorie Scott
Marjorie SCOTT, 71, formerly of Palestine, died 10 p.m. Sunday at St. Joseph
Medical Center, South Bend.
Arrangements are pending at King Memorial Home, Mentone.
Tuesday, April 14, 1998
Richard L. Smith
May 22, 1930 - April 13, 1998
Richard L. SMITH, 67, 2505 Barrett Road, died at 2:29 p.m. Monday at Parkview
Memorial Hospital, of injuries sustained in an traffic accident at Indiana 14
and Barrett Road.
He was born to Sam and Hazel SUTTON SMITH in Akron and married Alberta COLLINS
on April 15. 1950 in Rochester, She survives.
He was employed by the former Safe-Way Steel Corp. in Rochester for 41 years
until his retirement in 1992 as a general foreman. He was an avid fisherman.
Surviving with his wife are two daughters, Linda L. KAMP, at home, Barbara S.
GRUBE, with fiance Mooch LEWIS, Rochester; a grandson, Jason Wayne GRUBE,
Rochester; three sisters, Betty LITTLE, Violet "Cricket" FISHER and
her husband Roy and Alice GAERTE with husband Earl, all of Rochester; a brother,
Allen R. SMITH, Akron; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death
by his parents.
Funeral service is tentatively set for 11 a.m. Thursday at Foster & Good
Funeral Home, with Rev. Junior BOSE officiating. Burial will be in the IOOF
Cemetery. Visitation is from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday or one hour prior to service
at the funeral home.
Marjorie E. Scott
March 24, 1927 - April 12, 1998
Marjorie E. SCOTT, 71, Elkhart, formerly of Palestine, died 10 p.m. Sunday at
Saint Joseph Medical Center, South Bend.
Born in Whitley County to Dorl P. and Ida O. TYLER SMITH, she married Melvin D.
SCOTT on Dec. 13, 1952. He preceded in death on June 16, 1994. Mrs. Scott was a
homemaker.
Survivors include three stepsons, M. LeRoy SCOTT, Huntington, Ronald SCOTT,
Mentone, an Michael SCOTT, Palestine, six step-grandchildren; 13
step-great-grandchildren,, one sister, Esther HERTSEL, Edwardsburg, Mich.; one
brother, Jack SMITH, Palestine. She was preceded in death by one sister, Ilene
MAYBE.
Gravestde services are at 2 p.m. Thursday at Palestine Cemetery. Friends may
call from 1-1:45 p.m. Thursday at King Memorial Home, Mentone.
Vernon Irvin Derring
Oct. 7, 1924 - April 12, 1998
Vernon Irvin DERRING, 73, Akron, died 10:10 p.m. Sunday at Lutheran Hospital of
Indiana, Fort Wayne.
Born in Mullins, S.C. to David E. and Genevia ROBBINS DERRING. he married Mary
E. MERLEY on July 31, 1945 in Chicago. She survives.
Mr. Derring retired from Eaton Controls Manufacturing, North Manchester. He was
a mcmber of the Akron Church of God. He graduated from Akron High School in 1943
and served in the Army Air Force during World War II.
Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Russell (Mary Catherine) KOPPANG,
Concord. N.H., Della Gene DERRING, Fort Wayne, and Mrs. Ken (Dotty) MORSE,
Chesterton; five grandchildren, Erik KOPPANG, Dartmouth Medical School, Paul
KOPPANG, U.S. Naval Academy, Vernon G. DERRING and Maria D. DERRING, both of
Fort Wayne, and Jason A. MORSE, Chesterton; one brother, David and wife Pearl
DERRING, Bloomingdale, Ill.; one sister, Doris [DERRING] LOMANACO, Granada Hill,
Calif.
He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers, Harold [DERRING] and
Phillip [DERRING].
Ser4ces are at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Akron Church of God. Rev. Steve FLECK and
Rev. Floyd WHITESEL will officiate. Arrangements are being handled by Hartzler
Funeral Home, Akron. Memorials may be made to Akron Church of God.
Wednesday, April 15, 1998
Vernon Irvin Derring
Oct 7, 1924 - April 12, 1998
Vernonn Irvin DERRING. 73, Akron, died 10:10 p.m. Sunday at Lutheran Hospital of
Indiana, Fort Wayne.
A memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Akron Church of God. Rev.
Steve FLECK and Rev. Floyd WHITESEL will officiate. The family will receive
friends before and after the service at the church. Memorials may be made to
Akron Church of God. Arrangements are by Hartzler Funeral Home, Akron.
Lois J. Markley
Feb. 17, 1926 - April 14, 1998
Lois J. MARKLEY, 72, Logansport, died 8:05 p.m. Tuesday at Memorial Hospital,
Logansport.
Arrangements are pending at McCloskey-Hamilton-Gundrum Funeral Home, Logansport.
Wanda M. Adkins
Wanda M. ADKINS, Peru, died 4:20 a.m. Wednesday at Miller's Merry Manor,
Peru.
Arrangements are pending at McClain Funeral Home, Denver.
Mary A. Rans
Oct. 4, 1914 - April 15, 1998
Mary A. RANS, 83, Logansport, formerly of 1315 Madison St., Rochester, died at
6:20 a.m. Wednesday at Chase Center, Logansport.
Born in Rossville to Floyd L. and Wanda May MILLER LANDIS, she married Donald C.
RANS on Oct. 12, 1935 in South Bend . He died on March 26, 1978.
Mrs. Rans worked for Wiles Department Store, Ed Wilson's Men's wear, The Village
Gentlemen, and The Rouch and Baker Hardware Stores, all of Rochester. She was a
cook at Columbia School, a member of Green Oak Community Club, Rochester Order
of Eastern Star, and Tri Kappa. She was a volunteer at Woodlawn Hospital, and
served on many committees of the First Baptist Church, Rochester. She traveled
extensively and enjoyed playing bridge and canasta.
Survivors include two sons, Donald Lynn [RANS], Huntington Beach, Calif., and
Stephen James [RANS], Rochester; five grandchildren, Kevin S. RANS, Huntington
Beach, Calif., Laura L. POPE, Aurora, Colo., Tonya S. RANS NIGRO, Indianapolis,
Jennifer N. RANS, Lafayette, and Bridget D. RANS, Rochester; three
great-grandchildren, Joshua [RANS], Andrew [RANS] and Christopher RANS; one
sister, Clara WILTSHIRE, Peru.
She was preceded in death by one brother, Clyde B. LANDIS and one sister,
Katharine Lavonne LANDIS.
Services are at 1:30, Friday at Zimmerman Family Funeral Home, Rochester. Rev.
Junior BOSE will officiate. Burial will be in Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery.
Friends may call from 5-8 p.m. Thursday and after noon Friday. Rochester Order
of Eastern Star will conduct a service at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the funeral
home.
Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's Foundation.
Thursday, April 16, 1998
William Elwood Masterson
Feb 24, 1931-April 11, 1998
William Elwood MASTERSON, 67, Fort Worth, died 8 p.m. Saturday at White
Settlement Home, Ft. Worth, Texas.
Born in Warsaw to Elwood Ore and Etta Luella K. MASTERSON, he married Patricia
SWEET in 1953 in Rochester. She preceded him in death. In 1995 he married Ann
Louise CLAUSON, She survives in Ft. Worth, Texas.
Mr. Masterson lived in Rochester until 1960, when he moved to Texas. He was a
truck driver, and a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He was a Korean War
veteran and served in Germany. He was awarded the Bronze Service Star, Korean
Service Ribbon, National Defense Medal, Combat Infantry Badge, and served at
Fort Sheridan, Ill.
Survivors include four brothers, Charles MASTERSON, Ft. Worth, Texas, Robert
MASTERSON, Rochester, Delbert MASTERSON, Rochester, Paul MASTERSON, Bourbon; six
sisters, Leona WILLIAMS, Culver, Gertrude MILLISER, Ft. Worth, Texas, Mary
SHAFER, Ft. Worth, Texas, Nancy GILBERT, Leiters Ford, Jennie MICHAEL, Akron,
Lena CUNNINGHAM, Knox.
He was preceded in death by one brother, Ray MASTERSON, and three sisters, Betty
Lou [MASTERSON], Beverly Sue [MASTERSON], and Debra Marie [MASTERSON].
Memorial services will be 6 p.m. Monday at Olive Bethel Church. 200 N., Akron.
Rev. Lynn JESSUP will officiate. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery, Plymouth.
There will be no visitation. Memorials may be made to Olive Bethel Church,
Akron.
Oliver Crisp
July 13,1941 - March 15, 1998
Oliver CRISP, 57, died at his home in Caneyville, Ky.
He was self employed in the auction and sales service business.
Survivors include his mother, Rebecca CRISP JANZ, Indiana; two sons, David
CRISP, Indiana, and Chad CRISP, Ohio; three daughters, Debbie MERWIN and Tammy
WALLEY, both of Michigan, and Libby GOODWINE, Indiana; seven grandchildren. one
brother, Larry CRISP, Kentucky; two sisters, Leida LAWRENCE, Delaware, and
Patricia CRISP, Tennessee.
He was preceded in death by his father, Oliver CRISP Sr., one brother, William
E. CRISP.
Funeral services were March 18 at the Wilson Home Baptist Church, Caneyvtlle,
Ky., where he was buried.
Wanda M. Adkins
May 4, 1910-April 15, 1998
Wanda M. ADKINS, 87, Peru, died 4:20 a.m. Wednesday at Miller's Merry Manor,
Peru.
Born in Missouri to Robert Milton and Isabelle SNIPES SWANK, she married Harry
S. ADKINS on July 10, 1928 in Johnson City, Kansas. He preceded in death on Jan.
13, 1985.
Mrs. Adkins was a homemaker, and a member of the Mexico Church of the Brethren.
She was past matron of Vashti Chapter No. 551 Order of the Eastern Star, Mexico.
Survivors include three children, B. J. ADKINS, Sebring, Fla., Mona COSTELLO,
Peru, and B. R. ADKINS, Tell City; one sister, Maxine ERDMAN, Hillsboro, Ore.:
12 grandchildren. 40 great-grandchildren; nine great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by one sister and five brothers, Everet [SWANK], Jack
[SWANK], Clair [SWANK], Jim [SWANK] and Marvin SWANK, and two grandchildren.
Services are at 10 a.m. Saturday at Mexico Church of the Brethren, Mexico. Rev.
Tim DEARDORFF will officiate. Burial will be in Ever-Rest Memorial Park,
Logansport. Friends may call from 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. Friday at McClain
Funeral Home, Denver, and from 9-10 a.m. Saturday at the church. Memorials may
be made to Cass County Cancer Society.
Vera Doris Baer
June 8, 1907 - April 16, 1998
Vera Doris BAER, 90, rural Wabash, died 7:30 a.m. today at Miller's Merry Manor
East, Wabash.
Born in Antwerp, Ohio to Burton and Julia BILLMAN GRIER, she married Wilbur D.
BAER on May 8, 1926 in Wabash. He preceded her in death on March 16, 1988.
Mrs. Baer was a cook for 26 years at Chippewa School, Wabash. She was a member
of the Bachelor Creek Church of Christ, Wabash.
Survivors Include one son, Robert BAER, Wabash; one daughter, Mrs. Dan (Mary
Lou) DeWITT, Rochester: nine grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; several
step-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by one granddaugbter, one step-daughter, one brother,
and one sister. Services, are at 2 p.m. Saturday, at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral
Service, Manchester Avenue Chapel, Wabash. John LEINBAUGH will officiate. Burial
will be in Falls Cemetery, Wabash. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. Friday at the
funeral home.
Lois J. Markley
Feb. 18, 1926 - April 14, 1998
Lois J. MARKLEY, 72, Logansport, died 8:05 p.m. Tuesday at Memorial Hospital,
Logansport.
Born in Cass County to Ervin and Maude BURTON BRUCE, she married Lewis MARKLEY
on Oct. 18, 1944 in Medaryville. He survives.
Mrs. Markley was a homemaker and a member of the First Assembly of God Church.
Survivors Include one daughter, Sue M. BRUMETT, Logansport; one sister, Ruth
REED, Kewanna; five grandchildren, Thomas D. BRUMETT III and wife Sandi, San
Jose, Calif., David and wife Noreen BRUMETT, Columbus, Ohio, Tami BRUMETT,
Logansport, Brian [MARKLEY] and Nicole MARKLEY, both of Raleigh, NC; two
great-grandchildren, Nicholas [BRUMETT] and Sarah BRUMETT, Xenia, Ohio; several
nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by one sister, one brother, and one son.
Services are at 10 a.m. Friday at McCloskey-Hamilton-Gundrum Funeral Home,
Logansport. Rev. E. G. FEASEL will officiate. Burial will be in Ever-Rest
Memorial Cemetery, Logansport. Friends may call from 2-8 p.m. today at the
funeral home.
Friday, April 17, 1998
Marthaa C. Ogle
May 26, 1904-April 16, 1998
Martha C. OGLE, 93, formerly of Life Care Center, ter, died at 3:20 a.m.
Thursday at Miller's Merry Manor, Logansport.
Born to Samuel and Bertha SCHWEISBERGER ENDERS in Wyatt, she married Elmer LeRoy
OGLE in Oct. 1926 in South Bend. He preceded her in death on March 19, 1969.
Mrs. Ogle was a homemaker and she enjoyed flower gardening and quilting. Family
get-togethers were high points in her life. She enjoyed good food and was an
excellent cook. She was a member of the Shiloh Wesleyan Church, Plymouth, and
was active in the Ladics Guild.
Survivors include her daughter, Evelyn and husband Paul THORNTON, Gainesville,
Fla.; two daughters-in-law, Barbara OGLE. Rochester, and Betty TREESH, Bremen;
one brother, Virgil and wife Dorothy ENDERS, Bourbon; seven grandchildren, Karen
VAUGHAN, Graham, Fla., Mazy Ann PICKENS, So. Bend, Debra Jo DIERDORF, Terre
Haute, Terry AIRGOOD, Kokomo, Pam HUNSBERGER, Bremen, Diana DAVIS, Elkhart, and
Jim OGLE, So. Bend; 12 great-grandchildren: three great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband. two sons, Arnold L. and Devon OGLE, a
sister, Mabel HESCH, and an infant granddaughter.
Services are 2 p.m. Sunday at the Johnson-Danielson Funeral Home, 1100 N.
Michigan St.. Plymouth. Rev. John PERKINSON will officiate. Burial will be in
Bremen Cemetery. Friends may call from 5-7 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to Shiloh Wesleyan Church, Plymouth.
Saturday, April 18, 1998
Joseph R. Lancaster
Joseph R. LANCASTER, 41, 7137 West Olson Road, Leiters Ford, died at 11:45
p.m. Wednesday at 4512 North 800 West.
Arrangements are pending at Foster and Good Funeral Home, Rochester.
Monday, April 20, 1998
Robert H. Kale
June 14, 1926-April 19, 1998
Robert H. KALE, 71, 515 West 6th St., died 8 p.m. Sunday at Woodlawn Hospital.
Rochester.
Born in Richland Twp. to Walter and Maude HETZNER KALE, he married Mary Louise
GREEN on Oct. 15, 1950 in Talma. She survives at home.
Mr. Kale owned and operated Kale Service Station, Ninth and Madison Streets, for
over 40 years until retiring in the spring of 1994. Prior to that he had worked
at the former Studebaker Corporation, South Bend, and more recently he worked as
a greeter at the Rochester Wal-Mart store. He was a member of the First Baptist
Church, Rochester. He was a World War II Army veteran of the Pacific Theater and
he was a member' of the Leroy Shelton American Legion Post 36, Rochester.
Survivors include two daughters, Beth FOSTER and Sharon [FOSTER] and husband
Robert HELT, all of Rochester; two sons, Don KALE and fiancee Brenda McGLOTHIN,
both of Rochester, and Thomas and wife Phyllis KALE, St. Louis, Mo.; seven
grandchildren, Shari MILLER, Greg GENTRY, Amber KALE, David KALE, Steve HELT,
Amy FOSTER and Scott KALE; one great-granddaughter, Shelby MILLER; one sister,
Florence SHERK, Wyatt; several cousins and nephews.
Services are 2 p.m. Wednesday at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester. Rev.
Mark SPENCER and Rev. Junior BOSE will officiate. The American Legion and
Veterans of Foreign Wars will conduct military graveside services at Rochester
I.O.O.F. cemetery. Friends may call from 2-8 p.m. Tuesday or one hour prior to
the service at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the First Baptist
Church Handicap Accessibility Fund.
Helen M. Berkheiser
Oct. 12, 1907-April 19,1998
Helen M. BERKHEISER, 90, 1031 E. Ninth St., died at 12:25 p.m. Sunday at Life
Care Center, Rochester.
Helen M. CHAMBERLAIN was born in Rochester to Albert Bee and Mary EASTERDAY
CHAMBERLAIN, she married Myron Z. Berkheiser on June 26, 1932 in South Bend. He
preceded iri death on Feb. 16, 1990.
Mrs. Berkheiscr was a home maker. She was a 1925 graduate of Rochester High
School, a member of Trinity United Methodist Church, Fulton County Senior
Citizens Club, Manitou Garden Club, a 50 year member of Rochester American
Legion Auxiliary. She was a past 4-H leader and Sunday school teacher for 25
years. She was active in many community affairs and was a co-recipient, with her
husband, of the Rochester-Lake Manitou Chamber of Commerce Community Service
Award. .
Mrs. Berkheiser had one daughter, Nancy Sue BERKHEISER, Bryan, Ohio. she
survives.
Services are 1 p.m. Wednesday at Trinity United Methodist Church, Rochester.
Rev. Donald BRENNEMAN will offlciate. Burial is in Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery.
Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. Tuesday at Zimmerman Family Funeral Home,
Rochester, and after noon Wednesday at the church. Memorials may be made to
Trinity United Methodist Church.
Catherine L. Kane
Sept. 18, 1922-April 19, 1998
Catherine L. KANE, 75, Logansport, died at 11:45 a.m. Sunday at Miller's Merry
Manor Nursing Home, Logansport. .
Born in Fulton County to Isaac and Estella ENGLE KISSINGER, she married Lynwood
KANE in Portage. He preceded her in death on Oct. 10, 1979.
Mrs. Kane was a retired waitress and clerk. She was a member of the American
Legion Ladies Auxiliary, Rochester, and the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Portage.
Survivors include two sisters, Helen MILLER, Kewanna, and Irene MILLER, Flint,
Mich., one brother, Vern KISSINGER, Royal Center; several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by two sisters.
Services are; 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Harrison-Metzger Funeral Home, Kewanna
Chapel. Rev. Mike BEALL will officiate. Burial will be in Pleasant Hill
Cemetery, Lake Bruce. Friends may call from 4-7 p.m. Tuesday and from 9 a.m.
until time of service Wednesday.
Herbert Gilliland
Jan. 3, 1922-April 17, 1998
Herbert GILLILAND, 76, Isanti, Minn., died at the Cambridge Medical Center,
Cambridge, Minn.
Born in Rochester to Orville and Blanche GILLILAND, he married Ardath FRANTZ in
Peru. She survives.
Mr. and Mrs. Gilliland lived in Rochester until 1960 when they moved to
Anchorage, Alaska. After 17 years in Alaska, they moved to Isanti, Minn., where
they have since made their home. He worked for the St. Francis School district
for eleven years until his retirement. His favorite hobbies included
woodworking, gardening and reading western books.
Survivors include one son, Rick GILLILAND, Isanti, Minn.; two daughters, Anita
BREITZMANN and husband Rudy, Zimmerman, Minn., and Rita Ann SHRIVER, Rochester;
one brother, Howard Allan GILLILAND and wife Eris, Rockaway Beach, Mo.; seven
grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; many relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Services were at 11 a.m. today at Strike Funeral Home Isanti Chapel. Rev. Howard
SKULSTAD will officiate. Interment will be in Isanti Union Cemetery.
Dale E. Prochno
Feb. 18, 1937-April 18, 1998
Dale E. PROCHNO, 61, 335 Riverwood Acres Drive, died 2:15 p.m. Saturday at his
residence.
Born in Hebron to Fred and Wilma SKINKLE PROCHNO, he married Rose V. LEE on June
8, 1957 in Crown Point. She survives at home.
Mr. Prochno worked In construction as a self-employed carpenter with the
Carpenters Union, Gary, until retirement. He attended Mill Creek Missionary
Church, Rochester.
Survivors Include three daughters, Phyllis PROCHNO, Rochester, Karen and husband
Dale BRENNEMAN, Bremen, and Janell DAVIS, Argos: three sons, Dale and wife
Connie PROCHNO, Nappanee, Carl and wife Brenda PROCHNO, and John and wife Nikki
PROCHNO, all of Argos; 16 grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, a sister, Janis FELTON, and an infant
brother, Gail [PROCHNO].
Services are .10 a.m. Wednesday at the Foster & Good Funeral Home,
Rochester. Rev. Dale WALTERHOUSE will officiate. Burial will be in I.O.O.F.
Cemetery, Rochester. Friends may call from 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. Tuesday or one
hour prior to services at the funeral home. Memorials,.may be made to the
Hospice of ones choice.
Tuesday, April 21, 1998
Cole N. Hyde
Jan. 12, 1986-April 18, 1998
Cole Norman HYDE, 12, Macy, died at 6:35 p.m, at Woodlawn Hospital, Rochester.
Born in Peru to Lance Norman and Peggy AMMERMAN HYDE, he was a sixth grade
student at North Miami School. He was active in school wrestling and football
Survivors include his parents, at home; grandparents, Fred and Sue AMMERMAN,
Denver, and Norman and Norma HYDE, Peru; great-grandmother, Wanda DICKERHOFF,
Denver; one brother, Brandon HYDE, Cleveland, Tenn.; Michell FISCUS,
Noblesville, Tamara GILKEY, Indianapolis, and Heather HYDE, Macy.
Services are 1 p.m. Thursday at St. John's Lutheran Church, Peru. Rev. Philip
KRUPSKI will officiate. Burial will be in Gaerte Cemetery, Northeastern Miami
County. Friends may call from 2-8 p.m. Wednesday at the Flowers-Leedy Funeral
Home, 105 W. Third St., Peru. Love offerings may be made to the funeral home for
Cole.
Arnold Zellers
Arnold ZELLERS, 83, formerly of 433 E. 18th St., died at 9:50 a.m. today at
ExtendaCare, Rochester.
Arrangements are pending at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester.
Wednesday, April 22, 1998
Joseph R. Lancaster
Nov 7, 1956-April 15, 1998
Joseph R. LANCASTER, 41, 7137 W. Olsen Road, Leiters Ford, died approximately at
11:45 p.m. day at 4512 N. 800 West, Rochester.
He was born in Leiters Ford to Robert and Rosalie LAWSON LANCASTER. They
survive.
Mr. Lancaster was a graduate of Culver Community High School. He was a forklift
operator for 20 years at Lobdell-Emery Manufacturing Company, Argos, and a
member of their operators union. He loved hunting and fishing.
Survivors include one son, Justin R. LANCASTER, at home; two sisters, Miss
Malinda LANCASTER, Boston, Mass., and Lucretia and husband Greg WEBSTER, Peru;
one brother, James and wife Greglyn LANCASTER, Uba City, Calif.; four nephews.
He was preceded in death by a brother, William Gregory LANCASTER.
Graveside services are at 10 a.m. Friday at the Leiters Ford Cemetery. Rev.
Dorothy JONES will offlciate. Burial will be in Leiters Ford Cemetery. Friends
may call from 5-8 p.m. Thursday at the Foster & Good Funeral Home,
Rochester.
Arnold L. Zellers
Sept. 7, 1914-April 21, 1998
Arnold L. ZELLERS, 83, 433 E. 18th St., Apt, 19, died at 9:50 a.m. Tuesday at
ExtendaCare Nursing Home, Rochester.
Born in Kewanna to Howard and Etta HORNBECK ZELLERS. he married Ione REED on
Nov. 23, 1935 in Kewanna. She survives at home.
Mr. Zellers was an assembler for Kewanna Implement, and while he resided in
Florida he worked for Curt G. Joa Company, Boynton Beach, Fla. He attended Grace
United Methodist Church, Rochester.
Survivors include one daughter, GeNelle and husband Ernest SMOKER, Rochester;
four sons, Larry ZELLERS, LaFountain, Raymond ZELLERS, Tampa, Fla., Howard
ZELLERS, Cincinnati, Ohio, and Kenneth ZELLERS, Brandon, Fla.; 10 grandchildren;
six great-grandchildren; three sisters, Izola LEWELLYN, Jeffersonville, Helen
ORTMAN, Logansport, and Bernice and husband Clarence SIMSHAUSER, Winamac.
He was preceded in death by his parents, a great-grandson, Christopher [ZELLERS],
and a brother, Ardis [ZELLERS].
Services are 11:30 a.m. Friday at the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester.
Rev. C. David HOGSETT will officiate. Burial will be in Rochester I.O.O.F.
Cemetery. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. Thursday or one hour prior to the
service.
Robert E. Meyers
July 29,1918-Ap(ii 19,1998
Robert E. MEYERS, 80, San Clemente, CahL, formerly of Argos, died at 6 p.m
Sunday at Mission Community Hospital, Mission Viejo, Calif.
Born to George and None CARPENTER MEYERS in Argos, he married Doris MEYERS. She
preceded him in death In 1986.
Mr' Meyers was a retired carpenter and home builder. He was a 50 year member of
the Killway F & AM Lodge, Plymouth.
Survivors include two sons, George and wife Ada MEYERS, Thousand Oaks. Calif.
and Kenneth and wife Judy MEYERS, Muncie; one stepson, Roger GARY, Fullerton.
Calif.; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren; one sister, Ruth
GROSSMAN, Argos: one sister-in-law, Tressie MEYERS, Argos. .
He was preceded in death by his parents, four sisters, Eva BURKETT, Edna
BURKETT, Zella McCAY, and Clara GARNER, and three brothers, Harry [MEYERS],
Kenneth [MEYERS] and Charles MEYERS.
Services are. 1 p.m. today at the Memorial Park Funeral Home, Newport Beach,
Calif Burial will be in Newport Beach Cemetery. Friends may call 10 a.m. through
the hour of services today. Local arrangements are being handled by Grossman
Funeral Home, Argos.
William Joel Downs
Sept. 22, 1902-Oci. 31, 1997
William Joel DOWNS, 95, Tucson, Ariz., former Rochester resident, died at 10:50
a.m. Oct. 31, 1997 at St. Joseph Hospital, Tucson, Ariz.
Born in Rochester to William K. and Maude BRUBAKER DOWNS, he married Mildred M.
DIELMAN on Oct. 5, 1957 in Princeton, Ill.
Mr. Downs was a retired construction superintendent. He was a member of
Rochester First Presbyterian Church and Emmanuel Presbyterian Church, Tucson. He
was a charter member of Rochester Elks Lodge, Rochester Masonic Lodge No. 79,
South Bend Scottish Rite, and Sabbar Temple, Tucson.
Survivors include one son, Richard E. DOWNS, Calvert City, Ky.; one stepson,,
Paul HANSEN, Cape Girardeau, Mo.; two stepdaughters, Mrs. Karen PRIEST, Elwood,
and Mrs. Jane McCRUME, Tucson, Ariz.; 19 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by two sons, William K. [DOWNS] and Dennis DOWNS, and
one brother, Donald K. DOWNS.
A graveside memorial service will be at 2:30 Saturday at the Rochester I.O.O.F.
Cemetery. Rev. Junior BOSE will officiate. The Zimmerman Family Funeral Home is
in charge of arrangements.
Cole N. Hyde
Jan. 12,1986-Apdl 18,1998
Cole Norman HYDE, 12, Macy, died at 6:35 p.m. at Woodlawn Hospital, Rochester.
Born in Peru to Lance Norman and Peggy AMMERMAN HYDE, he was a sixth grade
student at North Miami School. He was active in school wrestling and football.
. Survivors include his parents, at home; grandparents, Fred and Sue AMMERMAN,
Denver, and Norman and Norma HYDE, Peru; great-grandmother, Wanda DICKERHOFF,
Denver; one brother, Brandon HYDE, Cleveland, Tenn.; three sisters, Michell
FISCUS. Noblesville, Tamara GILKEY, Indianapolis, and Heather HYDE, Macy.
Services are 1 p.m. Thursday at St. John's Lutheran Church, Peru. Rev. Philip
KRUPSKI will officiate. Burial will be in Gaerte Cemetery, Northeastern Miami
County. Friends may call from 2-8 p.m. Wednesday at the Flowers-Leedy Funeral
Home, 105 W. Third St., Peru. Love offerings may be made to the funeral home for
Cole.
Thursday, April 23, 1998
Caralee Gordon
May 9, 1939 - April 22, 1998
Caralee GORDON, 58, Van Wert, Ohio, died 10:15 a.m., Wednesday, at Van Wcrt
County Hospital, Van Wert.
Born in Rochester to Robert WELLER and Oneita LOWE BARTHOLOMEW, she married
James D. GORDON on July 17, 1956. He survives.
Mrs. Gordon was a homemaker and a member of Pleasant Chapel United Methodist
Church, United Methodist Women, and Daughters of the American Revolution.
Survivors include two sons, Gerald M. and wife Joy GORDON and Forest L. and wife
Toni GORDON, all of Van Wert, Ohio; one daughter, Lori A. and husband Tim WALTZ,
Van Wert, Ohio; three brothers, Randy WELLER. Kansas, Ohio, Dave WELLER,
Florida, and Brent BARTHOLOMEW, Muncie; one sister, Mrs. Janice NELSON, Leiters
Ford; seven grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by two sons, Timothy [GORDON] and James GORDON.
Services are at 10 a.m. Saturday at Cowan & Son
Stainfield Memorial Home, Convoy Ohio. Rev. William E. HANLIN will officiate.
Burial will be in I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Convoy, Ohio. Friends may call from 2-4
p.m. and 6-8 p.m. Friday at the memorial home. Memorials may be made to the
American Diabetes Association or American Heart Association.
Grace D. Blesch
July 28, 1910 - April 22, 1998
Grace D. BLESCH, 87, Fort .Wayne, died 11 p.m., Wednesday at her restdence.
Bom in Kosciusko County to Henry and Flora CRISLER BLESCH, she tought school for
41 years teaching at Orlen, Burket, Plymouth and, Fort Wayne schools. She was a
member of the Presbyterian Church, Ft. Wayne, and Ft. Wayne Retired Teachers
Association.
Survivors include one sister, Evelyn MEREDITH, North Manchester; one niece,
Marcia MORRIS; one nephew, John MEREDITH.
She was preceded in death by one brother, Ralph BLESCH.
A family gravestde service is planned. A public memorial srervice is being
planned at a later date to be held at the Lutheran Home Chapel, Ft. Wayne. No
visitation is planned. Arrangements are being handled by the Hartzler Funeral
Home, Akron.
Ruth Ella Huggins
Ruth Ella HUGGINS, 72, Fort Wayne, formerly of Chili. died 6 p.m. Wednesday
at Covington Manor Nursing Center, Ft. Wayne.
Arrangements are being handled by McClain Funeral Home, Denver.
Friday, April 24, 1998
Ruth Ella Huggins
1925 - April 22, 1998
Ruth Ella HUGGINS, 72, Fort Wayne formerly of Chili and died 6 p.m., Wednesday,
at Covington Manor Nursing Center, Ft. Wayne.
Born in Paragould, Ark. to Bert and Tishie LEWIS FISHER, she married Leean
HUGGINS on Aug. 20, 1945 in Paragould. He died Feb. 20. 1997.
Mrs. Huggins was a homemakcr and a member of Chili Baptist Church.
Survivors include one son, Jim HUGGINS, Denver, Colo.; five daughters, Barbara
TABOR, Delta, Colo., Shirley FERRIS, Ft. Wayne, Carol BECKER, LaPorte, Lola
McCLAIN, Millington, Tenn., and Brenda HUGGINS, Decatur; two brothers, Bill
FISHER, Paragould, Ark., and Ray FISHER, Bourbonnis, Ill.; one sister, Mable
COLLINS, Paragould, Ark.; nine grandchildren; five great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by one daughter, Teresa HUGGINS; six sisters, Ethel
HAMILTON, Helen FISHER, Geraldine FISHER, Gerline FISHER, Mary FISHER, and Ira
TAYLOR; five brothers, Robert E. [FISHER]. Buford [FISHER], Arthur [FISHER],
Leroy [FISHER], and John FISHER.
Services are at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at McClain Funeral Home, Denver. Rev. David
EASTERDAY will officiate. Burial will be in Chili Cemetery. Friends may call 2-6
p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's
Foundation.
Rosanna Jean Manmiller
July 29, 1905 - April 23, 1998
Rosanna Jean MANMILLER, 92, formerly of Peru, died 2:08 p.m., Thursday, at
Fountain West Health Care Center, West Des Moines, Iowa.
Born to Charles P. and Arminta Belle KRIEG WAREHAM in Miamisburg, Ohio, she
married William E. MANMILLER on June 29, 1930.
Mrs. Manmtller and her husband owned and operated Peru Sentinel Printing until
retirement in 1979. She was a member of the Main Street United Methodist Church,
where she taught Sunday school, Altrusa, and the Monday Night Literary Club.
Survivors include one daughter, Sue E. JOHNSON, Rochester; three grandchildren,
Paul E. and wife Melinda JOHNSON, Columbus, Julie A. and husband Greg PETER,
Rochester, and David B. and wife Shelly JOHNSON, Fulton; nine
great-grandchildren, Jill [JOHNSON], Eric [JOHNSON] and Mark JOHNSON, Columbus,
Lanae [PETER], Aaron [PETER] and Jessica PETER, Rochester, and Garrett
[JOHNSON], Dylan [JOHNSON] and Hayley JOHNSON, Fulton.
She was preceded in death by her parents. four brothers, three sisters and a
son-in-law, James I. JOHNSON.
Services are at 10 a.m. Monday at Eikenberry-Eddy Funeral Home, Peru. Rev. J.
Robert CLARK will officiate. Burial will be at St. John's Lutheran Cemetery,
Peru. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. memorials may
be made through the funeral home to Main Street United Methodist Church.
Saturday, April 25, 1998
Mary Belle Kemple
April 24, 1920-April 24, 1998
Mary Belle KEMPLE, 78, formerly of Culver died at 9:30 a.m. Friday at Miller's
Merxy Manor Nursing Home, Plymouth.
Born in Culver to Melvin and Esther BAUER OSBORN, she married Kenneth H. KEMPLE
on Nov. 25, 1941 in Culver. He survives.
Mrs. Kemple was a real estate agent with the former Smith and Downs agency. She
was a member of the Burr Oak Church of God and the Ladies Auxiliary of Finney
Shilling VFW Post 6919, Culver.
Surviving with her husband are four daughters, Karen and husband Jay COBY,
Rochester; Mary Ann and husband James ROWE, Culver; Cindy and husband Michael
GEIGER, Culver; Judy and husband Daryl FISHER, Plymouth; one son, Rodney and
wife Lisa KEMPLE, Culver, one brother, Gerald and wife Wilma OSBORN, Culver;
eight grandchildren and five great-grandchtldren.
Two sisters preceded her in death.
Graveside services were at 3:30 p.m. Friday at the Culver Masonic Cemetery. Rev.
Brian SEWELL officiated. Grossman Funeral Home, Argos, was in charge of the
arrangements.
Ralph Scherer
April 6, 1932-April 24, 1998
Ralph E. SCHERER, 66, Peru, died at 11:30 a.m. Friday at his residence.
Born to Robert and Dorothy SCHERER in Davenport, Iowa, he married Martha
LEININGER, who survives.
Mr. Scherer was retired from the U.S. Air Force, and he was a 25-year member of
the American Bowling Congress.
Surviving with his wife and mother are four daughters, Beth TURNER, Wisconsin;
Laura CORRIGAN, California; Lisa TYLER, Florida; Susan SCHERER, U.S. Navy; two
sons, Timothy TURNER, Indiana; Larry CORRIGAN, Indiana; two brothers, Harold
[SCHERER] and Johnny SCHERER, both of Davenport, Iowa: one sister, Alice MORRIS,
Jonesboro, La.
Graveside services are 4 p.m. Sunday at the Nichols Cemetery, Akron. Rev. Harold
LEININGER will officiate. No visitation is planned. Hartzler Funeral Home,
Akron, is handling the arrangements. Memorial contributions should be made to
the American Cancer Society. The family also suggests that a tree or flowers can
be planted anywhere in his memory.
Monday, April 27, 1998
VeviIle L. Day
1918 - April 25, 1998
VeviIle L. DAY, 79, Life Care Rochester, formerly of Macy and Akron, died 2:40
p.m. Saturday at Woodlavrn Hospital, Rochester.
Miss Day was born in Akron to Ralph and Esta ENGLE DAY. She was a volunteer
worker in area nursing homes and for the Manitou Training Center, Rochester. She
was a member of Akron Church of God.
Survivors include two sisters-in-law, Roseleen DAY, Macy, and Dorothy DAY,
Akron; one brother-in-law, Morris HIPP, Hebron; several nieces and nephews and
great-nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, two sisters, Phyllis [DAY] and Joanna
[DAY], and three brothers, Howard [DAY], Sie [DAY] and John [DAY].
Services are at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Akron.
Rev. David WELSH will officiate. Burial will be in Akron Cemetery. Friends may
call from 4-8 p.m. Tuesday or one hour prior to services on Wednesday.
Memorials may be made to the Manitou Training Center, Rochester.
Tuesday, April 28, 1998
Margaret E. Carlton
Word has been received that Margaret Elizabeth CARLTON, 92, Pitman, N.J.,
formerly of Rochester, died Saturday.
Mrs. Carlton was a graduate of Rochester High School and attended Indiana
University. She was a member of Tri Kappa and Delta Gamma sororities.
Survivors include one son and his wife, Drs. Peter and Janet CARLTON,
Moorestown, N.J.; five granddaughters, Elizabeth [CARLTON], Nora [CARLTON],
Hannah [CARLTON], Jennifer [CARLTON] an Rachel [CARLTON]; one nephew, Tad
LOUDERBACK, Rochester,, two nieces, Suzan THIRY, Valparaiso,. and Jane TRAUSCH,
Rochester.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Frank and Edith BRYANT, her sister and
brother-inlaw, Fritz and Frances BASTOW.
Private services are planned.
Wednesday, April 29, 1998
Dorothy Jean Crane
April 24, 1919 - April 27, 1998
Dorothy Jean CRANE, 79, Logansport, died at 3 p.m., Monday, at her residence.
Born to Ross David and Ruth WINEGARDNER HELMS in Twelve Mile, she married Donald
F. CRANE on Aug. 18, 1939 in Logansport. He preceded her in death on May 9,
1968.
Mrs. Crane was retired from Hart Schaffner & Marx, Rochester. She was a
member of the Bethlehem Presbyterian Church and the Niddee Shrine Guild.
Survivors include. one son, Michael D. CRANE, Goshen; thre brothers, Hollis F.
HELMS and Larry Edward HELMS, both of Logansport, and Tom HELMS Galveston; five
sisters, Lena DILLMAN SKINNER, Logansport, Ann MORRETT and Lois BOWERS, both of
Rochester, Mary GALLAHAN, Peru and Elsie STRASSER, Twelve Mile; one grandson,
Todd CRANE; granddaughters, Kelly [CRANE] and Tracey CRANE; one great-grandson;
four great-granddaughters.
She was preceded in death by son, Stephen P. CRANE, a brother, John HELMS, and a
sister, Rose Marie HELMS.
Services: 2 p.m. Thursday at Fisher Puneral Chapel, Logansport, with Rev. Pam
RUCKER officiating. Burial: Greenlawn Cemetery, Mexico. Friends may call from
2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Thursday, April 30, 1998
Ruby Ellis
Ruby ELLIS, 97, formerly of Akron, died at 6:05 a.m. today at LifeCare
Center, Rochester.
Arrangements are pending at Hartzler Funeral Home, Akron.
Norman E. Bookwalter
Norman E. BOOKWALTER, 78, Logansport. died 3:50, p.m., Wednesday, at his
residence.
Arrangements arc pending at McClain Funeral Home, Denver.
Mary "Maggie" Mikels
May 3, 1911 - April 29, 1998
Mary "Maggie" MIKELS, 86, Nyona Lake, died 10:15 p.m., Wednesday at
Kokomo Rehabilitation Hospital, Kokomo.
Born to George and Georgia VanFOSSAN MIKELS in Magnolia, N.J., she moved here
from Kokomo in 1987.
Miss Mikels retired from Delco Electronics, Kokomo.
Survivors include one sister Mrs. Fred (Marty) FOREMAN, Nyona Lake; three
nephews Terry [FOREMAN] and Mike FOREMAN, both of Nyona Lake, and George MIKELS
Loudonville, Ohio.
She was preceded in death one sister, Dorothy ERLENBAUGH, and one brother, Ross
MIKELS.
Services are at 10 a.m Saturday at Zimmerman Family Funeral Home, Rochester. Rev
George HAPNER will officiate. Burial will be in Crown Point Cemetery, Kokomo.
Friends may call from 5-8 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to time of service Saturday.
Memorials may be made to one's favorite charity.
Clyde D. "Bud" Cornell
May 18, 1922 - April 30, 1998
Clyde D. "Bud", CORNELL, 75 8636 S. 125 E., died 4:45 a.m today at
McCullough-Hyde Hospital, Oxford, Ohio.
Born in Liberty Twp., Fulton County, to Charles P. and Pearl MARTIN CORNELL, he
married Donna M. OLMSTEAD on June 29, 1943 in Fulton. She preceded him in death
on June 21, 1997.
Mr. Cornell was a farmer, a member of the Kewanna Veterans of Foreign Wars, the
Fulton Masonic Lodge. He served in Europe with the U.S. Army during World War
II.
Survivors include one Son, Kenneth K. CORNELL, Camden, Ohio; two grandchildren,
Robert CORNELL, Camden, Ohio, and Mrs. Randy (Lisa) SPITTLER, West Alexandria,
Ohio; two sisters, Mrs. Virdell (Mary) OVERMYER, Ann Arbor, Mich., and Mrs. Ruth
MEADE, Battle Creek, Mich.
He was preceded in death by one son, Robert Lee CORNELL, three sisters, Marie
CRIPPEN, May PRIBBLE and Fern POWNALL, and one brother, Claude CORNELL.
Services are at 2 p.m. Sunday at Zimmerman Family Funeral Home, Fulton.
Graveside military rites will be conducted by the Rochester American Legion and
VFW Posts at Fulton Cemetery. Friends may call from noon to time of services on
Sunday.
Friday, May 1, 1998
Patty Ann Denny
Patty Ann DENNY, 59,1009 Pontiac St., died 4 a.m. today at residence.
Arrangements are pending at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester.
Raymond Fenstermacher
Raymond FENSTERMACHER, 88, 1408 Washington St., died 9:15 a.m. today at St.
Joseph Medical Center, South Bend.
Arrangements are pending at Zimmerman Family Funeral Home, Rochester.
Ruby J. Ellis
Sept. 2, 1900 - April 30, 1998
Ruby J. ELLIS, 97, Life Care Center, Rochester, formerly of Akron, died 6:15
a.m. Thursday at the center, Rochester.
Born to Joseph and Eva ARNSBERGER BLACK in Mentone, she martied Clair ELLIS on
March 15, 1923 in Indianapolis. He preceded in death on Nov. 4, 1996.
Mrs. Ellis was a homemaker and a member of Akron United Methodist Church. She
was the 1990 Grand Marshal of the Akron Fourth of July parade, Fulton County
Woman of the Year in 1987, and a charter member of Happy Hour Home Economics
Club.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Glen (Carinen) SMITH, Macy; three
grandchildren, Steven [SMITH], Nancy [SMITH] and Dean SMITH; two
great-granddaughters, Glenda [SMITH] and Alicia SMITH: one sister, Louise
CHINWORTH, Warsaw.
She was preceded in death by one sister, Isabel CLIFFORD.
Services are at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Hartzler Funeral Home, Akron. Rev. Douglas
WITT will officiate. Burial will be in Athens Cemetery. Friends may call from
3-5 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Akron Library or
Akron United Methodist Church.
Donald J. VanGildier
March 29, 1912 - Apdl 30, 1998
Dr. Donald J. VanGILDER, 86, Mentone, died 5:15 p.m. Mursday at Grace Village
Retirement Center, Winona Lake.
Born in Mentone to Burt and Cora STOOKEY VanGILDER, he married Barbara F. GAST
on June 18, 1941 in Akron. She survives.
Dr. VanGilder was a dentist with his practice in Mentone for 60 years. He was a
World War II veteran serving in the medical corps of the Army in the Aleutian
Islands. He studied at Manchester College and University. He was a member of the
Mentone Masonic Lodge and Fort Wayne Shrine and Scottish Rite.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Ibrahim (Donna) PINEDA, Kendallvflle, and
Martha MOUSSALLAM, Warsaw, two grandchildren; three great-grandchildren.
Services are at 3 p.m. Sunday at King Memorial Home, Mentone.
Rev. Charles GAST Jr. will officiate. Gravcside, military rites win be conducted
at the Mentone Cemetery. Friends may call from 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. Saturday.
Edward Helvie Sr.
Aug. 25,1935 - Apdl 30,1998
Edward S. "Scotty" HELVIE Sr., 62, Logansport, died 4:58 a.m. Thursday
at Memorial Hospital, Logansport.
Born in Burnettsville to Leonard R. and Ruby W. BLACKMAN HELVIE, he married
Lovette R. COLE on March 19, 1967 in Logansport. She survives at home.
Mr. Helvie was a security guard for Wilson's and White Rogers.
Survivors include seven daughters, Patty JONES, Mishawaka, Barb DINKEL,
Monticello, Deb GOOD, Dunlap, Sherry MALOTT, Alice TYLER, Helen ARMSTRONG and
Ruby HARDY, all of Logansport; one son, Edward HELVIE Jr., Logansport; three.
stepdaughters, Roberta WALKER and Betty RADERSTORF, both of Logansport, and
Patty ROBERTSON, Norman, Okla; two stepsons, David GRANTHAN, Logansport, and
Mike GRANTHAN, Norman, Okla.; one sister, Sandra K. RANCE, Logansport; one
brother, Lee HELVIE, Fulton; several nieces and nephews; 17 grandchildren; 10
step-grandchildren; six great-grandchildrcn.
He was preceded in death by one brother, James HELVIE Sr.
Services are at 11 a.m. Saturday at McCloskey-Hamilton-Gundrum Funeral Home,
Logansport. Rev. Horace SMITH will offlciate. Burial will be in Davis Cemetery,
Burnettsville. Friends may call one hour before service on Saturday. Memorials
may be made to First Church of the Nazarene, Logansport.
Beatrice R. Kincade
Apdl 3. 1922 - April 30, 1998
Beatrice R. KINCADE, 76, Peru, died 8:40 a.m. Thursday at Miller's Merry Manor,
Peru.
Born in Bache, Okla. to Samuel M. and Lena FEATHER RUSSELL, she married Franklin
Pierce KINCADE on Aug. 5, 1954 in Jacksonville, Fla. He preceded in death.
Mrs. Kincade was past secretary/bookkeeper for Marburger Supply and Lee
Furniture Company, Peru. She was a 1940 graduate of Peru High School and a
member of Wcstside Independent Methodist Church, Jacksonville, Fla.
Survivors include her mother, Lena RUSSELL, Peru; four sisters, Bertha GUFFIN,
Rushville, Juanita WHITEHEAD, Wabash, Belva TRUITT and Jean WINDSOR, both of
Peru; two brothers James RUSSELL, East Granby, Conn., and Jerry RUSSELL,
Clarksville, Tenn.
She was preceded in death by her father and one sister, Bernice AUGSPURGER.
Services are at 3 p.m. Sunday at Parkview United Methodist Church, Peru. Rev.
Nancy SCHOFF and Rev. J. Robert CLARK will offlciate. Burial will be in
Evergreen Cemetery, Jacksonville. Fla. Friends may call from 1-3 p.m. Sunday at
the church. Memorials may be made to Parkview United Methodist Church.
Norman Bookwalter
June 6, 1919 - Apdl 29, 1998
Norman E. BOOKWALTER, 78, Twelve Mile, died 3:50 p.m. Wednesday at his
residence.
Born in Cass County to Orlando J. and Clara SHERRARD BOOKWALTER. he married Mary
Elizabeth WILSON on Oct. 26, 1940 in Akron. She survives.
He was a farmer and a member of Corinth Brethren Church, Twelve Mile. He was a
1938 graduate of Twelve Mile High School.
Survivors Include one son, Arlan and wife Kay BOOKWALTER, Walton; one daughter,
Lynnea and husband Gale STRONG, Logansport; two sisters, Frances BECKLEY and
Maxine MOON, both of Twelve Mile: seven grandchildren, Bob and Kelly SCHUTTE,
Jeff and Cami BOOKWALTER, all of Walton, and Adrian [STRONG], Stephanie [STRONG]
and Brandon STRONG, all of Logansport; three great-grandchildren, Dustin [SCHUTTE]
and Andrew SCHUTTE and Tyler STRONG.
He was preceded in death by three brothers, Harold [BOOKWALTER], Varrick [BOOKWALTER]
and Curtis BOOKWALTER.
Services are 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Corinth Brethren Church, Twelve Mile. Rev.
Rod SCHULER and Rev. Donald RUHL will officiate. Burial will be in Corinth
Cemetery, Twelve Mile. Friends may call from 3-8 p.m. today at the McClain
Funeral Home, Denver. Memorials may be made to Norman Earl Bookwalter Memorial
Trust Fund.
Saturday, May 3, 1998
Raymond Fenstermacher
Aug. 18, 1909 - May 1, 1998
Raymond FENSTERMACHER, 88. 1408 Washington St., died 9:11 a.m. Friday at St.
Joseph Medical Center, South Bend.
Born in Rochester to Fred and Laura FENSTERMACHER, he married Bernice KINDIG in
Rochester. She survives.
Mr. Fenstermacher was a retired journeyman plumber. He was a member of the
United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the plumbing and pipefitters
industry.
Survivors include one daughter, Maxine HAMM, Rochester; one son, Norman and wife
Carolyn [FENSTERMACHER], Logansport, 10 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren;
one sister, Mrs. Ruth SCHEARER, Tavares, Fla.; one brother, Harold FENSTERMACHER,
Tucson, Ariz.
He was preceded in death by one son, Fred E. [FENSTERMACHER], on July 25, 1979.
Services are 1 p.m. Monday at Zimmerman Family Funeral Home, Rochester. Burial
will be in Mt. Hope Cemetery, Athens. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. Sunday and
after Noon on Monday at the funeral home.
Patty Ann Denny
Mar. 31, 1939 - May 1, 1998
Mrs. Patty Ann DENNY, 59, 1009 Pontiac St., died 4 a.m. Friday at her residence.
Born in Rochester to Harry and Effie SLAYBAUGH GINTHER, she married Walter E.
DENNY on July , 29, 1963 in Rochester. He preceded her in death on May 9. 1975.
Mrs. Denny, was employed by Lau Industries, Rochester, for the past 26 years.
She was a member of First Church of God, Rochester, TOPPS, Rochester, UAW Local
947 and the Ladies Auxiliary of the Moose Lodge, Rochester.
Survivors include three sons, Kenneth DENNY, Kewanna, Kevin DENNY, Columbus,
Ohio, and Kent and wife Jean DENNY, Rochester; five grandchildren: one
great-granddaughter; two sisters, Beatrice "Sissy" and husband Richard
LANDON, Mooresville. and Deloris and Welcome "Junior" FORE, Mentone;
two brothers, Harry, Jr. and wife Betty GINTHER, and Verl and wife
Joan GINTHER. all of Rochester.
She was preceded in death by her parents and three brothers, Robert [GINTHER],
Richard [GINTHER] and Alton [GINTHER].
Services are at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester.
Rev. David DITTMAN will officiate. Burial will be in Rochester I.O.O.F.
Cemetery. Friends may call from 2-6 p.m. Sunday and from 9 a.m. to the hour of
services Monday. Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association.
George W. Gearhart
Nov. 7,1928 - April 29,1998
George W. GEARHART, 69, 914 20th St., Logansport died at 2:25 p.m. Wednesday at
his home.
He was born in Fulton County to Osa and Mary YANDA GEARHART. On Dec. 10, 1949,
at the home of the late Rev. C. F. GOLDEN near Denver, he married Norma Jean
LESLEY, who survives. He was a retired elevator owner and trucker.
Surviving with his wife are one daughter, Sherry N. FARRER, Ligonier; three
sons, Larry J. [GEARHART]. Twelve Mile; Steve A. [GEARHART]. Logansport; and
David W. [GEARHART], Bacliff, Texas; 10 grandchildren, and one sister, Betty
DeWITT, Logansport. Preceding in death were two brothers, Clyde [GEARHART] and
Lester [GEARHART], and one sister, Mary Jane [GEARHART].
Services were at 10 a.m. Friday at McClain Funeral Home, Denver, with the Rev.
Jim FARRER officiating. Burial was in the Greenlawn Cemetery. Mexico.
Marjorie I. Wagner
Jan. 27,1916 - May 1, 1998 .
Marjorie I. WAGNER, 82, Route 2, Macy, died at 2:40 p.m. Friday at Life Care
Center, Rochester.
She was born in Miami County to George H. and Nellie M. TEEL WAGNER. She was a
seamstress and worked in the dry cleaning business. She attended Ebenezer United
Methodist Church.
Surviving are one brother George WAGNER, Rochester; one niece. Mrs. David
(Martha) ROBERTS, Warren; one nephew, Stephen R. and his wife Marlane WAGNER,
Macy; five great-nieces and nephews and seven great-great-nieces and nephews.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Hartzler Funeral Home, Akron, with pastor
Rick STONE officiating. Burial will be in the Sycamore Cemetery, Mentone.
Friends may call from 5-8 p.m. Monday. Memorials may be made to the Ebenezer
United Methodist Church.
Monday, May 4, 1998
Wesley N. Cross
Aug. 24, 1916 - May 2, 1998
Wesley N. CROSS, 81, Winona Lake, formerly of Rochester, died Saturday at
Kosciusko
Community Hospital, Warsaw.
Born in Muskegon, Mich. to William W. and Emma Jane HOSKINS CROSS, he married
Dorothy R. LENORE on Feb. 22, 1941 in Muskegon, Mich. She survives.
Mr. Cross was an industrial engineer with Sealed Power Corp., Muskegon, Mich.,
until 1962 when he became manager of the firm's Rochester plant. He held that
post until 1979. He was a member of the Kiwants Club, Elks Lodge. both of
Rochester, past president of the Muskegon Civitans, and a member of St.
Elizabeth Episcopal Church, Culver.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Robert R. (Barbara A.) LEMBKE, Rochester,
and Mrs. Ralph (Joanne) WALDO, Fort Collins, Colo.; one son, Dr. Richard W.
CROSS, Warsaw; seven grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by five sisters and two brothers.
Services are at 1:30 Tuesday at Zimmerman Family Funeral Home, Rochester, with
the Revs. Loyd HOLIFELD and Lee JENKINS officiating. Burial will be in Rochester
I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. today and after noon on
Tuesday. Memorials may be made to the Heart Fund or St. Elizabeth Episcopal
Church, Culver.
Freda E. Shoemaker
Dec. 2,1917 - May 2,1998
F'reda E. SHOEMAKER, 80, Logansport, died 6:35 a.m., Saturday, at Chase Center,
Logansport.
Miss Shoemaker was born in Wells County to Lawrence and Helen BRICKLEY ELICK.
She retired in 1987 after 43 years from R.B.M. She was a member of the American
Legion Post No. 60 A
Survivors include one sister, Vadis WARD, Mentone; one brother, Donald ELICK,
Warsaw; niece, Jacqueline GIBBLE, Mentone; nephews, Ted WARD, Warsaw, and Ron
WARD, LaPorte; several great-nieces and nephms.
Services are at 10 a.m today at the McCloskey-Hamilton-Gundrum Funeral Home,
Logansport. Rev. Donald L. RUHL will officiate. Burial will be in Mentone
Cemetery. Friends called from 3-7 p.m. Sunday at the ftmffw home.
Tuesday, May 5, 1998
Randy C. Miller
June 29, 1974 - May 4, 1998
Randy C. MILLER, 23, Tippecanoe, died Monday afternoon in a traffic accident in
Mentone.
He was born in Gallipolis, Ohio to Gary L. and Donna J. SHIELDS MILLER.
Mr. Miller was a woodworker. He is survived by his parents and one brother,
Shane MILLER, all of Tippecanoe.
There will be no viewing, visitation or funeral services held. Arrangements are
being made by King Memorial Home, Mentone.
Wednesday, May 6, 1998
Martha A. Bonine
Martha A. BONINE, 85, 1725 Colonial Bay Drive, Unit 11, died 12:45 p.m.,
Tuesday, at Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis.
Arrangements are pending at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester.
Thursday, May 7, 1998
Isabelle "Issy" Burt Casbon
Mar. 7, 1910 - Mar. 27, 1998
Wordhas been received that Isabelle "Issy" BURT CASBON, 88, Plymouth,
died in Bradenton, Fla., was living with her daughter and son-in-law.
Born in Middlefork Township, Ill., she married Ralph "Hap" BURT. He
preceded her in death. She later married Vern CASBON of Plymouth. He also
preceded her in death.
Mrs. Casbon was a homemaker and bookkeeper for her and her first husband's
building construction business, and later became a desk clerk at the Holiday Inn
In Plymouth. She retired from Holiday Inn in 1991 at the age of 81, after 20
years.
Survivors Include two daughters, Sue and Fred MITCHELL, Bradenton, Fla., and
Rosie and husband Bud CARTWRIGHT, Peru; one son, Carl and wife Wada BURT,
Plymouth; one brother, Dale and wife Helen WRIGHT, Bourbon; two stepdaughters,
Dorothy OLSEN, Sebring, Fla., and Diane RICKEL, Peru,, two stepsons, John CASBON,
Macy, and Kenneth CASBON, Plymouth; one stepdaughter-in-law, Shirley CASBON,
Plymouth; nine grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, two sisters, two brothers, and one
stepson, James CASBON.
A memorial service will be held 1:30 p.m., Saturday, at VanGilder Funeral Home,
Plymouth. Burial will be at Oak Hill Cemetery, Plymouth and Parks Cemetery.
Bourbon.
Martha A. Bonine
Sept. 28, 1912 - May 5, 1998
Martha A. BONINE, 85, 1725 Colonial Bay Drive, Unit 11, died 12:33 p.m. Tuesday
at Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis.
Born in Rochester to Archibald and Maude Ellen WALLER BROWN, M.D., she married
Ernest D. BONINE on, 1936 in Rochester. He preceded in death on Nov. 26, 1981.
Mrs. Bonine was a homemaker and a member of the Flrst Presbyterian Church,
Rochester.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Harriet E. McALLISTER, Rochester; one son,
James D. and wife Rosalie BONINE, Culver; six grandchildren, Cynthia GOSS, J.
Kevin BONINE, Karen BLOCKER, J. Brent McALLISTER, Gwen MORETT and Stephany
BONINE; five great-grandchfldren; one nephew, Dr. Charles B. MULLINS, Austin,
Tex.
She was preceded in death by her parents and two staters, Edna BUNN and Mary
BAMBERGER.
Services are at 2 p.m. Saturday at FosteR & Good Funeral Home, Rochester.
Rev. Rob CRYTZER will officiate. Burial will be in Rochester I.O.O.F. Cerhetery.
F'riends may call from 2-8 p.m. Friday or one hour prior to services Saturday.
Memorials may be made to First Presbyterian Church, Rochester.
Todd J. Ensign
Oct. 3, 1970 - May 2, 1998
Todd J. ENSIGN, 27, Lancaster, Calif, died 9:42 p.m. Saturday, as a result of an
auto accident.
Born in Indianapolis to John and Marilyn JONES ENSIGN, he married Regina BELL on
May 13, 1995. She survives.
Mr. Ensign attended Lewis Cass High School.
Survivors include his parents, Peru: two daughters, Crystal [ENSIGN] and Vanessa
ENSIGN, Lancaster, Calif.; one brother, Greg ENSIGN, Fort Wayne.
Services are at 1 p,m. Saturday at Flow4rs-Leedy Funeral Home, Peru. Rev.
William SHEWMAN and Rev. Ron JANSEN will officiate. Burial will be in Mt. Hope
Cemetery, Peru. Friends may call from 5-8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made through the funeral home to the Salem
Christian Church Youth Fund.
Charles R. Goheen
Charles R. GOHEEN, 87, Argos. died 5:20 a.m. Thursday at Mfller's Merry
Manor. Culver.
Arrangements are pending at the Grossman Funeral Home, Argos.
Friday, May 8, 1998
Isabelle Burt Casbon
March 7, 1910 - March. 27, 1998
Isabelle BURT CASBON, 88, Plymouth, died in Bradenton, Fla., where she was
living with her daughter and son-in-law.
Mrs. Casbon was the grandmother of Marilyn WADE, Rochester.
Memorial services are at 1:30 p.m., May 16 at Van Gilder Funeral Home, Plymouth.
Burial will be at Oak Hill Cemetery, Plymouth and Parks Cemetery, Bourbon.
Margo A. Grogg
Margo A. GROGG, 53, 1008 Jefferson St., died 10:30 a.m. today at St. Joseph
Medical Center, South Bend.
Arrangements are pending at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester.
Charles R. Goheen
Nov. 27, 191 0 -May 7, 1998
Former Argos resident Charles R. GOHEEN, 87, died 5:20 a.m. Thursday at Miller's
Merry Manor, Culver.
Born in Allen County to John and Claire McFARLAND GOHEEN, he married Mildred A.
McGRIFF on June 14, 1936 in Argos. She died April 29, 1996.
Mr. Goheen was a self-employed plumber, a member of Santa Anna United Methodist
Church and the Maxinkuckee I.O.O.F. Lodge No. 373.
Survivors include three sisters, Olive BARNHARDT, Gates, Ore., Mrs. Isabel DRNEK
and her husband John DRNEK, Lindsay, Calif. and Mrs. Sue EASTERDAY, Culver;
several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by two infant daughters, Karen Sue [GOHEEN] and Sonja
GOHEEN.
Memorial services are at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Grossman Funeral Home,
Argos, with the Rev. Warren WALMER officiating. Private interment will be in
Washington Cemetery, southeast of Culver. No visitation is scheduled. Memorials
may be made to Santa Anna United Methodist Church or Marshall County Hospice.
Richard K. Keeler
Jan. 12, 1949 - May 7, 1998
Richard KEELER, 49, Logansport, died 10 a.m. Thursday at Memorial Hospital,
Logansport.
Arrangements are pending at McCloskey-Hamilton-Gundrum Funeral Home, Logansport.
Etta Christian
Etta CHRISTIAN, 86, 10047 W. 100 S., Bourbon, died 8 a.m. today at her
residence.
Arrangements are pending at King Memorial Home, Mentone.
James E. Frazie
Aug. 5, 1928 - May 7, 1998
James E. FRAZIE, 69, Kewanna, died 4:25 p.m. Thursday at Memorial Hosptial,
South Bend.
Born in Elkhart to Enos and Agnes WRIGHT FRAZIE, he married Betty HAMMAN SELLE
in LaPorte on May 4, 1966. She survives.
Mr. Frazie retired in 1990 as a Butternut Bread Co. driver. He was a Union
Township school bus driver and a member of St. Ann's Catholic Church, Kewanna.
Survivors include one stepson, Dick and wife Marti SELLE, South Bcnd; three
stepdaughters, Mary and husband Bob SHORT, and Ellen HARGIS, all of Fort Wayne.
and Barbara and husband Ralph KISER, Star City, 14 grandchildren; 12
great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother, Harold [FRAZIE].
Services are 10 a.m. Monday at St. Ann Catholic Church. Burial will be in St.
Peter Cemetery, Winamac. Friends may call from 3-9 p.m. Sunday at
Harrison-Metzger Funeral Home Kewanna Chapel. Scripture Vigil will be 8 p.m.
Sunday. Memorials may be
made to American Cancer Society and/or Ronald McDonald House.
Saturday, May 9, 1998
Etta S. Christian
April 18, 1912 - May 8, 1998
Etta S. CHRISTIAN, 86, 10047 W. 100 S.. Bourbon, died 8 a.m. Friday at her
residence.
Born in Burket to Charley and Mercy FLENAR TUCKER, she married Chester E.
CHRISTIAN on Oct. 22, 1928. He preceded in death on Sept. 27, 1992.
Mrs. Christian was a homemaker.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Robert (Dorothy) FOLTZ, Bourbon; one
granddaughter, Mrs. David (Lora) SWANSON, Warsaw: one grandson, Steve FOLTZ,
Etna Green; two great-grandchildren, Kyle [FOLTZ] and Cole FOLTZ, Etna Green;
one sister, Eva HARTMAN, Akron.
She was preceded in death by three sisters and one brother,
Services are at 10:30 a.m. Monday at King Memorial Home, Mentone. Rev Joseph
OLSON will officiate. Burial will be in Harrison Center Cemetery, Etna Green.
Friends may call from 2-5 p.m Sunday at the memorial home Memorials may be made
to the Arthritt Foundation.
Richard K. Keeler
Jan. 12, 1949 - May 7, 1998
Richard K. KEELER, 49, Logansport died 10:21 p.m. Thursday at Memori Hospital,
Logansport.
Born in Kokomo to Richard an Margaret HOOKER KEELER, he marrie Linda KLINE on
Oct. 19, 1991 I Rochester. She survives.
Mr. Keeler was an I.B.P. Senio Planner. He was in the Marine Corp during the
Vietnam Conflict and was member of the Rochester Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Survivors include two daughters, Shelly [KEELER] and Jody [KEELER], both of
Texas; two sons, Ricky [KEELER] and Shawn KEELER, both of Texas: three
stepdaughters, Jennifer MEDEIROS, at home, Lisa BAYS, Rochester and Candi COX,
Chandler, Ariz.; three stepsons, Scott [CAUFFMAN] Rusty CAUFFMAN, both of
Rochester, and Eric CAUFFMAN, Hamlet: his stepfather, Don HELTON, Rochester; two
sisters, Gloria HELTON and Sandy HELVIE, both of Kokomo; one brother, Don
HELTON, South Bend; seven grandchildren.
Services are at 2 p.m. Sunday at McCloskey-Hamilton-Gundrum Funeral Home,
Logansport. Rev. David GEARY will officiate. Friends may call one hour prior to
service. Memorials may be made to Rochester V.F.W. and/or Rochester American
Legion.
Margo A. Grogg
Aug. 23.1944 - May 8,1998
Margo A. GROGG, 53, 1008 Jefferson St.. died at 10:30 a.m. Friday at St. Joseph
Medical Center, South Bend, where she had been a patient for one week. She had
been ill for two months.
She was born in Argos to Betty HARMON GALL who died in March of 1997. She was
adopted by Jessie O. and Ardie FOX, who also preceded in death. She was married,
to Danny GROGG, who survives. They later divorced. She was a graduate of Argos
High School and Vogue Beauty School, South Bend. She owned and operated Margo's
Hair and Design 33 years. She was a member of Faith Outreach Center, 1125 East
Ninth St., and E.M.M.A.U.S. of northern Indiana. She was a former president of
the American Cancer Society, Fulton County Unit and speaker for the
organization.
Surviving are one daughter, Brandi GROGG, Rochester, one brother-in-law, Melvin
SAATKAMP, Mesa, Ariz., three nieces and two nephews. Preceding in death, with
her mother and adoptive parents, was one sister, Isabel SAATKAMP.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Faith Outreach Center with Pastor Dan
MUNDT officiating. Burial will be at Maple Grove Cemetery, Argos. Friends may
call from 2-6 p.m. Sunday at Foster and Good Funeral Home and one hour before
services at the church. Memorials may be made to the Margo Grogg Fund at First
Federal Savings Bank, 301 East Ninth St..
Monday, May 11, 1998
Helen M. Emmons
Aug. 3,1904 - May 9,1998
Helen M. EMMONS, 93, 705 East 4th St., Wt 15, died 12:40 a.m. Saturday at
Memorial Hospital, South Bend.
Born to Theodore and Serina CHRISTENSON MORTENSON in Chippewa Falls, Wisc., she
married Charles F. EMMONS on Sept. 10, 1927 in South Bend. He preceded in death
on Dec. 11. 1949.
Mrs. Emmons retired from the Rochester Telephone Company in 1974 after 20 years
as an office worker. She was a member and organist of the Talma United Methodist
Church for many years. She was a past member of the Talma Home Economics Club.
Survivors include two daughters, Charlotte and husband Herman MATHEWS,
Rochester, and Sarita and husband Robert FOEGLEY, South Bend; nine
grandchildren, Anne CAMPBELL, Charles [MATHEWS] and James MATHEWS, Jane VanLOO,
Joyce WAGONER, Sue TERRY, John [FOEGLEY] and Steve FOEGLEY and Jennifer GONGWER;
17 great-grandchildren: several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, six sisters and three brothers. She
was the last survivor of her parents' 10 children.
Services are 2 p.m. Tuesday at Talma United Methodist Church. Rev. Jean McCAN
will officiate. Burial will be in Reichter Cemetery, seven miles northeast of
Rochester. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. today at the Foster & Good Funeral
Home, Rochester. Memorials may be made to the Talma United Methodist Church.
Mildred P. Meredith
Jan. 21, 1911 - May 9, 1998
Mildred P. MEREDITH, 87, Mentone, died 12:20 a.m. Saturday at ExtendaCare Health
Facility, Rochester.
Born in F'ulton County to Jesse W. and Golda SHOUP KLISE, she married Frank J.
MEREDITH on Nov. 29, 1934. He preceded in death on June 7, 1996.
Mrs. Meredith was a musician with the Jimmy Meredith Band and a past employee of
Orthopedics Company, Mentone.
Survivors include one daughter, Mitzie SAVAGE, Rochester; one son, Jim and wife
Orabelle MEREDITH, Mentone; five grandchildren, Gary MEREDITH, Mrs. Glenn
(Diana) SMITH, Mrs. Greg (Lisa) McMILLEN, Susie and Klise SAVAGE; six
great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by one great-grandson and one brother, John KLISE.
Services are 11 a.m. Tuesday at King Memorial Home, Mentone. Rev. Will LAWSON
Sr. will offtciate. Burial will be in Sycamore Cemetery, Mentone. Friends may
call from 6-8 p.m. Monday at the memorial home. Memorials may be made to one's
favorite charity.
Ethel S. Hartman
Dec. 2,1906 - May 8,1998
Ethel SLACK HARTMAN, 91, Miller's Merry Manor, Culver, formerly of 7934 W. Olson
Rd., died 6:45 a.m. Friday at her residence.
Born in Canton, Ill. to Lora Alexander and Letiticia DAVIS SLACK, she flrst
married William Bryce COLEMAN on Nov. 25, 1939 in Chicago. He preceded in death
in October 1942. On Aug. 10 1946, she.married Herman J. HARTMAN in South Bend.
He preceded in death on Jan. 11, 1997.
Mrs. Hartman graduated from Farmington, Ill., High School and attended
Bloomington Normal School and the Chicago Beauty College. She was a past
employee of the Frances Shop, South Bend, and served as desk clerk for six years
at Morningside Hotel, South Bend. She was a member of the Letters Ford United
Methodist Church, past president of the So. Bend United Methodist Women, and
past president of the Rochester Ch AARP.
Survivors include one daughter, Patricia DRYDEN LEACH and husband Richard L.,
Indianapolis; two grandsons, D. Bryce DRYDEN, Atlanta, Ga., and M. Blair DRYDEN,
Chicago, Ill.
She was preceded in death by her parents, an infant son, James HARTMAN, and a
sister, Rose Marie SLACK SAMUEL.
Memorial services are 11 a.m. Saturday at the Johnson-Danielson Funeral Home,
Michigan St., Plymouth, where friends may visit with the family for one hour
prior to the service. Interment will be in New Oakhill Plymouth. Memorials may
be made to the Leiters Ford United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 126, Leiters Ford,
Ind., 46975.
John A. Bockover
Nov. 6, 1926 - May 10, 1998
John A. BOCKOVER, 71, ExtendaCare, Rochester, formerly of Macy, died 3:50 p.m.
Sunday at his residence.
Born in Miami County to Ernest F. and Esther SWOPE BOCKOVER, he was a trucker of
livestock and a farmer.
He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother, H. Ephraim BOCKOVER.
Graveside services are at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Plainview Cemetery, Macy. Rev.
William SHEWMAN will officiate. Burial will be in Plainview Cemetery, Macy. No
visitation will be held. Arrangements are being handled by Hartzler Funeral
Home, Akron. Memorials may be made to the Kidney Foundation, Mishawaka Clinic.
Robert C. Reichard
July 8 1921 - May 9, 1998
Robert C. REICHARD, 76, 3374 Old Indiana 17, died 11:50 p.m. Saturday at
Woodlavm Hospital, Rochester.
Born in Leiters Ford to Omer and Gertrude FISHER REICHARD, he married Betty L.
DAY on Dec. 25, 1941 in Rochester. She survives.
Mr. Reichard was a member of the laters Ford United Methodist Church, a 50-year
member of Maxinkuckee I.O.O.F. Lodge No. 373, and a member of the former Leiters
Ford Lions Club.
Survivors include one daughter, Marjorie A. and husband Leonard KING, Fort
Wayne; two sons, John A. and wife MaryKay REICHARD, Palmdale, Fla., and Eugene
P. and wife Vera REICHARD, Culver; 13 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren:
one brother, Clifford REICHARD, Rochester.
He was preceded in death by two brothers.
A memorial service will be conducted by the Maxinkuckee I.O.O.F. Lodge at 7:30
p.m. Tuesday at the Bonine Funeral Home, Culver. Veteran rites will be conducted
at graveside. Memorial conlributions may be made to Letters Ford United
Methodist Church.
Tuesday, May 12, 1998
Helen M. Emmons
Aug 3, 1904 - May 9, 1998
Helen M. EMMONS, 93, 705 East 4th St., Lot 15, died 12:40 a.m. Saturday at
Memorial Hospital, South Bend.
Born to Theodore and Serina CHRISTENSON MORTENSON in Chippewa Falls, Wisc., she
married Charles F. EMMONS. on Sept. 10, 1927 in South Bend. He preceded in death
on Dec. 11, 1949.
Mrs. Emmons retired from the Rochester Telephone Company in 1974 after 20 years
as an office worker. She was a member and organist of the Talma United Methodist
Church for many years. She was a past member of the Talma Home Economics Club.
Survivors include two daughters, Charlotte and husband Herman MATHEWS,
Rochester, and Sarita and husband Robert FOEGLEY, South Bend; nine
grandchildren, Anne CAMPBELL, Charles [MATHEWS] and James MATHEWS, Jane VanLOON,
Joyce WAGONER, Sue TERRY, John [FOEGLEY] and Steve FOEGLEY and Jennifer GONGWER;
17 great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, six sisters and three brothers. She
was the last survivor of her parents' 10 children.
Services are 2 p.m. Tuesday at Talma United Methodist Church. Rev. Jean McCAN
will officiate. Burial will be in Reichter Cemetery, seven miles northeast of
Rochester. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. today at the Foster & Good Funeral
Home, Rochester. Memorials may be made to the Talma United Methodist Church.
Robert N. Konowal
July 11, 1925 - May 12, 1998
Robert N. KONOWAL, 72, 993 West 8th St., died 4 a.m. today at Life Care Center,
Rochester.
Born in Lorain, Ohio to Matthew and Mary THOMANN KONOWAL, he married M.
Josephine ARBAUGH on Sept. 18, 1948 in Lorain. She survives.
Mr. Konowal was a retired teacher from the Lorain School System, and had a
bachelor's degree from Green State University and a master's degree from
Case-Western University. He was a member of Ohio Retired Teachers Association.
He served in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific and European theaters during World War
II.
Survivors include one sister, Mrs. Lorraine STANG, Lorain, Ohio; two brothers,
Bernard KONOWAL, Lorain, Ohio, and Donald KONOWAL, New Philadelphia, Ohio.
He was preceded in death by two sisters and one brother.
A memorial service will be held at a later date. Zimmerman Family Funeral Home,
Rochester, is in charge of arrangements.
Robert C. Reichard
July B. 1921 - May 9,1998
Funeral services are at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Bonine Funeral Home, Culver. Rev.
Dorothy JONES will officiate. Burial will be In Letters Ford I.O.O.F. Cemetery.
Friends may call from 5-8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Memorials may be made
to Leiters Ford United Methodist Church.
Wednesday, May 13, 1998
Georgia Belle Nyland
Mar. 10, 1920 - May 12, 1998
Georgia Belle NYLAND, 78, 5250 E. 450 N., died 9:30 p.m. Tuesday at ExtendaCare,
Rochester.
Born in Rochester to Dee and Eula EWING BERRIER, she married John R. NYLAND on
Feb. 17, 1946 in Rochester. He died Nov. 22, 1980.
Mrs. Nyland retired as Director of Nursing at I.U. Medical Center, Indianapolis.
She was a member of Bethlehem Baptist Church, the Fulton County Democrat Women's
Club, past president of Pleasant Valley Club, Fulton County Federation of Clubs,
Indiana State Nurses Association, Fulton Co. Historical Society, Friends of the
Library, Toastmasters Club, American Cancer Society, a charter member of Fulton
County Arts Commission, and the Rochester-Lake Manttou Chamber of Commerce.
She was a 1938 graduate of Rochester High School and 1942 graduate of the I.U.
School of Nursing. She was a lobbyist and legislative chairwoman for the Indiana
Nursing Assoiciation and a delegate to the Governors White House Conference on
Aging. She was the recipient of Nurse of the Year Award from the I.U. School of
Nursing, and recipient of the Community Service Award in 1988, presented by the
Rochester Chamber of Commerce.
Survivors include one nephew, Teri ADAMSON, Rochester; two great-nephews; one
cousin, Ron LAMPHY, Florida.
She was preceded in death by one sister, Frances ADAMSON.
Services are 10:30 Saturday at Zimmerman Family Funeral Home, Rochester. Rev.
Phil PRATT will officiate. Burial will be in Rochester IOOF Cemetery. Friends
may call from 5-8 p.m. Friday and after 9 a.m. Saturday. Memorials may be made
to the American Cancer Society.
Robert N. Konowal
July 11, 1925 - May 998
Robert N. KONOWAL, 72, 993 West 8th St., died 4 a.m, Tuesday at Life Care
Center, Rochester.
Born in Lorain, Ohio, to Matthew and Mary THOMANN KONOWAL. he married M.
Josephine ARBAUGH on Oept. 18, 1948 in Lorain, Ohio. She survives.
Mr. Konowal, a teacher retired from the Lorain School System. He earned a
bachelor's degree at Bowling Green University and a master's degree at
Case-Western University. He was a member of Ohio Retired Teachers Association.
He served in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific and European theaters during World War
II. He was a 50-year member of the Lorain Masonic Lodge No. 552.
Survivors include one sister, Mrs. Lorraine STANG, Lorain, Ohio; two brothers,
Bernard KONOWAL, Lorain, Ohio, and Donald KONOWAL, New Philadelphia, Ohio.
He was preceded in death by two sisters and one brother.
A memorial service will be held at a later date. Zimmerman Family Funeral Home,
Rochester, is in charge of arrangements.
Thursday, May 14, 1998
Richard L. Sparrow
Nov 29, 1932 - May 12, 1998
Richard L. SPARROW, 65, North Manchester, died 5:50 p.m., at Methodist Hospital,
Indianapolis.
Born in Marshall County to George W. and Martha "Peggy" WHITE SPARROW,
he married Marlene HATFIELD on Aug. 31, 1952. She survives.
Mr. Sparrow graduated from Atwood High School in 1950. He earned B.S. and M.A.
degrees from Purdue University. He was a U.S. Army veteran. He taught school at
Royal Center, Onward, Claypool, and retired after 29 years at Manchester
Community Schools in 1990. He was a F.F.A. advisor, 4-H leader, worked in the
Swine Barn office at the Indiana State Fair. He was President of Wabash County
Retired Teacher Association, past president of Indiana Vocational Agriculture
Teachers Assoc., past president and member of North Mancheste Optimist Club,
member of Indiana and National Vocational Agriculture Teachers Association,
Indiana Retired Teacher Association, served eight years on Manchester Community
School Board, president of the Heartland Career Center Board of Managers, Purdue
Alumni Association member, and a member of North Manchester United Methodist
Church, where he taught Adult Sunday School, and held various offices within the
church.
Survivors include two sons, Randall J. and wife Janie SPARROW, Grand Rapids,
Mich., and Ryan J. and wife Shelly SPARROW, Manteno, Ill., one daughter Mrs.
Keith (Ricki) NEUMAN, Lenexa, Kan.; 10 grandchildren.
He was precede death by one sister.
Services are 11 a.m. Monday at North Manchester United Methodist Church. Rev.
William HEMMIG, Rev. Carl LEMNA and Rev. Larry RAY will officiate. Graveside
services will be at 3 p.m. in Etna Green cemetery. Friends may call from 1-6
p.m. Sunday at DeLaughter-McKee Mortuary, 1401 Indiana 114 W., North Manchester,
and one hour prior to services Monday at the church. Memorials may be made to
Richard L. Sparrow Scholarship Fund, care of DeLaughter-McKee Mortuary.
Friday, May 15, 1998
[no obits]
Saturday, May 16, 1998
James D. Eads
April 19, 1937 - May 15, 1998
James D. EADS, 61, 107 North Broadway, Mentone, and formerly of Bourrbon, died
at 12 p.m. Friday at his residence.
He was born in Plymouth to Albert L. and Pearl M. CUMMINS EADS. On April 10,
1958 he married Virginia AULT, who survives. He had been a semi-truck driver. He
moved to Mentone from Bourbon in August of 1997.
Surviving with his wife are two sons, James and Tammy [EADS], Mentone., and Greg
and Laurie [EADS], Etna Green; four grandchildren; nieces and nephews; two
sisters, Lillian HULLINGER, Plymouth, and Mrs. Wayne (Sharon) WOOD, Mishawaka,
and one brother, Don and Deloris EADS, Plymouth. Preceding in death were one
sister and one brother.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at King Memorial Home, Mentone, with
Pastor Tony SCHNEIDERS officiating. Burial will be in the Culver Masonic
Cemetery, Culver. Friends may call from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Sunday.
Robert D. Neidlinger
August 10, 1942 - May 14,1998
Robert D. "Sam" NEIDLINGER, 55, 19420 West 19th Road, Culver, died, at
11:55 p.m. Thursday at the emergency room of St. Joseph's of Marshall County
Hospital of an apparent heart attack.
He was born in Plymouth to Fay O. and Marjorie KELVER NEIDLINGER. He graduated
from Culver High School in 1960 and earned an accounting degree from the South
Bend College of Commerce. On April 2, 1967, in Argos, he married Barbara W.
WILHELM, who survives. He was an electrician and plumber and operated Sam's
Electric and Neidlinger's Well Drilling for 29 years. He was a member of the
Plumbers and Pipe Fitters Union Local 166, Fort Wayne. He was a member of the
Plymouth Moose, Culver Eagles, Rochester Elks and the National Pine Association.
Surviving with his wife are one daughter, Jill A. NEIDLINGER, Culver; one son,
James R. and his wife Jennifer [NEIDLINGER], Tunnel Hill, Ga.; three grandsons,
Justin [NEIDLINGER], Jason [NEIDLINGER] and Jeremey [NEIDLINGER]; three sisters,
Joan and Francis ZINK, Culver, Jean and Clem MILLER, Rocheiter. and Ruth and
Preston MORRIS, Plymouth; one brother, Donald [NEIDLINGER], Culver, and nieces
and nephews. Preceding in death, with his parents, were an infant daughter, Jane
A. [NEIDLINGER], and two brothers, Ralph [NEIDLINGER] and Glen [NEIDLINGER].
Services will be at 11 p.m. Sunday at the Argos Bible Church with Pastor Mark
FISHBURN officiating. Burial will be in the Culver Masonic Cemetery. Friends may
call from 4-8 p.m. today at lohnson-Danielson Funeral Home, 1100 North Michigan
St., Plymouth. Memorials may be made to the Culver EMS.
Monday, May 18, 1998
David J. Templeton
David James TEMPLETON, 66, 718 Pontiac St., died at 1 p.m. Sunday at
Woodlawn Hospital.
Arrangements are pending at Zimmerman Family Funeral Home, Rochester.
Opal E. Miller
Mrs. Opal E. MILLER, 94, Liberty, Ky., formerly of Argos, died at 4:10 p.m.
Saturday in Liberty, Ky.
Arrangements are pending at Grossman Funeral Home, Argos.
Tuesday, May 19, 1998
David J. Templeton
Jan. 9, 1932 - May 17, 1998
David James TEMPLETON, 66, 718 Pontiac St., died 1 p.m. Sunday at Woodlawn
Hospital.
Born in Beaver County, Pa. to James Roy and Helen G. EDGAR TEMPLETON, he married
Rachel M. TEMPLETON. She preceded him in death on April 25, 1996. He later
married Mickey TEMPLETON. She survives.
Mr. Templeton was a U.S. Army veteran, a. member of the Antioch Baptist Church,
and an advisory board member for Hope Hospice. He lived in Rochester since 1967.
He was a self-employed Marketing Executive with Ag Services, Rochester.
Survivors include his mother, Helen G. TEMPLETON, Ohio; three sons, Kenneth and
wife Shelly TEMPLETON, Traverse City. Mich.. Alan TEMPLETON, Rochester, and Paul
and wife Shavma TEMPLETON, Fishers; 10 grandchildren, Lisa [TEMPLETON], Michael
[TEMPLETON], Hannah [TEMPLETON] and Sammy Joe TEMPLETON, Traverse City, Mich.,
Seth [TEMPLETON] and Connar TEMPLETON, Rochester, and Eric [TEMPLETON], Amy
[TEMPLETON], Emily [TEMPLETON] and Kaitlin Rose TEMPLETON, Fishers; one sister,
Alice FAZZONE, Massillon, Ohio; one brother, Bob TEMPLETON, Greenwood.
He was preceded in death by one dau ghtcr, Suzanne G. TEMPLETON on May 17, 1990.
Memorial services are 1 p.m. Thursday at Hillcrest Baptist Church, Rochester.
Rev. Bob WRACHFORD will officiate. Mr. Templeton's remains will be donated to
the Palmer College of Chiropractic, Davenport, Iowa. Friends are invited to a
carry-in dinner at the Hillcrest Baptist Church following the memorial service.
Arrangements are being handled by Zimmerman Family Funeral Homes, Rochester.
Memorials may be made to Templeton Family Fund, 718 Pontiac St., Rochester.
Ronald L. Metzger
May 24, 1940 - May 18, 1998
Ronald Lee METZGER, 57, Rochester. died 3 p.m. Monday at his home.
He was born in Lafayette to Paul R. and Dorothy A. MITCHELL METZGER. He lived
most of his life on a farm just south of Rossville, until moving to Rochester
four years ago.
He farmed on the family farm all his life, and worked for veterinarian Dr. Ben
BRIGHT for several years.
Mr. Metzger was a member of the Frankfort Eagles Lodge and enjoyed hunting,
fishing and collecting Indian relics.
He is survived by a brother, Larry J. METZGER, Rochester.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Services are 11 a.m. Thursday at the Bodine Funeral Home, Rossville. Rev. Melvin
MOHLER and Rev. Clem SKILES will officiate. Burial will be in Middle Fork Old
German Baptist Cemetery near Rossville. Friends may call from 5-8 p.m. Wednesday
at Bodine Funeral Home, Rossville.
Cecil T. Beyler
Feb. 5, 1909 - May 18, 1998
Cecil T. BEYLER, 91, Plymouth, died 3:30 Monday at Pilgrim Manor Nursing Home,
Plymouth. Born in Plymouth to Rev. Alvin E. and Nellie STROMBECK BEYLER, he
married Wilma BAKER on June 18, 1930 in Plymouth. She survives.
Mr. Beyler graduated from Plymouth High School in 1927 and from Greer College,
Chicago, Ill. He was a U.S. Navy Veteran of World War II, having fought in the
New Guinea and Philippine Theaters from 1943-45. He worked for the Farm Bureau
and REMC in the early 1930's, at which time he was instrumental in electrifying
Indiana.. He worked as an electrician for the Bendix Corporation from 1949-69.
He enjoyed raising hybridized gladiolas and was a past member of the Indiana
Gladiolus Society. He was a poet, loved music and the arts, and was a collector
of coins and shells. He was a lifetime active member of the Plymouth Wesleyan
Church, being on the Administrative Board, a Sunday school teacher and the choir
director.
Survivors include a son, Ray L. and wife Delores BEYLER, Anaheim, Calif., three
daughters, Dorothy and husband Daren D. MORGAN, Plymouth, Eileen and Don E.
COOK, Rochester, and Elna G. and husband Don M. DeFUR, Noblesville; 14
grandchildren; 33 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandehildren, one
brother, Dr. Arthur BEYLER, Dennis, Mass.; two sisters, Elna STALLWOOD,
Indianapolis, and Frances CROCHETT, Englewood, Florida.
He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, William [BEYLER] and
Alvin BEYLER Jr., and two sisters, Mildred HERSHBERGER and Irene BAKER.
Services are 11 a.m., Thursday in the Plymouth Wesleyan Church. Rev. Robert E.
VARDMAN will officiate. Special music will be played by a violinist and a
pianist. Burial will be in Oakhill Cemetery, Plymouth. Friends may call from 4-8
p.m. Wednesday at the Johnson-Danielson Funeral Home, 1100 N. Michigan St.,
Plvmouth, and one hour prior to services on Thursday at the church. Memorials
may be made to D.C. Youth Center, Plymouth Wesleyan Church, Plymouth.
Carl T. Sanders
Sept. 28, 1904 - May 16, 1998
Carl T. SANDERS, 93, Pensacola, Fla., formerly of Argos, died 7:10 p.m. Saturday
in West Florida Hospital, Pensacola, Fla.
Born in Richland Center to Charles and Ella Mae HASSENPLUG SANDERS, he married
Gladys F. KLINE on June 1, 1929 in Rochester. She preceded him in death.
Mr. Sanders attended Richland Center schools. He was a farmer most of his life
in Argos and Rochester, and enjoyed retirement in Traverse City, Mich., Punta
Gorda and Pensacola, Fla. He enjoyed fishing and gardening. He was a member of
the Grandview Church, Rochester.
Survivors include a daughter, Aletha Marcelle SHAFFER, Pensacola; two grandsons,
Dave and wife Cindy SHAFFER, Osceola, and Jerry and wife Sharon SHAFFER, Kansas
City, Miss.; four great-grandchildren, Justin and Craig SHAFFER, Osceola, and
Amanda and Christopher SHAFFER, Kansas City, Miss.; one sister, Delta and
husband Jim BLANTON, Coldwater, Mich., one brother Ervin "Jay" and
wife Jo SANDERS, Rochester.
He was preceded in death by his parents, a sister, Irene McGEE, a brother, Lloyd
SANDERS and Dee Ward SHAFFER, his son-in-law.
Services are 2 p.m. Saturday at Johnson-Danielson Funeral Home, 1100 N. Michigan
St., Plymouth. Rev. Charles KRIEG will officiate. Burial will follow in Richland
Center I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Rochester. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. Friday at
the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Hospice of Northwest Florida. 2001 N.
Palafox, Pensacola, Fla. 32501
Opal E. Miller
Sept. 19, 1903 - May 16, 1998
Mrs. Opal Electa MILLER, 94, Liberty, Kentucky, formerly of Argos and Plymouth,
died 4:10 p.m. Saturday at her residence.
Born in Randolph, Neb. to Josiah O. and Violetta BRYAN SMITH, she married John
J. MILLER. He preceded her in death in 1975.
She was a homemaker and a member of Grace Lutheran Church, Laurel, Neb. and
Argos American Legion Auxiliary.
Survivors include two daughters, Virginia and husband Robert BLOCK, Liberty
Mills, and Ida L. and husband Jacob SCHER, Liberty, Ky.; three sons, Robert
MILLER, Bremen, Marshall and wife Sylvia MILLER, Bloomfield, New Mexico, and
Orland and wife Carolyn MILLER, Vancouver, Wash.. 19 grandchildren; 28
great-grandchildren; 15 great-great-grandchildren; three step-grandchildren; 22
step-great-grandchildren; five step- great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by one daughter, Katherine CRUM, two sons, John
[MILLER] and Edison MILLER, two sisters, and eight brothers.
Graveside services are 2 p.m. Wednesday at Oakhill Cemetery, Plymouth. Rev.
Robert VARDAMAN will officiate. Burial will be in New Oakhill Cemetery,
Plymouth. No visitation or viewing will be held. Arrangements are being handled
by Grossman Funeral Home, Argos.
Wednesday, May 20, 1998
Mildred I. Slifer
Mildred Irene SLIFER, 86, Twelve Mile, died at 8:15 p.m. Tuesday at Dukes
Memorial Hospital, Peru.
John "Joe" Clawson
Word has been received that John "Joe" CLAWSON, Kokomo, and Nyona
Lake, died Saturday.
Services were Tuesday at St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Kokomo.
Thursday, May 21, 1998
Mildred I. Slifer
April 1, 1912 - May 19, 1998
Mildred Irene SLIFER, 86, Peru, formerly of Twelve Mile, died at 8:15 p.m.
Tuesday at Dukes Memorial Hospital, Peru.
Ms. Slifer was born in Twelve Mile to Ira and Mary Amanda DAWSON SLIFER.
She was a homemaker and a member of Mathews United Methodist Church, Mathews.
Survivors include one sister, Ethel PETTIE, Tampa, Fla.; several nieces and
nephews.
She was preceded in death by two sisters, Hazel SWANSON and Marjorie POWELL;
three brothers, Howard [SLIFER], Arthur [SLIFER] and Carl SLIFER.
Services are 11 a.m. Friday at McClain Funeral Home, Denver. Rev. Daniel B.
SCHRAMM will officiate. Burial will be in Bethlehem Cemetery, Twelve Mile.
Friends may call from 3-7 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Friday, May 22, 1998
Lorena Fritter
Appril 12, 1949 - May 21, 1998
Lorena FRITTER, 49, Argos, died at 4:15 a.m. at Indiana University Medical
Center, Indianapolis.
Born in Guage, Ky. to Samuel and Audrie HENSLEY WRIGHT, she married Leland R.
FRITTER on May 24, 1969 in Argos. He survives at home.
Mrs. Fritter was a homemaker and a member of the Church of Jesus Christ, Argos.
Survivors include one daughter, Miss Rebecca FRITTER, at home, two sons, Leland
R. Jr. and wife Christina FRITTER, Argos, and Wesley E. FRITTER, at home; one
granddaughter, Judy FRITTER, Argos; her parents, Argos; six sisters, Helen and
husband John EPLEY, Mooresville, Elizabeth WRIGHT, Plymouth, Janice and husband
John HARTBARGER, Plymouth, Sandra and husband Kenneth SCHORI, Tippecanoe, Wanda
and husband Fred LLOYD, Culver, Rita and husband David PENNINGTON, Argos; five
brothers, Harold and wife Joyce WRIGHT, Argos, John WRIGHT, Argos, Jack and wife
Sarah WRIGHT, Culver, Jamie and wife Brenda WRIGHT, Greenville, N.C., Joseph
WRIGHT, Greenville, N.C.
Services are 2 p.m. Sunday at the Church of Jesus Christ, Argos. Rev. Lloyd
HOWARD will officiate. Disposition is undetermined at this time. Friends may
call from 2-6 p.m. Saturday at the Grossman Funerel Home, Argos, or one hour
prior to services at the church. Memorials may be made to the Liver Transplant
Unit, Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis.
Donna L. Sparks
Oct. 4, 1942 -May 22, 1998
Donna Lois SEE SPARKS, 55, Leiters Ford, formerly of Rochester, died at 5 a.m.
today at her residence.
Born in Miami County to Errett "Jim" and Laura BERGER SEE, she married
Earl Ramey SPARKS on July 25, 1965 in Macy. He preceded her in death on Aug. 20,
1987.
Mrs. Sparks was a homemaker lived in Rochester for 25 years prior to moving to
Leiters Ford.
Survivors include one son, Frederick Arthur SPARKS and his fiancee Tracy
ROTTMILLER, both of Letters Ford; one grandson, Joshua M. HARMON, Warsaw; one
sister, Marcia DAVIS, Macy; two brothers, James and wife Lisa SEE, Rochester,
and Richard E. "Doc" SEE, Wabash.
She was preceded in death by her parents, two sisters, Carolyn SEE and Joan
CORRELL, and two brothers, Glenn [SEE] and Ronald SEE.
Services are 10 a.m., Tuesday, at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester.
Rev. Paul CECRLE will officiate. Burial will be in Ebeneezer Cemetery, southeast
of Macy. Friends may call from Monday and one hour prior to services at the
funeral home. Memorials may be made to the Apostolic Church Food Bank,
Rochester.
Saturday, May 23, 1998
Mary Josephine Tuley
Aug. 26, 1912 - May 22, 1998
Mary Josephine TULEY, 85. 6087 E. County Road 375 South, Rochester, died at
10:15 a.m. Friday at ExtendaCare of Rochester.
Born [Mary Josephine MUTCHLER] to Howard and Vida COLLINS MUTCHLER in Kewanna,
she married Theodore "Ted" R. TULEY on Dec. 1, 1950. He died Nov. 21,
1979.
She was a licensed practical nurse and worked for many years at Woodlawn
Hospital.
Survivors include four children, Charles and wife Janet TULEY, Rochester, Alice
Lou EWING, Big Springs, Texas: Kenneth LINDEN, Washington; Gene STARR, Kansas;
three sisters, Jeanette HUNTER, Kewanna; Ruth LEASE, Lucerne: Frances HERRELL,
Wisconsin; two brothers, Jake and wife Marge MUTCHLER, Rochester; Donald
"Pete" MUTCHLER, Elwood, and several grandchildren and
great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by three sisters.
A private, graveside memorial service is being arranged by Zimmerman Family
Funeral Home, Rochester. Burial will be at the Mount Zion Cemetery. Memorials
can be made to the American Diabetes Association.
Monday, May 25, 1998
[no paper - holiday]
Tuesday, May 26, 1998
Veronica M. Mueller
July 3, 1916 - May 22, 1998
Veronica Marie MUELLER, 81, Argos, died 3:33 p.m., Friday, at St. Joseph
Hospital, Plymouth.
Born to Joseph and Mary JURCO PIETERS in Whiting, she married William L. MUELLER
on Nov. 9, 1940 in Whiting. He survives at home.
Mrs. Mueller moved to Argos in 1941 and worked at Hart Schaffner & Marx,
Rochester for 26 years before retiring in 1983.
She was a member of St. Michael's Catholic Church, Plymouth.
Survivors include two daughters, Mary Kay and husband Frank BROOK Jr., North
Royalton, Ohio, and Grace Ann and husband Gary WILLIAMS, Atwood; one son,
William Louis and wife Sandra MUELLER, Palatine, Ill.; seven grandchildren; four
great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mary BLAKE, Whiting, and Elizabeth DEDINSKY,
Whiting; one brother, Albert and wife Kitty PIETERS, Cook Lake, Plymouth.
She was preceded in death by her parents, two sisters and five brothers.
Services will be at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Michael's Catholic Church,
Plymouth, with Rev. Anthony GILLESPI officiating. Burial will be in Oak Hill
Cemetery, Plymouth. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. Friday at Grossman Funeral
Home, Argos. There will be a prayer vigil at 7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Mary J. Tuley
Aug. 26, 1912 - May 22, 1998
Mary Josephine TULEY, 85, Fulton County Road 6087 East 375 South, died 10:15
a.m. Friday at ExtendaCare, to Howard and Vida MUTCHLER in Kewanna. She married
Theodore "Ted" R. TULEY on Dec. 1. 1950. He died Nov. 21, 1979.
Mrs. Tuley was a License Practical Nurse at Woodlawn Hospital.
Survivors include four children, Charles and wife Janet TULEY, Rochester, Alice
Lou EWING, Big Springs, Texas, Kenneth LINDEN, Washington, and Gene STARR,
Kansas; three sisters Jeanette HUNTER, Kewanna, Ruth LEASE, Lucerne, and Frances
HERRELL, Wisconsin; two brothers, Jake and wife Marge MUTCHLER, Rochester, and
Donald "Pete" MUTCHLER, Elwood; several grandchildren and
great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents and three sisters.
Private graveside memorial service will take place at Mount Zion Cemetery.
Arrangements are by Zimmerman Family Funeral Home, Rochester. Memorials may be
made to American Diabetes Association,
Frances E. Mellott
Nov. 11, 1920 - May 23, 1998
Frances E. MELLOTT, 77, Etna Green, died 4:10 a.m. Saturday at Lutheran Hospital
of Indiana, Fort Wayne.
Born to William A. and Mary TILLOTSON HAWLEY, Arlington, Fla., she married Glen
"Pete" MELLOTT on Feb. 11, 1940 in Bourbon. He survives.
Mrs. Mellott was a homemaker, a member of Merry Mollies Club and attended the
Etna Green United Methodist Church.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Craig "Linda" SALLEE, Atlanta,
Ga.; one son Steve MELLOTT, Bourbon; five grandchildren; 10
great-grandchildren..
She was preceded in death by two brothers, Wilbur [HAWLEY] and Bill [HAWLEY].
Services are at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at King Memorial Home, Mentone, with Rev.
Ross COOK officiating. Burial will be in Summit Chapel Cemetery. southeast of
Bourbon. Friends may call from 4-8 p-m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Bethel L. Walker
Feb. 29, 1928 - May 25, 1998
Bethel L. WALKER. 70, Claypool, died 6:50 a.m. at her son's Claypool home.
Born to Clay and Vada Ruth LINTHICUM MOCK in Tell City, she married Richard L.
WALKER on April 3. 1967. He died on June 17, 1997.
Mrs. Walker was an aide at Miller's Merry Manor.
Survivors include three daughters, Margret Ruth SCHOEFF, Huntington, Kimberly
ERNE, Warsaw, and Beth Ann WALKER, Claypool; three sons, William David COX,
Atlanta, Ga. Anthony P. COX, Claypool, and Joseph WALKER, Ft. Wayne; three
sisters, Bonnie MILLER, Heber Springs, Ark., Vada June TUTTLE, O'Fallon, Mo.,
and Gaynele LEE, South Bend; 24 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren.
Services are at 10-30 a.m. Thursday at King Memorial Home, Mentone, with Rev.
Don
POYSER officiating. Burial will be in Palestine Cemetery. Friends may call from
2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. Wednesday at the home.
Henry E. Goodman
April 5, 1940 - May 23, 1998
Henry E. GOODMAN, 58, died at his Culver home at3 a.m. Saturday.
Born to Leonard and Agnes HATHOWAY GOODMAN, in Brookston, he married Carol A.
SCHWANDT on April 17, 1970 in LaPaz. She survives.
Mr. Goodman moved to Rochester from Culver in 1968. He was vice president of
Tippecanoe Township Gun Club, and had coached Culver Little League 1974 to 1976.
He was a retired service manager of maintenanee at Culver Marina, Culver.
Survivors include two daughters, Rhonda MAHONEY, Janesville, Wisc., and Penny
GARLAND, Atlanta, Ga.; two sons, Kevin GOODMAN, Centreville, Va., and Cary
GOODMAN, Logansport; eight grandchildren; two sisters, Ann BROWN, Alabama, and
Rita WATSON, Mission Hills Calif.; three brothers, Vern GOODMAN, Lafayette,
Leonard GOODMAN, Galveston, and Rick GOODMAN, St. Louis, Mo.
Services are at 2 p. m. Wednesday at the Bonine Funeral Home, Culver with Rev.
Paul E. McBRIDE officiating. Burial is in Culver Masonic Cemetery. Friends may
call from 2-8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Wednesday, May 27, 1998
Dale D. Floor
Dale D. FLOOR, 96, Goshen, formerly of Akron, died 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at
Carriage Manor Nursing Home, Goshen.
Mr. Floor had been handicapped a deaf mute. Arrangements are pending at Foster
& Good Funeral Home, Akron.
W. Gene Reese
W. Gene REESE, 74, 2446 South Old US 31, died 12:30 a.m. today at his
residence.
Arrangements are pending at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester.
Thursday, May 28, 1998
Victor E. March
Feb. 19,1919 - May 26, 1998
Victor E. MARCH, 79, Phoenix, Ariz., formerly of Rochester, died at 9:53 a.m.
Tuesday in Good Samaritan Hospital, Phoenix.
Born to Charles E. and Cora B. MILLER MARCH in Cass County, he married Stella M.
SWAYZEE in Bourbon on March 30, 1941. She survives.
Mr. March was a retired water treatment supervisor for the City of Phoenix. He
was a member of the Metea Baptist Church, the Logansport VFW and American
Legion, and attended the Phoenix Community Baptist Church,
A 1936 Lucerne High School graduate, he served in Iran during World War II.
Surviving with his wife are two sons, Fredric MARCH, Lucerne: Roger MARCH,
Denver, Colo.; three daughters, Barbara MILLS, Macy; Phyllis LECHLER, Glendale,
Ariz.; Linda WATT, Denver, Colo.; one sister, Frances BOLLEI, Monticello; 18
grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by three brothers and one sister.
Services are 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Metea Baptist Church, with Bryan CLEMENS
who will officiate. Visitation is from 4-8 p.m. Friday at Harrison-Metzger
Funeral Home, Royal Center, and one hour before services. There will be
graveside military services before the services at the church. Burial will be In
the Metea Baptist Cemetery.
Memorials should be made to the Metea Baptist Church or the Phoenix Community
Baptist Church.
Wilma A. Osborn
Wilma A. WOOLINGTON OSBORN, 81, 20934 State Road 10, Culver, died at 2 a.m.
today, May 28, 1998. at her residence.
Arrangements are pending at the Grossman Funeral Home in Argos.
W. Gene Reese
Aug. 25,1923 - May 27, 1998
W. Gene REESE, 74. 2446 S. Old U.S. 31, Rochester, died at 12:30 a.m. Wednesday
at his home.
Born to J. Lloyd and Donna COLLINS REESE in Fulton County, he married Evelyn R.
BICK on June 27, 1948 in Rochester. She survives.
Mr. Reese was a milk hauler for Armour and Co. for 17 years. He also worked for
Crystal Dairy and Universal Foods, Peru, as a fleld representative. He was a
member of the Trinity United Methodist Church. and the IOOF Lodge 47, where he
was a past Noble Grand.
He served with the 181st battalion field artillery in the U.S. Army in Europe
during World War II. He graduated from, Argos High School in 1943. He enjoyed
playing cards, traveling and farming.
Surviving with his w.fe are one daughter, Mrs. Michael (Cathy) WEISSERT,
Tippecanoe; one son, Larry J. and wife Ruth E. REES, Rochester; one grandson,
Alan L. REES, Rochester: a father-in-law, Luroy W. BICK, Rochester; two sisters,
Maxine and husband Dale FISH, Rochester; three brothcrs, Wayne and wife, Bernice
REESE, Akron; Maynard and wife Ann REESE, Argos; and Richard and wife Cora Jean
REESE, Denver.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Services are 11 a.m. Friday at Foster and Good Funeral Home, Rochester. Rev. Don
E BRENNEMEN will officiate. Visitation is from 4 8 p.m. Thursday or from 9 a.m.
to the hour of services on Friday. Burial will be at the Rochester IOOF
Cemetery. The Rochester IOOF Lodge 47 will conduct a memorial service in the
funeral home at 8 p.m. Thursday. The American Legion and VFW Will conduct
military graveside services at the cemetery Friday
Friday, May 29, 1998
Wilma A. Osborn
Oct. 4, 1916 - May 28, 1998
Wilma A. WOOLINGTON OSBORN, 81, Culver, died at 2 a.m. Thursday at her
residence.
Born in Kewanna to Loyd and Hazel MOLLENCOPF WOOLINGTON, Ruby WOOLINGTON,
stepmother, she married Gerald W. OSBORN on April 21, 1935 in Burr Oak. He
survives at home.
Mrs. Osborn was a homemaker and attended North Salem Church of God, Plymouth. .
Survivors include two daughters Shirley and husband David BURNS, Culver, and
Sandra J. and husband Donald G. MILLER, Plymouth; four sons, Edwin P. [OSBORN]
Mishawaka. Larry G. and wife Ilene OSBORN, Buchanan, Mich., Ronald L. and wife
Nancy OSBORN, New Carlisle, Steven and wife Annette OSBORN, Culver; 21
grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; two
sisters, Rosetta NEWGENT, Kewanna, and Edna and husband Joseph AVERY, Willshire,
Ohio.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her stepmother, two sons, Roy
[OSBORN], infant, 1943, and Donavon W. [OSBORN], 1977, daughter-in-law, Mrs.
Edwin P. (Janet HART) OSBORN. sister, Delores LaMUNION, and two brothers, Harold
[WOOLINGTON] and Loyd E. WOOLINGTON.
Services are 11 a.m. Saturday at Grossman Funeral Home, Argos. Rev. Stan
LAWRENCE will offlclate. Burial will be In Culver Masonic Cemetery, Culver.
Friends may call from 2-8 p.m. Friday and one hour prior to service on Saturday
at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to North Salem Church of God,
Plymouth.
Dale D. Floor
Feb. 17, 1902 -May 26, 1 98
Dale D. FLOOR, 96, Goshen, formerly of Akron, died at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at
Carriage Manor Nursing Home, Goshen.
Born near Disko to Ezera and Maggie FLOOR, he married Maggie HAHN in 1929. She
preceded in death on June 3, 1972.
Mr. Floor retired in 1962 from General Tire and Rubber Company, Wabash. He was a
member of Northside Baptist Church, Elkhart. He had been deaf since age 6 and
attended the Indiana School for the Deaf, Indianapolis, where he met his wife.
Survivors include two sons, Fred and wife Isabelle FLOOR, Elkhart, and Johnnie
FLOOR, Lake Worth, Fla.; four grandchildren; several great-grandchildren, two
sisters, Beulah MAYBEE, Kokomo, and Mae McKIBBEN, Warsaw, one brother, Leo
FLOOR, Arizona.
He was preceded in death by his parents, two sons, Dale [FLOOR] Jr. and Edward,
FLOOR] and several brothers and sisters. Floor was one of 11 children.
Services are 1 p.m. Saturday at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Akron. Rev.
Carlos TREADWAY will officiate. Burial is in Silver Creek Cemetery, Silver Lake.
Friends may call from 4-6 p.m. Friday or one hour prior to service on Saturday.
James E. Mandleco Jr.
March 4, 1917 - May 27, 1998
James E. MANDLECO Jr., 81, Roachdale, formerly of Rochester, died Wednesday at
Culver Union Hospital, Crawfordsville.
Born in Oklahoma City, Okla., he was the son of James E. and Jessie BROTHERS
MANDLECO, he married Mildred LAWLER on Oct. 6, 1941 in Greencastle. She
survives.
Mr. Mandleco graduated Rochester High School in 1934. After high school he
joined the Civilian Conservation Corps. He was a retired farmer, welder and iron
worker, and was a member of iron Workers Local 379, Lafayette. He served as
treasurer of the Blakesburg Cemetery Association and was a past board member of
North Putnam Community School Corporation and past Republican Party precinct
committeeman. He was a hunter and an avid science fiction collector and reader.
Survivors include four children, Martha MANDLECO, Indianapolis, James E. and
wife Cathy MANDLECO, Danville, Phyllis and husband Eugene O'NEAL, Terrc Haute,
and Carolyn and husband Bruce WALLACE, Lafayette; six grandchildren, Kelly and
husband Alan HEDGE, Rachel MANDLECO, Erin [O'NEAL] and Matthew O'NEAL, Whitney
[WALLACE] and Tyler WALLACE; three step-grandchildren; three
step-great-grand-children.
Services are 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the Bittles and Hurt Funeral Home,
Greencastle. Rev. Loren HETRICK will officiate. Burial will be in Blakesburg
Cemetery, near Fincastle. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. Friday and 1:30 p.m. to
time of service Saturday. Memorials may be made to the American Heart
Association, Sandra L. Moore, 6662 E. County Road 300 N., Fillmore, Indiana
46128.
Calvin E. Baber
May 31, 1907 - May 29, 1998
Calvin Earl BABER, 90, Denver. died at 3 a.m. today at his residence.
Born in Jefferson Toownship, Miami County, to William Guy and Maude NUESBAUM
BABER, he married Mable Florence KEESEY on June 25, 1925, in St. Joseph, Mich.
She survives.
Mr. Baber was a retired heavy equipment operating engineer and a member of
l.U.O.E. Local 841. Survivors include three sons, William Ellis BABER, Mora,
Minn., Richard Earl BABER, Macy, and Kenneth Neil BABER, Warsaw; two daughters,
Mary Eldonna BLACKETOR, Fort Wayne, and Nancy Jane SARVER, Denver; 16
grandchildren; 21 great-grahdchildren.
He was preceded in death by sisters, Maye BUSSARD and Hazel BUTSIN, and one
grandson.
Services are 10 a.m. Monday at McCain Funeral Home., Denver. Rev. Lawrence SEE
will officiate. Burial will be in Ever-Rest Memorial Park, Logansport. Friends
may call from 2-8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
W. Gene Reese
Aug. 25, 1923-May 27, 1998
W. Gene REESE, 74, 2446 S. Old U.S. 31, Rochester, died at 12:30 a.m. Wcdnesday
at his home.
Born to J. Lloyd and Donna COLLINS REESE in Fulton County, he marrieded Evelyn
R. BICK on June 27, 1948 in Rochester. She survives.
Mr. Reese was a milk hauler for Armou and Co. for 17 years. He also worked for
Crystal Dairy and Universal Foods, Peru, as a field represenative. He was a
member of the Trinity United Methodist Church, and the IOOF Lodge 47, where he
was a past Noble Grand.
He served with the 181st battalion fieli, artillery in the U.S Army in Europe
during World War II. He graduated from Argos High School in 1943. He enjoycd
playing cards, traveling and farming.
Surviving with his wife are one daughter, Mrs. Michael (Cathy) WEISSERT,
Tippecanoe; one son, Larry J. and wife Ruth E. REESE, Rochester; one grandson,
Alan L. REESE, Rochester; a father-in-law, Luroy W. BICK, Rochester; two
sisters, Maxine and husband Dale FISH, Rochester, Bonnie md husband Wayne BAKER,
Mentone; three brothers, Wayne and wife Bernice REESE, Akron; Maynard and wife
Ann REESE, Argos; and Richard and wife Cora Jean REESE, Denver.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Services were 11 a.m. Friday at Foster and Good Funeral Home, Rochester. with
Rev. Don, BRENNEMEN officiating. Visitation was from 4-8 p.m. Thursday and from
9 a.m. to the hour of services on Friday. Burial was at the Rochester IOOF
Cemetery. The Rochester IOOF Lodge 47 conducted a memorial service in the
funeral home at 8 p.m. Thursday. The American Legion and VFW conducted military
graveside services at the cemetery Friday.
Saturday, May 30, 1998
Wayne LeRoy Knee
Aug. 21,1934 - May 23,1998
Wayne LeRoy KNEE. 63, Dickinson, Texas, died on Saturday, May 23, at his
residence.
Born to Everett and Henrietta KRAPLE KNEE in Elgin, Ill., he was a retired
employee of
McDonnell-Douglas Corp., Long Beach, Calif.
Survivors include his mother, Henrietta PETERS, Dickinson, Texas; one daughter,
Mrs. James (Pamela) PEMBERTON, Rochester, one son, James L. KNEE, Warsaw; one
sister, Mrs. Carol HARDING, Dickinson, Texas; seven grandchildren and one
great-grandchild.
Private family graveside services are Tbursday at the Rochester IOOF, Cemetery.
Rev. Bob WRACHFORD will officiate. Zimmerman Family Funeral Home, Rochester, is
handling arrangements.
Monday, June 1, 1998
Abagail Irene White
May 28,1998 - May 28,1998
. Infant Abagail Irene WHITE, one and one-half hours, South Bend, died at 6:59
p.m. Thursday at Memorial Hospital, South Bend.
She was born to Jason O. and Claudia I. McGRATH WHITE in South Bend.
Survivors include her parents, one sister, Victoria Kay WHITE, at home; maternal
grandparents are Greg and Debbie STEVENS McCANN, So. Bend, and Matt James
McGRATH, Owensboro, Ky.
Paternal grandmother is Rhonda Kay WHITE, South Bend. Paternal grandfather is
Glen Jay WHITE, Mishawaka.
Graveside services are at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Maple Grove Cemetery, Argos.
Grossman Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mable R. Burch
Aug. 2, 1907 - May 29, 1998
Mable R. BURCH, 90, Wabash, died at 5:55 p.m. Friday at Timbercrest Healthcare
Center, North Manchester.
Born in Fulton County to David and Lillian VanDUYNE KRATHWOHL, she married Max
BURCH on June 22, 1929 in Columbia City. He preceded in death on Feb. 6. 1996.
Mrs. Burch retired from General Tire and Rubber Company, Wabash, in 1970 after
26 years. She had also worked at Honeywell Inc., Wabash. She attended the Wabash
Friends Church but was a member of the Bethel United Methodist Church. In her
early years she belonged to the Rochester Evangelical United Brethren. She was
Chaplain of the Senior Citizen Club. She was a member of the General Tire
Retirement Club, a 51 year member of Farm Bureau, a charter member of the Wabash
AARP, and home demonstration club, Wabash. They moved to Wabash In 1981 after
living on farms in Fulton, Miami and Wabash Counties.
Survivors include one son, Robert L. BURCH, Wabash; four grandchildren; two
great-grandchildren.
Services are 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Grandstaff-Hentgen Manchester Avenue Chapel.
1177 Manchester Ave., Wabash. Rev. David PHILLIPS will officiate. Burial will be
in Falls Cemetery. Wabash. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. Friday at the funeral
home.
Tuesday, June 2, 1998
Donald R. Autrey
July 9, 1928 - May 26, 1998
Word has been received that Donald R. AUTREY, 69, died at his LaPorte residence.
Born in Chicago, Ill., he was a former resident of Letters Ford.
Survivors include his vafe, Ruth DAVIS AUTREY; two daughters, Sherry and husband
Bill WEAKMAN, Rochester, and Dianna and husband Jim VAUGHN, LaPorte; three sons,
Ron [AUTREY], Hanna, Dan [AUTREY], LaPorte, and Randy [AUTREY], Brunswick,
Maine; six grandchildren: two sisters, Reva LANE, Rochester, and Alice MURRIE,
Indianapolis; one brother, Everett [AUTREY], Georgetown, Texas.
Services were held May 22 in LaPorte wlth burial at Carmel Cemetery near LaPorte.
Mary A. Michael
Mary Adeline MICHAEL, 91, Denver, died 6:20 p.m. Monday at Millcr's Merry
Manor, Peru.
Arrangements are by McClain Funeral Home, Denver.
Wednesday, June 3, 1998
Mary A. Michael
Sept 27, 1906 - June 1, 1998
Mary Adeline MICHAEL, 91, Denver, died at 6:20 p.m. Monday at Miller's Merry
Manor, Peru.
Born in Miami County to Wilbur and Cora FISHTORN GLASSBURN, she married George
E. MICHAEL on June 18, 1925 in Saint Joseph, Mich. He preceded in death on Aug.
31, 1962.
Mrs. Michael was a homemaker.
Survivors include three children, Ray E. MICHAEL, Denver, Ruby GREEN, Myrtle
Beach, S.C., and Ronald L. MICHAEL, Mexico; nine grandchildren, three
great-grandchildren, two sisters, Grace KELLER and Jennie RIFE, both of Peru,
one brother, Oliver GLASSBURN, Denver.
She was precceded in death by her twin sister, Bernadine GLASSBURN and three
brothers, Carl [GLASSBURN], Sam [GLASSBURN] and Harold GLASSBURN.
Services are 2 p.m. Friday at McClain Funeral Home, Denver. Rev. Tim DEARDORFF
will officiate. Burial will be in Corinth Cemetery, Twelve Mile. Friends may
call from 4-8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Thursday, June 4, 1998
[no obits]
Friday, June 5, 1998
James Huddleston
May 28, 1936 - June 2, 1998
James L. HUDDLESTON, 62., 324 Wickersham st, Kokomo, died at 3:50 p.m. Tuesday
in Community Hospital.
He was born in Frankfort to William E. and Elizabeth FISHER HUDDLESTON.
On Nov. 17, 1984. in Kokomo, he married Irene ALLEN, who survives. He was a 1954
graduate of Frankfort High School. He was employed at the Chrysler Transmission
Plant where be was an inspector when he retired in 1987 after 30 years of
service. He was a member of United Auto Workers 685 and World Wide CB Club.
Surviving with his wife are three daughters Janet BASHAW, New York; Barbara and
Rex LAREW, Darlington; Melinda and Earl DANIELS, Ohio; one son, Marvin Toney
[HUDDLESTON], Kokomo; his father and step-mother, William E. and Neda Jo
HUDDLESTON, Rochester; one brother, Billy Joe and Penny HUDDLESTON, Rochester;
11 grandchildren and nieces and nephews. Preceding in death was his mother.
Ellers Mortuary Inc. is in charge of arrangements.
Floe Hedington
July 19, 1909 - June 4, 1998
Floe E. HEDINGTON, 88, 3002 S. Indiana 25, Warsaw. died Tbursday at her
residence.
She was born in Warsaw to Edward and Wilma GALL SHOEMAKER. On Dec. 7, 1932 she
married Sylvester "Chub" HEDINGTON who died Dec. 17, 1996. She was a
homemaker and lifetime area resident.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Frank (Martha) YATES, Warsaw, and Mrs. Larry
(Nancy) MELLOTT, Etna Green; one son, Joe and Linda HEDINGTON, Warsaw; six
grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; three sisters, Faye HEDINGTON and Bertha
SHOEMAKER, both of Warsaw, and Clara BOUTHILLER, California, and two brothers
Floyd SHOEMAKER, Warsaw, and Marshall SHOEMAKER, Flora. Preceding in death were
three sisters and one brother.
Services are 10:30 a.m. Monday at King Memorial Home, Mentone. Burial will be in
the Palestine Cemetery, Palestine. Friends may call from 5-8 p.m. Sunday.
Lawanda Fenstermaker
July 14,1938 - June 4,1998
Lawanda FENSTERMAKER, 59, 3648 W. 80th Place, Chicago, died at 11:15 a.m.
Thursday at her home.
She was born in Coldtron, Ky., to William and Nila HOLT ROGERS. She moved to
Chicago from Cincinnati, Ohio in 1958. On May 12, 1961, in Chicago, she married
Don L. FENSTERMAKER, formerly of Rochester, who survives. She was a beautician
with J. C. Penny Co. of Chicago for 17 years. She graduated from Wallens Creek
High School, Wallens, Ky., in 1955. She was a graduate of Capri Beauty School,
Chicago, and attended Midway Church of God, Chicago.
Surviving with her husband are one daughter, Rose and Victor WILCZYNSKI, Long
Beach, Calif; one son, Bill [FENSTERMAKER], Riverside, Calif.; her father,
William ROGERS, Chicago; one sister, Maureen OSBORNE, Wallens, Ky., and one
brother, Charles and Evelon ROGERS, Chicago. Preceding in death were her mother
and a twin brother who died in infancy.
Services are 10 a.m. Saturday at Blake-Lamb Funeral Home, 4727 West 103rd St.,
Chicago. Friends may call from 2-9 p.m. today. Graveside services are 11 a.m.
Monday at the Rochester IOOF Cemetery. Rev. David DITTMAN will officiate. Foster
and Good Funeral Home is in charge of local arrangements.
Saturday, June 6, 1998
[no obits]
Monday, June 8, 1998
Kathleen E. Lowe
Sept 5, 1909 - June 5, 1998
Kathleen E. LOWE, 88, Indianapolis, died at 10:40 p.m. Friday at St. Vincent's
Hospital,
Indianapolis.
Born in Macy to Benjamin and Mary BELT MULLICAN, she married Mark W. LOWE in
1945 In Indianapolis. He preceded her in death in 1973.
Mrs. Lowe graduated from Rochester High School in 1927. She was retired from
American States Insurance Company, Indianapolis.
Survivors include one step-daughter, Mrs. Patricia EPPRECHT, one step-son,
William LOWE, both of Long Island, N.Y., one sister, Mrs. Eileen BURNETT,
Indianapolis; three nephews; one niece.
Services are 11 a.m. Saturday at Mt. Olive United Methodist Church,
Indianapolis. Burial will be in Five Corners Cemetery, near Macy. There is no
visitation. Zimmerman Family Funeral Home, Rochester, is in charge of
arrangements. Memorial contributions may be made to Mt. Olive United Methodist
Church, 1449 S. High School Road, Indianapolis, 46241.
Josephine L. Adams
July 6, 1907 - June 7. 1998
Josephine L. ADAMS, 90, Culver, died at 7:10 p.m, Sunday at Miller's Merry
Manor. Culver.
Born in Leiters Ford to Edward and Muriel TRIMBLE COOK, she married A. E. ADAMS
on Oct. 8, 1938 in Culver. He preceded her in death on Oct. 8, 1979.
Mrs. Adams was a graduate of Culver High School and was retired accountant of 47
years from Culver Academies. She was a member of Wesley United Methodist Church,
Wesley United Methodist Women, Culver City Club, Culver Ektension Homemakers
Club, and the assistant site director of Culver Real Meals for many years.
Survivors include one daughter' Jeanne K. JOHNSON, Bloomington, Ill.; two
granddaughters Christine YOCUM, Atlanta, Ill.. Alison POINTS, Waverly, Ill.; one
grandson, Lincoln YOCUM, Bloomington, Ill.; two great-grandchildren, Cody YOCUM,
Atlanta, Ill, and Maranda POINTS, Waverly, Ill.
She was preceded in death by one sister and three brothers.
Services are 11 a.m. Wednesday at Wesley United Methodist Church, 511, School,
Culver. Rev. Daniel J. BERGER will officiate. Burial will be in Culver Masonic
Cemetery. Friends maycall from 4-8 p.m. Tuesday at Bonine Funeral Home, 104
Lakeshore Drive, Culver.
Memorials may be made to Wesley United Methodist Church or to Miller's Merry
Manor. Culver.
Anele S. Kovalskas
July 30, 191 0 -June 4, 1998
Anele S. KOVALSKAS. 87, Kewanna, died at 8:30 a.m. Thursday in Chicago, Ill.
Born in Lithuania to Adam and Elizabeth SLISIERIS, she married Vincas KOVALSKAS.
Mrs. Kovalskas was a homemaker and a member of St. Ann Catholic Church, Kewanna.
Survivors include one daughter Terese MERKELIS, Chicago, Ill.; 14 grandchildren;
20 great-grandchildren, one great-great-grandson.
Services are 2 p.m. today at St. Ann Cemetery, Kewanna. Rev. John ZAHN will
officiate. Burial will be in St. Ann Cemetery. There will be no visitation.
Byford B. Cox
Byford B. COX, 98, principal at Fulton High School in the 1930s, died May
19, 1998 in Mishawaka.
His wife survives.
Services were in Mishawaka.
Kyle Prater
Aug. 26, 1930 - June 6, 1998
Kyle PRATER, 67, Akron, died at 12:30 p.m., Saturday at Woodlawn Hospital,
Rochester.
Born in Myrtle, Ky. to Narmon and Maggie WILLIAMS PRATER, he married Anna Marie
HACKWORTH on Sept. 29, 1951 in Prestonburg, Ky. She survives.
Mr. Prater was retired from Wabash Alloy's.
Survivors includ three daughters, Mrs. Rick (Linda) MILLER, Battle Ground, Mrs.
Jim (Glenda) WANN, Kokomo, and Mrs. S. (Brenda) SMITH, Nappanee; three sons,
Chester and wife Terri PRATER, Bluffton, Jeff and wife Pam PRATER, Rochester,
and Norman and wife Kathy PRATER, Akron, 16 grandchildren, three brothers,
Conard PRATER, Prestonburg, Ky., Robie Gene PRATER, W. Virginia, and Roy PRATER,
Lexington, Ky.; one sister, Effie WILKINS, Lima, Ohio.
Services are 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Hartzler Funeral Home, Akron. Rev. Steve
FLECK will officiate. Burial will be in Akron Cemetery, Akron. Friends may call
from 5-8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Mary L. Norman
June 12,1915 - June 6,1998
Mary Louise NORMAN, 82, Silve Lake, died at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at her residence.
Born in Cincinnati, Ohio to William E. and Mary CHADWICK SPARKS, she married
Alva R. NORMAN on Feb. 6, 1942 in Orlando, Fla. He preceded her in death on Nov.
2, 1981.
Mrs. Norman resided in Silver Lake for 16 years coming from Akron, where she
resided most of her life. She retired from the former Torin Corporation,
Rochester, after 18 years of service. She was a member of Akron United Methodist
Church.
Survivors include two daughters, Nancy and husband Thomas WAITE, Silver Lake,
and Betty and husband Richard HOLLE, Monticello; four grandchildren, Dawn and
husband Leonard GAGNON and Samantha and husband Kenny ROGERS, and Mr. Ken GAULT,
all of Silver Lake and Alva HOLLE, Monticello; four great-grandchildren; one
sister Mrs. Dorothy GRIER, Orlando Fla.
She was preceded in death by her parents and a brother.
Services are 10 a.m Wednesday at the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Akron Rev.
Thomas D. CRAIG will officiate. Burial will be in Akron Cemetery. Friends may
call 4-8 p.m. Tuesday or from 9 a.m. to the time of service on Wednesday at the
funeral home. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society.
Helen G. Thompson
Dec. 6, 1916 - June 6, 1998
Helen G. HALTERMAN THOMPSON, 81, Merrillville, formerly of Rochester, died at
7:38 a.m. Saturday at VNA Mary E. Bartz Hospice Center, Valparaiso.
Born in Athens to Ben and Pearl GRAY HALTERMAN, she married Hubert D. THOMPSON
on Jan. 2, 1937 in Mishawaka. He preceded her in death on June 5, 1990.
Mrs, Thompson was a homemaker.
Survivors include one daughter, Michele and husband Tony MAKAREK, Crown Point;
one son, Dennis Lee THOMPSON,, Anderson, S.C.; four grandchildren, Nicole [MAKAREK]
and Megan MAKAREK, Crown Point, Rick THOMPSON, Lombard, Ill.. and Randy and wife
Cris THOMPSON, LaFrance, S.C.; two great-grandchildren, Brittany [THOMPSON] and
Alyssa THOMPSON, Lafrahce, S.C.; one sister, Edna DIETCHLEY, Mishawaka.
She was preceded in death by her parents, a stepmother, Nellie BRYANT, five
sisters and three brothers.
Services are 11 a.m. Tuesday at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester. Rev.
Junior BOSE will officiate. Burial will be in Rochester I.O.O.F. cemetery.
Friends may call from 5-8 p.m. today or from 9 a.m. through the hour of services
on Tuesday. Memorials may be male to the VNA Mary E. Bartz Hospice American
Cancer Society or the American Diabetes Association.
Tuesday, June 9, 1998
[no obits]
Wednesday, June 10, 1998
Juanita Brown
Oct 21, 1911 - June 7, 1998
Juanita BROWN, 86, Fort Wayne, died at 6:20 p.m. Sunday in Fort Wayne. .
Bori in Indianapolis to William and Margaret STRAUSBURG WEAVER, she married
Albert BROWN. He preceded her in death in 1992.
Mrs. Brown retired in 1974 from Woodlavm Hospital, Rochester.
Survivors include three daughters, Mary FULTZ, Waterloo, Janet MEYERS, Fort
Wayne, and Nancy HUNTER, Jensen Beach, Fla.; two sons, Guy E. BOOKOUT and Daniel
H. FULTZ, both of Fort Wayne; seven stepdaughters, Virginia SCOTT, Corpus
Christi, Texas, Helen DILLON, San Martin, Calif., Betty JURY, Angola, Nancy
FALLS and Patricia BEISNER, both of Fort Wayne, Dorothy BRUICK, New Haven, and
Carol KASPER, St. John; one stepson, Edward FULTZ, Waterloo: 44 grandchildren;
55 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren.
Services were at 11 a.m. today at the D. O. McComb & Sons Lakeside Park
Funeral Home, 1140 Lake Ave., Fort Wayne. Rev. Thomas E. SMITH officiated.
Burial will be in I.O.O.F. Cemetery, New Haven. Friends called from 2-5 and 7-9
p.m. Tuesday and one hour before services today at the funeral home. Memorials
may be made to American Heart Arsociation or Ronald McDonald House,
Indianapolis.
Frederick W. Hilberg
Oct. 27, 1924 - June 7, 1998
Frederick W. HILBERG. 93, Rochester. formerly of Argos, died 12:55 p.m. Sunday
at Life Care Center, Rochester.
Born in Baltimore, Md. to Peter and Elizabeth GRIEF HILBERG, he married Ruby B.
KANARR on June 17, 1953 in Elkton, Va, She died in 1981.
Mr. Hilberg managed the meat department at the Park & Shop Grocery, Argos,
and was an agent with Purina Life Insurance Co. He resided with his
granddaughter Vicki and husband Arvine ELCHERT near Fulton for the lastt eight
years.
Survivors include ont son, Bud HILBERT, Baltimore, Md; 10 grandchildren; eight
great-grandchildren
Graveside services are at 11 a.m. Thursday at Oak Hill Cemetery, Plymouth. There
will be no visitation or viewing. Arrangements are by Grossman Funeral Home,
Argos.
EX-RESIDENT DIES
Hattie Marie CRALL LEE TRAPA, 85, died May 5 in Auburn, Calif.
A native of the Beaver Dam-Akron area, she moved to California in the early
1940s and worked at ITT Canon for 30 years. She was acffve in the Church of God
from early childhood.
Survivors include a son and a daughter, Ralph LEE and Janice BARRETT, both of
Los Angeles; four grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; a brother, Estel CRALL,
Rochester; and a sister, Georgia ZIZI, Pasa Robles, Calif. She was preceded in
death by her first husband, Guy LEE; a daughter, Janie [LEE]; her second
husband, Julius TRAPA; and a brother, Clarence CRALL, El Monte, Calif.
Inteterment was at Forest Lavrn Memorial Park in Glendale, Calif.
Thursday, June 11, 1998
Dorothy J. Mitchell
Dorothy J. MITCHELL, 60, 1220 W. 9th St., died 6:22 a.m. today at Woodlawn
Hospital.
Arrangements are pending at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester.
Friday, June 12, 1998
Dorothy J. Mitchell
Dec. 13, 1937 - June 11, 1998
Dorothy Jean MITCHELL, 60, 1220 W. Ninth St., 6:22 a.m. Thursday at Woodlawn
Hospital, Rochester.
Born in Chicago, Ill. to Edward and Joanne GROOT MUCHA, she married Lawrence F.
"Larry" MITCHELL on Sept. 22, 1956 in Chicago, Ill. He survives at
home.
Mrs. Mitchell was a homemaker and ladies apparel department manager at Wal-Mart,
Rochester, for seven years. She was a sales clerk at Spurgeons, Rochester, for
11 years, and worked at Mitchell's General Store, Lake Cicott, from 1974-79. She
was a member of the Eagles Lodge, Rochester, and NRA of America. She enjoyed
gardening and camping.
Survivors include one daughter, Laura TODD, Rochester; three grandchildren,
Autumn [PETRIE] and Mitchell PETRIE,.Logansport, and Jennifer TODD, Rochester;
her mother, Joanne MUCHA, Blue Island, Ill.: twin brothers, Donald and wife
Gerry MUCHA, Nonce, Ill., and John and wife, Janet MUCHA, Tinley Park, Ill.; one
brother, Wayne and wife, Linda MUCHA, Bethesda, Md.; uncle and aunt, Albert and
wife, Gladys BURBA, Palos Heights, Ill.; aunt, Stella MUCHA, Palos Heights, Ill
.
She was preceded in death by her father in 1981, a daughter, Debra A. PETRIE in
May 1995, and an aunt, Dorothy BURBA in 1956.
Services are 1 p.m. Sunday at Foster & Good Fun6ral Home, Rochester. Rev.
Rod RUBERG will officiate. Burial will be in Citizens Cemetery, Rochester.
Friends may call from 2-6 p.m. Saturday and one hour prior to service on Sunday.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Hope Hospice, Rochester.
Gerald D. Miller
Gerald D. MILLER, 80, Springfield, Ill., died June 8, 1998.
He was the son of Omer and Pearl ZIMMERMAN MILLER. He married Kathryn STEMMEL.
She preceded him in death. He then married May RUGGLES on June 10, 1958. She
survives in Springfield, Ill.
Survivors include one daughter, one son, 15 grandchildren, 19
great-grandchildren all of Springfield, Ill.; one sister, Mary LEININGER, Akron.
He was preceded in death by two sons, four brothers and two sisters.
Robert E. Johnson
Jan. 9, 1918 -June 10, 1998
Robert E. JOHNSON, 80, Culver, died at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at Miller's Merry
Manor, Culver.
Born in LaPorte County to John and Jenny SURNS JOHNSON, he married Donna PATESEL
on May 28, 1955 in Michigan City. She survives.
Mr. Johnson was a carpenter and was a member of Carpenters Union Local 1485 for
48 years. He vras a member of the Eagles of Culver and lived in Culver for 35
years.
Survivors include one daughter, Cynthia and husband Dennis REICHARD, Rochester,
four sons, Robert Jr. and wife Helen JOHNSON, Michigaan City, Kevin and wife
Debbie JOHNSON, Sven JOHNSON, Brian and wife Jill JOHNSON, all of Culver one
sister, Rosemary JOHNSON, Michigan City; 10 grandchildren, two
great-grandchildren.
There will be no funeral services. Burial will be in Culver Masonic Cemetery,
Culver. Friends may call from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Van Gilder Funeral Home,
300 W. Madison St., Plymouth. Memorials may be made to Marshall County Hospice
Saturday, June 13, 1998
[no obits]
Monday, June 15, 1998
Kenneth Skinner
Kenneth SKINNER, 79, 321 W. North St., Akron, died 4:46 a.m. today at
Woodlawn Hospital, Rochester.
Arrangements are pending at Hutzler Funeral Home, Akron.
Dr. Joseph S. Bean
May 27, 1923 - June 10, 1998
Dr. Joseph Stratton BEAN, 75, Culver, a winter resident of Green Valley, Ariz.
until 1987, died 2:25 p.m. Wednesday at St. Vincent's Hospital, Indianapolis.
Born in Rockville to Oakley R. and Gladys J. STRATTON BEAN, he married Mary
Margaret SHERIDAN on Dec. 28. 1945 in Greencastle. She survives in Culver.
Dr. Bean was a U.S., Army veteran of World War II and the Korean War. He was.
Medical Director of Indianapolis City Hospital (Wishard Hospital) from 1949 to
1953. In 1958, he completed his radiology residency became a founding partner of
Associated Radiologists, Inc., Logansport. He retired in 1980.
Dr. Bean was a member of the American Medical Association, member and past
president of both the Cass County Medical Society and the Fifth District Medical
Society. He was a member of the Indiana State Medical Society and the
Radiological Society of North America. He was a past member of the Logansport
Rotary Club and Logansport Elks Lodge. In Green Valley he was a member of the
Kiwanis Club and the Green Valley Masonic Lodge 71. He was a life member of the
Military Order of World Wars, Indianapolis Scottish Rite, and from 1984 to 1998
he was a member of the Board of Directors and Vice president of Geneology for
Clan Mac-Bean of North America, Inc.
Survivors include two sons, Dr. John R. and wife Sara BEAN, Lebanon, and James
D. and wife Cindy BEAN, Lafayette; seven grandchildren, Margaret Sheridan
"Megan" BEAN, Brian [BEAN], Richard [BEAN], Rachael M. [BEAN], Andrew
Stratton [BEAN], Kaley Rebecca [BEAN] and Joseph Jamison BEAN.
He was preceded in death by one son and daughter-in-law, George Stratton and
Mary Elizabeth BEAN.
Memorial services are at 2 p.m., June 27, at Trinity Episcopal Church,
Logansport. Rev. Douglas P. JOHNSON will officiate. Committal service will be at
4 p.m., June 27, at Culver Masonic Cemetery, Culver. Friends may call from 1-2
p.m., June 27, at Trinity Episcopal Church. Memorials may be made to Trinity
Episcopal Church or any favorite charity.
Kroeger Funeral Home, Logansport is in charge of arrangements.
Ella P. Trinoskey
Jan 10, 1907 - June 13, 1998
Pearl TRINOSKEY, 91, Logansport, formerly of Nyona Lake, died 7:43 a.m. Saturday
at Logansport Memorial Hospital.
Born in Sharpsvi
Sharpsville to Fred and Esta McCORKLE JARRETT, she married Leo C. TRINOSKEY on
Aug. 25, 1940 in Kokomo. He died May 10, 1973.
Mrs. Trinoskey was a long-time employee of Heckathorn's Restaurant, Nyona Lake.
She was a member of Sharpsville Order of the Eastern Star and Calvary
Presbyterian Church, Logansport.
Survivors include two sons, Kenneth TRINOSKEY, Kokomo, and Charles TRINOSKEY,
Logansport; one daughter, Mrs. Delphina RADERSTORF, Clarksville, Tenn.; one
stepson, Leo C. TRINOSKEY Jr.. Kokomo; one step-daughter, Mrs. Caroline DUNCAN,
Kokomo; one brother, Albert JARRETT, Fishers, nine grandchildren: 11
great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by one brother and three sisters.
Services are at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Zimmerman Family Funeral Home, Fulton. Rev.
John ARNOLD will officiate. Burial will be in Fulton Cemetery. Friends may call
from 4-8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Eastern Star Service will be 7:45 p.m.
Monday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Home Care Hospice,
Logansport.
Claris L. O'Connell
Feb. 10, 1923 - June 13, 1998
Claris Lee O'CONNELL, 75, Laketon, died 5 a.m., Saturday, in Wabash.
Born in Rochest6r to Clarence and Goldie BRYANT O'CONNELL, he married Marjorie
M. PATKUS on March 29, 1947. She survives.
Mr. O'Connell retired from GenCorp, Wabash after 35 years of service. He was a
World War II Navy veteran, and a member of the American Legion Post 15, Wabash.
Survivors include two soiis, Danny L. O'CONNELL, Kokomo, and Michael D.
O'CONNELL, New Paris; two sisters, Ina Belle and husband George TRAVER,
Lafontaine, and Sharon and husband Joe MORRIS, Rochester; three grandchildren,
one great-grandchild.
He was preceded in eath by one sister.
5ervices are at 2 p.m.Tuesday, at DeLaughter-McKee M'ortuary, N. Manchester.
Rev. Don FISHER will officiate. Burial will be in Athens Cemetery. Friends may
call from 5-8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Tuesday, June 16, 1998
Hubert L. VanLue
Dec 13, 1913 - June 14, 1998
Hubert L. VanLUE, 84, Indianapolis, died Sunday at Community Hospital, South,
Indianapolis.
Born in Rochester to James W. and Tincy FULTZ VanLUE, he married Edith M.
HALTERMAN on Sept. 17 1938 in St. Joseph County. She died in January, 1997,
Mr. VanLue worked in management for the Oliver Tractor Corporation for 33 years.
He retired in 1972. He was a member of the Plainfield Masonic Lodge 653 F&AM
Survivors include two daughters, Joyce A. WHITE, W. Va., and Sandra K. SLONE,
Indianapolis; one son, David L. VanLUE, Speedway; one sister, Katherine BARKMAN,
Rochester: eight grandchildren; four great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by two sisters, Willetta MILLER and Anna BOESE, and two
brothers, Orvan [VanLUE] and Leonard VanLUE.
Services are 11:30 a.m. Wednesday in the G.H. Herrmann Madison Chapel,
Indianapolis. Burial will be in Washington Park East Cemetery, Indianapolis.
Friends may call trom 5-8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Memorials may be
made to the American Heart Association.
Kenneth A. E. Skinner
Jan. 3, 1919 - June 15, 1998
Kenneth A. E. SKINNER, 79, Akron, died 4:46 a.m. Monday at Woodlawn Hospital,
Rochester.
Born in Grover, Colo. to Asahel anc Esther VERTS SKINNER, he married Catherine
SNEDDON on Jan. 3, 1941 in Littleton, Colo. She survives.
Mr. Skinner was a generator and engine electric repairman. He moved to Akron in
1996 from Chugiak, Alaska, where they lived for 25 years. He was a life member
of the National Rifle Association, the Operation Respect Organization and North
Valley Rifle and Pistol Club.
Survivors include one daughter, Kathryn and husband David NICHOLS, Denver,
Colo.; three sons, Kenneth W. SKINNER, Buckeye, Ariz., Donald E. SKINNER,
Arvada, Colo.,and Ronald E. SKINNER, Rochester; 14 grandchildren, several
great-grandchildren; one brother, Harold SKINNER, Ariz.
He was preceded in death by one son, Robert C. SKINNER, who died in 1973.
Services are at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Hartzler Funeral Home, Akron. Rev. Larry
Klein will officiate. Burial will be in Akron Cemetery. Friends may call one
hour before services Friday.
Wednesday, June 17, 1998
Estel "Lee" Helvie
Dec 7, 1952 - June 16, 1998
Estel "Lee" HELVIE, 45, died 8 p.m. Tuesday at his Fulton residence.
Born in Logansport to Leonard and Ruby W. BLACKMAN HELVIE, he was a U.S. Navy
veteran, stationed in Iceland and Norfolk, Va. He was employed at Nelson Tube
and a member of the United Paperworkers International Union Local 7472, and the
Logansport Eagles. He enjoyed NASCAR racing and Indiana University Basketball.
He was a fan of Rusty Wallace and Bobby Knight.
Survivors include one sister, Sandra Kay RANCEA, Logansport; two sisters-in-law,
Stephanie [HELVIE] and Lovette HELVIE; many nieces, nephews and cousins; and
companion Darlene MUSSELMAN.
Preceding in death are two brothers, James W. HELVIE Sr. and Edward Scott
"Scottie" HELVIE Sr.
Services are 1 p.m. Friday at Kroeger Funeral Home , 711 E. Market St.,
Logansport. Rev. Horace SMITH will officiate. Burial will be in Davis Cemetery,
Cass County, with military honors. Friends may call from 3-8 p.m. Thursday at
the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the Heart Fund.
J. Brent McAllister
Oct. 29, 1969 - June 16, 1998
J. Brent McALLISTER, 28, 1725 Colonial Drive, died 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, in
Indianapolis.
He was born in Rochester to James W. and Harriet E. BONINE McALLISTER. His
father preceded in death on Feb. 16, 1984. His mother survives.
Mr. McAllister was a press operator for Arcox Manufacturing, Inc., Rochester,
and a member of the First Presbyterian Church. He graduated frorn Rochester High
School in 1988.
Survivors include one sister, Gwen and husband Bryan MORETT, Dallas, Texas; two
half-sisters, Martha SHARP, Chetoka, Okla.. and Brenda McALLISTER, Pekin, Ill.;
two nieces, Leslie Jill TYSON, Dallas, Texas, and Jennifer SANDALL, Pekin, Ill.;
three nephews, Christophe MORETT, Dallas, Texas, Martin TYSON, Austin, Texas,
and Mathew SANDALL, Pekin, Ill.; one aunt, Lou Jean and husband Douglas LOVVORN,
Stamford, Texas; two uncles, James and wife Rosalie BONINE, Culver, and J. Neil
McALLISTER, Woodbridgc, Suffolk, England.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at First Presbyterian Church, Rochester, with
Rev. Rob CRYTZER officiating. Burial will be in Culver Masonic Cemetery. Friends
may call from 2-6 p.m. Sunday at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochesfer, or
at First Presbyterian Church one hour prior to services. Memorials may be made
to the First Presbyterian Church., Rochester.
Thursday, June 18, 1998
Bryce A. Dague
Bryce Andrew DAGUE was still-born at 8:48 p.m. Wednesday at al Hospital,
Logansport.
Arrangements are pending at McCloskey-Hamtlton-Gundrum Funeral Home, Logansport.
Charles J. Murphy
Oct. 28, 1934 - June 17, 1998
Charles John MURPHY, 63, Tiosa, died I p.m. Wednesday at Woodlawn Hospital,
Rochester.
Born in Ashford Station, N.Y. to Daniel W. and Myrtle RIFENBARK MURPHY, he
married Ruth A. GALBREATH WOGOMON on Oct. 11, 1968 in Plymouth. She survives.
Mr. Murphy owned and operated Auto Body Repair Shop, Tiosa. He served in the
U.S. Navy from 1951 to 1955 in the Korean War. He enjoyed raccoon and squirrel
hunting as a member of the Fulton County Coon Hunters Association. He was a
naval boxer and enjoyed boxing, football and NASCAR racing.
Survivors include five sons, Lance P. and wife Lisa MURPHY, Frewsburg, N.Y.,
Wesley D. MURPHY and companion Kathy YOUNG, North Manchester, Donald and wife
Nancy WOGOMON, Jerry A. and wife Charlene WOGOMON, and Roy L. and wife Sheila
WOGOMON, all of Tiosa; 15 grandchildren; one great-granddaughter; two brothers,
Daniel MURPHY, Lon Beach, Calif., and Arthur MURPHY, Dunkirk, N.Y.; one
brother-in-law, James GALBREATH at home.
He was preceded in death by four brothers.
Services are at 2 p.m. Saturday at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester.
Rev. Glen HUGHES will offlciate. Burial will be in Richland Center Cemetery.
American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars will perform military graveside
rites. Friends may call from 6-8 p.m. Friday or one hour prior to services
Saturday.
Friday, June 19, 1998
Richard W. Cross
Nov. 4, 1947 - June 17, 1998
Richard W. CROSS M.D., 50, Warsaw, died 8:48 p.m. Wednesday at Kosciusko
Community Hospital, Warsaw.
Born in Muskegon, Mich., to Wesley and Dorothy LaNORE CROSS, he married Carole
FRANKLIN in Indianapolis in 1972.
Dr. Cross was the owner of Clinical Gynecology, Inc. and Breast Diagnostics,
Warsaw. He was a 1968 graduate of Indiana University and received his M.D.
degree In 1972 from IU Medical Center. He did his residency at IU Medical
Center, was board certified, F.A.C.O.G. in Dec. 1977 and received initial
accreditation by ACR in Mammography in August, 1991.
He was a Diplomat of the American Board OB/GYN and the American Medical
Association, a board member of the American Society of Breast Disease. He
received the 1995 Profile in Progress Awareness Achievement Award as part of
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
He was a member of National Alliance of Breast Cancer Organizations, American
Cancer Society, Women Winning Against Cancer, Society for the Study of Breast
Disease, National Consortium of Breast Centers, National Breast Cancer Coalition
and Indiana Breast Cancer Coalition. At Kosciusko Community Hospital he was on
the surgical committee, the executive committee and was vice president of the
medical staff
He spoke before various professtonal and social groups, particularly on matters
related to breast cancer and mammography. H helped fund the Breast Cance
Coalition at the state and national levels.
Survivors include his mother Mrs. Wesley (Dorothy) CROSS Winona Lake; two
sisters, Joann WALDO, Fort Collins, Colo., an Mrs. Robert (Barbara) LEMBKE
Rochester.
Services are 7 p.m. Saturday a McHattoh-Sadler Funeral Chapel Warsaw. Rev. Randy
PACKER wil officiate. Burial will be private. Friends may call from 4-7 p.m.
Saturday at the funeral home.
Bryce A. Dague
June 17, 1998 - June 17, 1998
Bryce Andrew DAGUE Kewanna, was stillborn at 8:4 p.m. Wednesday at Memoria
Hospital, Logansport,
Survivors include his parents, Andrew J. and Janet S. REE DAGUE, Kewanna;
paternal grand parents, Jim and Peggy DAGUE, Kewanna; maternal grandparents, Dan
and Pat REEF, Logansport, paternal great-grandparents, Joe and Dorothy DAGUE,
Kewanna, and Dean and Helen MOSS, Twelve Mile; Maternal great-grandmother, Lois
DOUGLAS, Lawndale, III; several aunts, uncles and cousins.
Graveside services are at 11 a.m. Saturday at Metea Cemetery. Rev. Bryan CLEMENS
will ottleiate. There will be no visitation.
Ruby M. Smith
Jan. 26, 1902 - June 19, 1998
Ruby M. SMITH, 96, Winona Lake, formerly of Kewanna, died 5:30 a.m. today at her
residence.
Born near Kewanna to Pete and Nancy St. CLAIR METZGER, she married Lafayette J.
SMITH in Westfield on Aug. 3, 1929. He died Feb. 28, 1994.
Mrs. Smith was a homemaker and a member of United Methodist Church, Kewanna,
Susanah Wesley Circle of the Church and the Worthwhile Club.
Survivors include several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by three sisters.
Graveside services will be at 1:3 0 p.m. Saturday at the Citizens I.O.O.F.
Cemetery, Kewanna. Rev. Todd WILSON will officia:e. There will be no visitation.
Harrison-Metzger Funeral Home, Kewanna, is in charge of arrangements.
Emma G. Shaw
Nov. 28, 1906 - June 17, 1998
Former Fulton resident Emma G. SHAW, 91, Lake Worth, Fla., died 10:15 p.m.
Wednesday at her residence.
Born in Pulaski County to William and Minnie DuPRE MILLER, she married John
Henry SHAW on June 30, 1940 in Plymouth. He died Dec. 26, 1977.
Mrs. Shaw was a retired seamstress and a member of the Luceme Order of the
Eastern Star 261.
Survivors include a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Maxy Lou FRANKS, Lake Worth, Fla.; two
grandsons, Donald FRANKS Jr., Waynesv!dle, Mo., and Rick FRANKS, 3pokane, Wash.;
several stepchildren and great-grandchildren. .
She was preceded in leath by one son, Donald FRANKS, Sr. on Dec. 7, 1996.
Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Fulton Cemetery. Rev. Lonnie
PETERS will officiate. There will be no visitation.
Saturday, June 20, 1998
Richard W. Cross
Nov. 4, 1947 - June 17, 1998
Richard W. CROSS M.D., 50, Warsaw, died 8:48p.m., Wednesday at Kosciusko
Community Hospital, Warsaw.
Born in Muskegon, Mich., to Wesley and Dorothy LaNORE CROSS, he
married Carole FRANKLIN in Indianapolis in 1972.
Dr. Cross was the owner of Clinical Gynecology, Inc. and Breast Diagnostics,
Warsaw. He was a 1968 graduate of Indiana University and received his M.D.
degree in 1972'from IU Medical Center. He did his residency at TU Medical
Center, was board certified, F.A.C.O.G. in Dec. 1977 an(Lreceived initial
accreditation by ACR in Mammography in August, 1991.
He was a Diplomat of theAmerican Board OB/GYN and the American Medical
Association, a.board member of the American Society of Breast Disease. He
received the 1995 Profile in Progress Awareness Achievement Award as part of
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
He was a member of National Alliance of Breast Cancer Organizations. American
Cancer Society, Women Winning Against Cancer, Society for the Study of Breast
Disease, National Consortium of Breast Centers, National Breast Cancer Coalition
and Indiana Breast Cancer Coalition. At Kosciusko Community Hospital he was on
the surgical committee, the executive committee and was vice president of the
medical staff
He spoke before various professional and social groups, particularly on matters
related to breast cancer and mammography. He helped fund the Breast Cancer
Coalition at the state and national levels.
Survivors include two sons, Jason Alexander [CROSS] and Benjamin Justin CROSS
both of Warsaw: his mother, Mrs. Wesley (Dorothy) Cross, Winona Lake; two
sisters, Joanne WALDO, Fort Collins, Colo., and Mrs. Robert (Barbara) LEMBKE,
Rochester.
Services are 7 p.m. Saturday at MeHatton-Sadler Ftincial Chapel, Warsaw. Rev.
Randy Packer will officiate. Burial will be private. Friends may call from 4-7
p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
Monday, June 22, 1998
Samuel, Helen Mitchell Brewer
A graveside memorial service for Samuel H. [BREWER] and Helen A. MITCHEL
BREWER will be held at 11:30 a.m., Saturday at IOOF Cemetery, Rochester. Rev.
Chris Dodson will officiate.
Ronald G. Price Sr.
April 8,1921 - June 20,1998
Ronald G. "Bud" PRICE Sr., 77, Sebring, Fla., formerly of the Plymouth
and Bourbon area, died 1:58 a.m. Saturday at the Highland Regional Medical
Center, Sebring, Fla.
Born to Owen E. and Ethel YORK PRICE in Bourbon, he married Helen B. EMY on May
1, 1937 in Valparaiso. She survives.
Mr. Price attended Bourbon High School. He was a U.S. Navy veteran stationed at
Pearl Harbor during World War II. He retired from Moorman Manufacturing in 1979
after 30 years.
He was a member of Plymouth Church of the Brethren and the Mt. Pleasant Church
of Bourbon, He enjoyed fishing and traveling.
Survivors include two sons Ronald G. and wife Susan PRICE. Altus, Okla., and Van
A. and wife Diana PRICE, Plymouth; one daughter, Rita M. PRICE SIMPSON and
husband Jack, Mentone; eight grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren, one
brother-in-law, Don ARNOLD, Syracuse.
He was preceded in death by his parents and two sisters, Elizabeth ARNOLD and
Retha BOLES.
Services are at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Plymouth Church of the Brethren. Rev.
Paul NYE nd Rev. Vernon MITCHELL will officiate. Burial wiIl be in Oakhill
Cemetery, Plymouth. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. Wednesday at the
Johnson-Danielson Funeral Home, 1100 N. Michigan St., Plymouth, or for one hour
prior to the service on Thursday at the church. Memorials may be made to the
Church of the Brethren, Plymouth.
Tuesday, June 23, 1998
Kenneth L. "Tony" Miller
May 12, 1919 - June 22, 1998
Kenneth L. "Tony" MILLER, 79, 4634 North 500 died 8:30 p.m. Monday at
St. Joseph Community Hospital, Mishawaka.
Born in Rochester to Fred R. and Esther M. FORD MILLER, he married Willetta
VanLUE MINGLIN on Sept. 15, 1967 near Rochester. She died April 15, 1996.
Mr. Miller was a retired plumber and steamfitter. He was a member of the Plumber
and Steamfitters Union Local 166. Fort Wayne. He was past president of the AARP
in Fulton County, a World War II U.S. Army veteran of Europe and the Paciflc. He
was stationed in Honolulu, Hawaii during the attack on Pearl Harbor. He was a
member of the American Legion, Post 36, Rochester, and a member of Mt. Hope
United Methodist Church, Culver.
Survivors include one daughter, Rosa and husband Robert METZGER, Rochester; one
son, Richard MINGLIN, Warsaw; five grandchildren, Deborah METZGER,,Valparaiso,
Steven METZGER, Rochester, Stephanie [MINGLIN], Shawn [MINGLIN] and Aaron
MINGLIN, Warsaw. He, was preceded in death by his parents, his stepmother,
Carrie GREER in 1983, one brother, Paul [MILLER], and a cousin, "Doc"
H. MILLER, with whom he was raised as a brother.
Services are at 10 a.m. Thursday at Poster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester.
Rev. Mark KLINE will officiate. Burial will be in Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery
where American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars will perform military rites.
Friends may call from 6-8 p.m. Wrdnesday and after 9 a.m. Thursday at the
funeral home. Memorials may be made to the Mt. Hope United Methodist Church.
Wednesday, June 24, 1998
A Fulton County jail inmate apparently hanged himself in his cell early
today.
Jamie BECKER, 25, formerly of Lot 74, Four asons Mobile Home Court, was found
hanging from the bars of his cell, at 2:12 a.m. by a jailer making rounds,
according to Fulton County Prosecutor Rick Brown.
Becker was awaiting transport to Indiana state prison. He was sentenced Aprfl 27
to eight years, two suspended, for dealing cocaine.
"Preliminary indications are that Becker was distraught over an impending
break-up of his marriage," Brown wrote in his release. Becker's wife,
Teresa [BECKER], also is charged with dealing in cocaine. She is free on bail.
She gave birth in late March to the couple's child.
Brown wrote that Becker was in bed when a jailer made a cell check at 1:15 a.m.
His death was discovered during the next check, 2:12 a.m.
He was immediately cut down by the jailer and a deputy. Brown said Becker
evidently found a piece of cloth somewhere in his cell to wrap around his neck.
He said jail cameras did not record the incident.
Brown said nobody else in the cell block reported hearing or seeing Becker's
suicide.
Indiana State Police Det. Gary BOYLES was called to investigate. The body was
taken to Wabash County Hospital today for an autopsy.
Court records state Becker pleaded guilty to the cocaine dealing charge. As part
of his plea agreement, the charge was reduced and an additional charge of
dealing cocaine within 1.000 feet of a public park was dismissed.
Court records say he sold the cocaine to a police informant on March 21, 1996.
On March 19 Becker's attorney asked the court for an emergency order to let
Becker leave the county jail so he could attend the birth of the couple's child
at Logansport Memorial Hospital. The motion was denied.
The Beckers lost an infant son, Gaige [BECKER], in October 1995 to a disease the
four-week-old caught from a pet iguana in the couple's home.
Thursday, June 25, 1998
Orville C. Vigar
Feb. 13, 1922 - June 24, 1998
Orville C. VIGAR, 76, 237 West 300 South, died 5:45 p.m.. Wednesday at
Logansport Memorial Hospital.
Born Delaware, Ohio, to Clyde and Elizabeth FRANKER VIGAR, he married Regina
BURNS on March 29, 1941 in Peru. She survives.
Mr. Vigar was a farmer and a member of the Riverview Community Church.
Survivors include one daughter, Bonnie and husband Ron KEELE, Rochester, two
sons, Jim L. and Roger W. VIGAR, both of Rochester; six grandchildren; four
great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Lucy SMITH, Rochester, and Mrs. Mildred
TOWNSEND, Roann; one brother, Harley Glen VIGAR, Tippecanoe.
He was preceded in death by one sisier and two brothers.
Services are at 10 a.m. Saturday at Zimmerman Family Funeral Home. Rev. Rod
RUBERG will officiate. Burial will be in Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetexy. Friends
may call from 6-8 p.m. Friday and after 9 a.m. Saturday. Memorials may be made
to Indian Heart Fund.
Jamie E. Becker
Mar.6,1973-June24,1998
Jamie Edward BECKER, 25, 705 E. 4tli St., Lot 74, died 2:12 a.m. Wednesday.
Born in Elwood to Dennis H. and Norma STICKLER BECKER. he married Teresa WILHITE
on May 24, 1995 in Rochester. She survives.
Mr. Becker was a past employee of Nubiano's Pizza, Rochester, and had worked as
a drywaller in the Rochester area.
Survivors include one daughter, Anaisha Skye BECKER, Akron; one son, Talyn
Jaymes BECKER, Akron; his mother, Norma BECKER, Nappanee; his father, Dennis H.
BECKER, Rochester; one brother Michael Dale BECKER, New Paris.
He was preceded in death by a son, G aige Alyn Becker on Oct. 2, 1995.
Graveside services will be at 10 a.m., Friday at Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery.
Friends may call one hour prior to the services at Foster & Good Funeral
Home, Rochester.
Friday, June 26, 1998
Burl L. Scott
Feb. 15, 1925 - June 26, 1998
Burl L. SCOTT, Warsaw, died 12:11 a.m., Friday at Kosciusko Community Hospital,
Warsaw.
Born in Huntington to Frank and Elsie SPARKS SCOTT, he married Flossie L. HEITZ
on Dec. 16, 1944. She preceded in death on Dec. 31, 1992, He married Sadie MAUZY
on Feb. 25, 1995. She survives.
Mr. Scott retired in 1978 after working 27 years at K-Mart Distribution Center,
Fort Wayne. He was a U.S. Army veteran stationed in the Philippines during World
War II.
Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Kay CLARK, Westfield, Mrs. Terry (Peggy)
HENRY, Warsaw, and Mrs. Dail (Jan) BARBER, Akron; one brother, LeRoy SCOTT,
Andrews, one sister, Mrs. Orval (Fern) KELLAM, Huntington; five grandchildren;
one great-grandchild.
He was preceded in death by two brotlhers.
Services are at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at Titus Funeral Home, Warsaw. Rev. Merrill
HARTMAN will officiate. Burial will be in Lancaster Cemetery, Huntington.
Friends may call from 2-8 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to the American Lung Association, 319 South Main, South
Bend, IN 46601.
Saturday, June 27, 1998
[no obits]
Monday, June 29, 1998
Michael D. Morton
June 25, 1998 - June 25, 1998
Michael David MORTON was stillborn at 10:27 p.m. Thursday at Home Hospital,
Lafayette.
Survivors include his parents, Robert and Christina WYLIE MORTON, Flora;
paternal grandparents, Douglas and Lois MORTON, Rochester; paternal
great-grandparents, Paul and Mary Anna MORTON, Naples, Fla., and Richard BAILEY,
Winamac; maternal grandparents are John and Mary Sue WYLIE, Terre Haute.
Private services will be Tuesday. Arrangements are being handled by Reinke
Funeral Home, Flora.
Dorothy M. Fultz
May 11, 1919 -June 28, 1998
Dorothy M. FULTZ, 79, Kewanna, died 11:04 p.m. Sunday at Memorial Hospital,
Logansport.
Born in Wayne township to James M. and Millie ZELDER CUNNINGHAM, she married
Robert F. FULTZ on Feb. 28, 1943 in Pulaski County. He died March 3, 1988.
Mrs. Fultz was a homemaker and a member of Grass Creek United Methodist Church
and the Ladies Aid. A 1937 graduate of Grass Creek High School, she enjoyed
gardening.
Survivors include one daughter, Shirley J. FULTZ, Kewanna, one sister, Gale
"Lucille" SLATER, Fulton, and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by one brother, Everett CUNNINGHAM.
Services are at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Harrison-Metzger Funeral Home, Royal
Center Chapel. Rev. Don REED will officiate. Burial will be in Grass Creek
Cemetery. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. Tuesday and from 8 a.m. until services
Wednesday. Memorials may be made to American Lung Association or American Cancer
Association.
Larry E. Helms
April 19, 1937 - June 28, 1998
Larry Edward HELMS, 61, Logansport, died 1:35 p.m. Sunday at Saint Joseph
Hospital
and Health Center, Kokomo.
Born in Twelve Mile to Ross D. and Ruth WINEGARDNER HELMS, he married Ruth Ellen
COFFIN DEROUIN on Dec. 2, 1971 in Logansport. She survives.
Mr. Helms was the retired owner of Helm's Distribution. He was a member of All
Saints Catholic Church, Logansport.
Survivors include five daughters, Kathleen SMITH, Jennifer SAILOR and Michelle
MILLER, all of Peru, Elizabeth KNAPP, Logansport. and Jessica PULLEN, Rossville;
one stepson, Jeffery DEROUIN, Taftville, Conn.; two stepdaughters, Pattijo
WOODWARD, Stockton, Calif., and Desiree DEROUIN, Scottsdale, Ariz.; five
sisters, Lois BOWERS and Ann MORRETT, both of Rochester, Mary GALLAHAN, Peru,
Lena Mae DILLMAN SKINNER, Logansport, and Elsie STRASSER, Twelve Mile; two
brothers, Hollis "Fletch" HELMS, Logansport, and Thomas HELMS,
Galveston; 15 grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by one son, one brother, two sisters and one grandson.
Services are at 10 a.m. Wednesday at All Saints Catholic Church, 111 E. Market
Logansport. Rev. Donald L.GROSS will officiate. Burial will be in Hope Cemetery.
Logansport. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Rosary
will be recited at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
John W. Sites
Sept. 24, 1951 - June 27, 1998
John William SITES, 46, Roann, died Saturday at Metro Health Hospital,
Cleveland, Ohio.
Born in Peru to Verlon and Miriam KEYES SITES, he married Diane GRUMPP in Mexico
on June 6, 1971. She survives.
Mr. Sites was a 1970 graduate of North Miami High School and the Upper Wabash
Vocational School, a PES Associates carpenter, Warsaw. He was a member of the
Olive Branch
Church of God, Roann.
Survivors include his parents, Roann; one daughter, Rewa McKEE, Kokomo; one son,
Ryan SITES, Roann; one brother, Dennis SITES, North Manchester; one sister,
Lorraine HUDSON, Roann; two granddaughters, Josey Lynn SITES and Brianna JELLY,
both of Roann.
Services are 10 a.m.. Thursday, at Olive Branch Church of God, Roann. Rev. Scott
SIMMS and Rev. Lowell BURRUS will officiate. Burial will be in Enterprise
Cemetery, Route 1. Roann, Miami County. Friends may call from 2-8 p.m. Wednesday
at Grandstaff-Hentgcn's Roann Chapel. Memorials may be made to the family of
John Sites.
John D. Walters
Nov 8, 1946 - June 26, 1998
John Dean "J. D." WALTERS, 51, Claypool, died 2:56 P.m., Friday,
Memorial Hospital, South Bend.
Born in in Wabash to John F. and Willodean CUMMINS WALTERS, he married Sue BECK
on Nov. 20, 1976 in North Manchester. She survives.
Mr. Walters owned Walters Plumbing and Heating and was a member of the Servia
United Church of Christ.
Survivors include his parents, Servia,, two sons, Scott WALTERS, Servia, and
Richard WALTERS, Akron; two daughters, Shannon and husband Eric EZRA, Fort
Wayne, and Wendy WALTERS, Claypool; three grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m., Tuesday, At Grandstaff-Hentgen Bender Chapel, 207
W. Main St., N. Manchester. Rev. David W, PINKHAM will officiate. Burial will be
In Fairview Cemetery, Servia. Friends may call from 2-8 p.m. Monday at the
funeral home.
Boyd B. Powell
Oct. 14, 191 W- June 27, 199B
Boyd Bowen POWELL, 79, Akron, died 12:42 a.m., Saturday at St. Joseph Medical
Center, Fort Wayne.
Born near Akron to Benjamin and Kitty BOWEN POWELL, he married Ruth Naomi
DeHAVEN. She preceded in death on Nov. 12, 1981. He married Edith F. SMITH OLSEN
on July 1, 1983 in Akron. She survives.
Mr. Powell was a tool and dye maker at Chamberlains Products Company, Akron. He
also farmed and was a real estate agent with the Hoosier I Real Estate Agency,
N. Manchester. He attended the Akron Church of God and was a member of the
Associations in Fulton, Kosciusko and Wabash Counties.
Survivors include one daughter, Beverly ROSS, Bashore, Kan.; six sons, Oliver
and wife Patricia POWELL, Denver; Larry and wife Carol POWELL, Ft. Myers, Fla.,
Robert and wife Jana POWELL, Ft. Wayne, Roland and wife Debbie POWELL, Akron,
Dennis and wife Marsha POWELL, Bluffton, and Mark and wife Rebecca POWELL, Macy;
one stepdaughter, Sherryl ARMY, Warsaw; 20 grandchildren and several
great-grandchildren; one sister-in-law, Julie POWELL, Warsaw.
He was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Dawn Marie POWELL on Nov. 4, 1988,
and a brother, Glenn E. [POWELL] on Jan 28, 1998.
Services are 10:30 a.m., Tuesday at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Akron. Rev.
Lowell BURRIS will officiate. Burial will be in Omega Cemetery, west of Akron.
Friends may call from 2-8 p.m. Monday or after 9 a.m. Tuesday to the hour of
services in the funeral home. Memorials may be made to either the Akron Church
of God or the Olive Branch Church of God, Roann.
Harold L. Hoge .
June 16, 1918 - June 27, 1996
Harold L. HOGE, 80, 497 S. Meridian Road, died 8:55 a.m. Saturday at his
residence.
Born in Hamlet to Henry L. and Elizabeth SETTLAGE HOGE, he married Katherine L.
BRYANT on May 5, 1945, She died March 23, 1981. He married Irene WALLEN on Dec.
24, 1985. She died May 24, 1997.
Mr. Hoge was a farmer and owned and operated the Burton Vegetable Center in the
Burton community. He retired from the Fulton County Highway Department in 1981.
He was a member of the Burton United Methodist Church and had attended Trinity
First Assembly of God, Knox.
Survivors include two daughters, Judy and husband Rolland CALVERT, and Jane and
husband Scott HOLMES, all of Rochester; four sons, Jerry and wife Sharon HOGE,
Omaha, Neb., James and wife Judy HOGE, Silver Lake, Jay and wife Kathy HOGE,
Peru, and Jack HOGE, Rochester; 12 grandchildren, Brandi and Amber CALVERT,
Gessica and Skyler HOGE, Tai and Nick PATTERSON, Mary Katherine HOGE, all of
Rochester; Wendy HINES, Shawn KUCZWSKI, Knevit STEPHENS, all of Warsaw; Jon and
David STEINBECK, Omaha, Neb.; two great grandchildren, Jacob and Katherine
HINES, Warsaw; two sisters, Rachel ZUMPFE, Goshen, Martha SWIHART, Plymouth. one
sister-in-law, Mildred HOGE, Danville; several cousins from the New Knoxville,
Ohio area.
He was preceded in death by his parents, one sister and two brothers.
Services are at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester.
Rev. Gerald SHADRICK will officiate. Burial will be in Rochester I.O.O.F.
Cemetery. Friends may call 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Monday or one hour prior to services
on Tuesday. Memorials may be. made to the Hope Hospice of Fulton County.
Tuesday, June 30, 1998
Mable Shoemaker
Feb. 9, 1911 - June 29, 1998
Mable L. ANDERSON SHOEMAKER, 87, Warsaw died 5:40 a.m., Monday at Kosciusko Corn
Hospital, Warsaw.
She was born in Athens to Dullen and Harriet MILLER BOWERS.
Mrs. Shoemakei Worked at Owens, Illinois (Gimble Glass) Company, Warsaw.
Survivors include one son, Ronnie and wife Pauline ANDERSON, Claypool; 10
grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren; one brother, Ralph and wife Jan BOWERS,
Picayune, Miss.
She was preceded in death by three daughters, two brothers, one sister, two
half-brothers and two half-sisters.
Services are at 10 a.m. Thursday at Hartzler Funeral Home, Akron. Rev. Doris
SMITH will offlciate. Burial will be in Athens Cemetery, Athens. Friends may
call from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the
American Heart Association.
Wednesday, July 1, 1998
Whallon dies
Evan WHALLON, Jr., music director for the Columbus Symphony Orchestra from
1956-82, died June 14 in Bethesda, Md. He was 74.
Whallon, a native of Akron, moved from Columbus in 1992 to live with his sister,
M. Jeanne BURROUS, in Gaithersburg, Md.
He suffered a stroke on May 22 and never fully recovered.
After graduating from Akron High School, he attended the Eastman School of Music
at the University of Rochester.
He later studied conducting with Howard Hanson, Pierre Monteux and Boris
Goldovsky and was a Kulas Fellow at the Cleveland Orchestra under George Szell.
He made his professional conducting debut in 1948 with the Philadelphia
Orchestra.
Tbe list of artists Whallon conducted includes Isaac Stern, Itzhak Perlman, Lynn
Harrell, Andre Watts and Claudio Arrau.
He worked with opera singers Leontyne Price, Beverly Sills, Jessye Norman,
Frederica von Stade and Marilyn Horne.
In addition to his long involvement with the Columbus Symphony, he was music
director of the Chautauqua Opera Association from 1966-80, head of the Merola
Opera Program and Western Opera Theatre, affiliates of the San Francisco Opera,
from 1982-87 and director the Ohio Light Opera from 1988-92.
He served as guest conductor at the Spoleto Festival in Italy, the Budapest and
Prague symphony orchestras, the Cleveland Orchestra and the San Francisco
Symphony.
He led productions for the Cleveland, Kansas City Lyric, New York City,
Pittsburgh and Fort Worth operas.
He received honorary doctorates from Denison University, Otterbein College and
Ohio Dominican and received the Ohio Award from the Ohioana Association.
Surviving are two sons, Paul Evan WHALLON and Eric Andrew WHALLON, two
grandchildren, two sisters, Mrs. BURROUS and Harriet WHALLON, four nieces and a
nephew.
He was preceded in ddeath by his wife, pianist Jean BORGMAN, and his parents,
Dr. Evan WHALLON Sr. and Katherine WHALLON.
Private funeral servces were conducted in Gaithersbirg. Plans are being arranged
for memorial service in Columbus. The family intends to establish a memorial
fund in his name at the Eastman School of Music.
Thursday, July 2, 1998
Delmer Funk
Feb. 14, 1907 - June 30, 1998
Delmer FUNK, 91, Florida, formerly of Kewanna, died 10:09 a.m. Tuesday at his
residence.
Born in Fulton County to Lawrence and Lizzie BATTY FUNK, he married Bertha V.
EVERMAN on Nov. 23, 1929 at Bowling Green, Ohio. She died on Jan. 28, 1991.
Mr. Funk was a retired Mobil Oil truck driver in Detroit, Mich. He was a 1923
graduate of Grass Creek High School, attended the United Methodist Church and
liked bowling and golf.
Survivors include one son, Charles W. FUNK, Marshall, Mich.; one daughter,
Barbara LUTTERMOSER, Ridge Manor, Fla.; two brothers, Glen D. FUNK, Kewanna, and
Andrew FUNK, Frankfort; four grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; several
nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by one sister and three brothers.
Services are at 1 p.m. Saturday at Harrison-Metzger, Royal Center Chapel. Rev.
David, SOMMERS will officiate. Burial will be in Royal Center Cemetery. Friends
may call' from 4-8 p.m. Friday and from 10 a.m. until services Saturday.
Memorials may be made to American Heart Association and American Cancer Society,
Friday, July 3, 1998
Alice Mae McKee
Aug 16, 1913 - July 2, 1998
Alice Mae McKEE. 84, 1604 West Side Drive, Rochester, died at 11 a.m., Thursday
at the Life Care Center, Rochester.
Born in Terre Haute, she married James B. McKEE on Oct. 19, 1935 in Illinois. He
preceded in death on April 20, 1995.
She moved to Rochester from Walton in 1980, She was a homemaker.
Survivors include one sister Maxine WILLIAMS, Oakland: Calif., and one nephew,
Dale WILLIAMS, Oakland, Calif.
No services are planned. Foster and Good Funeral Home, Rochester, is in charge
of the arrangements.
Ronald E. Hopkins
Dec. 1, 1941-July 1, 1998
Ronald E. HOPKINS, 56 Roann, died at 9:48 p.m. at Wabash County Hospital,
Wabash.
Born to John HOPKINS deceased, and Mae WIREMAN CLEVER in Wabash County, he
married Gloria G. SWYGART Sept. 2, 1960 in Covington, Ky. She survives.
He was a diesel mechanic for Pierceton Trucking, Laketon, for 25 years. He was a
member of the Indiana Conference of Teamsters.
Surviving with his wife and mother are one daughtcr, Rhonda R. GHEEN, North
Manchester; one son, Randy E. HOPKINS, Roann; two sisters, Mrs. John (Phyllis)
MAHLAN, Decatur; Mrs. Robert (Sandra) McNARY, Cromwell: and four grandchildren.
Private graveside services are scheduled for Monday. Rev. J. P. FREEMAN will
officiate. Visitation is from 2-6 p.m. Sunday at the Grandstaff-Hentgen Bender
Chapel.
Burial will be July 6 in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery, North Manchester.
Memorials should be made to the American Heart Association.
Saturday, July 4, 1998
[no paper - holiday]
Monday, July 6, 1998
Margaret A. McGaffey
May 21, 1915 - July 4, 1998
Margaret A. McGAFFEY, 83, Culver, died at 4 p.m., Saturday at Miller's Merry
Manor, Culver.
Born to Leroy and Maude DECK HODGE in Rochester, she married L. Ward McGAFFEY on
March 15, 1934 in Argos. He died on March 22, 1973.
Mrs. McGaffey was a member of Emmanuel United Methodist Church, Maxinkuckee
Rebecca Lodge, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6969 Ladies Auxiliary, Culver City
Club and Culver Eagles Auxiliary.
Survivors include four daughters, Patricia and husband Arthur BIRK, Culver,
Beverly and husband James BAKER, Englewood, Ohio, Marjorie and husband James
HUMES, South Bend, and Sharon and husband Garrett RANDEL, Jacksonville, N.C.;
one foster daughter, Shirley GILLESPIE, Munster; one foster son, Richard BIRK,
Valparaiso, eight grandchildren; one great-granddaughter, two sisters, Laura
TIDWELL and Joy DUDDLESON, both of South Bend; two brothers, Russell HODGE,
Mesa, Ariz., and Wayne HODGE, Sun City, Ariz.
Services are at 11 a.m. Tuesda'y at Bonine Funeral Home, Culver. Rev. P. Michael
DIXON will officiate. Burial will be in Culver Masonic Cemetcry. Friends may
call from 6-8 p.m. Monday and 10- 11 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Memorials
may be made to Emmanuel United Methodist Church or to the Culver-Union Township
E.M.S.
Jacqueline B. Bickham
Dec. 14, 1928 - July 3,1998
Jacqueline S. BICKHAM, 69, Rochester, formerly of Lake Bruce, died 9:15 p.m.
Friday at her daughter's Winamac home.
Born In Hammond to Harold P. and Irene ODLE HART, she married Clifford M.
BICKHAM in Hammond on Jan. 18, 1946. He survives.
Mrs. Bickham was a homemaker and beautician. A member of the Pleasant Hill
United Methodist Church, Lake Bruce, she enjoyed doing wood crafts, sewing and
crocheting.
Survivors include two sons. Terry, St. JOHN and Gary DeMOTTE; one daughter Penny
WILLING, Winamac; one half-brother, Eugene PIERCE , Griffith; seven
grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents.
Services are at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Harrison-Metzger Funeral Home, Kewanna Chapel.
Rev. Todd WILSON will officiate. Burial will be in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Lake
Bruce. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. Monday and from 1 p.m. until the time of
service on Tuesday. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society.
Tuesday, July 7, 1998
James M. King
James M. KING, 86,: 1214 Washington St., died at 4:55 a.m. Tuesday, at Life
Care Center, Rochester.,
Arrangements are by Ziemer East Funeral Home, Evansville, and Zimmerman Family
Funeral Home. Rochester
George H. Davis
May l3,1914 - July 5, 1998
George H. DAVIS, 84, Plymouth, died Sunday at Miller's Merry Manor, Plymouth.
Born in Fulton, he is survived by his wife Elberta M. GINDER DAVIS; two
daughters, Betty J. THOMPSON and Marilee JOHNSON, both of Plymouth; two sons,
Jack DAVIS, Plymouth, and David DAVIS, Dunedin, Fla.; two sisters, Mary ALLISON,
Plymouth, and Mabel PARSLEY, Springfield, Mo.; five brothers, Herman DAVIS,
Argos, Raymond [DAVIS] and John DAVIS, both of Plymouth, James DAVIS Grand
Rapids, Mich., and Vachel DAVIS, South Bend.
Services are at 1 p.m. Wednesday at First United Methodist Church, 400 N.
Michigan St., Plymouth. Burial will be in New Oakhill Cemetery, Plymouth.
Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. Tuesday at Johnson-Danielson Funeral Home, 1100
N. Michigan St., Plymouth, and one hour prior to service on Wednesday at the
church. There will be a special Masonic Service at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the funeral
home. Memorials may be made to First United Methodist Church or Masonic Lodge
149.
Robert U. Horn
April 19, 1921 -July 6, 1998
Robert U. HORN, 77, Attica, died 3:40 a.m. Monday in the American Transitional
Hospital, Indianapolis.
Born in Ashland, Pa. to Raymond and Laura UMLAUF HORN, he married Evelyn Eileen
YARBOROUGH on Mar. 7, 1942 in Attica. She died on Feb. 28, 1977. He later
married Marie MORAN CHURCH on Aug. 19, 1978 in Beech Grove. She survives.
Mr. Horn owned and operated Horn's TV Repair Scrice in Attica. He was working
for Radio Material Corporation in Attica as an electronics technician for 25
years. He served in the U. S. Army Air Corps during World War II. He was a
member of the Bethel Missionary Baptist Church in Indianapolis. He enjoyed
railroad memorabilia.
Survivors include a son, Michael HORN, Rochester; two step-daughters, Mrs.
George (Judy) NOLAN, Attica, and Mrs. Virgil (Betty) BENGE, Nevr Ross; eight
grandchildren; six great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a brother, Edward HORN.
Services are 1 p.m. Thursday at Maus Funeral Home, Attica. Rev. Terry FOSTER and
Rev. Bill MORAN will officiate. Burial and military graveside services will be
in the Riverside Cemetery, Attica. Friends may call from 5-8, Wednesday at the
funeral home. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society.
Wednesday, July 8, 1998
Michael D. Slocum
Michael D. SLOCUM, 43, Culver, died 11:20 a.m. Tuesday, as a result of an
automobile accident, Bonine Funeral Home, Culver is in charge of arrangements.
James M. King
Sept. 4, 1911 - July 7, 1998
James M. KING, 86, Rochester, died 4:55 a.m. Tuesday at Life Care Center,
Rochester.
Born to Francis J. and Lillian KING in Mount Vernon, he married Betty PAYNE in
1952. She surives.
Mr. King graduated from Evansville Memorial High School and was a World War II
U.S. Army veteran. He retired from Torx Products Corporation, Rochester, after
20 years in the sales department. He was a member of the Moose Lodge, past
ssecretary of Knights of Columbus, past president of Council.on Aging, member of
St. Joseph Catholic Church, member of the American Legion, all in Rochester.
Survivors include one daughter, Linda RILEY, Warsaw; four sons, Myron KING,
Knoxvile, Tenn., Marshal KING. Coral Springs, Fla., Franklin KING, Phoenix,
Ariz., David KING, deceased; 13 grandchildren; nieces and nephews.
Services are 9 a.m. Saturday at Ziemer Funeral Home East Chapel, Evansville,
with the Rev. Maurilius E. BILSKIE officiating. Retired veterans will conduct
graveside services at St. Joseph Cemetery, Evansville. Friends may call 2-8 p.m.
Friday at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society or the Alzheimer's
Association.
WRECK FATAL TO CULVER MAN
Sentinell Staff Report
Michael D. SLOCUM, 43, Culver. died at 11:20 a.m. Tuesday when his car
slammed into a tree at the Pulaski County line on Indiana 110 .
Indiana State Police from Bremen investigated the wreck. Slocum, of 7824 Blue
Herron Court, was killed instantly from massive injuries. He was not wearing a
seatbelt. Police said it would not have made a difference if he had a seatbelt
on.
He was eastbound on Indiana 110, west of Indiana 17, when he left the wet road,
police said today. They do not know why his car left the road.
No other Information was available today.
Thursday, July 9, 1998
Michael D. Slocum
Sept. 17, 1954 - July 7, 1998
Michael D. SLOCUM, 43, Culver, died 11:20 a.m. Tuesday in an automobile
accident.
Born to Donald and Eleanor SLOCUM, he married Regina MURRAY in 1979. She died in
1986. He married Elizabeth A. PINDER on May 13, 1990. She survives.
Mr. Slocum was employed by Walker Manufacturing Company, Culver. He graduated
from Amphitheater High School, Tucson, Ariz. in 1973 and from the University of
Arizona in 1977 with a bachelor's degree in business administration. He was a
member of A.B.A.T.E.
Survivors include two sons Michael P.[SLOCUM] and Jordan J. SLOCUM, both of
Culver; his parents, Battlement Mesa, Colo.; and two brothers, Thomas SLOCUM,
Telluride, Colo., and Steven SLOCUM, Tucson, Ariz.
He was preceded in death by a brother, James SLOCUM.
Services are at 11 a.m. Saturday at Emmanuel United Methodist Church, Culver.
Rev. Charles KRIEG will offlciate,
Burial will be in Culver Masonic Cemetery. Friends call from 2-6 p.m. Friday at
Bonine Funeral Home, Culver.
Memorials may be made to the Salvation Army.
Friday, July 10, 1998
Terry L. Utter
Terry L. UTTER, 59, Mentone, died Thursday at his residence.
Arrangements are pending at King Memorial Home, Mentone.
Elizabeth N. Kleine
May 15, 1908 - July 8, 1998
Elizabeth Naomi EBLIN KLEINE, 96, Shawnee, Okla., formerly of Rochester, died
Wednesday at her residence.
Born In Indianapolis to Rufus and Ella ELLIS EBLIN, she married Homer Dietrich
KLEINE. He survives.
Mrs. Kleine taught at New Palestine High School and St. Michael's Catholic
Church, Greenfield, and was co-founder of the Special Education Program of
Hancock County. She graduated from Central State College in Edmond, Okla., and
Butler University. She was a member of New Palestine Order of Eastern Star 213.
Survivors include one son, Sanford KLEINE, Greenfield; two daughters, Emma Lou
BURRIS, Greenfleld, and Nina MOORE, Shawnee, Okla.: six grandchildren; nine
great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by two brothers, Emerial EBLIN and John EBLIN, and two
sisters, Doris HITTSMAN and Ethey SHORES. Services are at 11 a.m., Tuesday at
Hendryx Mortuary Cumberland Chapel, 11636 E. Washington St., Indianapolis. Rev.
MATTHEWS will officiate. Burial will be in Washington Fark East Cemetery,
Indianapolis. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.
Saturday, July 11, 1998
Bill (Lefty) Davis .
Word has been received that Bill (Lefty) DAVIS, Columbus, Miss., formerly of
Rochester, died Thursday of a heart attack at his residence.
He is the brother of Robert [DAVIS] and Betty DAVIS, Akron, and Judy ANDERSON,
St. Charles, Ill.
Services are at 2 p.m., Monday at Memorial Funeral Home, Columbus, Miss. Friends
may call from 6-9 p.m., Sunday at the funeral home.
Guy H. Blevins
July 11, 1946 - July 10, 1998
Guy Hubert BLEVINS, 51, 3960 N. Meridian Road, died 4 a.m. Friday at, his
residence.
Born in Pike County, Ohio, to Joseph and Irene HILDERBRAND BLEVINS, he married
Edith Ann BROWN on July 19, 1968 In Ross County, Ohio. She survives.
Mr. Blevins was a farmer and area factory laborer.
Survivors include three daughters, Angel Lee BLEVINS, Tippecanoe, Angela Lee
[BLEVINS] and Charity Ann BLEVINS, both at home; two sons, Kelly Joe and wife
Wendy BLEVINS, Rochester, and Dusty Alan and wife Kendra BLEVINS, Argos; one
grandson and four granddaughters; two sisters: two brothers; his mother, Irene
Hilderbrand, Piketon, Ohio.
He was preceded in death by his father and eight brothers and sisters.
Services are at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Oakwood Cemetery, Warsaw, with burial
immediately following. Friends may call from 9:30-10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Foster
& Good Funeral Home, Rochester.
Terry L. Utter
Dec, 2, 1938 - July 9, 1998
Terry L. UTTER, 59, Mentone, died Thursday at his residence.
Born in Marshall County to Harold (Hap) and Mary LOWRY UTTER, he married Anne
NELSON on Sept. 16, 1960 in Mentone. She survives.
Mr. Utter was owner and operator of Utter Oil Company. He was a member of
Mentone Masonic Lodge, Scottish Rite, Ft. Wayne, Kosciusko County Shriners,
Mizpah Shriners, Ft. Wayne, and Moose Lodge, Warsaw,
Survivors include two daughters, Leigh UTTER, Winona Lake, and Mrs. Glenn (Lynn)
NOVITSKI, Spenserville; three grandchildren, Matthew Ryan, Eric Alan, and Alex
David; his parents, Mentone; one brother, Tim and wife JoAnn UTTER, Mentone;
three nephews; one niece.
Services are at 1 p.m. Sunday at King Memorial Home, Mentone. Rev. Don POYSER
will officiate. Burial will be in Mentone Cemetery, Mentone. Friends may call
2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
Mark L. Williams
Oct. 8, 1939 - July 10, 1998
Mark L. WILLIAMS, 58, 6567 South 125 East, Rochester, died at 4 p.m. Friday at
his lome.
He was born in Fulton to Chester and Donna GORDON WILLIAMS. On April 11 1959, in
Fulton, he married Barbara J. GOSS who survives. He was a farmer and member of
the Fulton Masonic Lodge #665, the north Central Cattlemans Association and the
Fulton United Methodist Church.
Surviving with his wife are one daughter, Beth and her husband Wendell BURTON,
Rochester; one son, Gary [WILLIAMS] and his wife Beth Rochester; his mother,
Donna, Rochester; grandchildren Mandy [WILLIAMS], Nicole [WILLIAMS], Ryan
[WILLIAMS] and Ryley WILLIAMS, and Kent BURTON, all of Rochester; two sisters,
Betty Jo and Sam PUGH Rochester, and Sara Lou and Sam ST. CLAIR, Larwlll, and
one brother, Dee and Susan WILLIAMS, Rochester.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the Fulton United Methodist Church with
the Rev. George HAPNER officiating. Burial will be in the Fulton Cemetery.
Friends may call frorr. 5-8 p.m. Sunday at McCloskey, Hamilton, Gundrum Funeral
Home, Logansport, and one hour before services at the church. Memorials may be
made to the Fulton United Methodist Church and The Cancer Society.
Monday, July 13, 1998 to Tuesday, July 14, 1998
[no obits]
Wednesday, July 15, 1998
Robert E. Lancaster
Robert E. LANCASTER, 78, 4512 N. Fulton County 800 West, Rochester, the
Leiters Ford area, died at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday at Memorial Hospital in South
Bend.
Arrangements are pending at Foster & Good Funeral Home in Rochester.
Dennis J. Maloney
Aug. 11, 1945 - July 3, 1998
Dennis Joseph MALONEY, 52, Cape Coral, Fla., formerly of Nyona Lake, died July
3, 1998 at Cape Coral, Fla.
Born in Kokomo to Robert and Lucille SWISHER MALONEY, he married Barbara WILSON
on June 22, 1969 In Fulton. She survives.
Mr. Maloney, with his wife, owned and operated Maloney's Restaurant at Nyona
Lake from 1969-79. He was a member of Cape Christian Fellowship,
Survivors include one son, Troy [MALONEY], Tampa, Fla.; two grandchildren, Dylan
[MALONEY] and Logan MALONEY, his mother, Lucille MALONEY URTZ, Arcadia, Fla.;
one brother, Michael [MALONEY], Kokomo; two sisters, Katy GLASS, Arcadia, Fla.,
and Judy MALONEY, Kokomo; mother-in-law, Mrs. Eldonna WILSON, Fulton.
He was preceded in death by his father.
Services were Tuesday at the Coral Ridge Funeral Home, Cape Coral, Fla. Rev.
Dennis GINGRICH officiated. Burial was in Coral Ridge Cemetery, Cape Coral, Fla.
Memorials may be made to the building fund of Cape Christian Fellowship, P.O.
Box 150777, Cape Coral, Fla. 33915
Ralph W. Crissinger
Dec. 2, 1908 - July 14, 1998
Ralph W. CRISSINGER, 89, 1211 Rochester Blvd., died at 3 p.m., Tuesday at
Woodlawn Hospital, Rochester.
Born in White County to Edward and Cora HALL CRISSINGER, he married Ruth
RADERSTORF on Aug. 13. 1932 in White County. She survives.
Mr. Crissinger owned and operated a portable feed mill in the 1930s and 1940s.
He owned arid operated Crissinger's Paint and Wallpaper Store from 1957-93. He
was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church, Rochester.
Survivors include two sons, Edwin and wife Shirley CRISSINGER, Centerville, Va.,
and Lavon and wife Betty CRISSINGER, Rochester; nine grandchildren: 11
great-grandchildren; three sisters, Mary SELL, Lafayette, Minona FOX, Star City,
and Ethel STANLEY, Winamac; two brothers, George [CRISSINGER], Rochester, and
Leroy [CRISSINGER], Winamac.
He was preceded in death by one brother, William [CRISSINGER].
Services are 11 a.m., Saturday, at Zimmerman Family Funeral Home, Rochester.
Rev. Don BRENNEMAN and Rev. David DITTMAN will officiate. Burial will be in
Rochester I.O.O.F. cemetery. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. Friday and after 9
a.m. Saturday. Memorials may be made to Trinity United Methodist Church.
Kaylie A.B. Redford
July 13, 1998 - July 13, 1998
Kaylie Aisha Borys REDFORD, Rochester, was still-born at 7:42 p.m., Monday, at
Woodlawn Hospital, Rochester.
She is survived by her parents, Elizabeth Ann BORYS and Kevin Nassib REDFORD,
both of Rochester; maternal grandmother Sandra SCHLOSSER HIBNER and husband Andy
HIBNER, Rochester; maternal grandfather, Chester and wife Cindy BORYS, Plymouth
paternal grandparents, Thomas and Misty Paugh, Rochester; maternal
great-grandfather, Chester BORYS, Plymouth, maternal great-grandmother, Lucy
SCHLOSSER, Plymouth; several nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles and cousins.
Services are 10 a.m. Friday at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester. Burial
place is undetermined at this time. Friends may call frcm 9 a.m. through hour of
services on Friday.
Thursday, July 16, 1998
Robert E. Lancaster
Nov 19, 1919 - July 14, 1998
Robert E. LANCASTER, 78, Leiters Ford, died 12:30 Tuesday at Memorial Hospital,
South Bend..
Born in Petersburg, W.Va. to Boaz W. and Flora M. LANCASTER, he married Rosalie
M. LAWSON on Nov. 24, 1944 in South Bend. She survives.
Mr. Lancaster retired from the insurance business in 1982, when he sold
Lancaster and Deamer Insurance Co. to Steve Moore. He also farmed. He was a
member of the Letters Ford United Methodist Church, Rochester F&AM Lodge 79
and a Boy Scout of America leader. He served as Indiana Legislative Chairperson
for the American Association of Retired Persons.
He was a leader of Supporters To Oppose Pollution and active in local landfill
issues. Survivors include two daughters, Malinda LANCASTER, Boston, Mass., and
Lucretia and husband Greg WEBSTER, Peru: one son, James and wife Greglyn
LANCASTER, Uba City, Calif.; five grandsons; two great-grandsons; one sister,
Mae and husband Dell PASCHEL, Reedsville, N.C. three brothers, Alvin and wife
Delores LANCASTER, Mishawaka, Raymond and wife Martha Ann LANCASTER, and John
and wife Mildred LANCASTER, all of Greensboro, N.C.
He was preceded in death by his parents and two sons, Greg [LANCASTER] in 1973
and Joseph [LANCASTER] in 1998, a brother and an infant sister.
Services are at 10 a.m. Saturday at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester.
Rev. Fred STAYTON will officiate. Burial will be in Leiters Ford Cemetery.
Friends may call from 3-8 p.m. Friday or one hour before services on Saturday at
the funeral home. A Masonic memorial will be conducted at the funeral home at 7
p.m. Friday.
Oneita I. Bartholomew
Nov. 21, 1911 - July 15,1998
Oneita I. BARTHOLOMEW, 86, Peru, died at 11:15 a.m., Wednesday at Ball Memorial
Hospital, Muncie.
Born in Fulton County to James Bruce and Lanora BLACK LOWE, she married J. R.
WELLER in 1929. They were divorced. He survives. She then married Orla
BARTHOLOMEW on Aug. 3, 1948. He died Feb. 13, 1966.
Mrs. Bartholome managed Blumenthal's Dress Shop, Rochester, before moving to
Peru. She worked at Sears and Webb's Hallmark Gift Shop, retiring in 1991. She
was a member of First Christian Church, Peru, where she was active on the church
board and Women's Church Fellowship. She served on the Peru Civic Center Board,
was active in Dukes Hospital Auxiliary, Peru, the Home Economics Club and the
former Grandmothers Club.
Survivors include one daughter, Janice NELSON Leiters Ford; three sons, Brent L.
BARTHOLOMEW, Muncie, Robert WELLER, Kansas, Ohio, and David WELLER, Sebastian,
Fla.; 20 grandchildren 26 great-grandchildren
She was preceded in death by her parents, one daughter, Caralee GORDON, two
brothers two sisters, two grandsons, one great-grandson.
A Celebration of Life will be at 10 a.m., Friday at First Christian Church, 53
W. Main St., Peru. Rev. George McCARTY will officiate. There will be no
visitation. Memorials may be made to First Christian Church. Arrangements are by
Flowers-Leedy Funeral Home, Peru.
Robert H. Wentzel
May 22, 1921 - July 14, 1998
Robert H. WENTZEL, Kewantia, died 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at his residence.
Born in Kewanna to Harry I. and Emma W. PETERS WENTZEL, he married Doris E.
FLAHERTY in Kewanna on June 7, 1947. She survives.
Mr. Wentzel was a retired Biomet tool maker, a farmer and owner of Precision
Machines. He built all the buildings on their farm. He was a U.S. Army Air Corps
flight engineer on B- 17's in World War II. He was a member of American Legion
and Moose Lodge, Rochester.
Survivors include three sons, Gary R. and wife Janice WENTZEL and Alan H. and
wife C. Bea WENTZEL, all of Kewanna, and James M. and wife Carol WENTZEL, Soddy
Daisy. Tenn: one brother, Clarence WENTZEL. Elkhart; six granddaughters, Angie
and husband Bob PLUMMER, Mandy [WENTZEL], Stephanie [WENTZEL], Emily [WENTZEL],
Alison [WENTZEL] and Nicole WENTZEL; two grandsons, James Robert [WENTZEL] and
John David WENTZEL; nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by one daughter, Lori Ellen [WENTZEL] and one sister,
Evelyn SCHEUB.
Services are at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Harrison-Metzger Funeral Home, Kewanna
Chapel. Graveside military services will be in Bruce Lake Cemetery, Kewanna.
Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. Friday and from 8 a.m. until time of service on
Saturday. Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association.
Friday, July 17, 1998
BOB LANCASTER LEAVES A HOLE IN OUR COUNTY
We reflect with considerable sadness on the passing of Bob LANCASTER - a man
whose easy-going charm and wit matched his deep affection for the Hoosier
environment.
Lancaster, 78, Leiters Ford, died 12:30 p.m. Tuesday at Memorial Hospital, South
Bend.
Bob was an influential member of Supporters To Oppose Pollution. His temperate
and courtly manner was unfailing during the sometimes intense confrontations
between Four County Landfill neighbors, ineffectual bureaucrats and cynical
landfill officials.
He also set a high standard of leadership for the American Association of
Retired People. Fulton County is diminished by his departure.
Services are at 10 a.m. Saturday at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester.
Friends may call at the funeral home from 3-8 p.m. today or for an hour before
services Saturday.
Saturday, July 18, 1998
[no obits]
Monday, July 20, 1998
Matthew J. Webster
Nov. 3, 1978 - July 19, 1998
Matthew J. WEBSTER, 19, Peru, died approximately 2 a.m. Sunday in Kokomo.
He was born to Thomas and Cynthia MOORE WEBSTER.
Mr. Webster was a 1997 graduate of Peru High School. He had just completed his
freshman year at Ball State University where he was a member of Delta Chi
fraternity. While he was a student at Peru High School he was a varsity football
player, wrestler and member of the baseball team.
Survivors include his mother, Cynthia WEBSTER, Peru; his father and stepmother,
Tom and Linda WEBSTER, Peru: one sister, Courtney WEBSTER, Lafayette; one
brother, Adam WEBSTER, Peru; one stepsister, Angie JOHNSON, Lafayette; one step
brother, Ricky JOHNSON, Carmel; maternal grandparents, Louise and Richard
McCARTY, Rochester; paternal grandmother, Scotty WEBSTER, Peru.
He was preceded in death by grandfathers, Ben WEBSTER and Maurice MOORE.
Serviceg are at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Charles Catholic Church, 58 W. 5th St.
Peru. Rev. Robert SELL will officiate. Burial will be in Mt. Hope Cemetery.
Friends may call from 5-8 p.m. Monday at Eikenberry-Eddy Funeral Home, 84 W.
Main, Peru. Memorials may be made to St. Charles Catholic School.
John Canale
Mar. 3, 1926 - July 19, 1998'
John CANALE, 72, Plymouth, died 1:45 a.m., Sunday at Miller's Merry Manor
Nursing Home, Plymouth.
He was born in Chicago, Ill. and resided in Etna Green for over 25 years. He
married Irene BISHOP CANALE. She survives.
Mr. Canale was a member of the Catholic church.
Survivors includ a sister-in-law, Mrs. Anthony (Florabelle) TRIBALSKI, Etna
Green; two brothers-in-law, William BISHOP, South Bend, and Andrew BISHOP,
Huntsville, Ala.; one foster brother, Jack BROWER, Rochester.
Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. at Etna Green Cemetery with Rev. Richard
BORGMAN Sr. officiating. There will be no visitation. Deaton Funeral Home is
handling arrangements.
Wilma J. Boyer
Jan. 11, 1936 - July 19, 1998
Wilma Jean BOYER, 62, Syracuse, died 6:02 p.m. Sunday at Goshen General
Hospital.
Born in Fulton County to Max and Nellie McCAIN NICODCMUS, she married Marshall
BOYER Sr. He survives at home.
Mrs. Boyer was a homemaker having resided in Syracuse area for 36 years. She
moved there from Akron.
Survivors include two daughters Diane and husband Fred SHAMBAUGH Akron, and Miss
Teresa BOYER, at home; four sons, Mike GLAZE, Ligonier, Jim and wife Deb GLAZE,
Pierceton, Marshall BOYER Jr., North Webster, and Tony and wife Bierger BOYER,
Germany; 16 grandchildren; two sisters, Marjorie SUTTON, Akron, and Mary and
husband Bill DAY, Roann.
Services are at 10 am, Wednesday at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Akron.
Burial will be in Akron Cemetery. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. Tuesday and one
hour prior to services on Wednesday at the funeral home.
Roger E. Cress
Roger E. CRESS, 68, Twelve Mile, died at 8:45 p.m., lMonday at his
residence.
Arrangements are pending at McClain Funeral Home, Denver.
Wednesday, July 22, 1998
Wilma J. Boyer
Jan. 11, 1936 - July 19, 1998
Services were held at 10 a.m. today at Foster & Good Funeral Home. Akron,
for Wilma Jean BOYER, 62, Syracuse, who died at 6:02 p.m., Sunday at Goshen
General Hospital.
Born in Pulton County to Max and Nellie McCAIN NICODEMUS, she married Marshall
BOYER Sr., who survives.
A homemaker. she lived in the Syracuse area for 36 years, having moved from
Akron.
Survivors include two daughters, Diane and husband Fred SHAMBAUGH, Akron, and
Miss Teresa BOYER. at home; four sons, Mike GLAZE, Ligonier, Jim and wife Deb
GLAZE, Plerceton, Marshall BOYER Jr., North Webster, and Tony and wife Bierger
BOYER. Germany; 16 grandchildren; two sisters, Marjorie SUTTON, Akron, and Mary
and husband Bill DAY, Roann; two brothers, Bob and wife Kathleen NICODEMUS,
Akron, and John NICODEMUS, Warsaw.
Burial was in Akron Cemetery.
Roger E. Cress
Nov. 19, 1929 - July 20, 1998
Roger E. CRESS, 68, Twelve Mile, died at 8:45 p.m. Monday at his residence.
Bom in Adams Township, Cass County, to Frank and Dora EASTER CRESS, he married
Janice K. FISHBACK on Jan. 2, 1954 at the Denver Methodist Church Parsonage. She
survives.
Mr. Cress graduated from Twelve Mile High School in 1949 and served in the U.S.
Army during the Korean War. He worked as a mechanic all of his life and was
owner of Cress Garage, Twelve Mile from 1973 to 1997. He was a member of the
Skinner Chapel, Twelve Mile, the Peru Maennerchor, and enjoyed spending time
with his grandchildren and time on his motorcycle.
Survivors Include three children, Bruce E. and wife Lori CRESS, Twelve Mile,
Randy A. CRESS, Twelve Mile, Kent R. CRESS, Twelve Mile; two grandchildren,
Kayley A. [CRESS] and Kimberly A. CRESS, both of Twelve Mfle: two sisters,
Thelma LEES, Peru, Marjorie PICKENS, South Bend; one brother, Carl CRESS, Royal
Center.
He was preceded in death by one brother Wayne CRESS, and two sisters Arlene
BINKERD and an infant sister.
Services are at 10 a.m., Thursday at McClain Funeral Home, Denver, with Revs.
Tom ROBBINS and Jack ROBBINS officiating. Burial will be in Ever-Rest Memorial
Park, Cass County. Friends may call from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Wednesday and one hour
before services on Thursday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made through
the funeral home to Miami-Wabash Home Hospice.
Thursday, July 23, 1998
William A. Davis
April 1, 1933 - July 9, 1998
Word has been received that William Anson DAVIS, 65, Columbus, Miss., died July
9 at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Golden Triangle, Columbus, Miss.
He was born in Winamac to Everett William and Daisy ROE DAVIS. A resident of
Columbus, Miss. since 1968, he was a recreation coordinator for at the East
Columbus Gym. He was an instructor for the 55 Alive Driving program, a Licensed
Practical Nurse, and an ambulance service manager. A veteran of the Korean War,
he served in both the Army and the Air Force.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Othelia DAVIS, Columbus, Miss.; three sons,
William "Snapper" DAVIS Jr., Janesville, Wisc., Robert Jeffrey DAVIS,
Key West, Fla., and Everett. Todd DAVIS, Columbus, Miss.; three daughters, Lori
FULLER, Tigard, Ore., Gail SUDDRETH, Louisville, Ky., and Terri ROACH, Columbus,
Miss.; one brother, Robert and wife Betty DAVIS, Rochester; one sister, Judy
ANDERSON, St. Charles, Ill.; 20 grandchildren; two great grandchildren.
Services were held In Columbus, Miss. on July 13. Memorials may be made to
Columbus Lowndes Recreation Authority/Senior Citizens Program, P.O. Box 224
Columbus, Miss. 39704.
Friday, July 24, 1998
[no obits]
Saturday, July 25, 1998
Samuel H. Tolley
July 26, 1917 - July 24, 1998
Samuel H. TOLLEY 80, Route 2, Macy, died at 4:28 day at the Dukes M6mortal
Hospital continuing care center, Peru.
He was born in Galveston to James W. and Kate RONK TOLLEY. On March 23, 1935 in
Kokomo he married Agnes P. MANN. She died July 30, 1981. He retired from the
Square D Company in 1980 after 28 years. He was a farmer and member of the
Perrysburg, Baptist Church, Peru Moose and Eagles lodges and the Indiana Corn
Shuckers Association.
Surviving are a companion, Ruth OLDHAM; five daughters, Nancy A. HUMMEL,
Belleville, Mich.; Florence M. TOLLEY, Peru; Rose MEIVES, Peru; Nina R. WOLD,
Peru; Judy K. STOGSDILL, Peru, and Mary C. SARVER, Peru; two sons, Samuel L. [TOLLEY],
Mexico, and Phil M. [TOLLEY], Mesa, Ariz.; 37 grandchildren; 63
great-grandchildren and flve great-great-grandchildren. Preceding in death were
one son, James [TOLLEY], three grandchildren, Tina [MEIVES], Michelle [MEIVES]
and Deak [MEIVES] and one great-granddaughter, Brooke MEIVES.
Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday at McClain Funeral Home, Denver, with
Pastor Michael L. WILLIAMS officiating. Burial will be in the Ever-Rest Memorial
Park, Cass County. Friends may call from 2-8 p.m. Sunday.
Monday, July 27, 1998
Heidi L Ross
Sept. 2, 1980 - July 25, 1998
Heidi Lee ROSS, 17, Greencastle, died Saturday at St. Vincent Hospital,
Indianapolis due to complications from Lupus.
Born in Indianapolis to Reggie and Beverly HURST ROSS, Heidi would have been a
senior at South Putnam High School this fall.
She was a member of the Church of Christ, Greencastle, and earned nine varsity
letters in volleyball, basketball and track at South Putnam. She was a member of
the Future Farmers of America. National Honor Society, Latin Club and office
helper all at South Putnam. She received West Central Conference Awards in
athletics. Heidi was also a nine-year member of 4-H and played AAU basketball.
Survivors include her parents, Greencastle; one sister, Leah ROSS Greencastle;
grandparents, William and Helen HURST, Greencastle and Eunice ROSS, Fulton; two
aunts, Valerie GOOD and husband Lester, Kewanna and Carolyn NEWTON and husband
Tom, Greencastle; several cousins. She was preceded in death by her grandfather,
Walt ROSS.
Services are at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the South Putnam High School gym, junction
of 231 and US 40. Rev. Charles "Skip" SEBREE will officiate. Burial
will follow at the Deer Creek Cemetery. Friends may call from 3-8 p.m. Monday at
Bittles and Hurt Funeral Home, Greencastle,,and at Sotith Putnam High School
from 9:30 to time of service Tuesday. Memorials may be made to the Lupus
Foundation of America, Inc., 1300 Piccard Road, Suite 200, Rockville, Md.
20850-4303.
Ruth A. Moyor
Oct. 29, i928 - July 26, 1998
Ruth Ann MOYER, 69, Roann, died at 3:51 a.m., Sunday at her residence.
Born in Urbana to Mahlon and Pauline KARNS STOUFFER, she married Robert Wayne
"Moose" MOYER on Sept. 5. 1947 In Urbana. He preceded in death on July
30, 1990.
Mrs. Moyer was a lifelong Wabash County resident, and lived in Roann since 1971.
She graduated from Urbana School and worked at Honeywell Inc. and MarkHon
Industries, before retiring in 1990. She a member of the Olive Branch Church of
God, Roann.
Survivors include two sons, Ronald L. and wife Kathy MOYER, Wabash and Richard
D. and wife Kitty MOYER, Roann; one daughter, Cheryle Ann and husband Brian
STEELE, Peru; three sisters, Phyllis and husband John LEHMAN and Judy and
husband Larry SELLERS, all of Wabash, and Carolyn and husband Jeny ROGERS,
Urbana; one brother, John and wife Reba STOUFFER. Lagro; eight grandchfldren;
four great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by three brothers and two sisters.
Services are at 10 a.m., Wednesday at Olive Branch Church of God, Roann. Rev.
Lowell BURRUS will offlciate. Burial will be in Laketon Cemetery, Laketon.
Friends may call from 2-8 p.m., Tuesday at the Grandstaff-Hentgen Manchester
Ave. Chapel, 1177 Manchester Ave., Wabash. Memorials may be made to the Olive
Branch Church of God or the Wabash County Cancer Society.
Esther M. Green
Nov. 6, 1913 - July 26, 1998
Esther Mae GREEN, 84, Logansport, formerly of Twelve Mile, died 12:44 a.m.,
Sunday at Logansport Memorial Hospital.
Born near Hunt City, Ill., to Otto and Daisy McCOY ROBINSON, she married Gordon
GREEN on Aug 11, l1940. He preceded her in death.
Mrs. Green retired from the Sherll Corp., Mexico after 28 years. She was a
member of First Brethren Church, Twelve Mile, the Women's Missionary Society,
Cass County Farm Bureau and AARP.
She was preceded in death by her parents and one brother, Herbert REXFORD.
Services are at 2 p.m., Wednesday at Corinth First Brethren Church, Twelve Mile.
Rev. Rod SCHULER, Rev. John TURLEY and Rev. G. Bright HANNA will officiate.
Burial will be in Corinth Cemetery, Twelve Mile. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m.,
Tuesday at McClain Funeral Home, U.S. 31 and Indiana 16, Denver.
Tuesday, July 28, 1998
C. Edward Bucher
Aug 1, 1914 - July 27, 1998
C. Edward BUCHER, 83, Mentone, died 12 p.m. Monday at Life Care Center,
Rochester.
Born in Wabash County to Harmon O. and Ethel F. LANDIS BUCHER, he married Louise
LEININGER on March 21, 1937. She died April 27, 1983. On Jan 5, 1985 he married
Mary E. TUCKER. She survives.
Mr. Bucher retired in 1979 from the Kosciusko County Highway Department. He was
a farmer and worked at the Akron Farm Store for 30 years. He was a member of
Beaver Dam United Methodist Church.
Survivors include three sons, Charles and wife Helen BUCHER, Fort Wayne, Phillip
and wife Jeanne BUCHER, Indianapolis and Paul and wife Patricia BUCHER,
Pendleton, one stepdaughter, JoAnn and husband Mike WILLIAMS, Atwood; one
stepson, Charles M. and wife Cara Lyn TUCKER, Mentone, seven grandchildren, 10
step-grandchildren, six great-grandchildren, 18 step-great-grandchildren; two
sisters, Mildred and husband Worby CLINKER and Donna and husband Richard FRENCH,
both of Silver Lake; one brother, Gerald and wife Mary BUCHER, Churubusco.
He was preceded in death by two brothers, Earl [BUCHER] and Robert BUCHER, and
one daughter, Sally Ann BUCHER.
Services are at 10:30 a.m., Thursday in Beaver Dam United Methodist Church with
Rev. Roy LEE officiating. Burial will be in Akron Cemetery. Friends may call
from 2-8 p.m., Wednesday at Hartzler Funeral Home, Akron. Memorials may be made
to Beaver Dam United Methodist Church.
Alice L. Steininger
June 25, 1914 - July 27, 1998
Alice L. STEININGER, 84, 5452 E. Indiana 14, Rochester, died at 12:30 a.m.,
Monday at her residence.
Born in Disko to Frank and Nellie HARTMAN MOORE, she married Calvin Edwin
STEININGER on Dec 24, 1939 in Rochester. He preceded in death on Sept 23, 1971.
Mrs. Steininger was a homemaker.
Survivors include two daughters, Ruth and husband George HOFF, Warsaw and Patty
SHAFER, Fulton; two sons, Junior STEININGER, Laketon and Earl and wife Mary
STEININGER, Akron; 12 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren; two
sisters, Rose MARBURGER, South Bend and Pauline and husband Carl STANLEY,
Walkerton; one brother, Earl and wife Loretta MOORE, Akron.
She is preceded in death by one daughter, Barbara; two sons, Henry [STEININGER]
in infancy and Richard [STEININGER] in 1980; a granddaughter in 1977; a grandson
in 1989; a sister, Marie BERGER in 1991; two brothers, Alfred [MOORE] and Merle
[MOORE].
Services are at 2 p.m., Wednesday at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Akron with
Rev. Steve FLECK officiating. Burial will be in Akron Cemetery. Friends may call
from 4-8 p.m. Tuesday and one hour prior to services on Wednesday at the funeral
home.
Randy G. Grass
Jan 3, 1965 - July 27, 1998
Randy G. GRASS, 33, 768 Sweetgum Road, Rochester, died 1 pm., Monday at his
residence, following an illness.
He was born in Rochester to Kermit G. and Janice NEWCOMER GRASS. They survive.
Mr. Grass was a 1983 graduate of Tippecanoe Valley High School, Mentone, a 1987
graduate of Fort Wayne International Business College, Ft. Wayne, and a 1992
graduate of Bethel College, Mishawaka, with a bachelor's degree in business. He
was a customer service representative for 360 degree Communications for six
years having worked in South Bend and Toledo.
Survivors include one sister, Renae Lynn GRASS, Rochester; aunts, uncles and
cousins.
He was preceded in death by a sister, Debra Sue GRASS, June 1, 1966; maternal
great-grandmother, Golda HAMMOND; maternal grandparents, Robert and Lucille
NEWCOMER; paternal grandparents, Joseph and Blanche GRASS.
Services are at 10 a.m., Wednesday at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester
with Chaplain Dick Bailey officiating. Burial will be in Rochester I.O.O.F.
Cemetery. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m., Tuesday and from 9 a.m. to the hour of
services on Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Hope Hospice
of Fulton County, Fulton County Cancer Society or the Leukemia Society.
David A. Hoffman
May 13, 1942 - July 27, 1998
David A. HOFFMAN, 56, Roann, died at 10 a.m., Monday at his residence.
He was born in Miami County to Claude W. and Opal I. BURNS HOFFMAN.
Mr. Hoffman worked in construction, was an Army veteran and attended the Roann
Church of the Brethren.
Survivors include four sisters, Helen THIEME, Fort Wayne, Mary STEELE, New
Paris, Linda BUTCHER, Roann and Jennifer HOGALAND, Claypool; one brother, Terry
HOFFMAN, Macy.
He was preceded in death by four brothers and two sisters.
Services are at 10 a.m., Thursday at Roann Church of the Brethren, Chippewa
Road, Roann with Rev. Kurt SNYDER officiating. Burial will be in Silver Creek
Cemetery, Akron. Friends may call from 2-8 p.m. Wednesday at Grandstaff-Hentgen,
Roann Chapel, 335 S. Chippewa, Roann.
Wednesday, July 29, 1998
Helen Shadle
April 10, 1895 - July 29, 1998
Helen SHADLE, 103, Winamac, formerly of Kewanna, died 12:15 a.m. today at
ExtendaCare, Winamac. Born in Kewanna to H. N. and Jeanette SPANGLER BLAIR, lhe
married Edward SHADLE in Fulton County on Dec 31, 1919. He died on Sept 6, 1975.
Mrs. Shadle was a 1913 graduate of Leiters Ford High School. After graduating
from Manchester College, she taught art and elementary classes for 33 years in
Kewanna, Leiters Ford, Gilead and Macy. She was a member of the United Methodist
Church, Kewanna, Kewanna Mothers Club, Daughters of the American Revolution,
Rochester Retired Teachers
Association, and the Friendship Club, Winamac.
She was a nationally recognized dollmaker. At the age of 95 she purchased a new
kiln for her ceramics business.
Survivors include one daughter, Helen Louise MYERS, Albion, Mich., four
grandchildren; six great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by one daughter and one sister.
Services are at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Harrison-Metzger Funeral Home, Kewanna
Chapel with Rev. Todd WILSON officiating. Burial will be in I.O.O.F. Cemetery,
Leiters Ford. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. Thursday and from 8 a.m. to the
time of service on Friday.
Thursday, July 30, 1998
Leonard R. Beigh
Leonard R. BEIGH, 74, Akron, died at 5:30 a.m., today at ExtendaCare,
Rochester
Arrangements are pending at Hartzler Funeral Home, Akron.
Friday, July 31, 1998
Leonard R. Beigh
April 21, 1924 - July 30, 1998
Leonard R. BEIGH, 74,Akron, died 5:30 A.m.,Thursday at ExtendaCare, Rochester.
Born in Claypool to Arlie and Laurana KARNES BEIGH, he married Helen L. YARIAN
on April 8, 1945 at Claypool. She died on Nov 4, 1995.
Mr.Beigh was a farmer and a World War II Army veteran. He was a member of Beaver
Dam United Methodist Church, Rochester Order of the Eastern Star, Rochester
Masonic Lodge, Fort Wayne Scottish Rite, Rochester Royal Arch, Fort Wayne
Shriners, the Fulton County Historical Society, and Meals on Wheels of Woodlawn
Hospital, Rochester.
Survivors include one daughter, Linda and husband Raymond WIDMAN, Rochester,
four grandchildren, Rae Ann [WIDMAN] Tamra [WIDMAN], Raymond L. [WIDMAN] and
Thomas [WIDMAN]; two great-grandchildren, Miraenda and Riley; two sisters, Audra
RHOADES, Pierceton and Neva TUCKER, Valparaiso; two brothers, Edwin BEIGH,
Warsaw and Norman BEIGH, Hartford, Ill.
He was preceded in death by a sister, Bernice BEIGH and a brother, Lloyd BEIGH.
Services will be at 1:30 p.m., Sunday at Beaver Dam United Methodist Church with
Rev. Roy LEE officiating. Burial will be in Akron Cemetery. Friends may call
from 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. Saturday at Hartzler Funeral Home, Akron. Masonic
rites will be at 7:30 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Hope
Hospice, Rochester.
Saturday, August 1, 1998
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Monday, August 3, 1998
Bonnie L. Voreis
Bonnie L. VOREIS, 65, Bradenton, Fla., formerly of Culver, died at 2:09 a.m.
Sunday at her residence.
Bonine Funeral Home, Culver, is in charge of the arrangements.
Katharine A. Orr
Nov. 4, 1912 - Aug. 1, 1998
Katharine A. ORR, 85, Kewanna, died at 9:35 -a.m., Saturday at Life Care Center,
Rochester.
Born in Kewanna to Daniel and Sarah Jane DONALDSON KOPP, she married H. Blaine
ORR in Kewanna on July 29, 1939. He preceded in death on March 10, 1973.
Mrs. Orr was a bank teller retired from the Farmer's & Merchant's Bank,
Kewanna Branch. She was a graduate of Kewanna High School and a member of St.
Ann Catholic Church, Kewanna.
Survivors include one sister, Alice MYERS, South Bend; two nephews and two
nieces.
She was preceded in death by three brothers and three sisters.
Services are 10 a.m., Tuesday at St. Ann Catholic Church, Kewanna. Rev. Alan COX
will offlciate. Burial will be in I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Kewanna. Friends may call
from 4-8 p.m., Monday at Harrison-Metzger Funeral Home, Kewanna. There will be a
Scripture Vigil at 6:30 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to St.
Ann Catholic Church.
Ruth E. Myers
Aug. 3, 1923 - July 30, 1998
Ruth Eileen MYERS. 74, Stuart, Fla., formerly of Grass Creek, died at 3:50 p.m.,
Thursday at Beverly Health & Rehabilitation, Port St. Lucie, Fla.
Born in Grass Creek to Frank and Alice WEST MYERS, she was a retired restaurant
cashier and liked to play bingo. She graduated from Grass Creek High School in
1941.
Survivors include one sister, Hazel HENRY, Port St. Lucie, Fla.; several nieces
and nephews.
She was preceded in death by one brother and two sisters.
Graveside services are 1:30 p.m.. Tuesday at Grass Creek Cemetery. Rev. Scott
MANN will officiate. Arrangements are being handled by Harrison-Metzger Funeral
Home, Royal Center Chapel.
Jo Ann Carrothers
Aug. 22,1961 - Aug. 2,1998
Jo Ann CARROTHERS, 36, Peru died at 6:10 a.m., Sunday at her residence.
Born in South Bend to Russel Ralph and Martha Mart VanDerHEYDEN LESLIE, Denver,
she married Mark V. CARROTHERS on Sept. 27, 1980, in Denver. He survives.
Mrs. Carrothers was a free lance court reporter employed by Morris McGuire
Reporting an Transcribing Service.
A graduate of North Miami High School in 1979, she received he secretarial
science degree from International Business College of Fort Wayne in 1980. She
was a member of Denver Baptist Church where she was a Sunday school teacher, and
an American Baptist youth leader. She was a member of the Sarah Society and the
National Court Reporters Association. Mrs. Carrothers participated in the first
Miami County American Cancer Society "Relay for Life" to help cancer
research.
Survivors include two sons, Jonathon V. [CARROTHERS] and Nicholas D. CARROTHERS,
both at home; three brothers, Thomas John LESLIE, Niceville, Fla., Arthur David
LESLIE, Anchorage, Alaska, and Bruce Edward LESLIE, Glendale, Ariz.; two
sisters, Julia Marie SONAFRANK and Dolores "Dee" Jean GREER, both of
Denver.
She was preceded in death by her father, Russell LESLIE.
Services are 11 a.m., Wednesday at McClain Funeral Home, Denver. Rev. Steve BATE
will officiate. Burial will be in Greenlawn Cemetery, Mexico. Friends may call
from 2-8 p.m., Tuesday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Miami
County Chapter of the American Cancer Society.
A. J. Cook
Feb. 6, 1924 - Aug. 1, 1998
A. J. COOK, 74, 3124 Barrett Road, died at 11 p.m., Saturday at Life Care
Center, Rochester.
Born in Lucerne to Walter and Zella COOK, he married Marie MEEK on Aug. 23, 1944
at Alexander, La. She survives.
Mr. Cook retires from Coachman Industries, Syracuse, as a truck driver. He had
been a motor carrier' for the Pharos Tribune newspaper. He was a member of the
Church of the Nazarene, Rochester. He was a World War II, U.S. Army veteran, who
served in the European-African-Middle Eastern Theaters where he received two
bronze stars for his services. He was a member of the Lake Manitou Veterans of
Foreign Wars Post 1343, American Legion Post 36, both of Rochester.
Survivors Include two daughters, Elaine and husband Dennis ROTHENBERGER, Warsaw,
and Carolyn COOK and fiancee Max YAZEL, Rochester; five grandchildren; eight
great-grandchildren; her mother, Rochester; six sisters, Estella and husband
Porter EADS, Roanoke, Betty and husband Keith COLDREN, Pierceton, Barbara and
husband Kenny HUDSON. Claypool, Annette GEORGE, Warrington, Mo., Ann and husband
Rosco GOINGS, South Whitley, and Jane and husband Gary CHAMP, Lucerne; three
brothers, Howard Dean and wife Carolyn COOK, Rochester, George and wife Betty
COOK, New Haven, and James Forrest and wife Thelma COOK, Kimmel; several nieces
and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his father, one son, Danny COOK Sr., one
granddaughter, Marrianne LYONS, one sister, Phyllis ROUENTRANZ, and one brother,
Arthur COOK.
Graveside services are 11 a.m., Wednesday at the Rocheater I.O.O.P. Cemetexy.
Rev. Wanda MEEK will officiate. Friends may call from 8:30-10:30 a.m., Wednesday
at the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester. Tbe V.F.W. and the American
Legion will be in charge of Military Graveside Services. ln lieu of flowers,
donations may be made to the family in order to help defray medical expenses.
Tuesday, August 4, 1998
Bonnie L. Voreis
April 10, 1933 - Aug. 2, 1998
Bonnie L. VOREIS, 65, Bradenton, Fla., formerly of Culver, died at 2:35 a.m.,
Sunday at her residence.
Born in Rochester to Loftlee and Violet MILLISER she married Loren G. VOREIS on
Jan. 16, 1954 in Argos. He survives.
Mrs. Voreis was a homemakers She lived in Bradenton, Fla. for the past 10 years.
She was a member of Westside Christian Church, Bradenton, Fla., Culver Sewing
Group, past member of Epsilon Nu Chapter, Kappa Kappa Kappa, Culver. She was a
past driver for Culver/Union Township Emergency Medical Service.
Survivors include one son, Mark W. VOREIS, Culver; two daughters, Luann
McAULIFFE, Culver and Lorna and husband Marty LEAMON, Pewaukee, Wisc.; three
granddaughters, Heather NOWAKOWSKI, Culver, Shanna and Shaya LEAMON, both of
Pewaukee, Wisc.; two sisters, Shirley THAYER, Rochester and Joyce and husband
Pat THOMAS, Etna Green.
Services arc 11 a.m., Thursday at Bonine Funeral Home, Culver. Rev. Daniel J.
BERGER will officiate. Burial will be in Culver Masonic Cemetery. Friends may
call from 2-5 p.m. and 6-8 p.m., Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorials may be
made to Hospice of Southwest Florida.
Mark A. Cogdill
Sept. 1, 1963 - Aug. 2, 1998
Mark A. COGDILL, 34, Kewaniia, died at 4:30 a.m., Sunday at his residence.
He was born in Winamac to Frank S. and Ruth E. NORRIS COGDILL. They survive.
Mr. Cogdill was a self-employed plumber and welder. He graduated from Poplar
Bluff, Mo. High School in 1981.
Survivors include one son, Shade HORON, Winamac; one daughter, Tina Marie SMALL
Elkhart; three brothers, Tim COGDILL, Macy, Jim COGDILL, Winamac, and Mike
COGDILL, Eagle River, Alaska: two sisters, Linda LIGOCKI, Winamac and Jane
TEETER, Bluffton; maternal grandmother, Helen NORRIS, Kewanna. numerous aunts
and uncles
Private memorial services are 1 p.m., Wednesday at his parents' home, 604 S.
Logan St., Kewanna. Memorials may be made to the American Diabetes Association
or National Kidney Foundation.
Helen M. Miller
Oct. 28, 1907 - Aug. 4, 1998
Helen Marie MILLER, 90, 421 W. Eighth St., died at 9:15 a.m., today at her home.
Born in Macy to Elting and Cora RICHARDSON DuBOIS, she married Carl W. MILLER on
April 9, 1934 in Plymouth. He preceded. in death on Apri 3, 1969.
Mrs. Miller owned and operated Miller's Nursing Home which later became
Canterbuiy Manor. She was a member of the Order of Eastern Star 90 and the
Church of God, Wabash.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Jack (Sherry) HOLSE, Rochester; one son,
Carl William "Bill" MILLER II, Rochester; five grandchildren, Debbie
CLARK, Rochester, Todd CLARK, San Diego, Calif., Susie ROSEHILL, Carl William
MILLER III and Leslie MILLER, both of Rochester, one great-grandchild, James
Todd CLARK, San Diego, Calif, one great- grandson, Isaac MILLER, Rochester; one
niece, Linda WILSON, Rochester.
She was preceded in death by one sister, Thelma CARR, and three brothers, Leo [DuBOIS],
Albert [DuBOIS] and Wilhelm DuBOIS.
Services are 11:30 a.m., Tbursday at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester.
Rev. Steve FLECK will officiate. Burial will be in Plainview Cemetery, Macy.
Friends may call from 4-6 p.m. and 7-9 p.m., Wednesday at the funeral home.
Wednesday, August 5, 1998
Virginia L. Eads
Dec. 19, 1940 - Aug. 4, 1998
Virginia L. EADS, 57, Mentone, formerly of Bourbon, died at 3:30 p.m. at her
residence.
Born in South Whitley to Ralph and Ruth WRIGHT AULT, she married James D. EADS
on April 10, 1958. He preceded in death on May 15. 1998.
Mrs. Eads was a homemaker and had worked at NIA, Nappanee.
Survivors include two sons, James L. and wife Tammy EADS, Mentone, and Greg A.
and friend Laurie EADS, Etna Green; four grandchildren; several nieces and
nephews; three sisters, Nancy STILES, Ethel WROCKLAGE, Convoy, Ohio, and Alice
RICHARDSON, Wabash, two brothers, Arlon and wife Beverly AULT, Tippecanoe, and
Calvin and wife Mae RINGLE, Rochester.
She was preceded in death by three sisters and four grandchildren.
Services are 10:30 a.m., Thursday at King Memorial Home, Mentone. Rev. Tony
SCHNEIDERS will officiate. Burial will be in Culver Masonic Cemetery, Culver.
Friends may call from 5-8 p.m., Wednesday at the funeral home.
Helen M. Miller
Oct. 28, 1907 - Aug. 4, 1998
Helen Marie MILLER, 90, 421 W. Eighth St., died at 9:15 a.m., Tuesday at her
residence.
Born in Macy to Elting and Cora RICHARDSON DuBOIS, she married Carl W. MILLER on
April 9, 1934 in Plymouth. He preceded in death April 3. 1969.
Mrs. Miller owned and operated Miller Nursing Home, which later became
Canterbury Manor. She was a member o the Order of the Eastern Star 90 and Church
of God, Wabash.
Survivors include one daughter Sherry and husband Jack HOLSE: Rochester; one
son, Carl William "Bill" MILLER II, Rochester; five grandchildren,
Debbie CLARK, Rochester, Todd CLARK, San Diego, Calif., Suzy ROSEBERRY, Leslie
MILLER and Carl William MILLER III, all of Rochester, two great-grandsons, Isaac
MILLER, Rochester and D. J. CLARK, San Diego, Calif; one niece, Linda WILSON,
Rochester.
She was preceded in death by two sisters, Thelma CARR and Esther DuBOIS, and
three brothers, Leo [DuBOIS], Albert [DuBOIS] and Wilhelm DuBOIS.
Services are 11:30 a.m., Thursday at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester.
Rev. Steve FLECK will officiate. Burial will be in Plainview Cemetery, Macy.
Friends may call from 4-6 p.m. and 7-9 p.m., Wednesday at the funeral home.
Thursday, August 6, 1998 to Friday, August 7, 1998
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Saturday, August 8, 1998
Elzie Owens
May 22, 1904 - Aug. 7, 1998
Elzie OWENS, 94, 8300 26th Road, Argos. died at 2:40 p.m., Friday at Life Care
Center, Rochester, where he had lived since April.
He was born in Salyersville, Ky., to John Bud and Ellen BARNETT OWENS. On Jan.
1, 1925, in Salyersville, Ky., he married Eda ALLEN, who died May 16, 1995,
He lived in the Argos area since moving there from Knox in 1950. He was a
retired farmer. He also worked in the Kingsbury Munitions Plant.
Surviving are one son, Lawrence and Vada OWENS, Argos: five grandchildren, Janet
OWENS, Valparaiso; Vonda DELF, West Chester, Ohio; Lawrence G. OWENS, Rochester,
Bryan OWENS, Tippecanoe, and David OWENS, Medlcy, Fla; 11 great-grandchildren
and one sister, Nora COLLINS, Forest, Ohio. Preceding in death, with his wife
and. parents, are two sons, Allen [OWENS] and Vincent Ray OWENS; one
granddaughter, Debbie OWENS; three sisters and two brothers.
Services are 10:30 a.m., Monday at Grossman Funeral Home, Argos, with the Rev.
Brian SEWELL officiating. Burial will be in the Argos Maple Grove cemetery.
Friends may call from 3-6 p.m., Sunday and after 9:30 a.m., Monday.
Monday, August 10, 1998
Jean Overmyer
March 29, 1932 - Aug. 7, 1998
Jean OVERMYER, 66, Monterey, died at 5:35 P. M., at her residence.
Born in Young America to Mason and Nina LYNAS GRIFFIN, she married Lloyd H.
OVERMYER on Sept. 29, 1957 at Young America. He survives.
Mrs. Overmyer was a past employee of Merchants Bank, Logansport. She was a
member of Upper Deer Creek Church of Christ, Young America, attended the Ora
Gospel Chapel, Ora, and was a longtime Sunday School teacher there. She sold
Avon for 20 years and was a member of the Board of Director's of the Pulaski
County Farm Bureau.
Survivors include one daughter Linda and husband Robert WIGGS, Carmel; one son
Tim and wife Vicki OVERMYER, Monterey; four grandchildren; one sister, Martha
Jane LYBROOK, Walton. She was preceded in death by one brother and three
sisters.
Services were 1 p.m., today at Frain Mortuary, Winamac, Rev. Chris GOBLE will
officiate. Burial will be in Riverside Memorial Cemetery, Monterey. Friends
called from 2-8 p.m. Sunday and from 8 a.m. until time of service today.
Rev. Roy W. Fishburn
Aug 8, 1932 - Aug. 8, 1998
Rev. Roy Wesley FISHBURN, 66, Plymouth, died at7:15 p.m., Saturday at home.
Born in Argos to Donald Wade and Cristol IRWIN FISHBURN, he married Donna Lee
JOHNSTON April 14, 1957. She survives at home.
Rev. Fishburn was the pastor of Jordan Baptist Church southwest of Argos, and
had served in ministry for 26 years. He was a traveling evangelist for 15 years
and pastored the Portage Baptist Church, Portage. Locally, in addition to his
church, he served as the director of Child Evangelism and Fellowship in the
community. He was a U.S. Army veteran having served diring the Korean Conflict.
Survivors include four sons, James L. and wife Cynthia FISHBURN, Rev. John W.
and wife Marie FISHBURN, Timothy R. and wife Georgia FISHBURN, all of Plymouth,
and Rev. Mark E. and wife Laura FISHBURN, Argos; nine grandchildren; one sister,
Bonnie L. SOLOMON, Argos; one brother, Loy W. and wife Ann FISHBURN, Plymouth;
several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, a granddaughter, a sister and a
brother.
Services are 10 a.m., Tuesday at the Argos Bible Church, Argos. Rev. Alan
MORAVEK will officiate. Burial will be In Maxinkuckee I.O.O.F. Cemetery,
formerly known as Poplar Grove Cemetery. Friends may call from 3-8 p.m., today
in the Grossman Funeral Home, Argos, or at the Argos Bib le Church on Tuesday
one hour prior to services. A military graveside service will be conducted by
the Argos American Legion Post 68. Memorials may be made to either the Jordan
Baptist Church or the Hope Hospice of Fulton County.
Tuesday, August 11, 1998
Peggy Lou Barrett Yankovich
Friends here have been advised of the death May 26 at Pembrook Pines, Fla.,
of Peggy Lou BARRETT YANKOVICH.
She was born and grew up in Rochester, the daughter of John and Grace TRUE
BARRETT. The only local survivor is a cousin, Bill ZARING of Monticello.
No other obituary details could be obtained by The Sentinel.
Wednesday, August 12, 1998
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Thursday, August 13, 1998
James A. McFarland
April 24, 1953 - Aug. 11, 1998
James Allen McFARLAND, 45, Culver, died at 1: 10 Tuesday at his home.
Born in Plymouth to Harry Russell and Leona McFARLAND, he married Faye M.
MALCOLM on Oct. 11 1990 in Fort Wayne. She survives.
Mr. McFarland worked for the Fulton-Marshall Co-op for over 20 years, most
recently as the assistant manager for the Plymouth branch. He also served as a
volunteer Emergency Medical Technician in Culver for many years. He participated
in Culver and Plymouth bowling leagues and enjoyed fishing.
Survivors include one son, Kerry William McFARLAND, Plymouth; two daughters,
April Dawn McFARLAND, Plymouth and Crystal Amber McFARLAND, at home in Culver;
his mother, Leona McFARLAND, Culver; paternal grandmother, Esther McFARLAND,
Plymouth; two sisters, Betty and husband Tom KELLEY, Michigan, and Jane and
husband Ed YARIAN, Etna Green; three brothers, Bob and wife Patty McFARLAND,
Connecticut, Tim McFARLAND, Colorado, and Jon and wife Carolyn McFARLAND,
Culver; one grandson, Austin Lee WALESIEWICZ, Plymouth.
He was preceded in death by his father in 1994, his paternal grandfather and
maternal grandparents.
Cremation will take place. Friends may call from noon to 2 p.m., Sunday at the
Johnson-Danielson Funeral Home, 1100 N. Michigan St., Plymouth. A memorial
service will follow visitation.
Marguerite L. Nielsen
Oct. 31, 1916 - Aug. 12, 1998
Marguerite "Marge" L. NIELSEN, 81, Logarfsport, former Fulton
resident, died at 9:50 a.m., Wednesday at MiUer's Merry Manor, Logansport.
Born in Luceme to Fred and May ULERICK MARONEY, she married Marshall L. NIELSEN
on Dec. 2, 1951 in Anchorage, Alaska.
Mrs. Nielsen was a retired retail clerk.
Survivors include one half sister, Mrs. Rosemary MOOY, Logansport; two half
brothers, Robert MARONEY, Logansport and Glenn MARONEY, Marion, several nieces
and nephews.
She was preceded in death by one brother, Robert EYTCHESON on Feb. 25. 1990.
Graveside services are noon, Friday at Fulton Cemetery. Rev. Lonnie PETERS will
offlciate. Friends may call from 10-11:45 a.m., Friday in Zimmerman Family
Funeral Home Fulton.
V. Bernice Whittenberger
Oct. 4,1912 - Aug. 12, 1998
V. Bernice WHTTTENBERGER, 85, Elizabethtown, Ky., formerly of Akron, died at
4:45 p.m., Wednesday at Sun Rise Health Care, Elizabethtown, Ky.
Born in Fulton County to William H. and Geneva Madge GRONINGER SNYDER, she
married Charles D. WHITTENBERGER on Sept. 14, 1937 at Rushvflle. He preceded in
death on April 30. 1977.
Mrs. Whittenberger was a homemaker and attended the Akron Church of God.
Survivors include one son, Charles W. Bill WHITTENBERGER, Akron; two
granddaughters, Diana WRIGHT, Gurney, Ill., and Candance SHEROON, Glasgow, Ky.;
two stepsons, Robert [WHITTENBERGER] and Paul WHITTENBERGER.
Graveside, services are 10 a.m., Monday at Akron Cemetery, Akron. Friends may
call 6-8 p.m.. Sunday at Hartzler Funeral Home, Akron.
Esther E. Hunt
Oct. 8. 1910 - Aug. 12, 1998
Esther E. HUNT, 87, Kewanna, died a Wednesday, at her home.
Born to James Franklin and Altha STANCHFIELD BIXLER in Bruce Lake Station,
Fulton County, she married Everett Theodore "Ted" HUNT on Aug. 30,
1930 at Plymouth. He preceded in death on Oct. 13, 1980.
Mrs. Hunt was a homemaker. She was a member of Rebekah Lodge and Women of the
Moose, Peru, since 1950.
Survivors include three brothers, Ray BIXLER, Lake Odessa, Mich., Ermal BIXLER,
Alma, Mich., and Bill BIXLER, Logansport; two sisters, Olive TROWBRIDGE and
Mildred LESE, both of Elkhart; several nieces and nephews; several great-nieces
and nephews.
She was preceded in deaih by two sons one sister and one brother.
Services are 10 a.m., Friday at Harrison-Metzger Funeral Home, Kewanna Chapel.
Rev. Cliff GANO will offlctate. Burial will be In Bruce Lake Cemetery, Kewanna.
Friends may call from 5- 8 p.m., Thursday at the funeral home.
Burl B. Keel Jr.
Feb. 23, 1937 - Aug. 13, 1998
Burl B. KEEL Jr., 61, Tippecanoe, died at 1:45 a.m., today, at his home.
Bom to Burl Sr. and Sarah Gertrude MARQUIS KEEL at Logansport, he married
Phyllis LEWIS on Nov. 24, 1976 at Atwood. She survives.
Mr. Keel was a maintenance technician for like City Bank. He was a Vietnam
veteran having served in the Army and Navy.
Survivors include two daughters, Susan and husband Alex JANKOVICH, Bourbon, and
Kathryn and husband Greg BELL, Warsaw; two sons, Burl III and wife Caroline
KEEL, Rochester, and Wilham H. and wife Kellie KEEL, Bourbon; one stepdaughter,
Wendy and husband Lorin DOTSON, Silver Lake; two sisters, Donna and husband
Jerry ULMER, Bourbon, and Patty and husband Jim TOWNE, Rochestcr; 14
grandchildren.
Services are at 1 p.m., Sunday at King Memorial Home, Mentone. Bishop Wayne
HELMUTH will offictate. Graveside military rites will be conducted at Tippecanoe
Cemetery.
Friends may call from 4-8 p.m.. Saturday at the funeral home. Memorials may be
made to Tippecanoe E.M.S.
Friday, August 14, 1998
Louise J. Bixler
April 2, 1922 - Aug 9, 1998
Louise Jeanette BIXLER, 76, Logansport, died at 1:32 p.m., Sunday at Memorial
Hospital, Logansport.
Born to James and Lillie Mae TUTTLE WALTON in Carroll County, she married
Chester Aye BIXLER on June 17, 1939 in Buffalo. He preceded in death on Sept 20,
1992.
Mrs. Bixler was a member of the Yorktown Road Church of Christ. She was a member
of Fidelity Chapter 58, Order of the Eastern Star and Winamac Eagles Auxiliary.
Survivors include two sons, Sidney [BIXLER] and Louis BIXLER, both of
Logansport; one daughter, Jeannette STEPHENSON, Phoenix, Ariz.; 18
grandchildren; 40 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild.
She was preceded in death by one brother and three grandchildren.
Services are 10:30 a.m., Friday, August 14 at Fisher Funeral Chapel, 1801 Chase
Road, Logansport. Mr. Neal NOEY will officiate. Burial will be in Davis
Cemetery, Burnettsville. Friends may call from 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m., Thursday,
August 13 at the funeral home.
Saturday, August 15, 1998
Anna Hollos
Jan 3, 1921 - Aug 7, 1998
Anna HOLLOS, 77, Lakeland, died Aug 7 at her home.
Born in Smiths Grove, Ky., to Toss and Sallie MAJORS, she married Paul HOLLOS on
Nov 20, 1948 in Anderson. He survives.
She came to Lakeland, Fla., in 1979 from Rochester, where she had lived for 20
years. She was a homemaker.
Along with her husband, she is survived by one son, Paul J. HOLLOS, Jr.,
Lakeland, Fla.; two daughters, Sally A. CLIFTON, Mulberry, Tenn., Rosemary
BELLAMY, Rochester; seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
National Cremation Society, Lakeland, Fla.
Monday, August 17, 1998
Virginia B. Redinger
Mar. 30, 191 8 - Aug. 15, 1998
Virginia Belle REDINGER, 80, Plymouth, formerly of Argos, died 8:15 a.m.,
Saturday at St. Joseph Hospital, Plymouth.
Born to Arthur D. and Nellie L. LOWMAN NEWHOUSE in Argos, she married Ward Mark
REDINGER on Nov. 22, 1936 in Argos. He died on Dec. 12, 1991.
Mrs. Redinger was a homemaker. She was a member of the Argos United Methodist
Church where she served a nine-year term as treasurer of the church, was
president of the United Methodist Women, was a 50-year member of the Progress
Club and a 25-year member of the Green Township Homemakers Club. She was
president of the Federated Club and was the longtime district art chairperson of
G.F.W.C. While at Miller's Merry Manor. Mrs. Redinger was well known among other
residents for reading the Bible and newspapers to others.
Survivors include one daughter, Joy V. and husband Ronald EVARD, South Bend;
four sons, Carl W. and wife Ginny REDINGER, Troy, Mich., Arthur M. and wife
Sally REDINGER, Liberty; Charles E. and wife Linda REDINGER, Argos, and Lee M.
REDINGER, Rochestet; 17 grandchfidren, 21 great-grandchildren; nieces and
nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, two grandchildren and a brother,
Charles Jarvis NEWHOUSE in infancy
Services are at 11 a.m., Tuesday at the Argos Methodist Church, Argos with Rev.
Robin SMITH offlciating. Burial will be in Walnut Church of the Brethren
Cemetery near Argos. Friends may call 3-8 p.m., Monday or one hour prior to
services at the church. Memorials may be made to Argos United Methodist Church.
Evelyn G. Kiffmeyer
Sept. 29, 1905 - Aug. 14, 1998
Evelyn Grace KIFFMEYER, 92, Cocoa Beach, Fla., formerly of the Indianapolis
area, died 3:30 p.m. Friday at her residence.
Born to Wesley and Doris WILKINSON WELLER in Peru,she married Edward KIFFMEYER
on July 23, 1933 at Macy. He died on Feb. 21, 1969.
Mrs. Kiffmeyer was a retired accountant. She was a member of First Christian
Church, Patrick Officer's Wives Club, Patrick Garden Club, Homemakers Club and
the Missionary Society at her church, all at Cocoa Beach, Fla.
Survivors include one son, Wavel and wife Annette KIFFMEYER, Portland, Ore.;
three grandchildren; two great-grandsons: one sister, Elaine and husband Robert
GOTTSCHALK, Rochester; one brother, Dale and wife Miriam WELLER, Peru; several
nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents and one sister, Dorothy WASHINGTON.
Gravcside services are at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday at the Plainview Cemetery, Macy,
with the Rev. Chris DODSON officiating. Friends may call from 9-10 a.m., Tuesday
at the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester.
Louise R. McCarty
July 18, 1920 - Aug. 14, 1998
Louise R. McCARTY, 78, 1725 Colonial Road, died 3:40 a.m., Friday at Dukes
Continuing Care Center, Peru.
Born to Walter and Mattie TOMLIN at Hope, Ark., she married Maurice L. MOORE on
Nov. 26, 1941. He died on April 8, 1982. She married Richard McCARTY on May 11,
1985. He survives.
Mrs. McCarty was a homemaker and a member of First Baptist Church, Peru, and
Order of Eastern Star 127, Peru.
Survivors include one daughter, Cynthia WEBSTER, Peru, two grandchildren,
Courtney WEBSTER, Lafayette, and Adam WEBSTER, Peru; two sisters, Mary Dell
TIPPITT, Hope, Ark., Beulah EASTERLING, Little Rock, Ark.; one brother, Raymond
TOMLIN, Angleton, Texas.
She was preceded in death by one son, Richard MOORE, one daughter, Phyllis
MOORE, one grandson, Matthew J. WEBSTER, and three brothers.
Services are at 2 p.m., today at Eikenberry-Eddy Funeral Home, Peru, with Rev.
Steve FLECK officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Hope Cemetery, Peru. There will
be no visitation. Memorials may be made to American cancer Society.
Marvin G. Mullins
Mar. 21, 1961 - Aug. 15, 1998
Marvin G. MULLINS, 37, Rochester, died Saturday at his residence.
Born to Kahn M. and Lucille SHEPHERD MULLINS at Anderson, he married Tina SHEETS
PEEK. She survives.
Mr. Mullins worked at Columbia Schoo1 in the maintenance department. He was a
member of the Redman Lodge, Anderson, and attended the House of Prayer, Akron.
Survivors include three children, Justin G . MULLINS, Newton, N.C., John Michael
MULLINS, Rochester, and Mindy Marie MULLINS, Rochester; three stepchildren,
Jimmie PEEK, Anderson, Christopher and Christina PEEK MULLINS, Rochester; his
parents, Anderson: two brothers, Craig MULLINS and fiancee Belinda CANNON and
Anthony Jason MULLINS, all of Anderson; two sisters, Yolanda and husband Roy
SKIDMORE, and Teresa MULLINS and fiance Jeff OSBORNE, all of Anderson: four
nieces, Amanda [MULLINS], Nikki [MULLINS], Ashley [MULLINS] and Paige MULLINS,
all of Anderson; several aunts, uncles and cousins; special friends, the ANCIL
family, Anderson: Tracy and Fred SPARKS and Mike MOZZELL, all of Rochester.
Services are at 10 a.m., Wednesday at Rozelle-Johnson Funeral Home, 229 S.
Rangeline Road, Anderson with Rev. Joe HUFF officiating. Buirial will be in
Anderson Memorial Park. Friends may call from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m., Tuesday at the
funeral home. Memorials may be made to a fund for the education of his children.
Tuesday, August 18, 1998
City police were called about 6 p.m. Saturday to the scene of the suicide of
Marvin G. MULLINS, 37, at his 529 W. Sixth St. home.
Police concluded that Mullins shot himself in the head with a 9 mm handgun,
police said. His wife called the ambulance.
Wednesday, August 19, 1998
Anna F. Hollos
Jan 3, 1921 - Aug 7, 1998
Word has been received that Rochester resident Anna A. HOLLOS, 77, has died at
her Lakeland, Fla., home.
Born to Toss and Sallie MAJORS at Smith's Grove, Ky., she married Paul HOLLOS on
Nov. 20, 1948 at Anderson. He survives at home.
Mrs. Hollos moved to Lakeland, Fla. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include one son, Paul J. HOLLOS Jr., Lakeland, Fla.; two daughters,
Sally A. CLIFTON, Mulberry, Fla. and Rosemary BELLAMY, Rochester; seven grand
children, four great-grandchildren; one sister, Lucy WILLIAMS, Tenn.
Cremation took place at the National Cremation Society Lakeland, Fla.
Javier Cantero
Feb. 2, 1968 - Aug. 17, 1998
Javier CANTERO. 30, Sunnyvale, Calif., died 8:31 p.m., Monday at Woodlavm
Hospital, Rochester.
Born to Elias and Adela BACA CANTERO in Guanajuato, Mexico, he married Filomena
ALVAREZ on Oct. 8, 1991 at San Jose, Calif. She survives.
Mr. Cantero was a cook and worked at Cooksey's Freezer Fresh, Akron.
Survivors include his parents, Guanajuato, Mexico, one daughter, Karen CANTERO,
at home; three sisters, Fabiola CANDES and Silvia BANAGA, both oi Mexico, and
Guadalupe RAMIREZ, Akron; one brother, Elias CANTERO, Akron.
Services will be at a later date with arrangements being made by Lima Family
Mortuary, an Jose, Calif. Burial will be in San Jose. Friends may call from 4-6
p.m., today at Hartzler Funeral Home, Akron.
Thursday, August 20, 1998
Margret B. Slaybaugh
April 30, 1903 - Aug. 19, 1998
Margret B. SLAYBAUGH, 95, Warsaw, formerly of Akron, died 3:55 p.m., Wednesday
at Miller's Merry Manor, Warsaw.
Born to Charley and Tresie MILLER SMOKER in Miami County, she married Lewis E.
SLAYBAUGH on April 19, 1924 at St. Joseph, Mich. He preceded in death on March
27. 1973. She was a homemaker and a member of the Akron Church of God and Womens
Christian Temperance Union.
Survivors include one daughter, Julia and husband Homer HOOVER, North
Manchester: two sons, Richard and wife Beth SLAYBAUGH, Akron, and Jack and wife
Georgeanna SLAYBAUGH, Nashville: nine grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren;
five great- great-grandchildren; one sister, Thelma SAUSAMAN, Akron, one
brother, Doin and wife Violet SMOKER, Akron. She was preceded in death by three
sisters, Goldle FERREE, Mildred CLARK BECK and Blanche SWICK.
Services are at 1 p.m., Sunday at Hartzler Funeral Home, Akron with Rev. Steve
FLECK officiating. Burial will be in Akron Cemetery. Friends may call from 4-8
p.m., Saturday at Hartzler Funeral Home, Akron.
Friday, August 21, 1998
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Saturday,August 22, 1998
Madison M. Knauff
Aug.18, 1998 - Aug. 18, 1998
Madison Marie KNAUFF was stillborn at 1:30 a.m. Tuesday at Memorial Hospital,
Logansport. Survivors include her parcnts, Cassandra KNAUFF, Rocheater and
Randall W. WALLACE, Logansport; maternal grandparents, Bill and Sharon CURTIS
KNAUFF, Rochester; maternal great-grandmothers, Edna M. CURTIS, Rochester, and
Naomi KNAUFF, Perrysburg.
Private gravesideservices will be Saturday at I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Rochester, with
Rev. Steve FLECK officiating.
Leonard B Wagoner
Oct. 9, 1917 - Aug. 20, 1998
Leonard B. WAGONER, 80, Logansport, died at 9:20 p.m., 'Tbursday, at St. Vincent
Hospital, Indianapolis.
Born in Peck, Kan. to Jacob and Cora Alice LONG WAGONER, he married Mary
Margaret BODLE on Oct. 1. 1938 in Frankfort. She survives.
Mr. Wagoner was a retired dairy farmer and former employee of the Cass County
ASCS office. He was a member of the Metea Baptist Church, Fulton Masonic Lodge
665, Scottish Rite Valley of Fort Wayne and Twelve Mile Ltons Club. He served
eight years as Bethlehem Township Trustee and served one term on the Caston
school board. He was a Cass County resident since 1944. and is a 40-year member
of the Holstein Association.
Surviving with his wife are three sons Richard D. and wife Monte WAGONER,
Logansport; Robert B. and wife Marty WAGONER, Broken Arrow, Okla; William R. and
wife Tina WAGONER, Bunker Hill; a daughter, Ruth A. and husband, Harold ERDMANN,
Monticello: three sisters, Ellen and husband Albert WALSH, Kewanna; Elpha
WAGONER, Rochester; Elvira JAMES, Phoenix, Ariz.; 13 grandchildren and 19
great-grandchildren.
Preceding in death was one brother, Clelly WAGONER.
Services are scheduled for 10 a.m., Monday at McCloskey-Hamilton-Gundrum Funeral
Home, Logansport. Dr. Bryan CLEMENS and Rev. John TANGMAN will officiate. Burial
will be at the Ever-Rest Memorial Park Cemetery. Loansport. Visitation is from
3-7 p.m., Sunday at the funeral home. Masonic services are 7 p.m., 5unday.
Memorial contributions should be made to the Metea Baptist Church or the Cass
County Cancer Society.
Monday, August 24, 1998
F. Hugh Moore, Jr.
Feb 2, 1914 - Aug 24, 1998
Frederick Hugh MOORE, Jr., 84, 905 Jackson Blvd., died at 3:15 a.m., today, at
Woodlawn Hospital, Rochester.
Born to Frederick H., Sr., and Addabelle CARITHERS MOORE, he married Mary K.
PYLE on Feb 20, 1952 at Rochester. She survives.
Mr. Moore was employed for many years at the former Racket Clothing Store,
Rochester, and farmed and raised horses. He was a member of the First Baptist
Church, Rochester Masonic Lodge, and a 55-year member of Rochester I.O.O.F.
Lodge 47. He served with the U. S. Army during World War II in the European
Theatre and participated in the Battle of the Bulge.
Survivors include on daughter, Barbara and husband Jerry SCHLEIGER, and one
granddaughter, Leslie SCHLEIGER, all of Hartsville, S. C.; one niece and one
nephew.
He was preceded in death by one daughter, Mary Elizabeth MOORE and one sister,
Helen Van DUYNE READ.
Services are 1 p.m., Wednesday at Zimmerman Family Funeral home, Rochester. Rev.
Junior BOSE will officiate. Burial will be in Rochester Citizens Cemetery.
Friends may call from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Wednesday at the funeral home.
Tuesday, August 25, 1998
Ronda L. Camp
26, 1952 - Aug. 23, 1998
Ronda Lynn McVAY CAMP, 46, died at 'her home at 8:30 p.m., Sunday.
Born to Owen and Arlene EASTERDAY McVAY, he married Michael H. CAMP on July 9,
1971 at Baptist Christian Church, Royal Center. He survives.
Mrs. Camp worked at Federal Mogul. She was a member of the Bethel, Temple and
enjoyed crafts, crocheting, flowers, and being outdoors. She was a 1970 graduate
of Pioneer High School, A Purdue basketball fan and a doll collector.
Survivors include, one son, Heath and wife Dena CAMP, Logansport, one daughter,
Heather and husband Dale HAWKINS, Logansport; her parents, Rochester; three
sisters, Darla and husband Bob KUMBLER, Rochester, Cheryl and husband Lee
WHITTINGTON, Logansport, and Donna and husband Duane RIDDLE, Rochester; one
granddaughter, Cheyanne Lynn Camp, Logansport; one grandchild due in November;
several additional brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law; several nieces and
nephews.
She was preceded in death by one brother, Michael McVAY.
Services are at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, at Fisher Funeral Chapel, 1801 Chase
Road, Logansport. Rev. Buddy HOLDER will officiate. Burial will be in Davis
Cemetery, Burnettsville. Friends may call from 3-8 p.m., Tuesday, at the funeral
home, Memorials may be made to Hospice of Memorial Hospital, Logansport.
Wlillam H. Justice
April 19,1938 - Aug. 23,1998
William Hagen JUSTICE, 60, silver Lake, died 4:40 p.m., Sunday, at Lutheran
Hospital, Fort Wayne.
Born to Joe and Anna JOHNSON JUSTICE in Prestonsburg, Ky., he married Ethel
EUBANK on Aug. 27, 1977. She sumves.
A truck driver for Pride Lines, Wakarusa, he attended Sweetwater Assembly of God
Church, North Manchester.
Survivors include two sons, Steve JUSTICE, South Whitley, and Joseph JUSTICE,
Warsaw; four daughters, Belinda and husband Jon LUKENS, Warsaw, Brenda HEIN,
Indianapolis, Linda and husband Robert BLAIR, Warsaw, and Sandra MAILAND, Fort
Smith. Ark., two stepsons, Lewis MOORE, Laketon, and Ricci MOORE, Warsaw; two
stepdaughters, Debbie KLINE, North Manchester, and Kelli JACKSON, Columbia City;
four brothers, E. Ray JUSTICE, Frankfort, Robert L. JUSTICE, Bluffton, James R.
JUSTICE and John C. JUSTICE, both of Wabash; five sisters, Pearl and husband
Dave KESSINGER, Marion, Polly and husband Amos CANTRELL, LaFontaine, Peggy and
husband Jerry ORR, Wabash, Betty Jo and husband Don KERR, Marion, and Mary and
husband Jim FRASURE, N. Manchester; 18 grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents and one son.
Services are at 1 p.m., Wednesday at Sweetwater Assembly of God Church, Indiana
114 E., N. Manchester. Rev. Don FISHER and Rev. Chad BURKHART will officiate.
Burial will be In Oaklawn Cemetery, N. Manchester. Friends may call 12-8 p.m.,
Tuesday at DeLaughter, McKee Mortuary, 1401 Indiana 114 W., N. Manchester, and
one hour prior to service at the church on Wednesday.
Allen E. Singrey
May 8, 1939 - Aug. 25, 1998
Allen Eugene SINGREY, 59, Argos, died al 12:51 a.m., today at St. Joseph Medical
Center, South Bend.
Born to Arnold and Evelyn FAULKNER SINGERY in Plymouth, he married Roberta
BECKER on Sept. 20, 1969 at Argos. She survives at home.
Mr. Singrey was a storekeeper for Bendix Corp. (Allied Signal), South Bend,
where he, was an United Auto Workers steward. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran.
Survivors include two daughters, Shelley and husband Robert WINENGER, Allentown,
Pa., and Deanna SINGREY, Mishawaka; his father, Arnold SINGREY, Argos; two
sisters, Phyllis and husband Norman McGUIRE, Mentone, and Marjorie and husband
Steve SNYDER, S. Bend; two brothers, Lowell and wife Jean SINGREY, Greentown,
and Ronald "Lee" and wife Patsy SINGREY, Inwood.
He was preceded in death by his mother on Jan. 29, 1993.
Services are at 11 a.m., Thursday at Argos Bible Church, Argos, with Rev. Mark
FISHBURN officiating. Argos American Legion Post 118 will conduct graveside
military services at Maple Grove Cemetery, Argos. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m.
at Grossman Funeral Home, Argos, on Wednesday, or one hour before services at
the church on Thursday. Memorials may be made to Hospice of Marshall County.
Wednesday, August 26, 1998
Helen I. Spitler
Helen I. SPITLER, 88, Timbercrest Retirement Community, North Manchester,
died at her residence.
Arrangements are pending at King Memorial Home, Mentone.
Kenneth I. Goodman
May 18, 1910 - Aug. 25, 1998
Kenneth I. GOODMAN. 88, Warsaw. formerly of Mentone, died 8:22 p.m., Tuesday. at
Miller's Merry Manor, Warsaw.
Born to John H. and Ola M. WERTENBERGER at Marshall County, he married Isabelle
GODFREY on Dec. 23, 1952. She died on Nov. 19, 1992.
Mr. Goodman was a farmer. He attended the First Christian Church, Warsaw, and
the Mentone Nutrition Site.
Surivois include - one foster daughter, Anita HEIRS, Mentone, one stepson,
Wesley GODFREY, Coldwater, Mich; one foster son, Larry and wife Nancy HOLMES,
Warsaw; several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by three brothers and two sisters.
Services are at 10:30 a.m., Friday at King Memorial Home, Mentone with Rev.
Ronnie SAMS officiating. Burial will be in Mentone Cemetery. Friends may call
from 4-8 p.m., ThursdAy at the funeral home. Memorials may be rbade to Kosciusko
County Hospice.
James H. Stackhouse
June 13, 1910 -Aug. 25, 1998
James Hilbert STACKHOUSE. 88, South Bend, died 7 a.m., Tuesday at his residence.
Born to James S. and Florence HOFFER STACKHOUSE in Etna Green, he married Maxine
N. YARMAN on Nov. 13, 1937 at Etaa Green. She survives.
Mr. Stackhouse worked at Shell Oil Company, Warsaw, and retired in 1972 from
Shulzy & Burch Biscuit Company, South Bend. He was a member of River Park
United Methodist Church. South Bend.
Survivors include one daughter, Beverly FULNECKY, South Bend; on son Jay
STACKHOUSE, Rochester; three grandchildren, Kristina and husband Brian FULNECKY
and Jamie STACKHOUSE; one sister, Marybelle NORRIS, Columbus, Ohio.
Services are at 11 a.m., Thursday. af Palmer Funeral Home, 2528 Mishawaka Ave..
South Bend, with Rev. Philip ABRAM officiating. Burial will follow at Oakwood
Cemetery, Warsaw. Friends may call from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m.. Wednesday at the
funeral home. Memorials may be made to River Park United Methodist Church.
Thursday, August 27, 1998
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Friday, August 28, 1998
Melissa Riley
Melissa RILEY, 83, Rochester, died 10:50 a.m., Wednesday at Life Care
Center.
Arrangements are pending at Foster & Good Funral Home, Rochester.
Clarence B. Fletcher
April 23, 1906 - Aug. 26, 1998
Clarence B. FLETCHER, 92, 1319 Hill St., died 10:34 p.m., Wednesday at Woodlawn
Hospital, Rochester.
Born to Bert and Clara May ALEXANDER FLETCHER in Richland Township, he married
Helen STWALLEY on Sept. 18, 1933 at Logansport. She died on Oct. 16, 1987.
Mr. Fletcher retired in 1970 after 31 years as a South Bend Lathe carpenter. He
was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church, Rochester, and the Richland
Center I.O.O.F.,
Survivors include two sons, Dick and wife Sherri FLETCHER, Rochester, and Bob
FLETCHER, Griffith; one granddaughter, Teri and husband Rob WHITE, Rochester;
two great-grandchildren, McMahan PEMBERTON and Jessica WHITE, both of Rochester.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a half brother, Marc ALEXANDER.
Services are at 11 a.m., Saturday at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester,
with Rev. Donald BRENNEMAN officiating. Burial will be in Richland Center
I.O.O.F. Cemetery near Rochester. Friends may call 4-8 p.m., today and one hour
prior to the service Saturday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to
Trinity United Methodist Church.
Helen I. Spitler
Feb. 27, 1910 - Aug. 26, 1998
Helen I. SPITLER. 88, died 3:05 a.m.,Wednesday, at Timbercrest Retirement
Community, North Manchester.
Born to Hershel and Mabel SINGER NELLANS in Kosciusko County, she married the
late Bernard BLACK. She later married Worley A. SPITLER, He died on March 1,
1982.
Mrs. Spitler was a hairdresser and member of the Church of Christ, Mentone, the
Daughters of the American Revolution and the Order of the Eastern Star.
Survivors include two brothers, Max and wife Georgia NELLANS, Redmond, Wash.,
and Dale and wife Rosellyn NELLANS, Warsaw; one nephew; two nieces.
Graveside services were at 9 a.m., today at Mentone Cemetery, with Rev. Billy
STEELE officiating. A memorial service will be held at 4 p.m. Monday at the
Timbercrest Retirement Community Chapel, North Manchester, conducted by the
Timbercrest Chaplain. There will be no visitation. Memorials may be made to
Church of Christ, Mentone.
Ruth E Hill
July 27, 1906 - August 28, 1998
Ruth Elizabeth HILL, 92, Twelve Mile, died at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Logansport
Memorial Hospital.
She was born in Adams Township, Cass County, to Lewis Waite and Lavina Margaret
PLANK HILL.
She was a member of the Corinth Brethren Church and was an 81-year member of the
Womens Missionary Society of Twelve Mile. She graduated from Twelve Mile High
School and was a Professional wall paper hanger. She was president of the Adams
Township Home Extension Club and secretary and treasurer of the Adams Township
Farm Bureau.
Survivors include Harold Wayne HILL, Frankfort; 36 great-nieces and nephews and
17 great-great-nieces and nephews. Preceding in death, with her parents, are one
brother, Ralph Wayne HILL, one niece; one nephew, and one great-nephew.
Services will bc at 10:30 a.m. Monday at McClain Funeral Home, Denver, with
pastor Rod Schuler and the Rev. G. Bright HANNA ofliciating. Burial will be at
Greenlawn Cemetery, Mexico. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. Sunday. Memorials may
be made to the Corinth Brethren Church or Plank Hill Park, Twelve Mile.
Monday, August 31, 1998
Sue A. Steele
Jan 20 1936 - Aug 29, 1998
Sue Ann STEELE, 62, Peru, died at 8:27 a.m., Saturday at Dukes Memorial
Hospital, Peru.
Born to Louie and Ruth HICKERSON ROBINSON in Peru, she married Joseph H. STEELE
on April 24, 1954 at Peru Evangelical United Brethren Church. He survives.
Mrs. Steele was a 1954 graduate of Peru High School and a member of the Ladies
of the Moose.
Survivors include one brother, James ROBINSON, Fairfield, Calif.; one aunt,
Dorothea McGILL, Peru; two nephews, Kerry ROBINSON, Winona Lake, and James K.
ROBINSON, Vacaville, Calif.
Services are 10:30 a.m., Tuesday at Eikenberry-Eddy Funeral Home, 84 W. Main,
Peru. Rev. Steve FLECK will officiate. Burial will be in Greenlawn Cemetery,
Mexico. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m., today at the funeral home.
Melissa E. Riley
Feb 7, 1924 - Aug 26, 1998
Melissa Eleanor RILEY, 74, Life Care Center, Rochester, formerly of Leiters
Ford, died at 10:50 a.m. Wednesday at her residence.
Born to John and Reatha KNUCKLES JAQUES in Hadenville, Ohio, she married John F.
RILEY in Toledo, Ohio. He preceded her in death on Jan 2, 1980.
Mrs. Riley was a homemaker.
Survivors include one daughter, Christine and husband Timothy STINEBECK, Leiters
Ford, one son, John F., Jr. and wife Lois RILEY, Plymouth; six grandchildren.
Mrs. Riley was one of 17 children.
There are no services planned. Arrangements are by Foster & Good Funeral
Home, Rochester.
Tuesday, September 1, 1998
Ombra M. See Cler
1904 - Aug 20, 1998
Ombra M. SEE CLER, 94, Boise, Idaho, formerly of Argos, died Aug 20.
Born in Argos, she married Leo F. CLER in 1927 in Fort Wayne and moved to
Chicago where they lived for 60 years. He died in 1987.
Mrs. Cler was a homemaker.
Survivors include one daughter, Beverly and husband David TAYLOR, Boise, Idaho;
four grandchildren; five great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by two brothers, George [SEE] and Lloyd SEE, and her
daughter and son-in-law, Rosalie and Gene CIMELEY.
The funeral was Aug 25 in Chicago.
Ruby J. Allard
Ruby J. ALLARD, 89, 1317 Madison St., died 1:45 a.m., today at Woodlawn
Hospital, Rochester.
Arrangements are pending at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester.
Wednesday, September 2, 1998
Dale R. Biggs
May 24,1920 - Aug. 29, 1998
Dale R. BIGGS, 78, South Bend, died 6 a.m., Saturday in South Bend Memorial
Hospital.
Born to Dewey and Pauline DALE BIGGS in Roann, he married Mary MOROZOWSKI in
Rochester on July 8, 1942. She died on April 1988.
Mr. Biggs retired from the A.M. General Corp. He was an Army veteran of World
War II and a member of Veteran of Foreign Wars Post 9820.
Survivors include one daughter, Marcia and husband Ron DeLEE, South Bend; two
sons, Rick and wife Sherry BIGGS, South Bend and Darryl and wife Pam BIGGS,
North Liberty; six grandchildren; two sisters, Jean KOCH, Rochester, and Delores
IHOLTS, South Bend; one brother, Robert BIGGS, Indianapolis.
He was preceded in death by his parents in 1963, two sisters, Julia [BIGGS] and
Betty BIGGS, and two brothers, Richard [BIGGS] and William D. BIGGS.
Services were Monday at St. Joseph Funeral Home, South Bend.
Elizabeth M. Good
Nov. 24, 1911 - Sept. 1, 1998
Elizabeth Mary GOOD, 86, forinerly of 300 E. Fourth St., died 1:45 p.m., Tuesday
at ExtendaCare.
Born to Charles and Bertha EBER DRUDGE in Disko, she married Charles Ray GOOD on
Nov. 26, 1930 at Warsaw. He died Mar. 2, 1986.
Mrs. Good worked at Controls Company of America, North Manchester. She was a
member of Brethren Church, Akron. Home Economics Club, Akron, Order of the
Eastern Star Ivy Chapter 69, North Manchester, and was active in the RSVP,
Rochester.
Survivors include one daughter, Mary Lou and husband Jerrell WHITE, Rochester;
two sons Leon and wife Carolyn GOOD, Huntington and Max and wife Peggy GOOD,
Mentone, one daughter-in-law, Maggie GOOD, Silver Lake: one stepson, Curtis
HARRIS, Silver Lake; eight grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; one sister,
Vera and husband David LIVENGOOD, New Haven, several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, one son, Keith GOOD on Dec. 20, 1994,
one stepson, Mark R. WHITE, and five brothers, Homer [DRUDGE] Merl [DRUDGE],
DeWayne [DRUDGE], Harley [DRUDGE] and Gordon DRUDGE.
Services are at 2 p.m., Thursday at Foster & Good Funeral Home, 128 W. Sixth
St., Rochester with Rev. Jim ROBBINS officiating. Burial will be in Akron
Cemetery. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m., Wednesday and one hour prior to the
service on Thursday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Woodlawn
Hospital Home Health Care Service.
Ruby J. Allard
Oct. 10, 1908 - Sept. 1, 1998
Ruby J. ALLARD, 89, 1317 Madison St., formerly of Hobart, died 1:45 a.m.,
Tuesday at Wooodlawn Hospital, Rochester.
Born to Judson J. and Irene MATTOX JOHNSON at South Bloomville, Ohio, she
married Richard ALLARD. He died July 28, 1950..
Mrs. Allard was a bookkeeper in the Hobart area and lifelong homemaker. She was
a Lady Trainmen, Gary.
Survivors include two daugters, Josephine KONOWAL, Rochester and Shirley I.
SMITH
Fulton; one son, William ARBAUGH, Marion; six grandchildren; 12
great-grandchildren; one great-great-granddaughter; several nieces and nephews.
She was one of a family of 12 children.
She was preceded in death by her parents, a son, Ralph ARBAUGH, two sisters and
four brothers.
Services are at 11 a.m., Friday at Calumet Park Cemetery Chapel, Gary with Rev.
Chris DODSON officiating. Burial will be in Calumet Park Cemetery, Gary. No
local visitation is planned.
Jack E. Oden
Mar. 20, 1947 - Aug. 31, 1 )98
Jack E. ODEN, 51, Colorado Springs, Colo., formerly of Rochester, died at Pikes
Peak Hospice, Colo.
Born in Rochester, he married Janet CLARK on June 20, 1970. She survives.
Mr. Oden retired from the U.S. Army as a facility manager.
Survivors include one daughter, Michelle Renee ODEN and two brothers, James M. [ODEN]
and Fred A. ODEN.
Services are at 10 a.m., Thursday at Mountain View Mortuary Chapel with Military
Service at Fort Logan at 1 p.m.. Ft. Logan, Denver, Colo. Burial will be in Ft.
Logan National Cemetery, Denver, Colo. Friends may call 4-8 p.m., Wednesday
Mountain View Mortuary, 2350 Montebello Square Dr., Colorado Springs, Colo.
Thursday, September 3, 1998
[no obits]
Friday, September 4, 1998
Lillian M. Secor
March 30, 1919 - Sept 4, 1998
Lillian M. SECOR, 79, Warsaw, died at 12:46 a.m. today at Kosciusko Community
Hospital.
The daughter of Joseph and Nancy K. STRINE HARRIS, she was born March 30, 1919,
at Mount Etna. She married Richard Glenwood SECOR on June 10, 1977. He preceded
her in death on Jan. 16, 1992.
She lived in the Warsaw area since 1939 and was a 25-year employee of Sun Metal.
She was a member of the Mentone Americal Legion Auxiliary and the Brethren
Church, Andrews.
Survivors include a daughter, Melvina ZARTMAN, Elkhart, a sister, Lillie BAILEY,
Warsaw, three grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. She was preceded by
five brothers, one sister and one daughter.
Services are 1 p.m., Sunday at King Memorial Home, Mentone, Rev. Don POYSER will
officiate. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery, Andrews. Visitation is from 6-8
p.m., Saturday at the funeral home.
Saturday, September 5, 1998
Larry J. Sopher
Nov. 8, 1946 - Sept. 4, 1998
Larry J. SOPHER, 51, Peru, died at 5:45 p.m., Friday at his home.
Born to Charles and Wanda STOVER SOPHER in Peru, Sopher worked in Logansport.
He was a member of the House of Faith, Mexico.
Survivors include his mother, two sons, Scott SOPHER, Peru; Joe SOPHER, Peru;
one daughter, Joyce CLITES, Akron, Ohio; three brothers, Robert SOPHER, Roger
SOPHER and Terry SOPHER, all of Peru; one sister, Delcina BARR, Peru; and eight
grandchildren.
Services are 2 p.m., Tuesday at the First Assembly of God Church, 365 Monroe
Ave., Peru. Rev. Larry COOK will officiate.
Burial will be in the Mount Hope Cemetery, Peru. Friends may call from 2-4 p.m.
and 6-8 p.m., Monday at Flowers-Leedy Funeral Home. Memorial contributions may
be made to the Wabash-Miami Home Care and Hospice through the funeral home.
Joy L. Spohn
Joy L. SPOHN, 75, Danville, died at 12:55 p.m. Friday at Hendricks Community
Hospital, Danville.
Arrangements are pending at Zimmerman Family Funeral Homes.
Monday, September 7, 1998
[no paper - holiday]
Tuesday, September 8, 1998
Joseph E. Broeker
WRECK CLAIMS MONTEREY MAN
One person died and three were injured in a two-car accident at 8:20 p.m.,
Friday on Fulton County Road 600 North, west of County Road 1100 West.
Joseph A. BROEKER, 44, Monterey, died at Woodlawn Hospital from injuries he
received when his pickup hit a truck driven by Gloria J. BANKS, 52, Kewanna.
Police report Broeker was westbound on County Road 600 North when he drove left
of the center line and struck Banks. The truck rolled over and came to rest on
its wheels. Broeker's blood alcohol content tested .19 percent, almost twice the
legal limit.
Banks was taken to Woodlawn Hospital then flown to Parkview Hospital, Fort
Wayne, where she was put in intensive care with multiple fractures. She is
listed in fair condition today. Two passengers in the Banks vehicle, Colton [MEASELES]
and Jessica MEASELES, ages 5 and 8, received minor injuries.
This is the second fatal accident in the county this year. The first occurred on
April 13 when Richard L. SMITH, 67, 2505 Barrett Road, was killed when his
pickup truck collided with a state police squad car driven by Senior Trooper
Randall SHAVER, at Indiana 14 and Barrett Road.
Joy L. Spohn
May 27, 1923 - Sept 4, 1998
Joy L. SPOHN, 75, Danville, formerly of Plymouth, died at 12:55 p.m., Friday at
Hendricks Community Hospital, Danville.
Born to Russell and Vivian MEADOWS DINSMORE in Downers Grove, Ill., she married
Omer M. SPHN on Feb. 19, 1950 in Rochester. He survives in Danville.
Mrs. Spohn was a retired secretary of Allied Signal of South Bend. She was a
member of Plymouth Order of Eastern Star 26.
Survivors include one son, Martin R. SPOHN, Danville and fiance Laurie WOODMAN;
one granddaughter, Lindy Renae SPOHN, Seattle, Wash; one sister, Rosebud
FARRELL, Plymouth; one brother, Victor DINSMORE, Port Charlotte, Fla.; several
nieces and nephews, great-nieces and nephews and great-great-nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by one sister, Donna CLAYBAUGH.
An Eastern Star memorial service will be at 11 a.m., Saturday at Zimmerman
Family Funeral Home, Rochester. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery, Plymouth.
Friends may call one hour prior to service at the funeral home.
Mary M. Sowers
Oct. 7, 1907 - Sept. 5, 1998
Mary Margaret SOWERS, 90, Hagerstown, Md., formerly of Rochester, died Saturday
at Colton Villa Nursing Home, Hagerstown, Md.
She was born to Winfield Scott and Nellie DENNISTON SOWERS in Rochester.
Ms. Sowers graduated from Rochester High School and attended the Methodist
Missionary Training School and then became associated with the Church of God
(Universal). She graduated from Anderson Theological Seminary, Anderson, with a
bachelor of theology degree. Serving as a full-time pastor, she was youth camp
director and held evangelist for the Montrose Church of God. Active in printing
and office work in the Way of Truth, she served in various fields until she
accepted the pastorate at the Ripley Church of God, West Virginia. After
completing that assignment, she accepted service in the Hagerstown Way of Truth.
She was employed as a full-time teacher for the Truth for Youth School and a
substitute teacher for Washington County Schools. Next, she was a pastor at the
Church of God Durbin, W. Va., where she served until retirement.
Survivors include several nieces and nephews and a god-grandson, David Allen
MILLS.
She was preceded in death by three sisters, Jean STOVER, Mrs. Lowell CANN and
Narcissus "Nar" SOWERS, and one brother, W. H. SOWERS.
Services are 11 a.m., Wednesday at the Minnich Funeral Home, Hagerstown, Md.
Burial will be in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Rochester. Memorials may be made to the
Robinwood Church of God, 12030 Waffenfeltz Lane, Hagerstown, Md. 21740.
Arrangements are handled by Zimmerman Family Funeral Home, Rochester.
James Brackett
Friends here have been advised of the death of James BRACKETT, 84, that
occurred at his home in San Gabriel, Calif., sometime last week.
Born in Rochester on June 16, 1914, he was the son of Charles and Effie SHAFER
BRACKETT. He was a graduate of Rochester High School and after graduation moved
with his family to Florida and then to California. He never married and there
are no immediate survivors.
Wednesday, September 9, 1998
William N. Scott
March 9, 1927 - Sept. 7, 1998
William N. SCOTT, 71, Logansport, died 8:48 p.m., day at Memorial Hospital,
Logansport. Born to Carl M. and Ora Ethel KINZIE SCOTT in Cass County, he
inarried Phyllis J. DAVIS on Nov. 7, 1952 at Logansport. She survives.
Mr. Scott served in the U.S. Marine Corps in World War II. He retired from Civil
Service, U.S. Corps of Engineers in 1988. He was a member of Corinth Brethren
Church, Twelve Mile and American Legion, Brookville.
Survivors include three sons, Larry BURNS, Fort Myers, Fla., Donald BURNS, Heber
Springs, Ark. and Greg SCOTT, Rochester; two daughters, Deborah L. CAMPBELL,
Fargo, North Dakota, and Kathy DOUGLASS, Twelve Mile; two sisters, Fairy BOWMAN,
New Carlisle, Ohio and Margaret JOHNSON, Midland, Texas; two brothers, Carl J.
SCOTT, Logansport and Richard E. SCOTT, Logansport; 13 grandchildren; 13
great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by one son, Michael William SCOTT, one grandson,
Michael Lee BURNS and one brother, Delmar SCOTT.
Services are at 2 p.m., Friday a Spring Creek Christian Church Logansport with
Rev. Matthew HARRIS officiating. Burial will be a Spring Creek Cemetery
Logansport. Friends may call from 2-8 p.m., Thursday at McClain Funeral Home and
one hour before the service on Fridy at the church. Memorials may be made to
Twelve Mile First Responders or Spring Creek Christian Church.
Betty J. Field
June 21, 1930 - Sept. 9,1998
Betty J. FIELD, 68, Kcwanna died 3:55 a.m., today at her residence.
Born to Henry Lewis and Ann Marie HENNING REDLIN in Denham, Pulaski County, she
married Garold Thomas FIELD at Denham on May 27, 1950. H survives.
Mrs. Field was a hpmemaker and a 1948 graduate of Winama High School. She was a
member of St. John Lutheran Church and Luther Ann's, Rochester. She enjoyed the
Chicago Cubs and caring for children.
Survivors include foursons and daughters-in-law, Neil and Kelly FIELD, Mark and
Karen FIELD, David and Lisa FIELD and Gale and Susan FIELD, all of Kewanna; five
daughters and sons-in-law, Rebecca and James HOTT, Sandra and Robert SUTTON, all
of Kewanna, Peggy FIELD and and Chester GOOD, all of Royal Center, and Jean and
Carl GRAY, Winamac; two sisters, Ann SOMMERFELD, Lansing, Mich., and LaVergne
WARKENTIEN, North Judson; 24 grandchildren, four great-grandsons.
She was preceded in death by four brothers and three sisters.
Services are at 10 a.m., Friday at St. John Lutheran Church, Rochester with Rev.
James W. KREFT officiating. Burial Will be in St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery,
Denham. Friends may call after 3 p.m., Thursday at the Harrison-Metzger Kewanna
Chapel and one hour before the service at the church. Memorials may be mad to
St. John Lutheran Church, American Cancer Society or Riley Hospital for
Children.
Thursday, September 10, 1998
Betty "Jane" Roush
Feb. 14, 1921 - Sept. 9, 1998
Betty "Jane" ROUSH, 77, Argos died 1:45 p.m. Wednesday at St. Joseph
Medical Center, South Bend.
Born to James and Laura MADDOX in Hartford City, she married Charles E. ROUSH on
Sept. 12, 1942 in Muncie. He died on Aug. 9, 1989.
Mrs. Roush was director of nursing at the former Parkview, Hospital, Plymouth.
She was a member and treasurer of Walnut Church of the Brethren, Argos. She was
active in the Red Cross, a founding member of the Marshall Starke Development
Center and its auxiliary.
Survivors include one daughter, Carol THOMPSON, Mishawaka: two sons, C. Thomas
ROUSH and Joseph A. ROUSH, both of Argos: one stepson, Jerry and wife Nyla
ROUSH, Noblesville; four grandchildren, Shawn THOMPSON, Chicago, Ill., Gretchen
THOMPSON, San Diego, Calif., Melanie DERZHAVETS, Noblesville and Denise ROUSH,
Upper Peninsula, Mich.;. one brother, William MADDOX, Hartford City.
She was preceded in death by her parents and a sister, Pearl WILSON.
Services are at 10 a.m., Saturday at the Walnut Church of the Brethren, Argos
with Rev. Tony SCHNEIDERS officiating. A graveside service will be held at
Hartford City IOOF Cemetery, Hartford City at 1:30 p.m.. Saturday. Friends may
call from 4-8 p.m., Friday at Grossman Funeral Home, Argos, or one hour prior to
services on Satlirday at the church. Memorials may be made to the
Marshall-Starke Development Center.
Elizabeih L. Young
Elizabeth Lavonne YOUNG, 83, Logansport, died 9:23 p.m., Wednesday at Memorial
Hospital, Logansport. Arrangements are pending at M'cClain Funeral Home, Denver.
Emma E Mellott
Nov. 19, 1905 - Sept. 9, 1998
Emma E. MELLOTT, 92, Etna Green, died 10:15 p.m., Wednesday at Miller's Merry
Manor, Plymouth.
Born to John and Catherine Eliza HINKLE ROMINE in Kosciusko County, she married
Joe MELOTT on Feb. 4, 1928 at Warsaw. He died on Dec. 13, 1991.
A homemaker, she attended Pilgrims Rest Primitive Baptist Church, Etna Green.
Survivors include one daughter, Donna and husband Richard CUMMINS, Plymouth: two
a sons, John and wife Donna MELLOTT and Larry and wife Nancy MELLOTT, all of
Etna Green; six grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren.
She was preccded in death by one sister and four brothers.
Services are at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, at King Memorial Home, Mentone with Rev.
Tommy SARBER officiating. Burial will be in Harrison Center cemetery, Etna
Green. Friends may call from 4-9 p.m., Friday at the funeral home. Memorials may
be made to Pilgrims Rest Primitive Baptist Church.
Friday, September 11, 1998
Robert S. Hook
July 11, 1924 - Sept. 10, 1998
Robert S. Hook, 74, Denver, died 5.50 a.m., Thursday at his residence.
Born to Russell and Letha BRAMBLETT HOOK in Boone County, he married Mary
Margaret SHANNON in 1955. She died on June 16, 1967.
Mr. Hook was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. He retired from Farm Bureau
Co-Op after 39 years as a driver. He was a member of the Moose., Veterans of
Foreign Wars and American Legion Lodges.
Survivors include three daughters, Judy [HOOK] and Julie HOOK and Sandra CALFEE,
all of Peru; two sons, Kevin HOOK, Rochester and David HOOK, Indianapolis; one
grandson, Dustin HOOK; three granddaughters, Heather [HOOK] and Bethany HOOK and
Tiffany CALFEE.
There will be a graveside service at 2 p.m., Friday at Ever-Rest Memorial Park
Cemeterv Chapel, Cass County. Rev. Steve FLECK will offlciate. No visitation is
scheduled. Arrangements are being handled by Flowers-Leedy Funeral Home Peru.
Memorials may be made io American Heart Association or American Lung
Association.
Elizabeth L. Young
Aphl 8, 1915 - Sept. 9, 1998
Elizabeth Lavonne YOUNG, 83, Logansport, died Wednesday at Memorial Hospital,
Logansport.
Born to Clarence and Nellie BERKSHIRE PHERSON in Kewanna, she married Arthur
Sumner YOUNG on July 21, 1934 at Kokomo. He died on Aug. 21, 1962.
A retired dietician she worked at Chase Center and the Neal Home of Logansport.
She was a member of the Bethlehem United Methodist Church and United Methodist
Women of Twelve Mile.
Survivors include one daughter, Margaret L. and husband Don HUBENTHAL, Lucernc,
on son-in-law, B. R. ADKINS, Tell City; six grandchildren, Sabrina McMANWAY,
Cannelton, Tiery ROBINSON, Logansport, Weston ADKINS, Tampa Bay, Fla., Todd
HUBENTHAL, Andy HUBENTHAL and Matt HUBENTHAL, all of Lucerne; nine
great-grandchildren; two great, gireat-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by one daughter, Marcia Ann ADKINS, one sister,
Margaret Lucille RODES.
Services are at 3 p.m., Saturday at McClain Funeral Home, Denver. Rev. Bob CREE
will officiate. Burial will be in Bethlehem Cemetery, Twelve Mile. Friends may
call from 1-3 p.m.. Saturday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Cass
County Hospice or Cass County Cancer Society.
Jesse E. White
Aug. 15,1919 - Sept. 9,1998
Jesse E. WHITE, 79, Culver, died at 11:07 p.m., Wednesday at St. Joseph
Hospital/Marshall County, Plymouth.
Born to Raymond and Gertrude SNYDER WHITE at Rochester, he married Marcella P.
ZECHIEL on Nov. 15, 1942 at Defiance, Ohio. She survives.
Mr. White was a retired factory worker from McCord Corporation, Plymouth and a
member of Emmanuel United Methodist Church, Culver.
Survivors include three sons, Paul and wife Lonnie WHITE, Roanoke. Philip and
wife Kathy WHITE, LaPaz and Perry and wife Becky WHITE. Peoria, III; three
granddaughters; one grandson; one brother, Lawrence WHITE, Frankfort,
He was preceded in death his parents and one brother, Donald WHITE.
Services are at 2 p.m.. Sunday at Emmanuel United Methodist Church, Culver. Rev.
James IRWIN will officiate. Burial will be in Culver Masonic Cemetery. Friends
may call from 4 -8 p.m., Saturday at Bonine Funeral Home, 104 Lakeshore Drive,
Culver. Memorials may be made to Emmanuel United Methodist Church.
Mae Crill
Nov. 4, 1925 - Sept. 11, 1998
Mae CRILL, 72, 764 West 18th St., died 6 a.m., today at her residence.
Born to Frank and Nellie Grace SHELTON VAN DUYNE, she married Harold George
CRILL on Aug, 14. 1948 at Logansport. He survives at home.
Mrs. Crill was a 1944 graduate of Rochester High School. She was a member of
First Christian Church, the Dorcas Circle of the church and a member of Ladies
Auxiliary of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1343, Rochester. .
Survivors include one daughter, Susan Maxie and husband Charles DILL, Rochestedr;
one grandson, Stephen Charles DILL, Rochester; one sister, Kathryn RENTSCHLER,
Fulton.
She was preceded in death by her parents, two sisters and six brothers.
Services are at 1 p.m., Monday at Foster and Good Funeral Home, Rochester with
Rev. Chris DODSON of#ciating. Burial will be in Mt. Zion Cemetery, southeast of
Rochester. Friends may call from 5-7 p.m.. Sunday at the funeral home. Memorials
may be made to Mt. Zion Cemetery Association for the maintainance and care of
the cemetery.
Saturday, September 12, 1998
Rev. Vonald Hoffman
Mar. 2, 1916 - Aug. 14, 1998
Word has been received that Rev. Vonald HOFFMAN, Brick, N.J., died Aug. 18, 1998
at Medical Center of Ocean County, BrickTownship, N.J.
Born to Charles and Delta HOFFMAN and raised in Rochester, Rev. Hoffman served
six years in the military as an enlisted man, survived the Pearl Harbor attack
and combat duty in the Pacific during World War II and received two bronze
medals.
He was a graduate of Eastern Baptist Seminary, and served 14 years as an Army
Chaplain in Kentucky, Ohio, New York, New Jersey, Germany, Korea and Vietnam. He
retired in 1970 as Lieutenant Colonel.
Rev. Hoffman served as pastor in churches in Ohio, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Survivors include his brother, Lavoy HOFFMAN; three daughters, Lois NAYLOR and
Dorothy HOFFMAN, Philadelphia, and Deborah CASTOR, Califnia; special friend,
Ruth ZIMMER, Brielle, N.J.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife Grace [HOFFMAN] in 1987 and a
daughter, Jane [HOFFMAN], in 1997.
A memorial service was held Aug. 30 in the First Baptist Church, Manasquan, N.J.
Monday, September 14, 1998
Marion B. Young
Oct. 24, 1916 - Sept. 14, 1998
Marion Burke YOUNG, 81, 10375 West 400 North, Rochester, near Leiters Ford, died
3:30 a.m., at today, 40 South 1100 West, Kewanna.
He was born to Jesse and Bessie SHIDAKER YOUNG near Leiters Ford.
A farmer, he is survived by one sister, Anajean and husband Deane PETERSON,
Kewanna; three brothers, Delbert V.[YOUNG], Elbert V. [YOUNG] and Lowell E.
YOUNG, all of Rochester, near Letters Ford; several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, a sister, Doris OVERMYER and a brother,
Elmer YOUNG.
Services are at 10 a.m., Wednesday at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester
with Rev. C. David HOGSETT officiating. Burial will be in Moon Cemetery, west of
Rochester. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m., Tuesday and one hour prior to
services on Wednesday at the funeral home.
Rozella J. Wilson
Oct. 18, 1917 - Sept. 14, 1998
Rozella J. WILSON, 80, 3537 East 500 North, Rochester, died at 1 a.m., today at
her residence.
Born to Matthew "Matt" and Olive WARNER EWER in Macy, she married
Richard "Dick" O. Wilson on Dec. 25, 1936 in New Orleans, La. He
survives.
Mrs. Wilson lived in the Richland Center area, then Greenfield for 23 years and
retired to live on the Tippecanoe River in Fulton County in 1983. She was a
homemaker and a member of Daughters of the American Revolution. She was an
active member of Macy Christian Church, was an accomplished oil painter and an
avid fisherman A former Miss Elkhart, she was Miss Indiana in 1936, and a
Hancock County Recorder candidate.
Survivor's include four sons, Jay and wife Mary Jo WILSON, Rochester; Noel and
wife Cecilia WILSON, Inman, Kan., David and wife Sue WILSON, Indianapolis,
Halbert and wife Wynn WILSON, Rochester; one daughter, Sarah and husband David
GARDINER, St. Ignace, Mich.; three sisters, Eulalia G. WARNER, Columbus, Grace
BOCK, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Margaret READ, Indianapolis; one brother, Richard
EWER, Greensburg; 17 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by two brothers, Doyne EWER and Albert EWER.
Services are at 11 a.m., Wednesday at Macy Christian Church with Pastor David
WELSH officiating. Burial will be in Mud Lake Chapel Cemetery, Fulton County.
Friends may call from 10-11 a.m., Wednesday at the church. Arrangements are
being handled by Zimmerman Brothers Funeral Home, Rochester. Memorials may be
sent to Mike and Janice Robinson,. Missionaries in Guatemala, c/o Christ
Fellowship Ministries, P.O. Box 7 , WiIkinson, Ind. 46186.
Wilma I. Stepler
April 22, 1905 - Sept. 14, 1998
Wilma I. LARRISON STEPLER, 93, Amboy, died 6:55 Monday in Greentown.
Born to Everett C. and Mabel JONES LARRISON in County, Harrison Township, she
married Virgil L. STEPLER on Aug. 7, 1954. He died on Oct, 11, 1978.
Mrs. Stepler graduated from Amboy High School in 1924, Blakers Teachers College
and Butler University. She was a retired Rochester school teacher, a member of
Amboy Friends Church, past president of Sigma Delta Pi Sorority, a 50-year
member of Eastern Star and Harrison Homemakers.
Survivors include three nephews, John L. LARRISON, LaVernia, Texas, Donn W.
LARRISON, Converse and Darrell W. LARRISON, Decatur, Ill.; two nieces, Carolyn
Sue LARRISON. Terre Haute and Lila L. KREIG, Converse.
Services are at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday at Larrison-Martin-Duncan Funeral Home,
308 E. Marion St., Converse, with Rev. Richard MARTENS officiating. Burial will
bc in lOOF Ccmctcry, Amboy. Friends may call from 6-8 p.m., today at the funeral
home.
Kellen E. Hale
March 25, 1908 - Sept. 12, 1998
Kellen E. HALE, 90, died at 2 a.m., Saturday at his Venice, Fla., residence.
Born to David C. and Margaret M. BERGER HALE in Dayton, Ohio, he married Verna
M. REED on May 17, 1940 in Cincinnati, Ohio. She survivcs.
Mr. Hale worked with experimental sheet metal at Wright Patterson Air Force
Base, Dayton, Ohio. He retired in 1969 after 28 years. He served in the Air
Force Reserve and spent 30 years in the Coast Guard Auxiliary. He was a member
of Evangelical Covenant Church, Venice, Fla., F&AM Masonic Lodge 661, Ohio,
Scottish Rite Lodge, Dayton, Ohio and the American Legion Post 159, Venice ,
Fla.
He was preceded in death by his parent,; and two brothers, Howard [HALE] and
Lawrence [HALE]. Services are at 2 p.m., Thursday at Foster & Good Funeral
Home, Rochester with Rev. Donald BRENNEMCN officiating. Burial will be ir
I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Rochester. Friends may call one hour prior to services at the
funeral home. Memorials may he made to Evangelical Covenant Church of Venice
Isles, P.O. Box 2135, Venice, Fla. 34284-2135 or the Salvation Army.
Wednesday, September 16, 1998
[no obits]
Thursday, September 17, 1998
Uriah Weirick
Uriah WEIRICK, 82, Peru, died at 7:15 p.m., Wednesday at Dukes Memorial
Hospital Continuing Care Center.
Arrangements are pending at McClain Funeral Home, Denver.
Jonathan M. Zimmerman
Sept 15, 1998 - Sept 15, 1998
Jonathan M. ZIMMERMAN, Akron, was stillborn Tuesday at Kosciusko Community
Hospital, Warsaw.
Survvors include his parents Harland L. and Elaine S. WEAVER ZIMMERMAN; four
brothers, Kenlyn Gene [ZIMMERMAN], Kervin Ray [ZIMMERMAN], Myron Joel
[ZIMMERMAN] and Nathan Lynn [ZIMMERMAN], all of Akron; paternal grandparents,
Norman and Emma BRUBACHER ZIMMERMAN, Goshen; Maternal grandparents, Lowell and
Doris MARTIN WEAVER, Goshen; Paternal great-grandmother, Esther ZIMMERMAN,
Foraker.
He was preceded in death by an infant sister, Anita Joann [ZIMMERMAN], Aug. 17,
1989 and an infant brother, Jamin Lynn [ZIMMERMAN], Oct. 9, 1993.
Graveside services will be 3 p.m., today at Yellow Creek Frame Cemetery, Goshen.
Friday, September 18, 1998
Uriah Weirick
Sept. 15, 1916 - Sept. 16, 1998
Urian "Sonny" WEIRICK, 82, Peru, died 7:15 p.m., Wednesday at Dukes
Continuing Care Center, Peru.
Born to Neil and Lula BEAMER WEIRICK in Wabash, he married Mary L. FITES on Feb.
11, 1939 at Gilead. She survives.
Mr. Weirick was a 1935 graduate of Roann High School. He was a retired farmer
and had retired from Miami County Highway Department in 1891. He worked at Doud
Orchard for 20 years and was a past bus driver for Gilead School. He was a
member of the Ebenezer United Methodist Church and Roann Masonic Lodge 583.
Survivors include five daughters, Roberta DALUISIO, Mexico, Shirley CREAGER,
North Manchester, Madonna McCOMBS, Sebring, Fla., Jennifer DAUGHERTY, Amboy and
Mary Kaye JONES, Peru; nine grandchildren, Kevin MATYJASIK, Kim CASPER, Cindy
FISHER, Paula CREAGER, Heather [DAUGHERTY], Jeremy [DAUGHERTY] and Laura
DAUGHERTY, Keenan [JONES] and Marvin JONES; one half sister, Peggy NORMAN, Roann;
six great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister, Mary BYRT.
Services are 11 a.m., Saturday at Ebenezer United Methodist Church, 1100 N. and
Meridian Road, near Deedsville, with Rev. Rick STONE and Rev. Tom DAUGHERTY
officiating. Burial will be in Ebenezer Cemetery, near Deedsville. Friends may
call from 2-8 p.m., today at the McClain Funeral Home, Denver and one hour prior
to services on Saturday at the church. Memorials may be made to Ebenezer United
Methodist Church.
George F. Hattery
May 27, 1919 - Sept 17, 1998
George Franklin HATTERY, 79, 118 N. Clayton St., died at 7:50 p.m., Thursday at
his residence.
Born to George Clifton and Tessie Edith MOORE HATTERY in Athens, he married Nora
KISSINGER in 1945. She preceded in death on December 29, 1973. He later married
Millie H. FELTON on May 23, 1980 in Rochester. She survives.
Mr. Hattery retired in 1981 as maintenance supervisor at NIPSCO. He was a member
of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion, Fraternal Order of Eagles,
Moose Lodge, Indiana Sheriff Association, National Rifle Association, and was a
World War II Army Staff Sergeant in New Guinea and the Philippines.
Survivors include one daughter, Janice M. AGNEW, Logansport; one son, Rodney E.
HATTERY, Wisconsin; six grandchildren; two stepdaughters, Barbara and husband
James SKANE, Windham, N.H., and Dorothy and husband Dennis DONAHUE, Valparaiso;
one stepson, Bruce W. HESS, Xenia, Ohio; two stepgrandsons, Christopher HESS,
Xenia, Ohio and Dennis Jacob "Jake" DONAHUE, Valparaiso; several
nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, four brothers and two sisters.
Services are 1 p.m., Monday at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester with
Rev. Chris DODSON officiating. Burial will be in McKinley Memorial Gardens,
Winamac. Friends may call from 3-6 p.m., Sunday or after noon on Monday, at the
funeral home. The American Legion and V.F.W. will conduct a graveside military
service.
Saturday, September 19, 1998
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Monday, September 21, 1998
K. C. Jones
K. C. JONES, 48, Huntington, died at 9:30 p.m., Sunday at Parkview Hospital,
Fort Wayne.
Arrangements are pending at Zimmerrnan Family Funeral Home, Rochester.
David J.. Caveda
May 16, 1914 - Sept. 15, 1998
David J. CAVEDA, 84, Hattiesburg, Miss., died Sept. 15 at Forrest General
Hospital, Hattiesburg, Miss.
A native of Cuba and a U.S. citizen for 40 years, Mr. Caveda was a Seventh Day
Adventist pastor for 25 years. After retirement from the ministry, he was a
sales representative in the floral supply business. He was a past presidcnt of
the Mid-West Cuban Federation and a life-long member of the Seventh Day
Adventist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Maria Luisa CAVEDA, Hattiesburg, Miss.; four sons,
David CAVEDA, Hattiesburg, Hal CAVEDA, Daytona Beach, Fla., Daniel CAVEDA,
Columbus, Ohio and Philip CAVEDA, Rochester; two brothers, Guillermo [CAVEDA]
and Rodolfo [CAVEDA]; one sister, Maria ARCOS, all of Miami, Fla.; 12
grandchildren and one great- grandson.
IServices were Saturday at Moore Funeral Home, Hattiesburg, Miss.
Martha M. Scheffer
May 20, 1921 - Sept. 19, 1998 Martha May SCHEFFER, 77, 2047 E. 200 N.
Rochester, died 6:01 a.m., Saturday at Woodlawn Hospital, Rochester.
The daughter of Alma May POLAND ROWE, she married Donald H. SCHEFFER on June 3,
19'72 in Pulaski. He survives.
Mrs. Scheffer was a homemaker and a member of the First Church of God,
Rochester.
Survivors include one foster daughter, Jodi FIVECOAT, Pensacola, Fla.
She was preceded in death by her parents and a son, Johnny SHIELDS in 1958.
Services are at 10 a.m., Tuesday at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester
with Rev. David DITTMAN officiating. Burial will be in Winamac Cemetery. Friends
may call from 4-8 p.m., Monday or after 9 a.m., Tuesday at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to the American Lung Association.
Bonnie M. Stratton
June 8, 1929 - Sept. 19, 1998
Bonnie M. STRATTON, 69, Akron. died 4 a.m., Saturday at Lutheran Hospital of
Indiana, Fort Wayne.
Born to Joseph and Jessie BUTTERBALL HOLLENBACK in Wabash County, she married
Lewis E. STRATTON on July 4. 1948 in Silver Lake. He preceded in death on May 3,
1992.
Mrs. Stratton was retired from General Tire, Wabash, and owned Lou's Bait &
Tack Shop, Akron. She was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Moose and
Eagles, all of Wabash.
Survivors include two sisters, Josephine DeVORE, Los Molinos, Calif. and Pearl
MUNDY, Metea; several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by two sisters and one brother.
Services are at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday at Hartzler Funeral Home, Akron with Rev.
Lawrence SEE officiating. Burial will be in Silver Creek Cemetery, Silver Lake.
Friends may call 6-8 p.m., today at Hartzler Funeral Home, Akron.
M. Lucille Ulery
May 9, 1912 - Sept. 19, 1998
M. Lucille ULERY, 86, Culver died 7:35 p.m., Saturday at Miller's Merry Manor,
Culver. Born to William and Edith OVERMYER LAKE in Culver, she married Paul S.
ULERY on April 8, 1934 at Rutland. He died Oct. 21, 1972..
Mrs. Ulery was a 1929 graduate of Culver High School and graduated from South
Bend Business College. She was a member of Emanuel United Methodist Church and
the Marshall County Farm Bureau. She enjoyed church work, gardening, quilting,
and reading stories to her grandchildren. She drove for Meals-on-Wheels.
Survivors include three sons, William and wife Sherrill ULERY, Pagosa Springs,
Colo., Russell and wife Barbara ULERY and Stephen and wife JoAnn UIERY, all of
Culver; 13 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; one great-great-granddaughter.
She was preceded in death by one sister.
Services are at 11 a.m., Wednesday at Emmanuel United Methodist Church, Culver
with Rev. James IRWIN officiating. Burial will be in Maidnkuckee IOOF Cemetery,
Culver. Friends may call from 3-8 p.m., Tuesday at the funeral home and 10-11
a.m., Wednesday at the church. Memorials may be made to Emmanuel United
Methodist Church.
Harold G. Crill
Dec 7, 1917 - Sept. 21, 1998
Harold George CRILL, 78, 764 W. 18th St., Rochester, died 3:16 a.m., today at
Woodlawn Hospital, Rochester.
Born to Oscar and Cora STOCKER CRILL, he married Mae Van DUYNE on Aug. 14, 1948
at Logansport. She died Sept. 11, 1998.
Mr. Crill was a retired truck driver. He drove for D&D oil, Rochester and
Hayes F'reightlines, Logansport. He was a member of the First Christian Church,
Rochester, American Legion Post 36, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1343 , and the
Fratemal Order of Eagles 852. A World War II U.S. Army veteran, he survived the
attack on Pearl Harbor.
Survivors include onc daughter, Susan Marie and husband Charles DILL, Rochester;
one grandson, Stephen DILL, Rochester; two sisters, Martha and husband Paul EBER,
Rochester and Mabel SULLIVAN, Twelve Mile; several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents and three brothers, Paul [CRILL], Wayne
[CRILL] and Loyd CRILL.
Services are at 10 a.m., Wednesday at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester
with Rev. Chris DODSON officiating. Burial will be in Mount Zion Cemetexy,
Southeast of Rochester. The American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars will
conduct a military graveside scrvice. Friends may call from 5-7 p.m., Tuesday or
one hour prior to services on Wednesday at the funeral home.
Ira W. Good
Jan. 29, 1917 - Sept. 20, 1998
Ira Wilson GOOD, 81 Culver, formerly of Star City, died 4:30 p.m. Sunday at
Miller's Merry Manor, Culver.
Born to John Allen and Doris Flossie FREEMAN GOOD at Ora, he married Irma A.
KOEPKEY on March 5, 1938 at Winamac. She preceded in death on Oct. 14, 1990.
Mr. Good was a retired farmer and a member of Pulaski Presbyterian Church and
the Pulaski County Farm Bureau. He was the family geneologist and an avid camper
and fisherman.
Survivors include two daughters, Janet COLLIGAN, Rochester and Joyce SZOT,
Willow Springs, Ill.; seven sons, Dwayne [GOOD], Star City, Larry [GOOD],
LaPorte, Marvin [GOOD], Buffalo, Ralph [GOOD], Winamac, Chester [GOOD], Royal
Center, Lester [GOOD], Kewanna and Melvin [GOOD], Star City; 25 grandchildren;
seven greatgrandchildren; two brothers, Darl [GOOD], Winamac and Kenneth GOOD,
Horseshoe Bend, Ariz.
He was preceded in death by one daughter, Jackie GOOD and one sister, Dorothy
ANSPACH.
Services are at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Pulaski Presbyterian Church with Rev. Ashley
BEATY officiating. Burial will be in Pulaski Presbyterian Cemetery. Friends may
call from 2-9 p.m., Tuesday and 8-1- a.m., Wednesday at Frain Mortuary, 305 E;.
Main St., Winamac, or one hour prior to servic:es on Wednesday at the church.
Tuesday, September 22, 1998
Ira W. Good
Services for Ira W. GOOD are at 1 p.m., Wednesday Pulaski Presbyterian
Church with Rev. Ashley BEATY officiating. Burial will be in Pulaski
Presbyterian Cemetery. Friends may call 2-9 p.m., Tuesday and 8-10 a.m.,
Wednesday at Frain Mortuary or one hour prior to services at the church.
Memorials may be made to Pulaski Presbyterian Church.
K. C. Jones
June 3,1950 - Sept. 20,1998
K. C. JONES, 48, Huntington. died 9:30 p.m., Sunday at Parkview Hospital, Fort
Wayne.
Born to James Estel and Olive Arthena DOWNEY JONES in Monticello, Ky., he
married Doris TIBBETTS on June 7, 1969 in Converse. She survives.
Mr. Jones was a 1968 graduate of Oak Hill High School, Converse. He served in
the U.S. Air Force from 1969 to 1980 and was a Vietnam veteran.
Survivors include one daughter, Alice Marie JONES, Huntington; one son, Kelby
Craig JONES, Huntington; one granddaughter, Annalysa Marie FORAN, Huntington;
his father, Marion; his stepmother, Ella JONES, Marion; four sisters, Katherine
TURNER, Colorado Springs, Colo., Marcia LUCAS, Vickie INGRAM, both of Lima,
Ohio, Rose PETTIFORD, Marion; four brothers, David James JONES, Fairmount, Danny
Joe JONES, David Estell JONES, James Edward HOLLIDAY, all of Marion.
He was preceded in death by one daughter, Johnna Doreen JONES, his mother, one
brother, Walter JONES and one sister, Shirley M. JONES.
Services are at 1 p.m., Wednesday at Zimmerman Family Funeral Home. Rochester,
with Rev. David McCLANE officiating. Burial will be in Converse Cemetery.
Graveside military rites will be conducted by the Peru American Legion Post.
Friends may call from 4-8 p.m., Tuesday or after 11 a.m., Wednesday at the
funeral home.
Edna M. P. Dick
Word was received that Edna Mae PIERCE DICK, 90, Tucson, Ariz., died Sept.
14 at her home.
The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred PIERCE, Rochester, she married Harold DICK. He
preceded in death.
Mrs. DICK grew up in Rochester. She graduated from nurse's training in 1930 at
Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis. During World War II she was a welder at the
shipyards on aircraft carriers. After 45 years of nursing, she retired in 1974
to care for her husband.
Survivors include one daughter, Sandra and husband Paul JOHNSON, Tucson, Ariz.;
one son, Roger and wife Maria DICK, Mesa. Ariz.: five grandchildren; two
great-grandchildren; one sister, Leora DUNLAP, Tucson, Ariz.; sister-in-law,
Grace PIERCE, Rochester; niece, Lola RIDDLE, Argos
Arrangements were handled by Arizona Mortuary.
Alberta "Granny" Miller
Dec. 7, 1921 - Sept. 21, 1998
Alberta "Granny" MILLER, 76, Argos, died 12:45 p.m., Monday at St.
Joseph Hospital of Marshall County, Plymouth.
Born to Phillip and Bertha NAPIER MILLER in Hazard, Ky., she married William
MILLER, in March 1945 in Hazard, Ky. He preceded in death. Mrs. Miller was a
homemaker and a member of Plymouth Church of Jesus Christ, Plymouth.
Survivors include six daughters, Louise and husband George BOULAS, Shirley and
husband Ewen VIRES, Jackie and husband Harry JOHNSON, Betty and husband Rev.
Olan HOWARD, Judy and husband Richard WARREN, all of Argos, Reva anc husband
Justin CAMPBELL, Hazard, Ky.; one son, Douglas and wife Teri MILLER, Argos; 24
grandchildren; 34 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; two
sisters, Reva WESLEY, Sommersett, Ky., Kathleen and husband Larry HORN,
Plymouth; one brother, Berchel and wife Edna ROBERTS, Eubank,. Ky.
She was preceded in death by her parents, a daughter, Christine MILLER, and a
half- brother, James Otis VIRES.
Services are at 10 a.m., Thursday at Plymouth Church of Jesus Christ, Plymouth,
with Rev. Olan Howard officiating. Burial will be in Maple Grove Cemetery,
Argos. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m., Wednesday at Grossman Funeral Home,
Argos, or one hour prior to services at the church.
Dale H. Lees
July 30, 1926 - Sept. 20, 1998
Dale H. LEES, 72, 300 E. 4th St., Apt, G, died 6 a.m., Sunday at his home.
Born to Avery and Mary LEITHOLD LEES at Peru, he was a car salesman for 30 years
and a member of the Eagles, Elks and Moose Lodges and the Fraternal Order of
Police.
Survivors include two sons, Stephen and wife Patsy LEES, Bremen and Gregory and
vife Cindy LEES, Peru; four grandchildren, Scott [LEES], Bridget [LEES],
Nicholas [LEES] and Maggie [LEES]; one brother, Richard LEES, Peru; one sister,
Relna WOLF, Peru.
Services are at 11 a.m., Wednesday at Flowers-Leedy Funeral Home, Peru, with
Rev. Steve FLECK officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Hope cemetery, Peru. Friends
may call 4-8 p.m., Tuesday at the funeral home.
Ivan E. Stubbs
Sept. 21, 1915 - Sept. 21, 1908
Ivan E. STUBBS, 83, Culver, died 4:25 p.m., Monday at Miller's Merry Manor,
Culver.
He was born to Frank Leslie and Dorabelle WOLFE STUBBS at Aubbeenaubbee
Township.
Mr. Stubbs graduated from Aubbeenaubbee Township High School in 1933. He farmed
and retired in 1980 from McGills, Culver, as an electrician. He was a member of
Zion Gospel Chapel Church, Kewanna and I.O.O.F. Lodge, Culver.
Survivors include one sister, Mattie BARTH, Mishawaka; 11 nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by five sisters and three brothers.
Services are at 11 a.m., Thursday at Harrison-Metzger Funeral Home Kewanna
Chapel, with Rev. AUGSBURGER officiating. Burial will be in Moon Cemetery,
Kewanna. Friends may call fro 4-8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorials
may ba made to Culver EMT.
Wednesday, September 23, 1998
Alberta "Granny" Miller
Dec. 7, 1921 - Sept. 21, 1998
Alberta "Granny" MILLER, 76, Argos, died 12:45 p.m., Monday at St.
Joseph Hospital of Marshall County, Plymouth.
Born to Phillip and Bertha NAPIER ROBERTS in Hazard, Ky., she married William
MILLER there in March 1945. He preceded in death.
Mrs. Miller was a homemaker and a member of Plymouth Church of Jesus Christ,
Plymouth.
Survivors include six daughters, Louise and husband George BOULAS, Shirley and
husband Ewen VIRES, Jackie and husband Harry JOHNSON, Betty and husband Rev.
Olan HOWARD, Judy and husband Richard WARREN, all of Argos, Reva and husband
Justin CAMPBELL, Hazard, Ky.: one son, Douglas and wife Teri MILLER, Argos; 24
grandchildren; 34 great-grandchildren: three great-great-grandchildren; two
sisters, Reva WESLEY, Sommersett, Ky., Kathleen and husband Larry HORN,
Plymouth; one brother, Berchel and wife Edna ROBERTS, Eubank, Ky.; special
friends, Annell ARCHAMBEAULT and Rhoda HENSLEY, both of Argos.
She was preceded in death by her parents, a daughter, Christine MILLER, and a
half- brother, James Otis VIRES.
Services are at 10 a.m., Thursday at Plymouth Church of Jesus Christ, Plymouth,
with Rev. Olan HOWARD officiating. Burial will be in Maple Grove Cemetery,
Argos. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m., Wednesday at Grossman Funeral Home,
Argos, or one hour prior to services at the church.
Thursday, September 24, 1998
Naomi E. Rouch
June 25, 1918 - Sept. 22, 1998
Naomi E. ROUCH, 80, Bonita Springs, Fla.. formerly of Peru and Rochester, died
at 7 p.m., Tuesday at Hope Hospice House, Fort Myers, Fla.
Born to Frederick and Nellie JOHNSON WACKERLE in Niles, Mich., she married
Donald L. ROUCH on Dec. 2, 1935 at Niles, Mich. He survives.
Mrs. Rouch was a past employee of The Rochester Sentinel newspaper. She was the
Welcome Wagon Hostess for several years in Peru and later was the executive
secretary to the Welcome Wagon District Manager. She was a member of Christus
Victor Lutheran Church, Bonita Springs, Fla. Survivors include two daughters,
Sandy THOMPSON, Noblesville and Sonja GUYER, Peru; one son, Fred ROUCH, Santee,
Calif.; nine grandchildren, Stan THOMPSON, Carmel, Steve THOMPSON and Sterling
THOMPSON, both of Noblesville, Scott THOMPSON, Lafayette, Stuart THOMPSON,
Peoria, Ill., Michelle BESS, McKinney, Texas, Melissa OLESEN, Indianapolis,
Marcynda VERDICCHIO, Austin, Texas, Leesa ROUCH, San Diego, Calif.; 14
great-grandchildren,, and one sister, Shirley OATES, Peru.
She was preceded in death by her parents, and one sister, Carol HAIG on July 30,
1998.
Services are 10 a.m., Saturday at Eikenberry-Eddy Funeral Home. Rev. Philip J.
KRUPSKI will officiate. Burial will be in Mt. Hope Cemetery, Peru. Friends may
call from 5-8 p.m., Friday at Eikenberry-Eddy Funeral Home. Memorials may be
made to Hope Hospice House, 9470 Health Park Circle, Fort Meyers, Fla. 33908.
Ashley R. Jelly
Sept. 19, 1998 - Sept. 19, 1998
Ashley Renae JELLY, 315 Weswood Lane, Apt. 315, was still-born at 8 p.m.,
Saturday at home.
Survivors include her mother, Mary Ann JELLY, one sister Brianna JELLY and her
maternal grandmother, Barbara ROBINSON Services are 10 a.m., Friday at Rochester
I.O.O.F. Cemetery Rev. Lawrence SEE will officiate. No visitation is scheduled.
Arrangements are being handled by Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester.
Friday, September 25, 1998
Lloyd E. Allen
April 24, 1935 - Sept 23, 1998
Lloyd Emmett ALLEN, 63, died 9:09 p.m., Wednesday at his Wabash home.
Born to Lawrence E. and Greeta ETCHISON ALLEN in Elwood, he married Wanda L.
McKINLEY on Dec. 29, 1957 at Wabash. She survives.
Mr. Allen was a farmer and also worked for the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad. A U.S.
Army veteran, he was a member of the Lagro United Methodist Church and Lagro
Lions Club.
Survivors include his mother, Greeta ALLEN LANDIS, North Manchester; one son,
Lalon and wife Tammy ALLEN, Lagro; three daughters, Roxy and husband Tony ROSER,
Lagro, Lisa and husband Brent PAXTON, Silver Lake and Janet and husband Brian
CHAMBERLAIN, Urbana; two sisters, Janet and husband Bill KIRKPATRICK, Andrews
and Karen WAGERS, Aurora, Colo; one stepbrother, Edwin LANDIS, Laotto; nine
grandchildren.
Services are at 10:30 a.m., Monday at Grandstaff-Hentgen Manchester Ave. Chapel,
1177 Manchester Ave., Wabash, with Rev. Robert ARMSTRONG and Rev. Bill DEISHER
officiating. Burial will be in Hopewell Cemetery, Lagro. Friends may call 1-7
p.m., Sunday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Wabash County Cancer
Society or the Casey Sparling Memorial Athletic Scholarship.
Saturday, September 26, 1998
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Monday, September 28, 1998
Darrell Dunn
Darrell DUNN, 37, 8402 W 500 N died 10:38 p.m., Saturday at Woodlawn
Hospital, Rochester.
Arrangements are pending at Bonine Funeral Home, Culver.
Raymond Dausman
Raymond H. DAUSMAN, 94, 3124 Country, Club Dr., died 1:56 p.m., Saturday at
his home.
Arrangements are pending at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester.
Julius "Sam" Smiley
Julius "Sam" SMILEY, 78, Tippecanoe, died 4:50 a.m., today at
Miller's Merry Manor Nursing Home, Plymouth.
Arrangements are pending at Grossman Funeral Home, Argos.
Julie B. Powell
April 19,1931 - Sept.27, 1998
Julie B. POWELL, 67, Warsaw. died 2:56 a.m., Sunday at Kosciusko Community
Hospital, Warsaw.
Born to Dan and Martha MARSILLETT REFFITT in Floyd County, Ky., she married
Glenn E. POWELL on March 23, 1966 In Plymouth. He died Jan. 28, 1998.
Mrs. Powell lived in the Mentone area 29 years and was a retired food processor
for the Kralis Brothers Foods, Inc., Mentone for 20 years. After retiring she
worked seven years at Teels Restaurant, Mentone. She was a member of the Free
United Baptist Church, Tippecanoe.
Survivors include three daughters, Barbara Sue and husband James NORTH, North
Manchester, Betty and husband Paul STANLEY, Prestonsburg, Ky. and Wanna and
husband Kenneth STEPHENS, Lexington, Ky.; one son, Roy and wife Pat HACKWORTH,
Prestonsburg, Ky.; six grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; three sisters,
Josephine and husband Dewey YATES, Warsaw, Mary J. SHEPHERD, Litchfield, Mich.,
and Ollie and husband Monroe BALDRIDGE, Blue River, Ky.; four brothers, Amos and
wife Emma REFFITT and Floyd and wife Ann REFFITT, all of Warsaw, Joe Wheeler
REFFITT and Jimmie and wife Edna REFFITT, all of Claypool; several nieces and
nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, four sisters and one brother.
Services are at 10 a.m., Wednesday at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Akron,
with Rev. Glenn HUGHES officiating. Burial will be in Omega Cemetery, southwest
of Akron. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m., Tuesday or after 9 a.m. through the
hour of services on Wednesday at the funeral home.
Manson W. Leap
April 5, 1915 - Sept. 26, 1998
Manson W. LEAP, 83, 11121 W 400 N, died 7:36 p.m., Saturday at Pulaski Memorial
Hospital, Winamac.
Born to Loran and Floy CALDWELL LEAP at Fulton County, he married Gladys M.
SHIDAKER on March 4, 1940 at their home. She survives.
Mr. Leap was a 1933 graduate of Leiters Ford High School. a retired farmer and
retired Fulton County Landfill employee. He attended the First Baptist Church,
Kewanna, and was an avid sports fan of the Chicago White Sox, Bulls and Indiana
University.
Survivors include one son, John W. and wife Debi LEAP, Rochester; two daughters,
Patsy and husband Jerry HOLCOMB, Anderson and Ann and husband Carroll BLAIR,
Bourbon; six grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; four sisters, Beulah
ADAMS, Kewanna, Frances SIMS and twins Eva [LEAP] and Treva LEAP, all of Culver,
Services are at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday at Harrison-Metzger, Kewanna Chapel with
Rev. Doug BLANC officiating. Burial will be in Moon Cemetery, Kewanna. Friends
may call from 4-8 p.m., Tuesday and after 9 a.m. through time of services on
Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church .
Kewanna.
Paul L. S. Nellans
Dec. 31, 1923 - Sept. 26, 1998
Paul Lee SUTTON NELLANS, 74, 1407 Main St., died 6:55 a.m., Saturday at Woodlawn
Hospital, Rochester.
He was born to Herbert M. and Letta O. TURNBULL SUTTON and adopted by Otis M.
and Ethel (ROGERS) NELLANS at Battle Creek, Mich.
Mr. Nellans was a minister, carpenter and served in the U.S. Merchant Marine. He
was a past member of Richland Center United Methodist Church and a volunteer at
Fulton County Historical Society. His drawings for The Shopping Guide News and
The Rochester Sentinel were compiled in a book by the FCHS.
Survivors include one sister, Margaret SUTTON NELLANS, Rochester; half-sister,
Mary J. and husband Vern BELL, ShowLow, Ariz.;' several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by a brother, Carl M. SUTTON and an infant sister.
There are no services. Friends may call from 6-8 p.m., Tuesday at Zimmerman
Family Funeral Home, Rochester, to be followed by cremation. Memorials may be
made to Fulton County Public Library.
ROCHESTER MAN BLEEDS TO DEATH
A rural Rochester man bled to death Saturday night after cutting an artery
in his arm.
Darrell DUNN, 37, of 8409 W. County Road 500 North, was pronounced dead at
Woodlawn Hospital, police said. Dunn was arguing with his 16-year-old son when
he was injured. Instead of taking his anger out on his son, police said, he
punched a window. An ambulance was called at 9:12 p.m. to the Dunn home.
Police said alcohol was a factor.
Police also received a call at 4:21 p.m. Saturday from an employee of Pulaski
Memorial Hospital who reported someone was being treated in the emergency room
after a stock car rolled over at the Dunn residence.
Police said they are not sure if the wreck had anything to do with the argument
at the Dunn home.
A Pulaski Memorial spokesman today said Heather PAGE, 21, of Elm Street,
Rochester, was brought to the emergency room at 4:10 p.m. Saturday. She has
since been released. Her injuries were not specified.
Tuesday, September 29, 1998
U. S. 31 CRASH KILLS COUPLE
An elderly Winamac couple was killed Monday afternoon at U.S. 31 and County
Road 50 North when they drove into the path of a semi-truck.
Dale COMBS, 81, and his wife Mary COMBS, 84, died at the scene of the 2:15 p.m.
crash, authorities said. A semi-truck driven by Larry CARTWRIGHT, 46, Erwin,
Tenn., was traveling south on U.S. 31 when the COMBS' car failed to stop at
County Road 50 North and drove onto the highway, police said.
The Combs, Fulton County's third and fourth traffic fatalities of 1998, were
trapped in their car, police said. Alcohol or drugs were not a factor.
Cartwright refused medical treatment.
Elizabeth (Lib) Shank
May 29, 1914 - Sept. 25, 1998
Elizabeth (Lib) LICHTENWALTER SHANK, 84, died at 9:50 p.m. at the San Diego
Hospice in San Diego, Cal. She had resided since 1984 at the Clairemont Garden
Retirement Home in San Diego.
A native and longtime resident of Rochester, she was born May 29, 1914 the
daughter of Floyd (Pete) and Bess BOWERS VAN TRUMP and graduated from Rochester
High School in 1932. Her first marriage was Sept. 10, 1938, to Everett (Eb)
LICHTENWALTER, who died Feb. 13, 1965. Her second marriage was Oct. 14, 1968. to
Garl SHANK, who preceded in death Dec. 27, 1996.
Mrs. Shank was among the leaders of church, civic and commercial activities
while living in Rochester. She was a member of the choir and financial secretary
of the First Presbyterian Church, a member and president of Tri Kappa sorority
and chairman of the Fulton County Heart Association.
She owned and operated both the Book Store and the Manitou Package Liquor Store
with her husbands. For a few years following high school she was society editor
of The News-Sentinel, of which her father was co-publisher and director of
commercial printing. An accomplished golfer, she held successive women's
championships of the Elks country club. :
Surviving are one sister, Mrs. William L. (Ann) BURR, Avon Park, O.; two
nephews, Pieter BURR, Virginia Beach, Va., and Mark KOCHENDERFER, Mesa, Ariz.;
one great-niece and one great-nephew. Preceding in death was a sister, Martha
KOCHENDERFER, in 1962.
Following cremation, interment is to be in the Rochester IOOF cemetery.
Zimmerman Family Funeral Home will be in charge of graveside services. date and
time of which will be announced as soon as completed.
Julius L. Smiley
Sept. 15, 1920 - Sept. 28, 1998
Julius L. "Sam" SMILEY, 78, Tippecanoe, died 5 a.m., Monday at
Mfllcr's Merry Manor, Plymouth.
Born to LeVerne and Ethel KING SMILEY at Rochester, he married Betty Jane PELTZ
on Dec. 13, 1941. She survives at home.
Mr. Smiley was a 1940 graduate of Bourbon High School. He was a World War II
U.S. Army veteran and a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1162,
Plymouth. A carpenter, he was a member of the Carpenters and Jointers Union
Local 615 of Northern Indiana. He was a fireman and chief, of the Tippecanoe
Township Fire Department for many years.
Survivors include two daughters. Sherry and husband Tom BENEDICT, Fort Wayne,
Donna and husband Bob HENRITZE, Westfield; three sons, Garry and wife Jean
SMILEY, and Milton SMILEY, all of Warsaw, and Roger and wife Jennifer SMILEY,
Plymouth; eight grandchildren: seven great-grandchildren; two sisters, Margaret
VANDER HEYDEN, South Bend and Carole FLORIAN, Walkerton: four brothers Richard
[SMILEY] and Jim SMILEY, both of Argos, Paul SMILEY, Rochester and Kenneth
SMILEY, Logansport.
He was preceded in death by his parents an infant daughter and a grandson.
Services are at 2 p.m., Wednesday at Argos Bible Church, with Rev. Mark FISHBURN
officiating. Burial will be in Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery. The Veterans of
Foreign Wars Post 1162 and the American Legion, Bourbon, will conduct a
graveside military service. Friends may call from 3-7 p,m., Tuesday at the
funeral home or one hour prior to services at the church. Memorials may be made
to the Marshall County Cancer Fund or American Diabetes Association.
Raymond H. Dausman
Feb. 25, 1904 -Sept, 26, 1998
Raymond H. DAUSMAN, 94, 3124 Country Club Drive East, died at 1:56 p.m.,
Saturday at home.
Born to Bert and Cecil HANEY DAUSMAN, M!Iford Junction, he married Dorothy E.
JOHANTGES, Nov. 9, 1930 at Indianapolis. She preceded in death.
Mr. Dausman was a 1928 graduate Purdue University. After 40 years of service as
an electrical engineer and supervisor for Commonwealth Edison, he retired in
1967. He was a Scout Leader and an Explorer Advisor with the Boy Scouts of
America.
Survivors include three daughters, Nola and husband Bob FARLEY, Dorothy and
husband Jack HICKEY, all of Chicago, Ill., and Marilyn and husband Ray KUCHARSKI,
Harvey, Ill.; three sons, Raymond and wlfc Phyllis DAUSMAN, Jackson, Wisc.,
Roger and wife Sharon DAUSMAN, Chicago, Ill., and Harold and wife Donna DAUSMAN,
Decatur, Ill.; 25 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren.
Services are at 10 a.m., Wednesday at King Church, 9235 S. Hamilton Ave..
Chicago, Ill., Burial will be in Assumption Cemetery, Glenwood, Ill. Friends may
call from 2-9 p.m. at Brady-Gill-Heeney Funeral Home, 2929 W. 87th St.,
Evergreen Park, Ill. Memorials may be made to St. Josept Church, Rochester or
Hope Hospice, Rochester. Arrangements are being handled by Foster & Good
Funeral Home, Rochester.
Darrell R. Dunn
July 21, 1961 - Sept. 26, 1998
Darrell R. DUNN, 37, 8409 West 500 North, died 10:38 p.m., Saturday at Woodlawn
Rochester.
Born to Gerald and Mary Janis DUNN at Hammond, he was a machinist at Northern
Indiana Manufacturing, Bourbon.
Survivors include his companion, Debra A. AKES; one daughter, Stephanie DUNN,
Rochester; two sons, Michael [DUNN] and Jerry DUNN, both of Rochester; his
father, Rochester; his mother, Knox; his stepmother, Sharon DUNN, Rochester:
three sisters Jacqueline DUNN, East Chicago, Cheryl MURRAY, Knox and Barbara
FURLANO, Rochester; one stepsister, Susan BENNETT, Florida; one stepbrother,
Steven DUNN, Hammond.
Services are at 11 a.m., Thursday at Bonine Funeral Home, Culver with Rev. Flovd
G. ALLEN officiating. Burial will be in Leiters Ford I. O.O.F. Cemetery. Friends
may call from 2-8 p.m., Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to
the family.
Wednesday, September 30, 1998
Donald E. Click
Dec. 4, 1911 - Sept. 29, 1998
Donald E. CLICK, 86, Denver, died 8:35 a.m., Tuesday at Saint Joseph Hospital,
Kokomo.
Born to James Ernest and Clarissa Helen BUTTON CLICK at White County, he married
Lois E. CLINGAMAN on June 26, 1935 at her parents' home near Denver. She
survives.
Mr. Click was a retired farmer and a 60-year member of Denver Brethren Church
where he was a deacon and held several church offlces. He attended the Chili
Baptist Church since 1990. He graduated from Grass Creek High School in 1929 and
served as a director on the Miami-Cass REMC board for 12 years.
Survivors include one son, Doyne CLICK, LaGrange; three daughters, Shelbie
LIVENGOOD, Stuart, Fla., Eunice SHAFER, Denver and Joyce DISLER, Oviedo, Fla.;
two brothers, Earl [CLICK] and Robert CLICK, both of Denver, 11 grandchildren-,
15 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, three sisters, Hazel SUTTON, Mary
RAMSEY and Martha AULT, and three brothers, Wayne [CLICK], Russell [CLICK] and
Max CLICK.
Services are at 11 a.m., Friday at McClain Funeral Home, Denver with the Revs,
George HAPNER and William SHEWMAN officiating. Burial will be in Ever-Rest
Memorial Park, Logansport. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m., Thursday at the
funeral home.
Mary I. Combs
July 24, 1914 - Sept. 28, 1998
Mary I. COMBS, 84, Winamac, died Monday afternoon at County Road 50 North and US
31 South, as a result of an automobile accident that also claimed her husband.
Born to Harry and Pearl MARKLEY STRAW at Winamac, she married Clifford G.
"Tip" BAKER on Nov. 9, 1936 at Winamac. He died Feb. 21, 1945. She
married Dale E. COMBS on Aug. 12, 1949 at Winamac.
Mrs. Combs retired as office manager from United Telephone's Winamac office. She
was a member of First United Methodist Church, Winamac, the Arthritis
Foundation, the Leukemia Foundation, the Ralph Lucier United Pioneer Club and
AARP.
She is survived by one sister, Marjorie I. BAIR, Winarnac.
She was preceded in death by her parents, one sister, Maxine SEIDEL and two
infant brothers.
Services are at 11 a.m., Friday at Frain Mortuary, Winamac with Rev. William
MATHYS officiating.. Burial will be in McKinley Memorial Gardens, Winamae.
Friends may call from 2-5 and 7-9 p.m., Thursday and after 8 a.m.. Friday at the
funeral home.
Dale E. Combs
April 3,1917 - Sept. 28, 1998
Dale E. COMBS, died 2:28 p.m., Monday at County Road 50 North US 31 South, as a
result of an automobile accident that alsc claimed his wife.
Born to Truman N. and Ida BOOKWALTER COMBS at Auburn, he married Mary STRAW
BAKER on Aug. 12, 1949 in Winanac. She died Sept. 28, 1998.
Mr. Combs was a U..S. Army veteran of World War II. He was a member of First
United Methodist Church, Winamac and AARP. A retired parts manager, he worked at
Winamac Ford Garage, NAPA Auto Parts and Critten's Ford dealership.
Survivors include two sisters, Cherril PLACE, Cheboygan, Mich. and Lauretta LEE,
Rochester.
He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, Byron [COMBS] and Vic
COMBS, and one sister, Margaret MEAD.
Services are at 11 a.m., Friday at Frain Mortuary, Winamac with Rev. William
MATHYS Officiating. Graveside Military Services will be conducted by the
Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion at McKinley Memorial Gardens,
Winamac. Friends may call from 2-5 and 7-9 p.m., Thursday and after 8 a.m.,
Friday at the funeral home.
Thursday, October 1, 1998
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Friday, October 2, 1998
Douglas Hunnesagen
Sept. 2, 1949 - Oct 1, 1998
Word was received that former Rochester resident Douglas HUNNESAGEN, 48, Zepher
Hills, Fla., died 7 a.m., Thursday in Plant City, Fla.
Born to Hugh and Donna SMITH HUNNESAGEN at Indianapolis, he married Marilyn
GORSLINE at Bradenton, Fla. She survives.
Mr. Hunnesagen lived in Rochester from 1951 to 1970. He attended Rochester High
School and was a member of Hillcrest Baptist Church, Rochester. He was a lawn
maintenance worker.
Survivors include his mother, Cortez Care Nursing Home, Bradenton, Fla., two
sisters, Annette HUNNESAGEN, Bradenton, Fla., and Tonja HUNNESAGEN-BURR,
Sarasota, Fla.
Services are at First Baptist Church, Zepher Hills, Fla.
Jeff Garrett
Jeff GARRETT, 41, Wabash, died Thursday at Wabash County Hospital.
Arrangements are pending at Hartzler Funeral Home, Akron.
Saturday, October 3, 1998
Jeffrey A. Garrett
April 9, 1957 - Oct. 1, 1998
Jeffrey A. GARRETT, 41, Wabash, died 2:34 p.m., Thursday at Wabash County
Hospital, Wabash.
He was born to Jams E. and Ruby A. MILLER GARRETT at Wabash.
Mr. Garrett was a graduate of Whitko High School and a construction worker for
Davenport Construction, Wabash.
Survivors include his father, Silver Lake; two sisters; one brother.
He was preceded in death by his mother and one brother.
Services are at 1 p.m., Sunday at Hartzler Funeral Home, Akron, with Rev. Don
POYSER officiating. Burial will be in Hillcrest Cemetery, Pierceton. Friends may
call from 6-8 p.m., Saturday at Hartzler Funeral Home, Akron.
Monday, October 5, 1998
Lovell J. Hurlburt
Lovell J. HURLBURT, 97, Star City, formerly of Lake Bruce, died today at his
son's home.
Arrangements are pending at Harrison-Metzger Funeral Home Kewanna Chapel.
Tuesday, October 6, 1998
Julia D. Cramer
July 14,1913 - Oct. 5, 1998
Julia DAY CRAMER, 85, Plymouth, died at 2:23 p.m., Monday at St. Joseph Hospital
of Marshall County, Plymouth.
Born to Burr and Esther SNOKE DAY at Claypool, she married Arden R. CRAMER on
Sept. 2, 1933. He died May 24, 1970.
Mrs. Cramer lived in Plymouth for 65 years moving from Akron. She was a
homemaker and a member of the First United Church of Christ.
Survivors include one son, Francis and wife Anna Lee CRAMER, Bruce Lake: two
daughters, Carol Ann and husband Floyd FERGUSON, Plymouth and Nancy and husband
James WINGER, Warsaw; one sister, Katie LEE, Plymouth; one brother, Dale DAY,
Columbus, Olto; eight grandchildren: 12 great-grandchildren.
Services are 10:30 a.m., Tbursday at New Oak Hill Chapel. Rev. William C. R.
SHERIDAN will officiate. Burial will be in New Oak Hill Cemetery, Plymouth.
Friends may call from 4-8 p.m., Wednesday at Van Gilder Funeral Home, 300 W.
Madison St., Plymouth. Memorials may be made to Multiple Sclerosis.
Lovell J. Hurlburt
Sept. 27,1901 - Oct. 5,1998
Lovell J. HURLBURT, 97, Star City, formerly of Lake Bruce and Kewanna, died at
1:30 a.m Monday at his son's home.
Born to Uriah and Margaret Ann MAHAN HURLBURT at Hardin County, Ohio, he married
Frances C. ENGLE on Feb. 5, 1925 at Winamac. She died July 26, 1986.
Mr. Hurlburt was a retired carpenter. Survivors include three sons, Chester L.
HURLBURT, San Angelo, Texas, twins, Kenneth Wayne [HURLBURT], Star City and
Phillip Blaine HURLBURT, Kewanna; two daughters, Patricia A. BRANSON, Griffith,
and Katherine S. WRIGHT, Royal Center; 14 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren:
seven great- great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death bv two brothers. two sisters and two grandsons.
Services are 11 a.m., Thursday at Harrison-Metzger Funeral Home Kewanna Chapel.
Rev. Todd WILSON will officiate. Burial will be in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Lake
Bruce. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m., Wednesday and from 8 a.m. until time. of
services at the funeral home. Mcmorials may be made to a favorite charity.
Robert D. Thompson
May 21, 1921 - Oct. 5, 1998
Robert D. THOMPSON, 76, Cincinnati, Ohio, formerly of Richland Center, died at
11:45 a.m., Monday at Greater Cincinnati Northern Kentucky Regional Airport,
Cincinnati, Ohio.
Born to Leo D. and Mary E. BECHLER THOMPSON at Richland Center, he married Anna
BAKER on April 21, 1966 at Falmouth, Ky. She survives at home.
Mr. Thompson retired from Angelica Uniform Corporation, St. Louis, Mo. in 1991
after 42 years of service. He was a part time employee of Avis Rent-a-Car
Agency. He was a World War II, U.S. Marine veteran and a member of the Masonic
Lodge, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Survivors include two daughters, Barbara L. and husband Bruce DILLON, Park City,
Utah and Susan L. and husband Rick LUNDRIGAN, Cincinnati, Ohio; two sons,
Marshall Tad and wife Sandra THOMPSON, St. Louis, Mo., and Charles J. 'THOMPSON,
Cincinnati, Ohio; six grandchildren, Kristi [THOMPSON] and Greg THOMPSON, Kevin
[DILLON] and Casey DILLON and Megan [LUNDRIGAN] and Emily LUNDRIGAN. He was
preceded death by his parents, a brother Hubert [THOMPSON] and sister-in-law,
Helen [THOMPSON].
Services are 11 a.m., Friday a Foster & Good Funeral Home Rochester. Rev.
Junior BOSE will officiate. Graveside military services vall be conducted by the
American Legion and Veterans Foreign Wars posts at Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery.
Friends may call from 10 a.m. to the hour of service Friday at the funeral home.
Paul H. Willoughby
July 24, 1907 - Sept. 23, 1998
Paul Hardin WILLOUGHBY, 91 Chiefland, Fla., died at 3:45 p.m. a his home.
Born to Forest S. and Floss HARDIN WILLOUGHBY at Grass Creek he married Mildred
JOHNSON. She died in 1987. He later married Wilma MOOREHOUSE in 1990. She
survives at home.
Mr Willoughby was an appraiser for the U.S. Government Small Business Bureau,
Detroit, Mich. He was a member.of the Foreign and American Masonic Lodge 323,
Elks Lodge 2139, Moose Lodge and Marathon Power Squadron, all of Marathon, Fla.
Survivors include three daughters, Carol and husband Edward BOATMAN, Rossville,
Mich., Merna and husband Darl DAILY, Kewanna and Jane and husband Leon McINTIRE,
Monticello; 13 graridchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; two
great-great-grandchildren, four stepchildren, Robert RAWLS Jacksonville, Fla.,
Vincent RAWLS, Maccleny, Fla., Vicki DesJEAN, Oneida, Tenn., and Vera E. RICH,
Chiefland, Fla.; eight step grandchildren; two step great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by two granddaughters.
Services are 1 p.m., Saturday Foster & Good Funeral Home Rochester. Rev.
Jeff JONES will offi ciate. A memorial service by Rochester Masonic Lodge 79
will follow. Burial will be in Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetezy. Friends may call
from noon through the hour of service Saturday.
Zelma A. Norman
Jan. 26, 1917 -Oct. 6, 199 B
Zelma A. NORMAN, 81 Life Care Center, Rochester, formerly of Macy, died at 12:05
a.m., today at her residence.
Bom to Walter and Lottie KEIM RABER in Miami County she married Ernest F. NORMAN
Jan. 28, 1934 in Macy. He died. June 25, 1997.
Mrs. Norman was a retired Avon representative. She a member of the Macy
Christian church, a member and longtime secretary of Macy Order of the Eastern
Star, and Macy Mother's Club.
Survivors include two daughters, Anna and husband Don DIELMAN and Priscilla and
husband Joe CRILL, all of Rochester; five grandchildren; seven
great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by one sister.
Servicu Thursday at Zimmerman Funeral Home, Rochester. Rev. David WELSH will
officiate. Burial will be in Plainview Cemetery, Macy. Friends may call from 4-8
p.m., Wednesday and after 9 a.m., Thursday at the funeral home.
Ida E. Pieratt
May 15,1915 - Oct. 6,19118
Ida Elizabeth PIERATT, 83, 300 E. Fourth St., Apt. 1B, died at 12:06 a.m.,
Tuesday at Memorial Hospital, South Bend.
Born to William T. and Nancy CRABTREE HUFF at Mt. Sterling. Ky., she married
Omer PIERATT on Nov. 21, 1931 at Rochester. He died Aug. 8, 1983.
Mrs. Pieratt was a nurses aide at Dukes Memorial Hospital for 15 years and
worked for Dr. James GUTHRIE, Peru, for 10 years, retiring in 1980.
Survivors include one daughter, Lou Anna and husband Thomas PUGH, Rochester;
three granddaughters, Anita and husband Ronald WHYBREW, Amboy, Karen and husband
Timothy RUFF, Akron, and Sandra and husband John THOMAS, Rochester; six
great-grandchildren; three geat-great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, ftve sisters and seven brothers. Slic
was the last in a family of 13 children.
Services are 2 p.m., Friday at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester. Rev.
Larry PYEATT will officiate. Burial will be in Plainview Cemetery, Macy. Friends
may call from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Thursday. and one hour prior to services on
Friday at the funeral home.
Wednesday, October 7, 1998
Myrtle H. Pfeiffer
Mrs. Myrtle H. PFEIFFER, 100, 519 W. Fifth St., Rochester, died 8:50 a.m.,
Wednesday at Life Care Center, Rochester.
Arrangements are pending at Zimmerman Family Funeral Home, Rochester.
Everett V. Murhling
Aug. 23, 1909 - Oct. 6, 1998
Everett Vermont MURHLING, 89, Kewanna, died 8 p.m., Tuesday at Woodlawn
Hospital, Rochester.
Born to Oliver Adelman and Kitty Mae BUSH MURHLING in South Bend, he married
Geraldine ROGINSON on June 8, 1929 at Rochester. She survives.
Mr. Murhling was the owner of the Salvage Company, Kewanna for 30 years. He
retired in 1971. He was a member of the IOOF Lodge, Kewanna.
Survivors include two sons, Larry L. MURHLING, Rochester and Edward E. MURHLING,
at home; one half brother, Bobby MURHLING, California; six grandchildren; 10
great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by one daughter, two half brothers, one sister and
three half sisters.
Services are at 10 a.m., Saturday at Harrison-Metzger Funeral Home Kewanna
Chapel with Rev. Todd WILSON officiating. Burial will be in Leiters Ford I.O.O.F.
Cemetery. Friends may call 4-8 p.m. Friday and after 8 a.m., Saturday at the
funeral home. Memorials may be made to Riley Hospital for Children.
Margaret Taylor
March 4, 1912 - Oct. 6, 1998
Margaret TAYLOR, 86, North Manchester, former Rochester resident, died 4:45
p.m., Tuesday at Peabody Retirement Community, North Manchester.
Born to Frank and Margaret Ellen NICHOLS KOCH at Fulton County, she married
Howard M. TAYLOR on June 21, 1930 in Huntington. He died Sept. 14, 1992.
Mrs. Taylor was a homemaker, a member of Evergreen Rebekah Lodge and a 50-year
member of the Home Circle Club.
Survivors include three daughters, Frances and husband Jack PICKENS, Rochester,
Sharon and husband Roger RIDER, San Antonio, Texas, and Mrs. Phyllis CLEAVER,
Bowling Green, Ohio; one son, Russell H. TAYLOR, Plymouth; eight grandchildren;
seven great-grandchildren; one sister, Miss Isabell KOCH, North Manchester; one
brother, Eugene KOCH, Logansport.
She was preceded in death by two brothers, Clifford [KOCH] and Ted KOCH.
Private family services will be held at a later date at Zimmerman Family Funeral
Home, Rochester. Burial will be in Rochester IOOF Cemetery.
Thursday, October 8, 1998
Myrtle H. Pfeiffer
March 12, 1898 - Oct. 7, 1998
Myrtle H. PFEIFFER, 100, 519 W. Fifth St., Rochester, died 8:50 a.m., Wednesday
at Life Care Center, Rochester.
Born to George and Florence HANES MORWISER in Bourbon, she married Clarence E.
PFEIFFER on June 29, 1918 at Plymouth. He died Jan. 17, 1969.
Mrs. Pfeiffer was a homemaker and a member of Bethlehem Baptist Church, the
Pleasant Valley Community Club, and a charter member of the Country Neighbors
Club.
Survivors include five daughters, Mrs. Doris GRASS and Mrs. Betty DeMIEN, both
of Rochester, Mrs. Helen DeMIEN, St. Charles, Ill., Mrs. Maryln June MILLER,
Elkhart and Mrs. Joan THARP, South Bend; three sons, Donald [PFEIFFER],
Rochester, LaMar [PFEIFFER], Logansport and Gene [PFEIFFER], Homosassa Springs,
Fla.; 29 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; one stepbrother, Clarence
WHITAKER, South Bend.
She was preceded in death by one grandson, one great-granddaughter and four
sisters.
Services are at 11 a.m., Saturday at Zimmerman Family Funeral Home, Rochester,
with Rev. Junior BOSE and Rev. Phil PRATT officiating. Burial will be in
Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Friends may call 4-8 p.m., Friday and after 9 a.m.,
Saturday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the charity of one's
choice.
Elizabeth Shank
Graveside services will be 11 a.m., Friday at Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery
for Mrs. Elizabeth "Lib" SHANK, 84, who died Sept. 25, at San Diego,
Calif., lwhere she lived the past 14 years.
The Rev. Robert K. CRYTZER of the First Presbyterian Church will officiate.
Zimmerman Family Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Shank was a native and longtime resident of Rochester, the daughter of
Floyd "Pete" and Bess BOWERS Van TRUMP. Her first marriage was to
Everett LICHTENWALTER, who preceded in death; her second to Garl SHANK, also
deceased.
With her husbands, she owned and operated the Book Store and the Manitou Package
Liquor Store while in Rochester.
Friday, October 9, 1998
[no obits]
Saturday, October 10, 1998
Hugh R. Blacketor
Aug. 28, 1913 - Sept. 25, 1998
Hugh R. BLACKETOR, 85, Medford, Ore., formerly of Rochester, died at Farmington
Square, Ore.
Born to Seymour and Anna WOLF BLACKETOR in Rochester, he married Naomi R.
EDMONSTON on June 4, 1939 at Santa Monica, Calif. She survives.
Mr. Blacketor was part owner and operator of several plywood mills with B. D.
MITCHELL. He was a member of the American Baptist Church, Masonic Lodge and
Rogue Valley Country Club.
Survivors include a son, Robert S. [BLACKETOR], Sams Valley, Ore.; a daughter,
Penny WHITNEY, Pendleton, Ore.; two sisters, Dolores McGREW, Fulton and Bonnie
DAVIS, Rochester; three grandchildren.
A private service was held. Memorial contributions may be made to the
Alzheimer's Association, 33 N. Central Ave., Suite 330, Medford, OR 97401.
Richard N. Case
Feb. 20, 1923 - Oct. 9, 1998
Richard N. CASE, 75, 2708 Goose Pond Road, Rochester, died at 2:50 a.m., Friday
at the Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis.
Born to Card D. and Lula M. (KNEE) CASE in South Bend, he married Carol
"Judy" HOLLAND on June 28, 1997. She survives.
Mr. Case was a former employee at the Farm Bureau Co-op and the Keene Corp.,
Michigan. He was retired from Square D Company, Peru, and he worked in the Miami
County Veterans' Service Office. He was a 50-year member of the Peru-Miami
County Masonic Lodge No. 67. He also was a member of the Elks, Moose, VFW,
American Legion and the Eastern Star. He was also a member of the Indiana
Auctioneers Club, and he was an International Business College, Fort Wayne,
graduate.
Survivors include his step-mother, Ruth A. CASE LUTZ, Peru; one daughter, Alana
Sue CASE, Nashville, Tenn.; two step-sons, Jeffrey HOPPER, Terry HOPPER, both of
Peru; one step-daughter, Kathrine DUNPHY, Peru; three brothers, Robert W. CASE,
Texarkana, Texas, Carl D. CASE, Jr., Nashville, Tenn., C. L. LUTZ, Peru; one
sister, Charlotte McGUIRE, Charlotte, N.C.; and 11 step-grandchildren.
Services are 10 a.m. Monday at Flowers-Leedy Funeral Home, Peru. Rev. Bill
BERGSTROM will officiate. Burial will be at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Peru. Friends may
call from 2-8 p.m., Sunday at the funeral home. A Masonic lodge service is at 8
p.m., Sunday at the funeral home. A military service will be conducted by the
American Legion and the VFW. Memorial contributions may be made through the
funeral home to the veterans' home.
Monday, October 12, 1998
Ella Pedersen
Friends here have been advised of the death of former Rochester resident
Ella PEDERSEN, 94, last March 4 in Hopkinsville, Minn.
Mrs. Pedersen and her husband, Ted [PEDERSEN], founded and operated the
Courthouse View Restaurant in Rochester, first in the early 1950's at 114 E.
Eighth St., later at 719 Main St.
Lela Estrich
Jan. 29, 1904 - Oct. 9, 1998
Lela ESTRICH, 94, North Manchester, died 11:30 a.m. Friday at Timbercrest
Healthcare Center, North Manchester.
Born to William Emerson and Cora COLDSMITH WAGONER, she married Christian L.
ESTRICH on Nov. 8, 1931. He died Feb. 28, 1992.
Mrs. Estrich graduated Flora High School and Logansport Business College. She
was a bookkeeper for Udell Furniture Company, Indianapolis, and was owner of the
Family Market, North Manchester from 1950 to 1962. She was a member of United
Methodist Church, North Manchester.
Survivors inclue one son, David L. ESTRICH, Orinda, Calif.; two daughters,
Marilyn and husband James FRITTS, Rochester, and Judith Ann and husband Harold
FREDINE, Odon; one sister, Annabelle SINK, Middletown, Ohio; eight
grandchildren; six great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by one son, one daughter, three brothers and two
sisters.
Services are at 1 p.m., today at Timbercrest Chapel, 2201 East St., North
Manchester, with Rev. William HEMMIG and Rev. Helen BEERY officiating. Graveside
services will be at 4 p.m., today at Glenwood Cemetery, Roanoke. Memorials may
be made to Timbercrest Retirement Community.
Charles Heminger
Charles HEMINGER, 66, Plymouth, died 8:22 a.m., today, at Woodlawn Hospital,
Rochester.
Arrangements are pending at Grossman Funeral Home, Argos.
Tuesday, October 13, 1998
Susie Smith
Susie SMITH, 88, Valparaiso, mother of Janet FREYBERG, Rochester, died
Sunday morning at the Hospice Center in Valparaiso. She had been in failing
health for 2-1/2 years and seriously ill for two weeks.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Bartholomew Funeral Home, Valparaiso.
Burial will be in the Graceland Mausoleum, Valparaiso. Friends may call from 4-8
p.m. Wednesday.
Charles W. Heminger
Sept. 4, 1932 - Oct 12, 1998
Charles William HEMINGER, 66, Plymouth, died 8:33 a.m. Monday at Woodlawn
Hospital.
Born to Charles J. and Bernice BUFFO HEMINGER at Burr Oak, he married Nancy A.
DRAKE on Aug. 30, 1952 at Argos. She survives.
Mr. Heminger owned and operated Argos Lumber Co. from 1966-1995. He attended
Argos United Methodist Church and was a member of the Argos Lions Club and Moose
Lodge No. 741, Plymouth.
Survivors besides his wife include two sons, Mark A. and wife Suzi HEMINGER,
Bremen, and Chris William and wife Kathy HEMINGER, Macon, Ga.; one brother, Paul
and wife Lanell HEMINGER, Hartwell, Ga.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Serives are at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Grossman Funeral Home, Argos, with Rev. Mark
FISHBURN officiating. Burial will be in Argos Maple Grove Cemetery. Friends may
call from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday and from 9 a.m. through the time of services
Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the charity of one's
choice.
Marjorie J. Bish
June 15, 1913 - Oct 12, 1998
Marjorie J. BISH, 85, Rochester, formerly of Fulton, died 9:30 p.m. Monday at
her home.
She was born to Ray C. and Ethel MARTIN BISH at Liberty Township, Fulton County.
Miss Bish was a telephone operator at the former Fulton Telephone Exchange,
worked at the Fulton Library and the former Schultz Bros. Variety Store,
Rochester. She was a member of Fulton United Methodist Church and attended
Rochester First Baptist Church. She was a member of the Fellowship Guild, Gospel
Messengers Class at the Baptist Church, Home Front Club, the Neighborly Club and
was an active volunteer with the Fulton County Retired Seniors Volunteer
Program.
Survivors include one sister, Elsie and husband Charles LONG, Rochester; two
nephews, Tom LONG, Rochester, and Don LONG, Peru; several cousins.
Services are at 2 p.m. Thursday at Zimmerman Family Funeral Home, Rochester,
with Rev. Junior BOSE officiating. Burial will be in Fulton Cemetery. Friends
may call at 10 a.m. until the hour of services Thursday. Memorials may be made
to Fulton United Methodist Church or Rochester First Baptist Church.
Wednesday, October 14, 1998
Helen Maple
July 27, 1927 - Oct. 13, 1998
Helen "Waneta" MAPLE, 71, Fort Wayne, formerly of Akron, New Haven and
North Manchester, died at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday at Parkview Memorial Hospital, Fort
Wayne.
Born to Virgil and Esther ROTH KENDALL in Howrd County, she married J. Richard
MAPLE on Jan. 31, 1948. He died in May 1993.
Mrs. Maple was a homemaker and a member of Akron United Methodist Church.
Survivors include three sons, Jay and wife Joan MAPLE, Kenosha, Wisc., Jeff and
wife Melissa MAPLE, Rochester, and Jerry and wife Nayomia MAPLE, Akron; five
grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; two sisters, Ann and husband Carl
ANDERSON, Decatur, Ill., Mildred CHAMBERS, Sarasota, Fla.; one brother, Richard
KENDALL, Sarasota, Fla.
She was preceded in death by one daughter, Anita MAPLE and one sister, Ruby
FINN.
Services are at 11 a.m. Friday at Hartzler Funeral Home, Akron with Rev. David
HOGSETT officiating. Graveside services will be at 1:30 p.m. at Grant Memorial
Park Cemetery, Marion. Friends may call from 9 to 5 p.m and 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday
at the funeral home.
Thursday, October 15, 1998
Sandra Lee Oldt
Feb. 5, 1946 - Oct. 7, 1998
Sandra Lee OLDT, 52, died at 7:15 p.m., Oct. 7 at Michael Reese Hospital,
Chicago.
Born to Ralph E. and Elaine R. FLAHERTY OLDT in Chicago, she was office manager
for U.S. Equities, Chicago. She attended Eastern Illinois University for two
years.
She is survived by one brother, Ralph OLDT, New Lenox, Ill.; one aunt, Doris
WENTZEL, Kewanna; and one uncle, James FLAHERTY, LaOtto.
She was preceded in death by her parents.
Graveside services are 2 p.m. Saturday at the Bruce Lake Cemetery, Kewanna. Rev.
John ZAHN will officiate. Harrison-Metzger Funeral Home, Kewanna, is handling
the arrangements. Memorials should be made to the American Cancer Society.
Paul T. Reahard
March 3, 1952 - Oct. 12, 1998
Paul T. REAHARD, 46, North Manchester, died at 7:15 p.m. Monday at Lutheran
Hospital, Fort Wayne.
He was born to Thomas Rex and Carolyn SEITNER REAHARD in Fort Wayne. He was an
English, creative writing and theater arts teacher at Whitko High School.
He graduated from North Manchester High School in 1970. He earned his bachelor's
and master's degrees from Ball State University. He was a member of the United
Methodist Church, North Manchester, the Indiana State Teachers Association and
Sigma Delta Phi fraternity.
In 1996, he received the Dekko Foundation Teacher of the Year award. His first
teaching job was at Henrico High School, Richmond, Va. He taught at Dakota State
College, S.D., for seven years.
Services are 11 a.m. Saturday at the United Methodist Church, North Manchester.
Rev. William HEMMIG will officiate. Visitation is from 1-5 p.m. and 6-8 p.m.
Friday at DeLaughter-McKee Mortuary, North Manchester. Burial will be at Oaklawn
Cemetery, North Manchester. Memorials can be made to the United Methodist Church
Worship Arts or the Whitko High School Drama Dept.
Frank W. Snyder
Frank W. SNYDER, 75, Argos, died at 5:30 a.m. today at Miller's Merry Manor,
Plymouth.
Arrangements are pending at Grossman Funeral Home, Argos.
Friday, October 16, 1998
Frank W. Snyder
June 11, 1923 - Oct. 15, 1998
Frank W. SNYDER, 75, Argos, died 5:30 a.m. Thursday at Miller's Merry Manor,
Plymouth.
He was born to John and Martha SHORESMAN SNYDER at Rupert, Idaho.
Mr. Snyder was a 1941 graduate of Rupert High School and a 1945 graduate of
Notre Dame University. While in New York City, he was a stock-broker for
Salsbacker & Granger brokerage, and a sales agent for Ward Harris Corp. He
was a partner at Schoonover & Son, Argos, a retail clothier from 1954 until
retirement in 1989. I-le was past president of the Argos Chamber of Commerce.
Survivors include his business partner, Charles A. SCHOONOVER, at home; one
sister, Frances TANASSY, Las Vegas, Nev.; one niece, Jackie SORBEN, San Diego,
Calif.; one nephew, Cornell TANASSY, and one great nephew, Colton TANASSY, both
of Thousand Oaks, Calif.
He was preceded in death by his father, his mother in July 1998 and his
brother-in-law, retired Col. Emil TANASSY in 1996.
Services are at 11 a.m. Saturday at Grossman Funeral Home, Argos with Rev. Mark
FISHBURN officiating. Burial will be in Argos Maple Grove Cemetcry. Friends may
call after 9 a.m. Saturday through the hour of service at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to the United Way of Marshall County..
Elizabeth A. Zeller
April 26, 1934 - Oct. 15, 1998
Elizbeth A. "Liz" ZELLER, 64, 2787 S. Southway 31, died 3:10 p.m.
Thursday at Woodlawn Hospital, Rochester.
Born to Elzie and Myra P. MOON BLACKBURN at Rochester, she married James H.
ZELLER ori Nov. 30, 1951 at Kokomo. He survives.
Mrs. Zeller retired as a rural mail carrier in 1989. She was a member of Women
of the Moosc, First Christian Church, Veterans of Foreign Wars Ladies Auxiliary
and National Letter Carriers Association.
Survivors include three daughters, Alisa and husband Dennis BAKER, Mentone,
Sallie and husband Fred BROUYETTE, Rochester, and Cindy KAMP, Goshen; six
grandchildren; one great-grandson; one sister, Mrs. Betty CLEVENGER, Silver
Lake; three brothers, William BLACKBURN, Logansport, Robert BLACKBURN, Wabash
and John BLACKBURN, Indianapolis.
She was preceded in death by her parents and one brother, Kenneth BLACKBURN.
Private family services will be held Salurday at Zimmerman Family Funeral Home.
Burial will be in Rochester IOOF Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Mooseheart.
Saturday, October 17, 1998
Norman T Pyeritz
May 5, 1923 - Oct. 15, 1998
Norman T. PYERITZ, 75, Peru, died 11:30 p.m. Thursday at Indiana Veterans Home.
West Lafayette.
Born the son of Theodore PYERITZ at Peru, he married Velma E. FAUSS on Mar. 3.
1943. She survives.
Mr. Pyeritz retired in 1986 as an engineer from the C/O Railroad. He was a U.S.
Navy Pearl Harbor survivor on the U.S.S. Nevada. He was a member of Veterans of
Foreign Wars and American Legion, and enjoyed boxng, fishing and target
shooting.
Survivors include two sons, Mark A. PYERITZ, Peru and Ted H. PYERITZ, South
Dakota; one daughter, Connie S. MILLS, Peru; seven grandchildren; five
great-grandchildren.
There will be a Prayer Service at 1 p.m. Monday at Flowers-Leedy Funeral Home
vith Rev. Philip KRUPSKI officiciating. Burial will be in Luthera Cemetery,
Peru. Friends may eall 4-8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Memorials may be
made to the Christian Childrens' Fund through the funeral home.
Monday, October 19, 1998
Dorothy E. Zimmerman
April 24, 1907 - Oct. 18, 1998
Dorothy E. ZIMMERMAN, 91, Rochester, died at 3:15 a.m. Sunday at Life Care
Center, Rochester.
Born to Francis and Grace MARTIN SPOHN at Rochester, she married Herbert A.
ZIMMERMAN on Dec. 31, 1943 at Rochester. He died Jan. 20, 1989.
Mrs. Zimmerman was a retired employee of Northern Indiana Public Service Company
and a member of Grace United Methodist Church, Rochester.
Survivors include one sister, Mrs. Ruth STARKEY, Escondido, Calif.; one brother,
Omer SPOHN, Plainfield; several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by two sisters, Elsie ILER and Hazel LUDWIG and two
brothers, Robert SPOHN and Charles SPOHN.
Services are 1 p.m. Wednesday at Zimmerman Family Funeral Home, Rochester. Rev.
Rob CRYTZER will officiate. Burial will be in Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery.
Friends may call from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorials
may be made to Hope Hospice.
Edna E. Meeker
April 17, 1905 - Oct. 16, 1998
Edna E. MEEKER, 93, Peru, died at 8:59 p.m. Friday at Saint Vincent Hospital,
Indianapolis.
Born to Edward and Flora DELP BENEDICT in Denver, she married Kenneth MEEKER. He
preceded in death.
Mrs. Meeker was floor supervisor for F. W. Woolworth Company of St. Louis, Mo.
for 20 years, retiring in 1969. She was a member of Denver Baptist Church.
Survivors include two sisters, Betty LOWE, Rochester and Rachel McGUIRE, Denver;
one brother, Robert D. BENEDICT, Greenwood; several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, two sisters, Gladys RODY and Helen
SARVER, and three brothers, Frank [BENEDICT], William A. [BENEDICT] and Glen
BENEDICT.
Graveside services are 2 p.m. today at Westlawn Cemetery, Denver. Rev. Steve
BATE will officiate.
Tuesday, October 20, 1998
Gilbert L. O'Dell
Nov. 14, 1926 - Oct. 20, 1998
Gilbert LeRoy "Gabby" O'DELL, 71, Plymouth, died 2:48 a.m. today at
St. Joseph Medical Center, South Bend.
Born to John Gilbert and Sarah Louise MARSHALL O'DELL at Rochester, he married
Betty Evelyn HEKTOR on Nov. 3, 1951 at Chicago, Ill. She died Aug. 17, 1990.
Mr. O'Dell was a salesman for Ready Mix Cement Company, Leiters Ford, a
construction and maintenance foreman. He attended Argos High School and was a
World War II Army veteran. He was a member of the American Legion Post 68,
Argos, past third district commander and northern vice-commander for the State
of Indiana, past post commander of Post 68 and past post commander for Lapaz
Post 395. He attended Argos Wesleyan Church.
Survivors include one daughter, Suzanna Marie O'DELL, Plymouth; one son, Douglas
Bryan and wife Jean Marie O'DELL, San Antonio, Texas; one grandson, Ryan
Mitchell O'DELL, San Antonio, Texas.
He was preceded in deaty by one brother, Robert Arthur [O'DELL].
Services are at 11 a.m. Friday at Grossman Funeral Home, Argos with Rev. Don
CLARK officiating. Burial will be in South Germany Cemetery, seven miles
northwest of Rochester. Friends may call 9 a.m. through the hour of services on
Friday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the Bittersweet Cultural
Center, Leiters Ford.
Wednesday, October 21, 1998
Agnes Hogoboom
June 19, 1898 - Oct. 19, 1998
Agnes HOGOBOOM, 100, Kalamazoo, Mich., formerly of Rochester, died Monday.
Born to Albert and Eliza ROUGH McKEE at Rochester, she married William HOGOBOOM.
He died in 1941.
Mrs. Hogoboom was an elementary school teacher in Oregon and South Bend, for
more than 30 years.
Survivors include a son, David and wife Patricia Jean HOGOBOOM, Parchment,
Mich.; one daughter, Nancy and husband James MARTIN, San Jose, Calif.; eight
grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.
Friends may call at 6:30 p.m., with a prayer service at 7 p.m. Oct 27 at
Parchment-Redmond Funeral Home, 2300 East G Ave., Parchment, Mich., with Rev.
John M. STEFFEY officiating. Burial will be in Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to Friendship Village Friendship Fund.
Thursday, October 22, 1998
Brooke I. M. Miller
June 11, 1998 - Oct. 21, 1998
Brooke Iris Mae MILLER, four months, Plymouth, died 12 p.m. Wednesday at her
home from a chronic illness.
She was born to Keith L. and Cathi HUDKINS MILLER at Mishawaka.
Baby Miller was dedicated to the Lord in Memorial Hospital by Rev. Thomas
HOSTETLER, pastor of Church of the Brethren.
Survivors include her parents, one brother, Zachary Marvin MILLER, at home;
maternal grandparents, Phyllis HUDKINS, Rochester and John HUDKINS, Warsaw;
paternal grandmother, Barbara MILLER, Bremen; great-grandfather, Forrest BAILEY,
Greensburg.
She was preceded in death by her grandfather, Marvin MILLER.
Services are at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Mishler Funeral Home, Bremen with Rev.
Neil WONNACOTT officiating. Burial will be in Bremen Cemetery. Friends may call
10-11:30 a.m. Saturday at Mishler Funeral Home, Bremen. Memorials may be made to
the Brooke Miller Memorial Fund, St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Bremen, Church of
the Brethren, Bremen, or Marshall County Hospice.
Friday, October 23, 1998
Albert Singer, Jr.
May 5, 1926 - Oct. 21, 1998
Albert "Fred" SINGER, Jr., 72, Fairmount, died at 6:05 p.m. at Rolling
Meadows Health Care Center, LaFontaine.
Born in Tipton, he was a truck driver with Hiway Dispatch, retiring in 1984. He
was a member of the Amvets, Teamsters Local 135, and a past member of Round
Robins CB Club, Fairmount, his handle being "Ready Freddy." He was a
Korean War and World War II Army Veteran.
Survivors include one son, Keith and wife Gayle HICKMAN, Marion; three
daughters, Penney and husband Billy HUDDLESTON, Rochester, Bronda AUSPITZ,
Lafayette, Lisa and husband Bruce HOLLOWAY, Sumittville; two sisters, Winnia and
husband Bob MILLER, Kokomo and Jenny and husband Jim DOWNING, Bryant; 12
grandchildren; two great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his wife Sarah [SINGER] on Nov. 30, 1997 and a
sister, Margaret WAISNER.
Services are at 1 p.m. Saturday at Needham-Storey Funeral Service, 400 E. Main
St., Gas City with Rev. Jerry STINGER officiating. Burial will be in Grant
Memorial Park, Marion, with military graveside rites. Friends may call from 3-8
p.m. today at the funeral home.
Ricardo A. Avila
Ricardo Antonio AVILA, 65, 601 W. Ninth St., died 10:58 a.m. Thursday at
Woodlawn Hospital, Rochester.
Arrangements are pending at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester.
Sharon Darst
Sharon DARST, 49, 3261 North Old Indiana 17, died 10 p.m. Thursday at her
residence.
Arrangements are pending at Foster & Good Funeral Home.
Saturday, September 24, 1998
Ricardo A. Avila
Nov. 15, 1932 - Oct. 22, 1998
Ricardo Antonio AVILA, 65, 601 W. Ninth St., died 8 a.m. Thursday at Woodlawn
Hospital, Rochester.
Born in Port Wayne to Francisco and Luella Louisc MORTZ AVILA, he married
Barbara J. CHRISTEN on Feb. 1. 1958 at Fort Wayne. She died Aug. 15, 1988. He
later married Maralyn TSCHANTZ NEWELL on Oct. 12. 1991 at Rochester. She
survives at home.
Mr. Avila was Regional Director for the National Farmers Organization, Ames,
Iowa for over 30 years. He was a graduate of Purdue Universty and a Korean War
U.S. Air Force veteran. He was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church,
Rochester, fourth degree Knights of Columbus, American Legion Post, Corning,
lowa and a life member of National Farmers Organization, Ames, Iowa.
Survivors include four daughters, Carol and husband Stephen HOLT, Overland Park,
Kan., Dorothea AVILA, Catherine and husband James WYNN, all of Omaha, Neb. and
Mary and husband Lyle REICHTER, Altoona, Iowa; six sons, Ricardo AVILA, Luis and
wife Jessica AVILA, Edward AVILA, Christopher and wife Heather AVILA, all of
Corning, Iowa, Rolando and wife Amy AVILA, Missouri Valley, Iowa, David AVILA,
Shawnee, Kan.; his mother, Lucille AVILA, Fort Wayne; two stepdaughters,
Rochelle NEWELL, Loraine and husband Brad THOMPSON, all of Rochester: one
step-son, Christopher NEWELL, Fort Wayne; 12 grandchildren; one sister, Rita and
husband Pete TOULEFF, Fort Wayne, four brothers, James AVILA, Carlos and wife
Mickey AVILA, all of Fort Wayne, Ramon and vafe Vivian AVILA, Muncie and Juan
and wife Darcey AVILA, Arlington, Texas.
Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 3 p.m. Saturday at St. Joseph Catholic
Church, Rochester with Rev. John ZAHN officiating. Burial will be in Calvary
Cemetery, Corning, Iowa. Friends may call beginning at noon with a Rosary
Service and will continue through time of Mass. Visitation will also be held in
St. Patrick's Church, Corning, Iowa from 10 a.m. Tuesday through the hour of
Mass at 10:30 a.m. with Rev. Dan STENKER officiating. Memorials may be made to
the American Cancer Society or St. Jude's Childrens Hospital.
Albert Singer Jr.
May 5,1926 - Oct. 21, 1998
Albert "Fred" SINGER Jr., 72, Fairmount, died at 6:05 p.m. Wednesday
at Rolling Meadows Health Care Center, LaFontaine.
Born in Tipton, he was a truck driver with Hiway Dispatch, retiring in 1984. He
was a member of the Amvets, Teamsters Local 135, and a past member of Round
Robin's CB Club, Fairmount, his handle being "Ready Freddy." He was a
Korean War and World War II Army veteran.
Survivors include one son, Keith and ulfe Gayle HICKMAN. Marion; three
daughters, Perney and husband Billy HUDDLESTON, Rochester., Bronda AUSPITZ,
Lafayette, Lisa and husband Bruce HOLLOWAY, Summittville; three sisters, Winnie
and husband Bob MILLER, Kokomo and Jenny and husband Jim DOWNING, Bryant and and
a sister, Margaret WAISNER, Kokomo; 12 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his wife Sarah who died Nov. 30, 1997.
Services are 1 p.m. Saturday at Needham-Storey Funeral Service, 400 E. Main St.,
Gas City, with Rev. Jerry STINGER oficiating. Burial will be in Grant Memorial
Park, Marion, with military graveside rites.
Sharon L. Darst
July 27, 1947 - Oct. 22, 1998
Sharon L. DARST, 51, 3261 North Old Indiana 17, Rochester, died at 10 p.m.
Thursday at her residence following a sudden illness. She had been in failing
health for one year.
She was born in Rochester to Frederick and Claretta MICHAELS SHEPHERD. On March
7, 1977 in Rochester she married Paul DARST, who survives. She lived most of her
life in the Fulton County area moving back to the area in 1972 from Columbus,
Ohio. She was a homemaker and worked as a nursing aid at Woodlawn Hospital.
Surviving with her husband are one sister, Debra Ann and her husband Steve
FOUST, Charlotte, N.C.; one brother, Frederick SHEPHERD, Akron: five nieces; two
aunts, Jane TIPPY, Kokomo, and Sue Ann BEATTY, Ft. Myers, Fla., and two uncles;,
Roger STEPHENS, Kokomo, and Mike MICHAELS, Lighthouse Point, Fla. Preceding in
death, with her parents, is a son, Frederick [DARST] who died in 1979.
Private funeral services are planned with no visitation to be held. Burial will
be in the Moon Cemetery, west of Rochester. Memorials may be made to the
American Diabetes Associatioii. Foster and Good Funeral Home is in charge of
arrangements.
Monday, September 26, 1998
Alta K. McClaran
Alta Kay McCLARAN, 42, Peru, died Sunday in an auto accident.
Arrangements are pending at McClain Funeral Horne, Denver.
Terry L. Correll Sr.
Aug. 29. 1950 - Oct. 24, 1998
Terry Lee CORRELL Sr., Macy, died 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Dukes Memorial Hospital,
Peru.
Born to Ora D. and Goldie Mae SEE CORRELL at Peru, he manied Mary E. ROSE on
Nov. 2, 1968 at Peru. She survives.
Mr. Correll was a self employed car dealer at Denver.
Survivors include his mother, Peru, one daughter, Teresa E. CORRELL, Peru; one
son, Terry Lee CORRELL Jr., Denver; three brothers, Bob [CORRELL] and John
CORRELL, both of Peru. and Paul CORRELL, Denver; two grandsons, Terry Bailey
CORRELL and Brody Lee CORRELL.
His father preceded him in death.
Services are at 2 p.m. Wednesday at McClain Funeral Home, Denver with Rev. Gene
CORRELL officiating. Burial will be Mount Zion Cemetery, Denver. F'riends may
call from 2-8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Andrew S. Collins
June 8, 1978 - Oct. 25, 1998
Andrew S. COLLINS, 20, 1530 North 400 West, died 5 a.m. Sunday near Muncie from
injuries sustained in an auto accident.
He was born to Richard A. and Sandy S. WILLIAMSON COLLINS at Plymouth. Both
survive.
Mr. Collins attended Rochester High School. A heavy equipment operator, he was a
member of Operating Engineers Local 150, South Bend.
Survivors include his mother and her husband Rusty MOORE, at home; his father,
Vermont; two sisters, Kim and husband Joe MINKS and Keri JACKSON, all of
Rochester; one brother. Matthew C. COLLINS and wife Courtney, Rochester; one
stepsister, Stephanie L. MOORE, Rochester; maternal grandparents, Estel and Mary
PARSON, North Manchester; paternal grandparents, Norm and Norma COLLINS,
Rochester several nieces, nephews, aunts and uncles.
Services set for 11 a.m. Wednesday at Foster & Good Funeral Home, chester
with Rev. Junior BOSE officiating. Burial will be in Rochester IOOF Cemetery.
Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. Tuesday or after 9 a.m. Wednesday through the
hour of services in the funeral home.
Henry T. Hathaway Jr.
June 12, 1923 - Oct. 25, 1998
Henry T. HATHAWAY Jr., 75, 705 E. Fourth St., died 9:45 p.m. Sunday at Woodlawn
Hospital, Rochester.
Born to Henry and Jennie MENDENHALL HATHAWAY Sr. at Brookston, he married
Delores J. Dawson in 1948 at Lafayette. She died July 1, 1964. He la er married
Susan J.. STOUDER on May 15,1965 at Rochester. She survives.
Mr. Hathaway was a retired jailer at Huntington County Sheriffs Department. He
partictipated in the Normandy Invasion and with the U.S. Army during World War
II. He was a member of the U.S. Air Force Reserves from 1946 to 1953.
Survivors include three daughters, Chere SULLIVAN, Fort Wayne, Kim RICHARDS,
Satsuma, Fla. and Traci and husband Steve VEDDER, Mountain Home Air Force Base,
Idaho; three sons, Tom HATHAWAY, Rochester. Craig and wife Mary HATHAWAY, Cape
Coral, Fla. and Eric and wife Stephanie HATHAWAY, Colorado Springs, Colo., eight
grandchildren, one great-granddaughter, one sister, Beulah GEIGER, Rochester.
He was preceded in death by one granddaughter and one sister, Agnes WOLFE.
Arrangements are pending at Zimmerman Family Funeral Home, Rochester.
Bryson R. Gady
May 28, 1976 - Oct. 21, 1998
Bryson Ross GADY, 22, Lakewood, Colo., died at 8 p.m. Wednesday at his home.
He was born to Richard E. and Debra MORRISON GADY in Bloomington.
Survivors include his parents; one sister, Kristen GADY, Lakewood; two brothers,
Tyler [GADY] and Drew [GADY], at home; grandmother, Virginia GADY, Rochester;
grandfather, Robert MORRISON, Cape Cod, Mass.
Services are at 1 p.m. Thursday at the parents' home at 10305 W. Iliff Ave.,
Lakewood, Colo. 80227.
Mary E. Eisenman
Mary E. EISENMAN, 83, 1224 Jackson Blvd., died 12:05 p.m. Sunday at her
home.
Memorials may be made to First Christian Church or Manitou Training Center.
Arrangements are pending at Zimmerman Family Funeral Home, Rochester.
F. Dale Richey
March 5, 1943 - October 25, 1998
F. Dale "Butch" RICHEY, 55, Silver Lake formerly of Kansas, Ill., died
at 3:37 p.m. Sunday at Woodlawn Hospital, Rochester, following injuries
sustained while horseback riding.
Born to James Fredrick and Virginia ANDRES RICHEY at Kansas, Ill., he married
Daretha M. NICHOLSON on Aug. 7, 1965 in Morton. She survives.
Mr. Richey was a driver for Clark's Cartage Trucking Co., Warsaw. He was a
member of Casey Christian Church, American Jersey Cattle Association, served in
Illinois National Guard, Paris, III. and was nationally known for showing and
breeding of Jersey and Ayrshire cattle.
Survivors include his mother, Centralia, Ill.; one son, Warren Dale RICHEY,
Silver Lake; one granddaughter, Alicia Marie RICHEY, Silver Lake; seven nieces
and one nephew; three sisters, Winiford Ann FORD, Junction City, Ill., Janet
STARK, Makanda,, Ill. and Jane MURRAY, Toulon, Ill.
Services are at 1:30 p.m. Thursday (Illinois time) at Sutton and Son Funeral
Home, Kansas, Ill. Burial will be in Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Friends may call
from 6-9 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Tuesday, October 27, 1998
F. Dale Richey
March 5, 1943 - Oct. 25, 1998
Services for F. Dale RICHEY are 1:30 p.m. Thursday (Illinois time) at Sutton
& Son Funeral Home, Kansas, Ill, Burial will be in Pleasant Hill Cemetery.
Friends may call from 6-9 p.m. Wednesday and two hours prior to services on
Thursday at the funeral home.
Alice L. Tetzlaff
Aug. 13, 191 5 -Oct. 26, 1998
Alice Louise TETZLAFF, 83, 1417 Madison St., died 3:45 p.m. Monday at Life Care
Center, Rochester.
Born to Edward and Iona Fern PRIEST TETZLAFF in Rochester, she was past
secretary of Sealed Power Corporation, Rochester and the Rochester Chamber of
Commerce. She owned and operated the former Ru-Al Cafe, Rochester with her late
sister, Ruth A. TETZLAFF. She was a member of Rochester Rebekah Lodge and
volunteered and worked for the Fulton County Historical Society and the
Genealogy Society. She was active with the Fulton County Retired Seniors
Volunteer Program and was the co-recipient, with her sister of the 1991 R.S.V.P.
Volunteer of the Year Award.
There are no immediate survivors.
Services are at 1 p.m. Friday at Zimmerman Family Funeral Home, Rochester with
Rev. Fred SHELTON officiating. Burial is in Rochester IOOF Cemetery. Friends may
call one hour prior to services on Friday at the funeral home. Memorials may be
made to the R.S.V.P. Mini Bus Fund.
Mary E. Eisenman
Oct. 22, 1915 - Oct. 25, 1998
Mary E. EISENMAN, 83, 1224 Jackson Blvd., died 12:05 p.m. Sunday at her home.
Born to Thomas W. and Jessie SNYDER CUMBERLAND in Chili, she married Howard R.
EISENMAN on April 16, 1938 at Rochester. He died April 18, 1968.
Mrs. Eisenman was a longtime nurses aide at Woodlavrn Hospital retiring in 1978.
She was a member of Rochester First Christian Church and the Dorcas Circle. She
was deaconess at the church until September 1998.
Survivors include two daughters, Betty and husband William VANCE and Carolyn and
husband Earl O. DEEDS Jr., all of Rochester; two sons, Howard Raymond and wife
Sue EISENMAN, Rochester and Jack and wife Sandra EISENMAN Woodlands, Texas; nine
grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; one brother, Norman CUMBERLAND,
Rochester.
She was preceded in death by one granddaughter, Jill DAMRON, three brothers,
Acil [CUMBERLAND], Orville [CUMBERLAND] and Raymond CUMBERLAND, and one sister,
Mildred WILSON. . Services are 1 p.m. Thursday at Zimmerman Family Funeral Home,
Rochester with Rev. Chris DODSON officiating. Burial will be in Rochester IOOF
Cemetery. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. Wednesday and after noon on Thursday at
the funeral home. Memorials may be made to First Christian Church or Manitou
Training Center.
Henry T. Hathaway Jr.
June 12, 1923 - Oct. 25, 1998
Private family services [for Henry T. HATHAWAY, Jr.] will be Thursday at the
Zimmerman Family Funeral Home, Rochester with Rev. Fred SHELTON officiating.
Burial and full militaty rites will be conducted by Rochester American Legion
and Veterans of Foreign Wars at the Akron Cemetery. There will be no visitation.
Wednesday, October 28, 1998
[no obits]
Thursday, October 29, 1998
Shirley A. Helt
Dec. 27, 1961 - Oct. 25, 1998
Shirley Ann HELT, 36, Lake Elsinore, Calif., died in San Bernardino, Calif.
She was born to Dennis, previously from Indiana and Irene NAEGEO MONROE in
Missouri and married Samuel E. HELT. He survives,
Mrs. Helt worked for the Department of Water and Power, Lake Elsinore, Calif.
Survivors include two sons, Brian Dennis [HELT], Brandon Charles [HELT], both of
Lake Elsinore, Calif., her parents, Dennis and Irene Monroe, North Richland
Hills, Calif.; father-in-law, Charles HELT, McAllen, Texas; sister, Lisa Michele
HUFFMAN, North Richland Hills, Calif.
Services arc 3 p.m. Saturday at Rose Hills Memorial Park Memorial Chapel. 3888
S. Workman Mill Road, Whittier, Calif. Friends may call 5-8:30 p.m. Friday and 8
a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Rose Hills Mortuay Stateroom.
Alta K. McClaran
Feb. 20, 1956 - Oct. 25, 1998
Alta Kay McCLARAN, 42, Peru. died 6:52 p.m. Sunday at Dukes Memorial Hospital,
Peru. as a result of an auto accident.
Born to Johnnie and Inez FARLEY VANCE at West Hamlin, West Virginia, she married
Michael McCLARAN on March 8, 1984. They survive.
Mrs. McClaran was a homemaker and a Sunday School teacher at Corinth Brethren
Church, Twelve Mile. She graduated from Harts High School in 1974 and attended
West Virginia Career College, Huntington, West Virginia.
Survivors include one son, Jonathan Ross McCLARAN, at home; one daughter, Kayla
Rochelle McCLARAN., at home; one stepdaughter, Linette McCLARAN, Mexico; one
brother, Terry VANCE, Alum Creek, West Virginia; one sister, Denise QUEEN,
Holden, West Virginia.
She was preceded in death by one brother, Stergil Adam VANCE.
Services are at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Corinth Brethren Church with Rev. Rod
SCHULER offiitating. Burial will be in Westlawn Cemetery.
Friends may call 2-8 p.m. Friday at McClain Funeral Home, Denver and one hour
before services at the church. Memorials may be made to Jonathan Ross and Kayla
Rochelle through the funeral home.
Friday, October 30, 1998
Robert R. Davis
Dec. 8, 1934 - Oct 29, 1998
Robert R. "Punk" DAVIS, 63, Akron, died 5 a.m. Thursday at Roudebush
Veterans Administration Medical Center, Indianapolis.
Born to Everette and Daisy ROE DAVIS in Winamac, he married Betty IHMAN on March
26, 1960 in Rochester. She survives.
Retired from Safeway Steel, Rochester, he served in the U.S. Marine Corps from
1954 to 1957. He graduated from Rochester High School, where he excelled in
football, in 1954. He was a member of Rochester Moose Lodge.
Survivors include one daughter, Wendy and husband Steve BREWER, Peru; two
grandsons, Jeremy and Steven MELTON; one sister, Judy and husband Lanny
ANDERSON, St. Charles, Ill.; one foster sister, Susan RUNKLE, Warsaw; several
nieces and nephews.
He is preceded in death by one brother, William A. DAVIS on July 9, 1998.
Military services will be conducted at 4 p.m. Sunday at Hartzler Funeral Home,
Akron by Rochester American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars. Burial will be
private. Friends may call from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to the American Diabetes Association.
Saturday, October 31, 1998
[no obits]
Monday, November 2, 1998
Larry E. Hurley
June 26, 1939 - Nov. 1, 1998
Larry E. HURLEY, 59, Winamac, died 7 a.m. Sunday at his home.
Born to Vern and Lena ROYER HURLEY in Kewanna, he married Sharon L. MUDRYK on
April 39, 1983 in Kewanna. She survives.
Mr. Hurley was an assistant foreman and group leader at Winamac Coil Spring,
Kewanna and a past Kewanna town marshal.
Survivors include one son, Brian and wife Lisa GUZMAN, Star City; two daughters,
Misty and husband David PENICARO, Winamac and Chris CHANEY, Kewanna; five
grandchildren, Spencer [PENICARO] and Alexis PENICARO, Brock [GUZMAN], Josh
[GUZMAN] and Stephanie GUZMAN; one sister Carol NEACE, Greenwood; two brothers
Donald HURLEY, Monticello and Max HURLEY, Westville.
He was preceded in death by his parents, two sisters and three brothers.
Services are at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Frain Mortuary, 305 East Main St., Winamac
with Rev. Carl LENDERMON officiating. Burial will be in Winamac Cemetery.
Friends may call from 2-8 p.m. Tuesday and after 8 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral
home. Memorials may be made to Pulaski
Memorial Home Health Care.
Tuesday, November 3, 1998
[no obits]
Wednesday, November 4, 1998
Lorin E. Shaffer
Dec. 24, 1919 - Nov. 3, 1998
Lorin Elvis SHAFFER, 78, Kewanna, died 2:25 a.m. Tuesday at Pulaski Health Care
Center, Winamac.
Born to Charles W. and Ila Mabel LOWERY SHAFFER in LaPorte, he married Effie
Pearl LARGE on June 7, 1941 in Knox. She survives.
Mr. Shaffer was a farmer and attended Zion Gospel Chapel Church, Bruce Lake. He
was a past 4-H leader in Aubbeenaubbee Township for 35 years and a past school
bus driver for 26 years for the Culver Community Schools.
Survivors include two daughters, Phyllis SILVERS, Fort Wayne and Cindy GILES,
Brownsburg; three sons, Melvin SHAFFER, Kokomo, Dwayne SHAFFER, Michigan City
and Larry SHAFFER, Henderson, Nev.; 16 grandchildren; 36 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by two brothers, Howard [SHAFFER] and Darrell SHAFFER,
one sister, Mattliene HAMILTON, one grandchild, Hope SHAFFER and one
great-grandchild, Jacob LEWIS.
Services are at 1 p.m. Saturday at Frain Mortuary, 305 E. Main St., Winamac with
Rev. Ivan AUGSBURGER officiating. Burial will be in Bruce Lake Cemetery, Kewanna.
Friends may call from 2-4 p.m. and 6-9 p.m. and after 8 a.m. Saturday at the
funeral home. Memorials may be made to Zion Church or American Cancer Society.
Mable J. Harsh
Mable J. HARSH, 86, Argos died 6:15 a.m. today at Life Care Center,
Rochester.
Arrangements are pending at Grossman Funeral Home, Argos.
Thursday, November 5, 1998
Betty A. Doyle
Dec. 29, 1946 - Nov. 4, 1998
Betty A. DOYLE, 51, Lafayette, a former Rochester resident, died at 12:20 a.m.
Wednesday at her home.
Born to Delmer and Annabelle GRAVES DERFLINGER in Buchanon, Mich., she married
Ronney L. DOYLE in August 1985. He survives.
Mrs. Doyle was a 1965 graduate of Mulberry High School. She was an Avon
cosmetics representative since 1978 and was employed at Purdue University as a
residence hall cook for several years. She was a member of Mulberry United
Methodist Church.
Survivors include a son, Rick Lee DOYLE and a daughter, Angie and husband Tim
YOUNG, all of Lafayette; two grandchildren, Jacob [YOUNG] and Dustin YOUNG; two
brothers, Charles DERFLINGER, Noblesville and Tom DERFLINGER, Sharpsville.
She was preceded in death by her parents.
Services are at 11 a.m. Saturday at Bodine Funeral Home, Mulberry, with Rev.
Owen Mason officiating. Burial will be in Fair Haven Cemetery, Mulberry. Friends
may call 4-8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to American
Cancer Society.
Mable J. Harsh
Dec. 11, 1911 - Nov. 4, 1998
Mable J. HARSH, 86, Argos, died at 6:15 a.m. Wednesday at Life Care Center,
Rochester.
Born to Irvin and Hazel COLTER BARKER in Argos, she married Kenneth HARSH on
Feb. 21, 1931 in West Lebanon. He died Oct. 24, 1974.
Mrs. Harsh was a homemaker and a member of Jordan Baptist Church, southwest of
Argos.
Survivors include two sisters, Mary FOOR, Rochester, and Edith and husband
George FRANKLIN, Silver Lake; several nieces and nephews.
Preceding her in death are her parents, a sister, Esther ZUMBAUGH and two
brothers, Raymond [HARSH] [?] and Robert HARSH. [?]
Services are 11 a.m. Saturday at Grossman Funeral Home, Argos, with Rev. Arley
MITCHUM officiating. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery, Plymouth. Friends may
call from 4-8 p.m. Friday or after 9 a.m. Saturday through the hour of services
at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Jordan Baptist Church or Marshall
County Cancer Society.
John C. Fowler
June 10, 1924 - Oct. 26, 1998
John Chilton FOWLER, 74, died in Arlington, Texas.
Born to Joseph and Alice THOMAS FOWLER, he married Goldie ALLEN in 1944. She
died June 19, 1947. He married Maria GARCIA in 1957. She died Feb. 26, 1994.
Mr. Fowler was retired from National Teletype of Chicago, Ill., and was a World
War II veteran.
Survivors include three daughters, Eddie and Brenda SAYGER RICKMAN, Culver,
formerly of Rochester, Odais RAMOS, Arlington, Texas, and Lisa and husband David
MITCHELL, Houstaon, Texas; six grandchildren, Allen and Janel SAYGER, Portland,
Ore., Wendi SAYGER, Culver, Ichel RAMOS COOK, Bryan RAMOS and Quinn RAMOS, all
of Arlington, Texas, Ryan MITCHELL, Houston, Texas; two great-grandchildren,
Emily Grace SAYGER, Portland, Ore., Jacob COOK, Arlington, Texas.
Services were at Moore Funeral Home, Arlington, Texas. Burial was at Rosewood
Cemetery, Houston, Texas on Oct. 29, 1998.
Friday, November 6, 1998
Mable J. Harsh
Dec. 11, 1911 - Nov. 4, 1998
Mable J. HARSH, 86, Argos, died at 6:15 a.m. Wednesday at Life Care Center,
Rochester.
Born to Irvin and Hazel COLTER BARKER in Argos, she married Kenneth HARSH on
Feb. 21, 1931 in West Lebanon. He died Oct. 24, 1974.
Mrs. Harsh was a homemaker and a member of Jordan Baptist Church, southwest of
Argos.
Survivors include two sisters, Mary FOOR, Rochdester, and Edith and husband
George FRANKLIN, Silver Lake; several nieces and nephews.
Preceding her in death were her parents, a sister, Esther ZUMBAUGH, and two
brothers, Raymond [BARKER] and Robert BARKER.
Services are 11 a.m. Saturday at Grossman Funeral Home, Argos, with Rev. Arley
MITCHUM officiating. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery, Plymouth. Friends may
call from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday or after 9 a.m. Saturday through the hour of
services at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Jordan Baptist Church or
Marshall County Cancer Society.
Saturday, November 7, 1998
[no obits]
Monday, November 9, 1998
Joseph W. Day
Joseph W. DAY, 93, Akron, died 5:30 p.m. Sunday at his home.
Arrangements are pending at Hartzler Funeral
William A. Brown
July 12, 1916 - Nov. 7, 1998
William Arthur BROWN, 82, Logansport, died 2:45 a.m. Saturday at Memorial
Hospital, Logansport.
Born to George and Elizabeth THOMPSON BROWN in Twelve Mile, he married Nora E.
WILSON on Sept. 28, 1940 in Cowan. She died March 17, 1986. He married Elmira
SWANK KIMPEL on Feb. 12, 1989. She died Jan. 4, 1997.
Mr. Brown graduated from Twelve Mile High School. He was a World War II U.S.
Navy veteran. He retired from Sunbeam Bread Co. as a deliveryman after 30 years.
He was a member of Spring Creek Christian Church and past member of Mexico
Church of the Brethren.
Survivors include two sons, William Russell BROWN, Colorado Springs, Colo. and
Danny Lee BROWN, Logansport; two daughters, Elizabeth "Betty" DOOLAN,
Palos Hills, Ill. and Linda Sue McKAMEY, Cottage Grove, Wisc.; one brother,
Harry BROWN, Greenville, S.C.; seven grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by three sisters, Catherine HIBNER, Flora SKINNER and
Mary MEMMERSBAUGH; two brothers, Fred [BROWN] and Richard BROWN.
Services are at 2 p.m. Tuesday at McClain Funeral Home, U.S. 31 and Indiana 16,
Denver with Rev. Matt HARRIS officiating. Burial will be in Spring Creek
Cemetery, Logansport. Friends may call from 2-8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.
Tuesday, November 10, 1998
Joseph W. Day
Aug. 8, 1905 - Nov. 8, 1998
Joseph W. DAY, 93, Akron, died at 5 p.m. Sunday at his home.
Born to Charles E. and Awilda Mae WOOD DAY in Akron, he married Helen I. MILLER
on May 24, 1928 at South Bend. She died Feb. 9, 1997.
Mr. Day was a foreman at Akron Fork & Hoe of Akron and a carpenter. In later
years he was a grade school and high school custodian. He was a member of Akron
United Methodist Church and Modern Woodmen of America.
Survivors include one son, Richard E. DAY, Akron; one granddaughter, Pamela and
husband James VANDERMARK, Akron; one grandson, Joseph W. and wife Marianne DAY,
Akron; five great-grandchildren; two step great-grandchildren; one
great-great-grandson; one sister-in-law, Eva SMITH, Peru.
He was preceded in death by a daughter-in-law, Julia DAY and a brother, Earl
DAY.
Services are at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Hartzler Funeral Home, Akron, with Rev.
Steve FLECK and Rev. Stephen HAIFLICH officiating. Burial will be in Akron
Cemetery. Friends may call from 3-8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to Akron United Methodist Church.
James T. Holland
Sept. 17, 1959 - Nov. 8, 1998
James T. HOLLAND, 39, Culver, died 12:52 p.m. Sunday at Woodlawn Hospital,
Rochester of natural causes.
Born to Howard and Ann HOLLAND in Florence, Ala., he married Cheryl WARNER on
June 6, 1998 in Monterey. She survives.
A. U.S. Navy veteran, he had worked at Culver Military Academy in maintenance
and was an electrician at Topp Industries, Rochester.
Survivors include two daughters, Amber [HOLLAND] and Amanda HOLLAND, both of
Georgetown, Ky; his mother, Ann SEE, South Bend; two stepchildren, Shanna MOORE,
Culver and John MOORE, Crossville, Tenn.; three sisters, Lori STUTTS and Anna
HANBACK, both of Florence, Ala, and Sally WARD, Orange Beach, Ala.; two
brothers, Howard HOLLAND, South Bend and John HOLLAND, Edwardsburg, Mich.
He was preceded in death by his father, Howard HOLLAND.
Services are at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Palmer Funeral Home, 314 S. Michigan St.,
Lakeville with Rev. Ed ERSKIN officiating. Burial and graveside services will
follow in Riverside Memorial Cemetery, Monterey. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m.
Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the charity of one's
choice.
Minnie Clay
Minnie CLAY, 83, 924 Monroe St., Rochester, died 12:24 a.m. Today at St.
Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis.
Arrangements are pending at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester.
Wednesday, November 11, 1998
Minnie M. Clay
March 28, 1915 - Nov. 10, 1998
Minnie Marie CLAY, 83, 924 Monroe St., died 12:24 a.m. Tuesday at St. Vincent
Hospital, Indianapolis.
Born to Lee and Lillian MIKESELL HOLLOWAY in Rochester, she married Homer D.
CLAY on April 24, 1933 in Fulton County. He died Dec. 8, 1970.
Mrs. Clay was a homemaker and a member of Rochester First Church of God.
Survivors include one daughter, Lorene and husband Melvin MYERS Jr., Rochester;
one son, Dale and wife Kay CLAY, Indianapolis; three grandchildren; four
great-grandchildren; five sisters, Maxine MOLLENCUPP, Lois and husband C.L.
STONES, Jean DUZAN, Barbara and husband Glen BRADLEY, all of Rochester and Donna
and husband Robert ANGLIN, Wabash; two brothers, DeVerl and wife Marjorie
HOLLOWAY, Robert and wife Vera HOLLOWAY, all of Rochester; several nieces and
nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, a granddaughter, Dawn Elaine BATHRICK
on April 4, 1982, two sisters, Pauline BLANCHARD and Betty HOLLOWAY and two
brothers, Leonard [HOLLOWAY] and Larry HOLLOWAY.
Services are at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester
with Rev. David DITTMAN officiating. Burial will be in Rochester I.O.O.F.
Cemetery. Friends may call from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday or after 9 a.m. Thursday
until the hour of service.
Thursday, November 12, 1998 to Friday, November 13, 1998
[no obits]
Saturday, November 14, 1998
Elizabeth S. Cavanaugh
April 4, 1946 - Nov. 11, 1998
Elizabeth S. CAVANAUGH, 52, 511 West Seventh St., Peru, died at 10:30 p.m.
Wednesday at her home.
She was born in Rochester to Leo O. and Zulah BARKMAN LONG and married Thomas P.
CAVANAUGH, Jr., who died Oct. 12, 1991. She was a homemaker and member of the
First Baptist Church, Peru.
Surviving are two daughters, Thomasine "Patty" and Robert BOYD, Peru,
and Margaret "Peg" CAVANAUGH, Peru; one son, Thomas P. and Christy
CAVANAUGH, Walton, and five grandchildren, Krissy [BOYD], Troy [BOYD] and
Zachary BOYD and Julia Dawn [CAVANAUGH] and Thomas P. CAVANAUGH IV. Preceding in
death with her husband and parents was one sister.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Ever Rest Memorial Park, Cass County, with
burial to follow. No visitation is planned. Memorials may be made to the
American Heart Association. Eikenberry-Eddy Funeral Home is in charge of
arrangements.
Monday, November 16, 1998
Mrs. Gerald (Joanna) Knauff
Mrs. Gerald (Joanna) KNAUFF, 84, 1233 Lakeshore Drive, died at 8:13 p.m.
Sunday at her home.
Arrangements are pending at Poster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester.
Ernest "Bus" Carter
Nov. 15i 1923 - Nov. 16, 1998
Ernest "Bus" CARTER, 75. 1519 Madison St., Apt. 4, died at 12:15 a.m.
Monday at Life Care Center, Rochester.
Born to Ernest and Goldic GOOD CARTER in Kankakee, Ill., he married Janice
PLANTZ on May 25, 1947 in Culver. She survives.
Mr. Carter was a retired Culver postal worker. He was a World War II Army Air
Corps veteran and a member of Veteran of Foreign Wars Post 6919.
Survivors include two daughters, Pamela COFFEL, Bremen and Cynthia FLUM,
Nashville, Tenn.; two sons, Kenneth CARTER, South Bend and Bruce CARTER, Culver;
two sisters, Phyllis ADAMS, Argos and Shirley CARTER, Culver; one brother,
Donald CARTER, Pace, Fla.; 11 grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by one brother, Marion CARTER.
Private family services are scheduled. Burial will be in Culver Cemetery. There
will be no visitation.
Harry Sayger
May 1, 1919 - Nov. 14, 1998
Harry SAYGER, 79, 4425 N. Indiana 25 N., Rochester, died at 6:25 a.m. Saturday
at the Eagles Lodge, Rochester.
Born to Hershel "Pete" and Mary "Nettie" FREECE SAYGER in
Athens, he married Nona Maxine LOWE on Oct. 27, 1945 at Fort Des Moines, Iowa.
She survives at home.
Mr. Sayger graduated from Akron High School, Akron. He retired from Sibley
Machine & Foundry Corp., South Bend as a supervisor after 38 years of
employment. He was a member of Fraternal Order of Eagles Lodge 852 and served as
secretary 40 years. He was a life member of Manitou Moose Lodge, American Legion
and Veterans of Foreign Wars Posts, and served in a parachute infantry unit in
World War II with the U.S. Army.
Survivors include two sons, Larry SAYGER, Pottstown, Pa. and Michael SAYGER,
Thurmont, Md.; two godsons, Andy HOLLOWAY, Rochester, Michael HOLLOWAY, Akron:
five grandchildren and five great grandchildren; four sisters, Wilodean COLLINS,
Warsaw, Nancy and husband Harry BAKER, Maudie and husband Bill COLEMAN and Laura
Jean and husband Jack LEWIS, all of Rochester; two brothers, Walter and wife
Nancy SAYGER, and Jack and wife Elnora SAYGER, all of Rochester.
He was preceded in death by his parebts and three brothers, Roy [SAYGER], Otis [SAYGER]
and Omer [SAYGER].
Services are 1 p.m. Tuesday at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester. Rev.
David DITTMAN will officiate. Burial and graveside rites performed by the
American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars will be in Hoover Cemetery, Athens.
Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. Monday and noon through the hour of service on
Tuesday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Shop with a Cop Program
and may be left at the funeral home.
Eva P. Smith
July 12, 1906 - Nov. 14,1998
Eva P. SMITH, 92, Peru, formerly of Rohester, died at 7 a.m. Saturday at Dukes
Continuing Care Center, Peru.
Born to Tona and Flo E. HUDKINS MILLER in Fulton County, she married Cranor L.
SMITH on May 12, 1926 in Rochester. He died Jan. 6, 1980.
Mrs. Smith was a homemaker and owned Eva's Beauty Shop in Rochester for 10
years. She was a member of Rochester Order of the Eastern Star, past member of
the Women's Club and First Baptist Church, Rochester.
Survivors include one daughter, Jane and husband John SHERRILL, Mexico; one son,
James R. and wife Martha SMITH, Silver City, N.M.; three grandsons; one
granddaughter, five great-grandsons; several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by a brother, Doc H. MILLER, a sister, Helen DAY and a
grandson.
Services will be 10 a.m. Wednesday at Zimmerman Family Funeral Home, Rochester.
Rev. Steve FLECK will officiate. Burial will be in Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery.
Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Tuesday, November 17, 1998
Harry Sayger
May 1, 1919 - Nov. 14, 1998
Memorials to Harry SAYGER, who died Sunday, may be made to Shop With a Cop
Program, and left at Foster & Good Funeral Home.
Mr. Sayger was preceded in death by a brother, Maurice SAYGER, who was not
listed in Monday's obituary.
Clifford S. Strebe
June 2, 1913 - Nov. 9, 1998
Clifford S. STREBE, 85, Clarksville, Tenn., formerly of Fulton, died at
Clarksville Memorial Hospital, Clarksville, Tenn.
He was born to Edward and Ida DAVIS STREBE in Macy.
Mr. Strebe was a retired sergeant-major from the U.S. Army Paratroop Corps.
Survivors include his wife, Hazel [STREBE], two sons, one daughter, five
grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, and three sisters.
Military services were Nov. 11 at the McReynolds, Nave and Larson Funeral Home.
Linda C. Schuler
Mrs. Linda COWEN SCHULER, 54, Kalamazoo, Mich., formerly of Argos, died
early Monday at Kalamazoo, Mich.
Arrangements are pending at Grossman Funeral Home, Argos.
M. Joanna Knauff
Nov. 15, 1914 - Nov. 15, 1998
Mary Joanna KNAUFF, 84, Rochester, died at her home.
Born to Scudder and Hermione Alice WHITTENBERGER WILSON in Macy, she married
Gerald Grant KNAUFF on July 4, 1932. He died Sept. 15, 1988.
Mrs. Knauff graduated as the salutatorian of the class of 1932 from Macy High
School. Along with her husband, she was involved with band boosters and athletic
groups in the Rochester school system. She continued the tradition of the Gerald
Knauff athletic award given each year. She was employed as a lab technician at
Armour & Company, worked at Hart, Schaffner & Marx and Rochester High
School food services. She owned and operated the A.&W, now B&K, root
beer stand for several years. She served as a deaconess at First Christian
Church, was a member of Macy Mothers Club, the Child Study Club, the Republican
Women's Club, Fulton County Historical Society, and for many years sent cards to
Knightstown Home on behalf of the American Legion Auxiliary.
Survivors include one daughter, Geraldine Joan and husband Boone COY, Spring,
Texas; two sons, Jerry Joe and wife Mitzie KNAUFF, Spring, Texas and Larry Grant
KNAUFF, Corpus Christi, Texas; 12 grandchildren, Steven and wife Brenda COY,
Kristina Martin and Lindsey KNAUFF, all of Spring, Texas; Kendra and husband
Gregory KAHN, Austin, Texas; Jerry J. KNAUFF Jr., Fort Worth, Texas; Bruce COY,
Mary Catherine KNAUFF, Cary and wife Michelle OVERBEY, Lisa LEONARD, of Houston,
Texas; Pamela and husband Richard PAYNE and Debra and husband James REED,
Whiteland, and David COY, Speedway; 15 great-grandchildren; one
great-great-grandchild.
She was preceded in death by her parents, a son, Robert Glen KNAUFF, a brother,
Robert Bruce WILSON, and sisters, Virginia Lynn KIBIGER HELTZEL and Willodean
Ellen WILSON.
Services are 2 p.m. Thursday at First Christian Church. Rev. Chris DODSON will
officiate. Burial will be at Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Friends may call from
5-8 p.m. Wednesday at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester, or one hour
prior to services on Thursday at the church. In lieu of flowers, memorials may
be made to Hope Hospice or First Christian Church.
Wednesday, November 18, 1998
Linda L. Schuler
Dec 21, 1943 - Nov 16, 1998
Linda L. SCHULER, 54, Kalamazoo, Mich., formerly of Argos, died Monday at
Kalamazoo, Mich.
Born to Eldon and Melita JOHNSON COWEN in Argos, she married Alan SOUTH. They
divorced. She later married Mick SCHULER. They also divorced.
Mrs. Schuler worked in the business office of Kalamazoo College for the past 13
years.
Survivors include one son, Douglas and wife Gwen SOUTH, Chapel Hill, Queensland,
Australia; her father and step-mother, Eldon and Betty COWEN, Argos; one
half-sister, Miss Susan COWEN, Indianapolis; one stepsister, Linda and husband
Craig HJORTH, Glen Ellyn, Ill.; several aunts, uncles and cousins.
She was preceded in death by her mother and two sisters, Elita COWEN and Charla
BEGAN.
Services are at 11 a.m. Thursday at Grossman Funeral Home, Argos with Rev.
Warren WALMER officiating. Burial will be in Maxinkuckee I.O.O.F. Cemetery,
formerly Poplar Grove Cemetery, near Culver. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m.
Wednesday and one hour prior to services on Thursday at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to Poplar Grove Church and left at the funeral home.
Thursday, November 19, 1998
Daven J. Clingerman
Nov 14, 1998 - Nov 14, 1998
Davon James CLINGERMAN, was stillborn 11:23 p.m. Saturday at Kosciusko Community
Hospital, Warsaw.
Survivors include his parents, Douglas D. CLINGERMAN and Electa J. WITHAM,
Pierceton; maternal grandparents, Arica YZAGUIRRE, Cromwell and James L. and
wife Karen BUCHER, North Manchester; maternal great-grandparents, Sandra WITHAM,
Palestine and James and wife Joan BUCHER Sr., Akron; paternal grandparents,
Rhonda and husband Roger COOK, Pierceton and Douglas L. and wife Connie
CLINGERMAN, North Webster; paternal great-grandparents, Don and Barbara TAYLOR
and Dora Mae CLINGERMAN, all of Pierceton; step-paternal great-grandparents,
Ruth CLINGERMAN, Larwill, Daisy SLONE, Burket and Joe COOK, Warsaw; paternal
great-great-grandparents, Lena SNAVELY, Warsaw and Forrest GAERTE, Pierceton.
Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. Friday at Oakwood Cemetery, Warsaw, with
Rev. Randy PACKER officiating. There will be no visitation. King Memorial Home,
Mentone is in charge of arrangements.
Maxine Powers
Maxine POWERS, 83, 300 E. Fourth St., ldied at 12:05 a.m. today in Parkview
Hospital, Fort Wayne.
Arrangements are pending at Zimmerman Family Funeral Home, Rochester.
Friday, November 20, 1998
G. Maxine Powers
Sept 26, 1915 - Nov 19, 1998
G. Maxine POWERS, 83, 300 E. Fourth St., Apt 1F, died 12:05 a.m. Thursday at
Parkview Hospital, Fort Wayne.
Born to Emery and Bessie DOBBS SMYTHE in Eddy, Okla., she married Charles O.
POWERS on Dec. 15, 1940 in Rochester. He died May 2, 1977.
Mrs. Powers was a retired beautician and employee of Hart, Schaffner & Marx.
She was a member of Women of the Moose and attended the First Presbyterian
Church.
Survivors include one son, Charles E. POWERS, Houston, Texas, two daughters,
Mary Nelle and husband Dale GOOD, Columbia City and Charlene and husband John
KOCHANOWSKI, Rochester; three stepchildren; seven grandchildren; seven
great-grandchildren; eight stepgrandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents and one brother, Taylor SMYTHE.
Services are at 6 p.m. Monday at Zimmerman Family Funeral Home,Rochester with
Rev. Robert SIEGREST officiating. Burial will be in New Hope Cemetery, Eddy,
Okla. Friends may call from 1-6 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Memorials may
be made to Big Brothers/Big Sisters.
Bessie B. Enyart
Aug 16, 1925 - Nov 19, 1998
Bessie Beatrice ENYART, 73, 520 Ohio St., died at 4:20 p.m. Thursday at her
home.
Born to Bernie and Trinnie COOPER CONLEY in McGoffin County, Ky., she married
Dean ENYART on Aug 11, 1972 in Winamac. He survives.
Mrs. Enyart was retired from Rochester Metal Products and a member of First
Assembly of God Church, Rochester.
Survivors include one son, Jim and wife Ellen CONLEY, Rochester; two
grandchildren, Jeff and wife Tina CONLEY and Shannon CONLEY, all of Rochester;
four great-grandchildren; three step-grandchildren, Jo Ellen and husband Todd
WILLIAMS, Kevin and wife Rosie MORROW and Tony and wife Jodi MORROW, all of
Rochester; five step-great-grandchildren; two sisters, June and husband Vester
PATRICK, Valparaiso and Julie CONLEY, Portsmouth, Ohio; five brothers, Wheeler
CONLEY, Rochester, Wade CONLEY, Kewanna, Bernie CONLEY Jr., Hinckley, Ill., Bill
and wife Dorothy CONLEY, Salyersville, Ky., and Forrest CONLEY, Lucasville,
Ohio; one sister-in-law, Virginia and husband Paul McFARLAND, Akron.
She was preceded in death by her parents, one sister, Trisie PUCKETT, four
brothers, Ross [CONLEY], Russell [CONLEY], Robert [CONLEY] and Walter CONLEY,
and a great-granddaughter, Samantha Marie CONLEY.
Services are 11 a.m. Saturday at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester.
Burial will be in Rochester IOOF Cemetery. Friends may call from 5-8 p.m. Friday
or one hour prior to services Saturday at the funeral home. Memorials may be
made to the family to defray expenses.
Saturday, November 21, 1998
Carolee N. Myers
June 20, 1937 - Nov 20, 1998
Carolee NICODEMUS MYERS, 61, 6341 East 150 South, Rochester, died Friday at
Woodlawn Hospital.
She was born in Akron to Robert Lee and Esther MILLER NICODEMUS. She was a
waitress and bartender and member of the Eagles Lodge, Warsaw.
Surviving are two daughters, Terri and her husband Jim GUNDRUM, Rochester and
Kristy and her husband Chris NELSON; two sons, Alan [MYERS], Akron, and James
[MYERS] and his fiance Kristy QUINLAN, Rochester; four grandchildren, Alan
[MYERS] Jr., Kelsey [MYERS], Hedrick [MYERS] and Dylan MYERS, and one sister
LuAnn and her husband Marven WHETSTONE, Akron. Preceding in death was one
granddaughter, Amber Ann MYERS.
Services are pending at Gundrum Funeral Home, Logansport, with Rev. Jeff LAZARUS
officiating.
Anna L. White
Jan 21, 1917 - Nov 15, 1998
Anna L. WHITE, 81, Indianapolis, formerly of Lebanon, died 10:30 p.m. at her
residence.
Born to William and Ruth STOCKTON LUKINS, she married Robert B.S. WHITE. He
preceded her in death.
She worked for L.S. Ayres and at Allisons during World War II.
Survivors include one son, Jerrell R. WHITE, Rochester, and one grandson,
Michael L. WHITE.
Private graveside services will be held. Arrangements are being handled by
Conkle Funeral Home Speedway Chapel, Indianapolis. Memorials may be made to
Shrine Hospital for Children.
Monday, November 23, 1998
Carolee N. Myers
June 20, 1937 - Nov 20, 1998
Services for Carolee N. MYERS are at 1 p.m. Tuesday at McCloskey-Hamilton-Gundrum
Funeral Home, 1603 E. Broadway St., Logansport with Jeff LaZARRUS officiating.
Burial will be in Akron Cemetery. Friends may call two hour prior to services on
Tuesday at the funeral home.
Arnold E. Smith
Feb 7, 1909 - Nov 21, 1998
Arnold E. SMITH, 89, Valparaiso, father of Janet FREYBERG of Rochester, died
Saturday at VNA Mary E. Bartz Hospice Center, Valparaiso.
He was born in Valparaiso, where he married Susie Mae KEENE on Aug 31, 1930. She
died Oct 11, 1998.
Services are at 11 a.m. CST Wednesday at Bartholomew Funeral Home, Valparaiso
with Rev. Greg Jones officiating. Entombment will be in Graceland Cemetery,
Valparaiso. Friends may call 9 a.m. CST until time of services Wednesday at the
funeral home. Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church or the Friendship
Center Nutrition Site, both of Valparaiso.
Richard D. Showley
Sept 14, 1924 - Nov 21, 1998
Richard D. SHOWLEY, 74, Peru, a longtime Fulton County resident, died 8:40 a.m.
Saturday at his home.
Born in Fulton County to Loyd and Garnett LEAVELL SHOWLEY, he married Airebell
SHEETS on March 16, 1946 in Fulton. She survives.
Mr. Showley was manager of Kline TV and Appliances from 1976 to 1988 and
attained the Emerald Plateau with Amway Marketing. He farmed prior to 1976 and
served in the 8th Air Force 860th Bomb Squad in the European Theater during
World War II. He was a member of the Hillcrest Baptist Church, Logansport.
Survivors include two daughters, Sonya SHOWLEY, Indianapolis and Cindy and
husband Tim KLINE, Peru; three grandchildren, Amber [KLINE], Arielle [KLINE],
Avin KLINE, all of Peru; one brother, Joe SHOWLEY, Logansport; several cousins
and nieces.
He was preceded in death by one sister, Lucille GRABLE.
Services are at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Hillcrest Baptist Church, Indiana Highway
17 Noth, Logansport with Rev. Craig PENDL and Rev. Joey WATT officiating. Burial
will be in Salem Cemetery, northwest of Fulton. Graveside military rites will be
conducted by the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars of Rochester.
Friends may call 3-5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. today at the church. Memorials may be
made to Hillcrest Baptist Church, Logansport and Wabash-Miami County Hospice.
Tuesday, November 24, 1998
Lucy I. Guise
Aug. 15, 1911 - Nov. 23,1998
Lucy I. GUISE, 87, Mishawaka, formerly of Kewanna, died at 5:10 a.m., Monday at
Tanglewood Crestwood, Retirement Center, Mishawaka.
Born in Star City to Clark L. and Eva WILDERMUTH RUSSELL, she married Wilson B.
GUISE on Jan. 1, 1931, in Kewanna. He died Oct. 16, 1964.
Mrs. Guise was a Monterey High School graduate. She was retired from First
National Bank, Monterey, and a member of St. Lukes Lutheran Church, Winamac. She
liked to cook, bake and serve others.
Survivors include one daughter, Nina SANDERS., Mishawaka; one son, Dr. Paul
GUISE, Indianapolis; one sister, Jane CROY, Rochester; three brothers, James
RUSSELL, Granger, Thomas RUSSELL, Valparaiso and Verne RUSSELL, Myrtle Beach,
S.C.; 14 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by one granddaughter, three brothers and two sisters.
Services are 11 a.m. Saturday at Harrison-Metzger Funeral Home, Kewanna Chapel.
Rev. Ivan AUGSBURGER will officiate. Burial will be in Bruce Lake Cemetery,
Kewanna. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Memorials
may be made to a favorite charity.
Jossie Patton
Jossie PATTON, 80, Culver, died at 5:25 p.m. Monday at Woodlawn Hospital,
Rochester, as a result of an automobile accident.
Arrangements are pending at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester.
Georgia V. Liming
Jan. 16, 1912 - Nov. 24, 1998
Georgia V. LIMING, 86, 219 W. 11th St., died at 3:41 a.m. today at Woodlawn
Hospital, Rochester.
Born in Rochester to Isaac and Maude Marie MOW THOMPSON ADAMSON, she married
Alfred L. LIMING on July 24, 1946. He died September 1972.
Mrs. Liming was a salesperson at the former Schultz Variety Store, Rochester,
and an Avon sales representative for 25 years. She, was a member of Rochester
Eagles, American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars auxiliaries, and the Peru
Moose Auxliary.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Nancy HOFFMAN, Rochester; three
grandchildren, Rick HOFFMAN, James and Tina HENSLEY and Jack BECK, all of
Rochester; eight great- grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by one son, Earl I. Beck, two sisters, Margaret
ZIMMERMAN and Verda Josephine THOMPSON, and two brothers Isaac F. [THOMPSON] and
Harley THOMPSON.
Services are 11 a.m. Friday at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester. Burial
will be in Citizens Cemetery. Friends may call from 9-11 a. m. Friday at the
funeral home.
Michael C. Covington
Oct. 13,1971 - Nov. 23,1998
Michael C. COVINGTON, 27, 3617 East 400 South, died at 11:34 p.m. Monday.
He was bom in Clarksville to Jerry and Joan BORDER COVINGTON. He was employed by
Delta Tool Manufacturing, Inc., Rochester.
Survivors include two sons, Jacob [COVINGTON] and Gunnar COVINGTON, both of
Rochester; his mother, Joan and husband Dick LOPER, Syracuse; his father, Jerry
and wife Linda COVINGTON, Rochester; one sister, Melissa and husband Brian
BAILEY, Shipshewanna; maternal grandparents, Flora RADUSKE and Dairl BORDER,
both of Rochester; paternal grandmother, Clara Lou COVINGTON, Rochester.
Private family services will be officiated ty Rev. C. David HOGSETT. Burial will
be in Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery.
No visitation is planned.
Ralph Gall Jr.
Ralph GALL Jr., 74, Pompano Beach, Fla., formerly Rochester, died Monday.
He was born in Mishawaka to the late Ralph Sr. and Evelyn STEVENSON GALL.
Mr. Gall served in the Army during World War II. He was a cement mason with the
local union of South Bend for over 40 years and a Rochester resident for 25
years. He was a member of the Rochester Elks 210, American Legion and Veterans
of Foreign Wars.
Survivors include his wife, Pauline [GALL]; three daughters, Shirley GENTRY,
Diana FELTZ and Theresa CASAD; two sons, Darrell SIX and Steve GALL; seven
grandchildren; one great grandchild.
Services are 7 p.m. Monday at Kraecr Funeral Home, Pompano Beach, Fla. Graveside
services will be 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Florida National Cemetery, Bushnell Fla.
Visitation will be 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.
Jossie Patton
Sept. 1, 1918 - Nov. 23, 1998
Jossie PATTON, 80, Culver, died at 5:25 p.m. Monday at Woodlawn Hospital,
Rochester.
Born near Langley, Ky. to Whitten and Lucinda REFFETT, she married Ed. PATTON on
Jan. 9, 1942 in Paintsville, Ky. He died on May 15, 1969.
Mrs. Patton was a homemaker and had retired from Hart, Schaffner & Marx,
Rochester.
Survivors include one daughter, Henrietta Patton, Conyers, Ga.; one son, Glen
and wife Judy Patton, Culver; two granddaughters, Amber Jaena BRADLEY and
Katherine Marie PATTON, both of Culver; one step-grandson, Evan SHOLLY, Culver;
five sisters, Vada QUACKENBUSH, Kelsa and husband Phil CARR and Ressie GODBY,
all of Rochester, Lottie and husband Cletus KOTTERMAN, Kokomo, Jennie CASE,
Hamden, Ohio; four brothers, Henry and wife Ellen REFFETT, Langley, Ky., Whitten
REFFETT Jr., Springwater, N.Y., Paul and wife Donna REFFETT, Lagrange, Shannon
and wife Ida REFFETT, San Bernardino, Calif.
She was preceded in death by her parents and two brothers, George [REFFETT] and
Rev. Jim REFFETT.
Services are 10 a.m. Saturday at Foster & Good F'uncral Home, Rochester.
Rev. Mark Day, will ofilctate. Burial will be in Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery.
Friends may call from 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. Friday.
David M. White
Jan. 20, 1969 - Nov. 24, 1998
David M. WHITE, 29. Galveston, at 5:20 p.m. Tuesday at his home.
He was born in Toledo, Ohio to Boyd and Sandra HECKERT WHITE.
Mr. White was a construction worker with McIntire Construction, Argos.,
Survivors include his mother and stepfather, Sandra and James POHLMAN,
Galveston; his father, Boyd WHITE, Genoa, Ohio; one sister, Jennifer SOLOMON,
Argos; one brother, Lonnie WHITE, Rochester; grandparents, Bud and Phyllis
PAXTON, Rochester, Bob and Janice POHLMAN, Galveston, Ruth WHITE, Genoa, Ohio.
Graveside services are 11 a.m. Saturday at Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Rev.
Dave DITTMAN will officiate. Memorials may be made to Hope Lodge, Indianapolis,
St. Joseph Homecare Hospice, Kokomo, or Galveston Fire Department, Galveston.
Murray Funeral Home, Galveston is in charge of arrangements.
Byron H. Studebaker
Byron H. STUDEBAKER, 87, Culver, died at 1:46 p.m. Wednesday at Woodlawn
Hospital, Rochester.
Bonine Funeral Home, Culver, is in charge of arrangements.
Cathie Jo Huskins
April 12, 1963 - Nov. 26, 1998
Cathie Jo HUSKINS, 35, 1430 College Ave.,. died at 8:20 a.m. Thursday at her
home.
Born to Kenneth and Lucretia RAMP HENDERSON in Marion, she married Steven W.
HUSKINS on April 20, 1985 In Kokomo. He survives.
Mrs. Huskins was employed by Enyart's True Value Hardware, Rochester, and
attended the Faith Outreach Church, Rochester. She was a 1981 graduate of
Western High School, Russiaville, and attended Indiana University at Kokomo.
Survivors include two daughters, Hannah [HUSKINS] and Heidi [HUSKINS], both of
Rochester; one son, Steven L. HUSKINS, Rochester; her mother and stepfather,
Lucretia and Kenneth L. BASSETT, Kokomo; two sisters, Kimberly HENDERSON, Kokomo
and Sandra and husband Rodney ABSHER, Indianapolis; three stepsisters, Pamela
KELLER, Kokomo, Patricia JOHNSON, Randleman, N.C. and Rebecca CRONE, Winsboro,
Texas; maternal grandmother, Kathryn MAYFIELD, Marion.
She was preceded in death by her father, Kenneth HENDERSON in 1982.
Services are 11 a.m. Monday at Faith Outreach Church, Rochester. Rev. Dan MUNDT
will officiate. Burial will be in Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Friends may call
4-8 p.m. Sunday at Zimmerman Family Funeral Home, Rochester, and one hour prior
to services on Monday. Memorials may be made to Faith Outreach Church.
Deloris J. Young
March 12, 1923 - Nov. 26, 1998
Deloris J. YOUNG, 75, North Manchester, died at 1:30 a.m. Thursday at her home.
Born in Akron to Otis and Pearl HART WHTTTENBERGER, she married Donald S. YOUNG
on Feb. 26, 1942. He died Dec. 10, 1981.
Mrs. Young was a retired crossing guard for Maple Park School after 18 years of
service. She graduated Beaver Dam High School in 1941.
Survivors include five sons, Larry YOUNG, Williston, Fla., Allen YOUNG, Akron.
Dennis YOUNG, Randy YOUNG and David KLINE, all of North Manchester; three
daughters, Karen CHANDLER, Mishawaka, Marcia and husband Jim KLINE, North
Manchester and Martha and husband Gene SHEPHERD, Warsaw; 15 grandchildren; eight
great-grandchildren; two brothers, Robert [WHITTENBERGER[ and Donald
WHITTENBERGER, both of Akron; one sister, Pauline and husband Bernard KUHN,
Burket.
She was preceded in death by her parents and one brother.
Services are 10 a.m. Monday at DeLaughter-McKee Mortuary, North Manchester. Rev.
Don POYSER will officiate. Burial will be in Gilead Cemetery, Gilead. Friends
may call 2-4 p.m. apd 6-8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Carl D. Overmyer
Dec. 22, 1912 - Nov. 27, 1998
Carl D. OVERMYER, 85, 111 W. Third St., died at 2:45 a.m. today at Memorial
Hospital, South Bend.
Born in Pulaski Comty near Kewanna to Ira L. and Eva May ZELLERS OVERMYER, he
married Mary Alice McVAY on Jan. 4, 1941 in Louisville, Ky. She survives.
Mr. Overmyer retired from Dean Foods Company, Rochester with 25 years of service
. He had also worked in Management for the former Armour, Dairy Rochester. He
was a member of Riverview Community Church, Tippecanoe and served in the U.S.
Army, 6th Mechanized Calvary, during World II.
Survivors Include Iwo sons, Carl R. and wife Judith J. OVERMYER, South Bend, and
Richard L. and wife Donna OVERMYER, Lexington, Ky.; five grandchildren, Eric
OVERMYER and fiancee Shannon BRANDLEY, Mishawaka, Mark and wife Angi OVERMYER,
Osceola; Scott and wife Cathy OVERMYER, South Bend, Angela and husband Jeff
McALISTER, Bradford, Tenn., Ryan and wife Megan OVERMYER, Westchester, Ohio; two
great-grandsons, Joshua Jacob McALISTER, Bradford, Tenn. and Andrew Robert
OVERMYER, Osceola; one sister, Edna May LAVENGOOD, Rochester: one brother,
Virdell and wife Mary OVERMYER, Ann Arbor, Mich.; two sisters-in-law, Juanita
and husband William CARROLL, Indianapolis and Ruth McVAY HITE, Encinitas, Calif.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Ray [OVERMYER].
Services are 2 p.m. Sunday at Riverview Community Church, Tippecanoe. Rev. Rod
RABERG will officiate. Burial will be in Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Friends
may call from 4-8 p.m. Saturday at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester, or
one hour prior to services on Sunday at the church.
Gladys L. Pfeiffer
Oct. 23, 1921 - Nov. 27, 1998
Gladys L. PFEIFFER, 77, Silver Lake, died at 8:31 Friday at her home.
Born in Seward Township, Kosciusko County, to and Bula B. PAXTON SILVEUS, she
married Willis PFEIFFER on July 19, 1948. He survives,
Mrs. Pfeiffer was a retired, self-employed tax accountant. She attended Pleasant
View Bible Church, Warsaw.
Survivors include one daughter, Jackie and husband Bud BAILEY, Bristol, one son,
Gregory PFEIFFER, Clayton, Ga., two grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; one
brother, Howard SILVEUS, Silver Lake.
She was preceded in death by one sister and one granddaughter.
Services are 2 p.m. Sunday at McHatton-Sadler Funeral Chapel, Warsaw. Rev. Vic
VIRGIL and Rev. Les LOFQUIST will officiate. Burial will be in Palestine
Cemetery. No visitation is scheduled.
Byron H. Studebaker
April 9, 1911 - Nov. 25,1998
Byron H. STUDEBAKER, 1096 South Shore Drive, Culver, died at 1:46 p.m. Wednesday
at Woodlawn Hospital.
He was born in Fulton to Claude M. and Ethel HICKS STUDEBAKER. On May 8, 1938,
in Culver, he married June McLANE, who died Oct. 16, 1985. On Nov. 28, 1987, in
Culver, he married Dollis ZECHIEL DILLON who survives. He had lived on Lake
Maxinkuckee since 1987, coming from Oxnard, Calif. He was a retired
manufacturing engineer at Rockwell International. He was a member of Culver
Grace United Church of Christ, American Society of Tooling and Manufacturing
Engineers, past member of Free and Accepted Masons and past editor of the
Studebaker Family National Association.
Surviving with his wife are one son, Richard and wife Joyce STUDEBAKER,
Camarillo, Calif.; two step-daughters, Cheryl and Thomas BOSWELL, Richmond, Va.,
and Joan and Allen FREES, Windsor, Conn.; one step-son, Dr. Gary and Ann DILLON,
Columbia City; one granddaughter, Michele STUDEBAKER, Camarillo, Calif.; one
grandson, Steven STUDEBAKER, Sacramento, Calif.: eight step-grandchildren; one
great-grandson and two step-great-grandsons. Preceding in death was one sister,
Rachel CRABILL.
Services are 1 p.m. today at Grace United Church of Christ, Culver, Rev. Robert
McCANN will officiate. Burial will be in the Conejo Mountain Memorial Park,
Camarillo, Calif. Friends may call after noon today at the church. Bonine
Funeral Home, Culver, is in charge of arrangements.
Monday, November 30, 1998
Genevieve C. Bauer
Feb 29, 1912 - Nov 29, 1998
Genevieve C. BAUER, 86, Logansport, died at 5:28 p.m. Saturday at Logansport
Memorial Hospital.
Born in Logansport to Angelo and Angeline MAZARRO VITELLO, she married Robert H.
BAUER on July 17, 1939 in Logansport. He died May 20, 1989.
Mrs. Bauer was a homemaker, a member of All Saints Catholic Church and a member
of the former St. Vincent de Paul Church. She was a member of All Saints Ladies
Society, Our Lady of the Snows Study Club, and the Logansport Elkettes.
Survivors include one son, Robert P. and wife Sue Ellen BAUER, Rochester; one
daughter, Patricia BAUER KUROSKI, Granger; four grandchildren, Katherine [KUROSKI]
and Kristine KUROSKI, Michael [BAUER] and David BAUER; many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by two brothers and two sisters.
Services are 11 a.m. Tuesday at All Saints Catholic Church. Rev. Donald GROSS
will officiate. Burial will be in Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Logansport. Friends may
call 9:30-10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Kroeger Funeral Home, 711 E. Market St.,
Logansport. Memorials may be made to American Cancer Society or All Saits
Catholic Church.
Floyd E. Henson
Floyd E. HENSON, 78, 1604 Madison St., Rochester, formerly of Akron, died at
5:55 a.m. today at his home.
Arrangements are pending at Hartzler Funeral Home, Akron.
Lewis K. Landis
Nov 3, 1937 - Nov 23, 1998
Lewis K. LANDIS, 61, Fort Worth, Texas, died at 3 p.m. at John Peter Smith
Hospital, Fort Worth, Texas.
Born in Akron to Howard and Irene LANDIS, he married Kathleen MILLER on Sept 27,
1987. She survives.
Mr. Landis worked for H.J.G. Trucking, Fort Worth, Texas until his retirement in
1996.
Survivors include two sons, Richard [LANDIS], Euless, Texas, and David [LANDIS],
Garland, Texas; two stepsons, Ron DITTMAN, Akron and Lee DITTMAN, Rockport,
Texas; one stepdaughter, Sandra DIXON, Fort Worth, Texas; one brother, Eugene
LANDIS, Grand Bay, Ala and Tom LANDIS, Rochester; 14 grandchildren.
Cremation has taken place and graveside services will be later at Akron
Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the American Diabetic Association.
Mary J. Sherrard
Jan 23, 1929 - Nov 30, 1998
Mary Jeanne SHERRARD, 69, 3884 South Old U.S. 31, died 3 a.m. today at her home.
Born in Macy to Oren and Ellen Susannah DUFF MUSSELMAN, she married H. Weldon
SHERRARD Jr. on Feb 22, 1948 in Macy. He survives at home.
Mrs. Sherrard retired as a technician from Hart Schaffner & Marx, Rochester
in September 1998. She was a member of Macy Methodist Church, past Matron and
50-year member of Macy Order of the Eastern Star 124, past president of Macy
Mothers Club, and a Euchre Club member, Rochester.
Survivors include two daughters, Debbie and husband Jim ARNETT, Rochester and
Vickie and husband Don ZINSMASTER, Logansport; five grandchildren, Jennifer and
husband John SHAW, Rochester, James W. ARNETT, Destin, Fla., Jason S. ARNETT,
Tri-State College, Angola, Hayley E. [ZINSMASTER] and Luke S. ZINSMASTER, both
of Logansport; one cousin, Richard and wife Joyce BRIGGS, Macy.
She was preceded in death by her parents and a sister, Martha Ann MUSSELMAN in
1944.
Services are 10 a.m. Wednesday at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester,
with Rev. C. David HOGSETT officiating. Burial will be in Macy Plainview
Cemetery, Macy. Friends may call 4-8 p.m. Tuesday and 9 a.m. through the hour of
services Wednesday. The Order of the Eastern Star 124 will conduct a memorial
service in the funeral home at 8 p.m. Tuesday. Memorials may be made to the Macy
O.E.S. 124 or the charity of one's choice.
Tuesday, December 1, 1998
Floyd E. Henson
April 1, 1920 - Nov 30, 1998
Floyd E. HENSON, 78, 1604 Madison St., formerly of Akron, died 5:55 a.m. Monday
at his home.
Born in Paris, Ill. to Edward and Dora GRAHAM HENSON, he married Betty Lou
JOHNSON on Dec. 29, 1943 in Terre Haute. She survives.
Mr. Henson taught and coached high school basketball for 33 years in Indiana and
Illinois. He coached at Montezuma 1948-1950, Tolona, Ill., 1950-1953, at
Effingham, Ill., 1953-1956, Odon 1956-1959, Linton 1959-1963, Akron 1963-1974,
Tippecanoe Valley High School 1974-1978. He retired in 1982. He was Caston girls
baskteball coach from 1983-1985.
He served in the U.S. Army during World War II in Newfoundland. A member of the
Illinois Basketball Hall of Fame, he gained notoriety as a Paris (Ill.) High
School player. He was a member of the American Legion, Indiana State Teachers
Association and Akron United Methodist Church.
Survivors include two sons, Stephen and wife Jane HENSON, Gahanna, Ohio and
David and wife Melinda HENSON, Macy; nine grandchildren; six
great-grandchildren, one son-in-law, Dave SHONK, Montgomery Ala.
He was preceded in death by one daughter, Vicki HENSON SHONK, three sisters and
one brother.
Services are 10 a.m. Thursday at Hartzler Funeral Home, Akron with Revs. Stevan
HALFLICH, Steve FLECK and Lowell BURRUS officiating. Burial will be in Akron
Cemetery. Friends may call from 3-8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to Akron United Methodist Church.
Edna A. Campbell
April 9, 1911 - Nov 30, 1998
Edna Annabelle CAMPBELL, 87, Peru, formerly of Denver, died 6:58 p.m. Monday at
Miller's Merry Manor, Peru.
Born in Twelve Mile to George Francis and Annis BABER FAHL, she married James
SUTTON on April 14, 1930. He died July 18, 1957. She later married Herman
HAMMETT in 1958. He died August 1959. She married Roy CAMPBELL in 1965. He died
1969.
Mrs. Campbell was a homemaker and a member of First Christian Church, Peru.
Survivors include a niece Loreatta DAUSCH and one sister-in-law, Rosemary HARDT,
both of Logansport, several other nieces, nephews and cousins.
She was preceded in death by three sisters, Bertha BROWN, Lucile HOWARD and
Edith NELSON; three brothers, George [FAHL] and Eldon FAHL and James HOAGLAND.
Services are at 2 p.m. Thursday at McClain Funeral Home, Denver with Rev.
Lawrence SEE officiating. Burial will be in Greenlawn Cemetery, Mexico. Friends
may call from 4-8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Wednesday, December 2, 1998
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Thursday, December 3, 1998
William P. Davis
Nov. 27, 1948 - Dec. 2, 1998
William Paul DAVIS, 50,1895 W. Olson Road, died 4:50 a.m. Wednesday at St.
Joseph Medical Center, South Bend.
Born in Leiters Ford to Cecil Kline and Mildred A. RITENOUR CAMPBELL DAVIS, he
married Shawn L. HUNTER on Nov. 15, 1969 in Rochester. She survives at home.
Mr. Davis was a welder for Oxford Automotive, Argos. He was a U.S. Army veteran
stationed in Fort Knox, Ky. from 1968-70. He was a member of First Christian
Church Disciples of Christ, Rochester.
Survivors include three daughters, Miss Dana DAVIS, Amanda and husband Charles
FELDA, and Kelley DAVIS, all of Rochester; five grandchildren, Kylee ULRICH,
Timothy KIENINGER and Nathan FELDA, all of Rochester and Holly [FELDA] and
Marcus FELDA, both of Lancaster, Ohio; three sisters, Rebecca and husband
William BRIGHT, Lakeland, Fla., Betty arld husband Paul WIDMAN, Rochester, and
Patricia and husband Joe SEE, Deedsville; one brother, Richard DAVIS, Morris,
Ill.
He was preceded In death by his parents and a brother, Wayne [DAVIS].
Services are at 2 p.m. Friday at Fostcr & Good Funeral Home, Rochester with
Rev. Chris DODSON officiating. Burial will be in Leiters Ford Cemetery. Friends
may call 4-8 p.m. Thursday or one hour prior to services on Friday at the
funeral home. Memorials may be made to the American Heart or Cancer
Associations.
Frances M. Shipley
Aug. 28,1916 - Dec. 3, 1998
Frances M. SHIPLEY, 82, Lawrence, died today at Saint Vincent Hospital, Carmel.
She was born in Fulton County to Guy D. and Hortense HAYWARD McMILLEN. She
married G. Dale SHIPLEY in 1949. He preceded her in death.
Mrs. Shipley graduated from Rochester High School. She was a homemaker, lived in
Lawrence for 50 years and was an avid proponent of Ball State University.
Survivors include one son, Edwin D. SHIPLEY, Muncie; one daughter-in-law, Vicki
K. SHIPLEY, Muncie; three grandchildren, Sharla and husband Mark KINSEY, Hoffman
Estates, Ill., Scott and wife Amy SHIPLEY, Cicero, and Staci SHIPLEY, Terre
Haute.
Graveside services are 11 a.m. Sa:urday at Rochester IOOF Cemetery, with Rev.
Herb BUWALDA officiating. Friends may call 4-7 p.m. Friday at Flanner &
Buchanan Mortuary, 5215 N. hadeland Ave., Lawrence.
Lester H. Carr II
Jan. 21, 1939 - Nov. 30, 1998
Lester Henry CARR II, 59, Fort Worth, Texas, formerly of Rochester, died 4:07
p.m. Monday at John Peter Smith Memorial Hospital, Fort Worth, Texas.
Born in Rochester to Lester Henry lnd Effie BURKETT CARR, he married Betty
CLUPPER on March 7, 1957 in Plymouth. She died in 1991.
For 30 years a self-employed over-the-road truck driver, he attended the First
Church of God, Rochester.
Survivors include one daughter, Tina Kay [CARR], Arlington, Texas: one
stepdaughter, Cathy FRANCE, Wabash: four sons, Lester Henry CARR III and Leslie
"Punkie" CARR, both of Wabash, Robert Gene CARR, Lagro, and Linley
Linnie "Lynn" CARR, Indianapolis; eight grandchildren; 10
step-grandchildren; two step-great-grandchildren; one sister, Hilda THOMAS,
Annargo, Ill.; one brother, Rolland and wife Margaret CARR, Argos; nieces and
nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, one daughter, Debra CARR and a brother,
Marion Bud CARR.
Gravestdc services will be at 11a.m. Saturday at Rochester IOOF Cemetery with
Rev. David DITTMAN officiating. Friends may call from 9-11 a.m. Saturday at the
Foster & Good Funeial Home, Rochester.
Friday, December 4, 1998 to Saturday, December 5, 1998
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Monday, December 7, 1998
Donald D. Smith
Oct 11, 1915 - Dec 4, 1998
Donald D. SMITH, 83, Plymouth, died 8 p.m. Friday at his home.
Born in Nappanee to Francis and Mamie ROOSE SMITH, he married Bertha COX on Aug.
3, 1933 in Warsaw. She died Aug. 22, 1982. He married Sylvia RUFFING on Nov. 27,
1982. She survives.
Mr. Smith was a retired farmer. He was a member of Union Church of the Brethren.
Survivors include one son, David and wife Marcia SMITH, Rochester; one stepson,
David and wife Norma STAYTON, Plymouth; six daughters JoLynn and husband Gerry
LISTENBERGER, Vera and husband Eugene REICHARD, Vivian and husband Richard BUSH,
all of Culver, Vicki and husband George SWIZEK, Granger, Sandra and husband
Walter HOLCOMB, Leiters Ford, and Ellen and husband Larry DeWITT, Argos; one
step-daughter, Doris HOOKER, Plymouth; numerous grandchildren and
great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren; eight setp-grandchildren;
two sisters, Miriam BUSS, Bremen and Joan NICELY, Hastings, Mich; several nieces
and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, a daughter, Donna J. DITMIRE and two
brothers.
Services are at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Union Church of the Brethren, Plymouth with
Rev. Gregory SPRY officiating. Burial will be in Leiters Ford I.O.O.F. Cemetery.
Friends may call 4-8 p.m. Tuesday at Bonine Funeral Home, Culver.
Memorials may be made to American Institute for Cancer Research, Alzheimer's
Disease and Related Disorders Association or Union Church of the Brethren.
Karen S. Hileman
Dec 4, 1948 - Dec 5, 1998
Karen S. HILEMAN, 50, Mentone, died 1:07 p.m. Saturday at Methodist Hospital of
Indiana, Indianapolis.
Born in Plymouth to Frank and Betty COOLEY HARDESTY, she married Charles R.
HILEMAN on Oct 21, 1972 in Plymouth. He survives.
Mrs. Hileman was a homemaker and a member and organist of Warsaw Church of the
Nazarene. She was an Argos High School graduate.
Survivors include four sons Robert and wife Heather HILEMAN, Fairmount, Jason
HILEMAN at Ball State University, Muncie, Kevin and Christopher HILEMAN, at
home; one sister Kathryn HYLTON, Cleveland, Ohio; one brother, Keith HARDESTY,
California.
Services are 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at King Memorial Home, Mentone with Rev. Greg
HALL and Rev. Theron HANES officiating. Burial will be in Mentone Cemetery.
Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Lois J. Mechling
April 17, 1918 - Dec 7, 1998
Lois J. MECHLING, 80, Argos, died 12:04 a.m. today at her home.
Born in Bourbon to James O. and Myrtle C. GASKILL MARTIN, she married William J.
MECHLING on Oct 6, 1940 in Monticello. He died May 2, 1984.
Mrs. Mechling was a 1936 graduate of Argos High School and a graduate of
Methodist Hospital School of Nursing, Indianapolis. She was a registered
surgical nurse at Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis and Parkview Hospital,
Plymouth and a surgical and private duty nurse at Woodlawn Hospital, Rochester.
She was a member of Argos United Methodist Church.
Survivors include one son, James G. and wife Jane MECHLING, Argos; two
grandchildren, Glenda and husband Bill MECHLING-SMITH, Plymouth and Michael and
wife Delane MECHLING, Boulder, Colo.; one great-grandson, James F. MECHLING-SMITH,
Plymouth.
Services are at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Argos United Methodist church with Rev.
Robin SMITH officiating. Burial will be in Maple Grove Cemetery, Argos. Friends
may call 4-8 p.m. Tuesday at Grossman Funeral Home, Argos and one hour prior to
service at the church. Memorials may be made to Argos United Methodist Church.
Tuesday, December 8, 1998
Mary A. Utter
March 8, 1919 - Dec 7, 1998
Mary A. UTTER, 79, Mentone died 12:12 p.m. Monday at Kosciusko Community
Hospital, Warsaw.
Born in Argos to Russell and Lucy Mae PONTIUS LOWRY, she married Harold R.
"Hap" UTTER. He survives.
Mrs. Utter was business manager for Utter Oil Co and was affiliated with the
business for 56 years. She was a member of Mentone United Methodist Church,
serving on District Board of Global Ministries and several church committees,
Phi Iowa Xi and Jolly Janes.
Survivors include one son, Tim and wife JoAnn UTTER, Mentone; one
daughter-in-law, Anne UTTER, Mentone; two sisters Grace GOCHENOUR, Argos and
Aleene and husband Jack ADAMS, Mentone, six grandchildren, eight
great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by one son, Terry L. UTTER, July 9, 1998, three
sisters and one brother.
Services are at 11 a.m. Friday at Mentone United Methodist Church with Rev. Jack
THOMPSON and Rev. Will LAWSON officiating. Burial will be in Mentone Cemetery.
Friends may call from 2-8 p.m. Thursday at the King Memorial Home, Mentone.
Memorials may be made to the Mentone United Methodist Church Memorial Fund,
American Cancer Society or American Heart Association.
Wednesday, December 9, 1998
Harold W. McGowen
Feb 28, 1914 - Dec 8, 1998
Harold Wilson McGOWEN, 84, Argos, died 10 a.m. Tuesday at his home.
Born in Fulton County to Thomas Melbern and Pearle May PFUND McGOWEN, he married
Dorothy BODEY. She preceded in death. He married Nina SPURLOCK on June 27, 1947
in Marion. She survives.
Mr. McGowen was a milk hauler and a farmer. He was a World War II Air Force
veteran and a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Florida.
Survivors include one daughter, Linda and husband Jack RICH, Peru; three
grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; two sisters, Tressa Pearl EILER,
Frankfort and Bertha Ann JOHNSON, Rochester; one brother, Merle and wife Betty
McGOWEN, Rochester.
No services are planned. King Memorial Home, Mentone is in charge of
arrangements.
Thursday, December 10, 1998
Howard W. McGowen
Feb 28, 1914 - Dec 8, 1998
Howard Wilson McGOWEN, 84, Argos, died 10 a.m. Tuesday at his home.
Born in Fulton County to Thomas Melbern and Pearle May PFUND McGOWEN, he married
Dorothy BODEY. She preceded in death. He married Nina SPURLOCK on June 27, 1947.
She survives.
Mr. McGowen was a milk hauler and a farmer. He was a World War II Air Force
veteran and a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Florida.
Survivors include one daughter, Linda and husband Jack RICH, Peru; three
grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; two sisters, Tressa Pearl EILER,
Frankfort and Bertha Ann JOHNSON, Rochester; one brother, Merle and wife Betty
McGOWEN, Rochester.
No services planned, King Memorial Home. Mentone is in in charge of
arrangements.
Merl Blue
Merl BLUE, 69, Etna Green, died 2:59 a.m. today at Lutheran Hospital, Fort
Wayne.
Arrangements are pending at King Memorial Home, Mentone.
Friday, December 11, 1998
Merl R. Blue
Dec 7, 1929 - Dec 10, 1998
Merl R. BLUE, 69, Etna Green, died at 2:59 a.m. Thursday at Lutheran Hospital of
Indiana, Fort Wayne.
He was born in Mentone to Ralph and Bess BOWSER BLUE.
Mr. Blue retired in 1990 as a maintenance worker at Uniroyal, Warsaw. He was a
Korean War veteran and a member of the American Legion Post 49, Warsaw.
Survivors include one daughter, Cheryl LEITER, Etna Green; two sons, Daniel and
wife Shelli BLUE, South Whitley and Marc BLUE, Muncie; six grandchildren; one
sister, Judy and husband Paul WALLEN, Congour, Ga.; four brothers, Paul [BLUE]
and Boyd BLUE, both of Warsaw, Glen BLUE, Niles, Mich, and Adam BLUE, Orange
County, Calif.
Services are 4-6 p.m. Sunday at King Memorial Home, Mentone. Rev Dennis
BOLLENBACHER will officiate. Graveside services are 10:30 a.m. Monday at Mentone
Cemetery. Military rites will be conducted by the Veterans of Foreign Wars and
American Legion.
Howard W. McGowen
Feb 28, 1914 - Dec 8, 1998
Mr. McGOWEN was preceded in death by two brothers, John William [McGOWEN] and
Kenneth Leroy McGOWEN, and one sister, Ignota May Vandergrift.
Paul A. Eber
July 25, 1912 - Dec 10, 1998
Paul A. EBER, 86, 1410 Washington St., died at 7:40 p.m. Thursday at ExtendaCare,
Rochester.
Born in Fulton County to Charles and Minnie DAWALD EBER, he married Martha L.
CRILL on May 1, 1938 in Donaldson. She survives.
Mr. Eber was a retired farm drainage contractor and farmer. He was a member of
Fulton Baptist Temple, Rochester IOOF Lodge, Fulton County Community Resource
Center and past R.E.M.C. Fulton County Director.
Survivors include two daughters, Bev and husband Tom GUNDRUM, Logansport, and
Bonnie and husband Lawrence MIKESELL, Rochester; two sons, Bob and wife Mary
Jane EBER and Bill and Laura EBER, all of Rochester; six granddaughters, Tonya
and husband Chris SMITH, Logansport, Lucinda MIKESELL, Louisville, Ky., Becky
and husband Jesse SPENCER, Atlanta, Corrina and husband Calvin MILLER,
Lafayette, Brenda EBER, Show Low, Ariz., Tabatha and husband Manuel GARCIA,
South Bend; two grandsons, Brian and wife Hope EBER, Rochester, and Ray EBER,
Logansport; five great-grandsons, Kyle [SMITH] and Kevin SMITH, Logansport, and
Branson EBER, Brookston, Zachary SPENCER, Atlanta, and Nathanel GARCIA, South
Bend; two great-granddaughters, Nicole SPENCER, Atlanta, and Destinee GARCIA,
South Bend; two brothers, John and wife Bea EBER, Rochester, and Carl EBER, Sun
City, Ariz.; two step-grandchildren, Rusty [NEWBY] and Kalea NEWBY, Rochester.
Services are 1:30 p.m. Sunday at McCloskey-Hamilton-Gundrum Funeral Home,
Logansport. Rev. Conrad BARNUM will officiate. Burial will be in Rochester IOOF
Cemetery. Friends may call from 2-7 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Memorials
may be made to Fulton Baptist Temple.
Saturday, December 12, 1998
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Monday, December 14, 1998
Fern Taylor
Nov 15, 1902 - Dec. 13, 1998
Fern TAYLOR, 96, Etna Green, died at 12:20 p.m. Sunday at Mason Health Care,
Warsaw.
Born in Fulton County to Harry and Flossie BICK ZARTMAN, she married Verl TAYLOR
on April 2, 1925 in Fulton County. He died Nov. 9, 1971.
Mrs. Taylor was a homemaker and a member of Cooks Chapel.
Survivors include one daughter, Clarabell and husband Harold L. LONG, Etna
Green; one sister Esther McFARLAND, Plymouth; one brother, Lawrence and wife
Betty ZARTMAN, Hudson, Fla.; 15 grandchildren; 40 great-grandchildren; seven
great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by two sons, Herschel [TAYLOR] and Dale TAYLOR, and
three brothers.
Services are 1 p.m. Wednesday at King Memorial Home, Mentone. Rev. Marvin LOWMAN
will officiate. Burial will be In Silver Creek Cemetery, Silver Lake. Friends
may call 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Nedra G. Linn
Dec. 24, 1916 - Dec. 13, 1998
Nedra G. LINN, 81, 1519 Madison St., formerly of Tiosa and Richland Center area,
died 2:30 a.m. Sunday at Life Care Center, Rochester.
Born in Kosciusko County near Syracuse to Lester and Edith FLECK DEISCH, she
married Earl D. LINN on June 25, 1937 near Columbia City. He died Oct. 9, 1992.
Mrs. Linn was a homemaker. She attended the Richland Center United Methodist
Church and after moving to Rochester she attended the First Church of God. She
was a member of Richland Center Rebekeh Lodge 859.
Survivors include two daughters, Shirley and husband Lon SOUTHERLAND, Nashville,
Tenn., Janice and husband Robert ROCKHILL, Etna Green. one granddaughter, Wendy
and husband Matthew FRYBACK, Etna Green; two grandsons, Larry and wife Evelyn
SOUTHERLAND and Landon SOUTHERLAND, all of Nashville, Tenn.; three
great-grandchildren; three sisters, Donnabell WORGAN and Rosemary HARTTER, both
of Goshen. and Pauline SNYDER, Argos; two brothers, Owen DEISCH, Louisville, Ky.
and L.J. DEISCH, Edwardsburg, Mich.; several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, a sister, Gean CALHOUN in 1982, and a
brother Jack DEISCH in 1995.
Services are 10 a.m. Thursday at Foster & Good Home, Rochester. Rev. David
DITTMAN will officiate. Burial will be in Richland Center I.O.O.F. Cemetery,
northwest of Rochester. Friends may call 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. Wednesday and one
hour prior to services on Thursday at the funeral home. Rebekah Lodge 859 will
conduct a memorial service 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Bertha M. Huff
Bertha Mae STAHL BLACK HUFF, 80, Macy, died 4:32 p.m. Sunday at St. Joseph
Hospital, Kokomo.
Arrangements are pending at Foster & Good Funeral Home. Rochester.
Betty Morgan
Betty MORGAN, 58, 1209 Hill St., died unexpectedly at about 2 p.m. Sunday at
her home.
Arrangements are pending at Foster & Good Funeral Home.
Russell E. Singrey
Aug. 30, 1915 - Dec. 12, 1998
Russell Earl SINGREY, 83, Plymouth, died 4:30 a.m. Saturday at his home.
Born in Tippecanoe to Owen Earl and Zora SINGREY, he married Geraldine FOLTZ on
Dec. 22, 1960 in Elkhart. She survives.
Mr. Singrey retired in 1974 as a truck driver from the former Bendix
Corporation, Allied Signal, South Bend. He was a 50 year member of the
Killwinning Masonic Lodge 149, Plymouth. He was a World War II U..S. Army
veteran who served in the European and African Theatres. During his Army
service, he was a truck driver in the 173rd Field Artillary Battalion for four
years. He was an avid pilot, enjoyed fishing and wildlife.
Survivors include two sons, Russell Gene and wife Wanda SINGREY, Pollock, La.,
and Ed and wife Barbara SINGREY, Pineville, La.; one daughter Bonnie VOCQUE,
Pollock, La.; five grandchildren; one great-granddaughter; three brothers,
Arnold and wife Velma SINGREY, Argos, Mark SINGREY, Indianapolis and Cleo
SINGREY, Warsaw; four sisters, Mary YOUNGMAN, Waukesna, Wisc., Betty and husband
Norman NIFONG, Plymouth, Carol and husband Glenn HECKMAN, Nappanee, and Jane
LaFollette, Warsaw.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a nephew, Allen SINGREY in 1998.
Services are 11 a.m. Tuesday, at Grossman Funeral Home, Argos. Rev. Tom PADBURN
and W.M. Ray DeVAULT will officiate. Burial will be in Argos Maple Grove
Cemetery. Friends may call 4-9 p.m. Monday at Grossman Funeral Home or 10 a.m.
through the hour of services on Tuesday at the funeral home. The Killwinning
Masonic Lodge 149 will conduct memorial services in the funeral home following
the service.
Tuesday, December 15, 1998
Bertha M. Huff
April 7, 1918 - Dec. 13, 1998
Bertha Mae STAHL BLACK HUFF, 80, Macy, died 4:32 Sunday at Saint Joseph
Hospital, Kokomo.
Born in Fulton County near Millark to Joel R. and Trude SMITH STAHL, she married
Charles Frederick BLACK on Aug. 6, 1938 in Macy. They divorced in 1949. She
married Abraham C. HUFF on Dec. 17, 1955 in Denver. He died July 5, 1993.
Mrs. Huff worked 14 years with Olen Mathison Chemical Corp., Peru, and retired
from Torin Corp., Rochester in 1989. She was a member of Macy Christian Church,
Macy Fireman's Auxiliary, United Auto Workers Local 947, and Ladies Aid of the
Macy Christian Church.
Survivors include two daughters, Roxy Ann and husband David DILTS, Plant City,
Fla. and Nancy Ellen ROARK, Kokomo; three sons, Virgil Joel and wife Marsha
BLACK, Peru, Roger Allen and wife Nancy BLACK, Logansport, and Daniel Ray and
wife Patty HUFF, Rochester; 17 grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren: one
sister, Opal Jean and husband John PONTIUS, Rochester; four brothers, Richard
Dee and wife Dorothy STAHL, Macy, Raymond LeRoy and wife Virginia Lee STAHL,
Macy, Noble Glen "Pete" and wife Alvena STAHL, LaPorte, and Wayne
Harold and wife Barbara STAHL, Huntington; several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, two daughters, Augusta Mae PETTIE and
infant Susan HUFF, one stepson, Leonard Lee HUFF, and one great-granddaughter.
Services are 1 p.m. Thursday at Poster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester. Rev.
David WELSH will officiate. Burial will be in Plainview Cemetery, Macy. Friends
may call 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. Wednesday or from noon to the time of services on
Thursday. Memorials may be made to the Macy Christian Church, Macy.
Russell E. Singrey
Aug. 30, 1915 - Dec. 12, 1998
Mr. Russell E. SINGREY is also survived by a sister Carol ANGLEMYER, Goshen, one
stepsister, Helen STEINBICER, Elkhart.
He was preceded in death by his parents, one brother, Carl SINGREY in 1952, and
a nephew, Allen SINGREY in 1998.
Louise E. Baugher
April 21, 1942 - Dec. 14,1998
Louise Elaine BAUGHER, 56, 1507 Pine St., died 10:12 a.m. Monday at Woodlawn
Hospital, Rochester.
Born in Savannah, Ga. to Douglas and Anna Louise BRUNING SWEANY, she married
Randy L. BAUGHER on Feb. 28, 1981 in Rochester. He survives at home.
Mrs. Baugher was an employee of Moore's Business Forms, Rochester for over 18
years and more recently she worked for Gast Fuel, Warsaw. She was a member of
Liberty Baptist Church, Rochester.
Survivors include one son, Thomas L. and wife Traci COURSEY, Converse; her
father, Rochester; three brothers, Douglas and wife Carol COURSEY, Harbor
Springs, Mich., John and wife Linda SWEANY, Plymouth, and Ron and wife Melodie
SWEANY, Rochester; several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her mother. Services are 10 a.m. Wednesday at
Liberty Baptist Church, Rochester. Rev. Delmas STILES will officiate. Burial
will be in Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Rochester. Friends may call 4-8 p.m.
Tuesday at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester. or after 9 a.m. Wednesday
at the church.
Betty J. Morgan
Sept. 16, 1940 - Dec. 13, 1998
Betty Jean MORGAN, 58, 1209 Hill St. , died at about 2 p.m. at her home.
Born in Huntington to Charles R. and Elta Mae WALL HOFFMAN, she married Henry L.
MORGAN Jr. on March 26, 1965 in Rochester. He preceded her in death.
Mrs. Morgan was employed at Lau Corp., Rochester for 26 years. She was a member
of the ladies auxiliary of the Rochester Eagles Lodge, and attended First Church
of God, Rochester.
Survivors include four daughters, Pamela and husband Mark COUCH, Chesapeake,
Va., Paul and husband Bernard MYERS, McHenry, Ill., Regina CRISPEN, Rochester,
and Teresa and husband Daniel ALLEY, Akron; eight grandchildren; one sister,
Sharon and husband Donald WALLS, Argos.
She was preceded in death by her parents and one brother, Robert HOFFMAN.
Services arc 10 a.m. Friday at Foster & Good Funeral Home. Rev. David
DITTMAN will officiate. Burial will be in Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Friends
may call 4-8 p.m. Thursday and one hour prior to services on Friday at the
funeral home.
Orville Sriver
Orville SRIVER, 90, Akron. died 10:25 a.m. today at Woodlawn Hospital,
Rochester.
Arrangements are pending at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Akron.
Wednesday, December 16, 1998
Orville Sriver
Dec. 4, 1908 - Dec. 15, 1998
Orville SRIVER, 90, Akron, died 10:25 a.m..Tuesday at Woodlawn Hospital,
Rochester.
Born south of Akron to John and Mary E. MERELEY SRIVER, he married Claudie Mae
RHODES on March 31, 1934 in Rochester. She survives.
Mr. Sriver was a retired carpenter for Carpenters and Jointers Union Local 615,
Warsaw, formerly of Wabash. He had worked the Whitney K. GAST farm in Akron
where he was forman/supervisor. He was a past employee of Walgamuth Burial Vault
Company, Akron from 1951-56. He graduated from Akron High School in 1924 as
salutatorian of his class. He later attended Fort Wayne Business College. He was
a member of Rochester Free and Accepted Masons Lodge 79.
Survivors include two sons, Gary L. and wife Tamara SRIVER, Akron, and Randy K.
and wife Judith SRIVER, Bremen; six grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; one
brother, Garland and wife Delores SRIVER, Akron; several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, one sister, Nondas FITES, and four
brothers, . Cloyde [SRIVER], Harry [SRIVER], Estil [SRIVER] and Robert SRIVER.
Services are 1 p.m. Friday at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Akron. Rev. Stevan
HAIFLICH will officiate. Burial wili be in Athens Hoover Cemetery. Friends may
call 4-8 p.m. Thursday or noon to the hour of service Friday at the funeral
home.
Ruth I. LaRue
Ruth I. LaRUE, 95, Akron, died at 8:30 a.m. today at Woodlawn Hospital,
Rochester.
Arrangements are pending at Hartzler Funeral Home, Akron.
Thursday, December 17, 1998
Ruth I. LaRue
Dec 10, 1903 - Dec 16, 1998
Ruth I. LaRUE, 95, Akron, died 8:30 a.m. Wednesday at Woodlawn Hospital,
Rochester.
Born in Wabash County to Roy and Laura PERRY DILLMAN, she married Devur LaRUE on
Sept. 30, 1922 in Rochester. He died April 10, 1978.
Mrs. LaRue was a homemaker.
There are no close survivors.
No visitation or services are planned. Burial will be in Akron Cemetery.
Arrangements are being handled by Hartzler Funeral Home, Akron.
Friday, December 18, 1998
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Saturday, December 19, 1998
Amola Fetrow
April 26, 1915 - Dec 17, 1998
Amola Alice FETROW, 83, Wabash, died 11:45 p.m. Thursday at her home.
Born in Wabash to Roy V. and Hazel Estelle HUMMOR TUDOR, she married Russell
FETROW on April 26, 1968. He survives. Previously, she married Leonard G.
SAMPLE, deceased.
She was a member of the Bachelor Creek Church of Christ and the Wabash American
Legion Auxiliary. She worked for General Tire, Wabash, for 30 years retiring in
1976.
Surviving with her husband is one son, Leonard R. SAMPLE, Fort Wayne; two
daughters, Shirley A. PAUL, Wabash, Margaret Roselin WHITESEL, Bluffton; two
step daughters, Jane Carol BOND, Urbana, Ill., Sharon Virginia FLOYD, Swayzee;
one brother, Roy W. TUDOR, Wabash; and two sisters, Doris BROWN, Akron, Mary E.
MARSH, Bromfield, Colo., nine grandchildren, 5 step grandchildren and 19
great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by one son, one brother and one sister.
Services are 10 a.m. Monday at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, Wabash. Revs.
Mark McKINNEY and John LEINBAUGH will officiate. Burial will be at the
Lafontaine IOOF Cemetery, Lafontaine. Visitation is from 2-8 p.m. Sunday at the
funeral home. Memorials may be made to the Wabash-Miami Home Healthcare and
Hospice and Bachelor Creek Church of Christ.
Monday, December 21, 1998
Charlotte J. Jung
Charlotte J. JUNG, 74. 2605 Barrett Road, died 6:40 p.m. Sunday at Memorial
Hospital, South Bend.
Arrangements arc pending at Johnson-Danielson Funeral Home, Plymouth.
Leona M. Perschbacher
Jan. 15, 1906 - Dec. 18,,1998
Leona M. PERSCHBACHER, 92, Life Care Center, formerly of 1024 Madison St., died
4:39 p.m. Friday at Life Care Center, Rochester.
Born in Rochester to Bert and Della ROBBINS COLE, she married Fredrick
PERSCHBACHER on Oct. 20, 1933 in Rochester. He died Sept. 4 1991.
Mrs. Perschbacher was a retired public stenographer and a member of Grace United
Methodist Church.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Marilyn HOOVER, Rochester; two grandsons,
Jeffrey HOOVER, Paulding, Ohio, and Stewart and wife Tina HOOVER, Rochester;
three great-grandchildren, Keegan [HOOVER], Kerista [HOOVER] and Brogan HOOVER.
She was preceded in death by a daughter, Marilyn Lee HOOVER on Nov. 13, 1937,
and one brother, Harold COLE.
Private services were Sunday with Rev. Rob CRYTZER officiating. Burial was in
Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Zimmerman Family Funeral Home handled arrangements.
Raymond L. Stahl
March 8, 1924 - Dec. 19, 1998
Raymond L. STAHL, 74, Macy, died 1:45 p.m. Saturday at his home.
Born in Macy to Joel and Gertrude SMITH STAHL, he married Virginia L. TURNIPSEED
on Nov. 12, 1949 in Peru. She survives.
Mr. Stahl was a retired Sealed Power Corp. machinist. He was a member of Macy
United Methodist Church, Lincoln Masonic Lodge of Macy, and United Auto Workers
221. He graduated in 1942 from Macy High School and was a U.S. Army Air Corps
veteran of World War II.
Survivors include two sons, Jeff A. [STAHL], Kansas City, Mo. and Gary L.
[STAHL], Kokomo: six grandchildren, one sister, Opal and husband John PONTIUS,
Macy; three brothers, Richard [STAHL], Macy, Wayne [STAHL], Huntington, and Pete
[STAHL], LaPorte.
He was preceded in death by one daughter, Amy Lou CONWELL on April 19, 1993 and
one sister, Bertha Mae HUFF on Dec. 13, 1998.
Memorial services are at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Zimmerman Family Funeral Home,
Rochester with Rev. Nita KUHN officiating. Burial will be In Plainview Cemetery,
Macy. Friends may call from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to Hope Hospice.
Mary R. Parker
April 13, 1914 - Dec. 18, 1998
Mary Ruthanna PARKER, 84, Peabody Retirement Community, North Manchester,
formerly of Akron, died 10:25 p.m. Friday at the retirement community.
Born in Fulton County to Barthol and Ruth C. CLIFTON DAVIS, she married Roger A.
PARKER on Jan. 12, 1934 in Akron. He died July 14, 1992.
Mrs. Parker co-owned the Eat-Rite Cafe, Akron and retired from Hart Schaffner
& Marx, Rochester where she worked for 14 years. She was a member of the
Akron United Methodist Church and the Moose Lodge Auxiliary, Peru.
Survivors include one daughter, Janet WARD, Rochester; one son, Gary and wife
Marsha PARKER, Monroe, Mich.; five grandchildren, Debra and husband Dick
HUFFMAN, Akron, Ohio, Mike and wife Terry WARD, Rochester, Jeff and wife Carol
WARD, Deposit, N.Y., Penny and husband Rick KIRKPATRICK, Chambersburg, Pa.,
Chris and wife Kathy PARKER, Qunicy. Ill., six great grandchildren, Parker
HUFFMAN, Ashlee [WARD], Amie [WARD] and Katlyn WARD, Anna and Max KIRKPATRICK.
Services are at 1 p.m. today at Hartzler Funeral Home, Akron, with Rev. Stevan
HAIFLICH officiating. Burial will be in Akron Cemetery. Fiiends called from 3-6
p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Akron United Methodist
Church and the Peabody Home Foundation.
James H. Zeller
March 10, 1930 - Dec. 20,1998
James H. ZELLER, 68, 2787 S. Southway 31, died 12:01 a.m. Sunday at his home.
Born in Rochester to Robert and Audrey WOOD ZELLER, he married Elizabeth A.
"Liz" BLACKBURN on Nov. 30, 1951 in Kokomo. She preceded in death Oct.
15, 1998.
Mr. Zeller was a retired mechanic and a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. He
was a member of the Manitou Moose Lodge, American Legion, Veterans of Foreign
Wars, and Eagles lodge, all of Rochester.
Survivors include three daughters, Alisa and husband Dennis BAKER, Mentone,
Sallie and husband Fred BROUYETTE, Rochester, Mrs. Cindy KAMP, Goshen; six
grandchildren: two great-grandchildren; two brothers Lester [ZELLER] and Robert
ZELLER, both of Rochester.
Private services are at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Zimmerman Family Funeral Home,
Rochester with Rev. Rob CRYTZER officiating. Public graveside services for James
and Elizabeth ZELLER will be at 3:45 p.m. Wednesday at Rochester I.O.O.F.
Cemetery. Military graveside rites will be conducted by the Rochester American
Legion and VFW Posts. Memorials may be made to Mooseheart.
Tuesday, December 22, 1998
Glenn R. Moody Jr.
March 21, 1929 - Dec. 20, 1998
Glenn Ray MOODY Jr., 69, South Bend, died Sunday at Hospice of St. Joseph
County, South Bend.
Born in Pontiac, Mich. to Frances and Glenn MOODY Sr., he attended Central High
School, South Bend and Indiana University where he received his law degree. He
practiced as an attorney in Washington, D.C. and Indiana. He was a Korean War
veteran.
Survivor include his mother, Rochester, a daughter, Elizabeth [MOODY], Missouri;
a son, Ray MOODY, and a grandson, Nathan [MOODY], both of Ohio; a sister,
Margaret WICKIZER, South Bend.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at First Christian Church.
Rochester.
The family requests in lieu of flowers a donation be made to Hospice of St.
Joseph County, 111 Sunnybrook Court, South Bend, IN 46637.
Charlotte J. Jung
April 24, 1924 - Dec. 20, 1998
Charlotte Jeanne JUNG, 74, 2605 Barrett Road, formerly of Argos, died 6:40 p.m.
Sunday at Memorial Hospital, South Bend.
Born in Tipton to John S. and Dorothy K. HOWARD JUNG, she was the Argos High
School Class of 1942 valedictorian and graduated with honors from Fort Wayne
International Business College.
Ms. Jung worked for State Exchange (NorCen/Pinnacle) Bank, Culver for 22 years
beginning as an executtve secretary. and working her way to vice-president and
then senior vice-president. She was elected to the board of directors in 1965.
She retired in 1986, but not before learning about computers.
She was a talented artist exhibiting her work in the Kappa Art Shows. She
enjoyed crafts, ceramics, collecting Hummel figurines, traveling the world and
fishing. She was member of the Argos United Methodist Church, Argos American
Legion Auxiliary and was past president of the Hi Neighbor Club. She was the
first state president of the National Association of Bank Women.
Survivors include two brothers, Keith and wife Mary JUNG, DesMoines, Iowa, and
Kenneth and wife Cleone JUNG, Grand Rapids, Mich.; one sister-in-law, Patricia
JUNG COOK, Plymouth; five nieces, Laura and husband Bob LAPPIN, Kathy and
husband Don PARKER, all of Plymouth, Candy and husband Brent WAINSCOTT, Warsaw,
Teresa and husband Terry LONG, Argos, and Georgette and husband Dennis POTTER,
Des Moines, Iowa; five nephews, Steve and wife Debbie JUNG, Plymouth, Thomas and
Mary Jo JUNG, Burleson, Texas, Kevin and his brother Kendall JUNG, Grand Rapids,
Mich., and Mark JUNG, Minnesota; several great-nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her brother, Thomas JUNG and a nephew,
John Eric JUNG.
Services are at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Johnson-Danielson Funeral Home, 1100 N.
Michigan St.. Plymouth, with Rev. Al KUNDENRICH and Mrs. Joanne BOYS of the
Plymouth First United Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be, in Argos
Maple Grove Cemetery. Friends may call from 2-8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral
home. Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, Cancer
Association of Marshall County, or Riley Children's Hospital.
Leona M. Perschbacher
Jan. 15, 1906 -Dec. 18, 1998
Leona M. PERSCHBACHER, 92, Life Care Center, formerly of 1024 Madison St., died
4:39 p.m. Friday at Life Care Center, Rochester.
Born in Rochester to Bert and Della ROBBINS COLE, she married Fredrick
PERSCHBACHER on Oct. 20, 1933 in Rochester. He died Sept. 4, 1991.
Mrs. Perschbacher was a retired public stenographer and a member of Grace United
Methodist Church.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Marilyn HOOVER, Rochester; two grandsons,
Jeffrey HOOVER, Paulding, Ohio, and Stewart and wife Tina HOOVER, Rochester;
three great-grandchildren, Keegan [HOOVER], Kerista [HOOVER] and Brogan HOOVER.
She was preceded in death by a son, Jerry Cole PERSCHBACHER in 1936 and a
brother, Harold COLE.
Private services were Sunday with Rev. Rob CRYTZER officiating. Burial was in
Rochester IOOF Cemetery. Zimmerman Family Funeral Home handled arrangements.
Memorials may be made to the Alzheimers Foundation or Grace United Methodist
Church, Rochester through the funeral home.
Margie J. M. Moldovan
Margie J. MOORE MOLDOVAN 910 Jackson Blvd., died 4:05 a.m. today at Memorial
Hospital, South Bend.
Arrangements are pending at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester.
Wednesday, December 23, 1998
Kenneth L. Keyser
May 13, 1954 - Nov. 25, 1998
Kenneth L. KEYSER, 44, Culver, died at PawPaw, Mich.
Born in Mishawaka to Francis H. and Frances M. TAVNIER KEYSER, he married Rose
BIRCH on July 11, 1992. She survives.
Mr. Keyser was a truck driver and lived in Marshall County most of his life.
Survivors include a son. Kenneth F. KEYSER, Rochester; two daughters, Melissa
GAUS, Virginia, and Victoria KEYSER, Lowell; two stepsons, Todd TOTTIER, Fort
Still, Okla., and Donald TOTTIER, Massachusetts; two stepdaughters. Lisa SKOT,
Massachusetts. and Tammy EWING, Leiters Ford; two sisters, Barbara YANDL, South
Bend, and Jennifer McDANIEL, Plymouth; four brothers, Larry [KEYSER], Jerry
[KEYSER], Dennis [KEYSER], all of Plymouth, and Phillip [KEYSER], Indianapolis;
10 grandchildren.
Burial was in Maple Grove Cemetery, Argos. Arrangements were handled by Van
Gilder Funeral Home, Plymouth. Memorials may be made to the family of Kenneth
Keyser.
Margie J. M. Moldovan
April 19,1915 - Dec. 22,1998
Margie J. MOORE MOLDOVAN, 83, 910 Jackson Blvd., died 4:05 a.m.
Tuesday at Memorial Hospital, South Bend.
Born in Whitewood, Va. to Larken Wellington and Alta STEVENSON FERRELL, she
married Julius MOLDOVAN on June 20. 1994 in Rochester. He survives at home.
Mrs. Moldovan was a former employee of Hart Schaffner. & Marx, Rochester,
for 25 years retiring in 1985.
Survivors include five daughters, Cleo PRESKEWITZ, Gaynell and husband James
FRY, all of Peru, Ruth and husband Carl LOWE. and Darlene and husband Charles
DRUDGE. all of Akron; two sons, Jack and wife Emmie SPARKS, Fort Smith, Ark.,
and Dana SPARKS, Marion; 18 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; one
great-great-grandson; four sisters, Flora FRENCH and Hazel HYLTON, both of
Richland, Va., Mary HONAKER, Pilgrim Knob, Va., and Maze BOARDWINE, Pulaski,
Va.; one brother, Sam FERRELL, Pulaski, Va.; several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her first husband, Ervin SPARKS, second husband,
Estil MOORE, third husband John MILLER, daughter Ruby SCHROLL, son, Earl SPARKS,
a granddaughter and a grandson.
Services are 10 a.m. Thursday at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester. Rev.
C. David HOGSETT will officiate. Burial will be in Akron Cemetery. Friends may
call from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday and from 9 a.m. to the hour of services Thursday at
the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the Alzheimers Foundation.
Esther E. Noland
June 18, 1908 - Dec. 22, 1998
Esther E. NOLAND, 90, 986 S. Prairiewood Drive, died 2:42 p.m. Tuesday at her
home.
Born in Walla Walla, Wash. to Julius and Bertha STEUBE ZANOW, she married Warner
NOLAND on June 6, 1938 in Reno, Nev. He died Aug. 6, 1988.
Mrs. Noland was a homemaker and a member of St. John Lutheran Church, Rochester.
Survivors include two daughters, Virga and husband David SMITH, Rochester, and
Marianne and husband Richard DORNLAS, Princeton, N.J.; one son, John and wife
Brigitte NOLAND, Cincinnati, Ohio; seven grandchildren; six great-grandchildren;
two sisters, Ruth BRANDAW, Hemet, Calif., and Magdalene SALZWEDEL, Cornelius,
Ore.
She was preceded in death by her parents, four sisters and two brothers.
Services are 2 p.m. Saturday at St. John Lutheran Church, Rochester. Rev. James
KREFT will officiate. Burial will be in Citizens Cemetery, Rochester. Friends
may call from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday at the Foster & Good Funeral
Home, Rochester, or 1 p.m. to hour, of services on Saturday , at the church.
Memorials may be made to St. John Lutheran Church, Rochester.
Frank B. Ringler
Frank B. RINGLER, 93, Welaka, Fla, died Monday at Five Oaks Nursing Home,
Welaka, Fla.
Arrangements are pending at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester.
Richard E. See
Richard E. SEE, 62, Wabash Health Care Center, died 6 a.m. today at the
center.
Arrangements are pending at Foster & Good Funeral Home. Rochester.
Thursday, December 24, 1998
[no obits]
Friday, December 25, 1998
[no paper - holiday]
Saturday, December 26, 1998
Michael E. Hamman
Dec. 17, 1955 - Dec. 24, 1998
Michael E. HAMMAN, 43, 306 S. Smith St., Kewanna, died at 9 a.m. Thursday at St.
Joseph Hospital in Kokomo.
He was born Dec. 17, 1955 in Rochester to Ron and Carole HARRIS HAMMAN, who
survive.
A coiler at Winamac Coil Spring, Inc., Kcwanna, he was a member of Kewanna
United Methodist Church.
Survivors also include a son, Brent A. HAMMAN, Kewanna; a daughter, Nikki
MILLER, Lafayette; maternal grandmother, Ada Mae GAMBOE, Culver; a brother,
Scott HAMMAN, Satellite Beach, Fla.; a sister, Terri LYNCH, Winamac.
Funeral service is at 2 p.m. Sunday at Harrison-Metzger Funeral Home, Kewanna,
with Rev. Todd A. WILSON officiating. Burial, after cremation, will be in
Citizens I.O.O.F. Cemetery In Kewanna. Visitation is from 3 to 8 p.m. today and
from 10 a.m. Sunday to time of services at the funeral home. Memorials may be
made to Diabetes Foundation or American Kidney Association.
David Lee Hoehne
Oct. 31, 1952 - Dec. 22, 1998
David Lee HOEHNE, 46, 7240 Buckboard Drive, Park City, Utah. died Tuesday.
Services are pending at Wasatch Lawn Mortuary Chapel, 3401 S. Highland Drive,
Salt Lake City. Utah.
Margie J. Moore Moldovan
Inadvertently omttted from the Wednesday obituary of Margie J. MOORE
MOLDOVAN, 83. 910 Jackson Blvd., was a surviving daughter, Carol POCOCK, wife of
Charles POCOCK Sr., of Rochester.
Funeral services were Thursday at Foster and Good Funeral Home, Rochester.
Burial was in Akron Cemetery.
Larry D. Sheley
Jain. 27, 1939 - Dec. 23, 1998
Larry D. SHELEY, 59, of DeMotte, died at 6:59 a.m. Wednesday, at his home.
He was born Jan. 27, 1939, in Lagrange to Woodrow and Mildred HEWITT SHELEY. He
married Jeane STULTS on June 3, 1965, in Brunswick, Ga. She survives.
He was a sales and service representative for Midwest Engine Warehouse,
Elmhurst, Ill. He served in the U.S. Navy for 20 years. He graduated from DelMar
College, Corpus Christi, Texas. He attended the Calvary Assembly of God, DeMotte,
Living Stones Fellowship in Crown Point and was a prison ministry volunteer.
Surviving with his wife, are a son, Sean SHELEY, Wheatfield: two daughters,
Kristin SHELEY and Stacey SHELEY, DeMotte; six sisters, Barb (Lawrence) WILKINS,
Sturgis, Mich., Carol (George) ANGELMEYER, Sherry (Roger) STABLER, Connie (Doug)
SAHL, Lois (Ernie) MICHAELS and Sandra (Elmer) REDMOND, all of Goshen. He was
preceded by his parents and three sisters.
Funeral service is at 10 a.m. Monday at Jackson Funeral Service, 200 W. Third
St. Southtvest, DeMotte, with pastor Jim CLARK officiating. Burial will be in
Plainview Cemetery, Macy, with graveside services by the Rochester American
Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars. Visitation is from 2 to 8 p.m. Sunday at
the funeral home. Memorials may be made to The Sheley Girls College Fund.
Emily Kay Roush
Infant Emily Kay ROUSH. daughter of Troy and Jennifer TOWNSEND ROUSH, 8685
N. Cass County Road 325 East, Lucerne, was stillborn at 9:20 a.m. Wednesday at
Logansport Memorial Hospital.
Surviving with her parents are maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Terry
TOWNSEND, Fulton, and Glenda DALTON, Peru; maternal great-grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. George TOWNSEND, Fulton; maternal great-great-grandmothers, Mrs. Doris
DALTON, Peru, and Mrs. Esther TOWNSEND, Wabash: maternal
step-great-great-grandmother, Mrs. Doris DISHON, Deacon, Ill.; paternal
grandmother, Mrs. Pattie DIMMOCK, Lucerne, and paternal great-grandmother, Mrs.
Margaret SUTTON, Lucerne.
No funeral services are planned. Zimmerman Family Funeral Home, Rochester. is in
charge of arrangements.
Doris S. Johnson
Dec. 28, 1926 - Dec. 24,1998
Doris S. JOHNSON, 71, 1307 Lakeview Bend, Rochester, died at 6 a.m. Thursday at
her home.
She was born Dec. 28, 1926, in Aurora Ill., to James and Glenna Mae SWARTZ
SCOTT. She married Uno Agard JOHNSON on Aug. 12, 1946 in Htghland, Ind. He
survives. They moved to Rochester in 1990. She was a homemaker, attended Antioch
Baptist Church, Rochester, and was a tutor, teaching English as a second
language.
Also surviving are three sons, Victor C. [JOHNSON], Mt. Pleasant, Mich; Lester
J. [JOHNSON], Plymouth, and Peter G. [JOHNSON], Mission Voyage, Calif.; a
sister, Rosy REICHERT, Culver. and l0 grandchildren.
Funeral service is at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Zimmerman Family Funeral Home, Rochster,
with Pastor Bob WRACHFORD officiating. Burial and interment services will be at
noon Tuesday at Calumet Park Cemetery, Merrillville. Visitation is from 4 to 8
p.m. Monday and after 9 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made
to Fulton County Literacy Coalition or Hope Hospice.
Eugene Kester
Eugene KESTER, 62, Rockvflle, died at 1 a.m. Friday at Clinton Hospital,
Clinton. He is formerly of Akron. Funeral arrangements are pending at Hartzler
Funeral Home, Akron.
Phyllis Sechrist
Fhyllis SECHRIST, 76, of Mentone, died at 4:30 p.m. Friday at St. Joseph
Hospital, Plymouth. Funeral arrangements are pending at King Memorial Home,
Mentone.
Ward V. Nickell
Ward V. NICKELL, 75, 5650 Elaine Drive, Zcphyrhills, Fla., died at 3 p.m.
Wednesday at his home.
Funeral arrangements are pending at Sunset Memory Garden Funderal Home, Kokomo.
Monday, December 28, 1998
David Lee Hoehne
Oct. 31, 1952-Dec. 22,1998
Services for David Lee HOEHNE, 46, will be at noon Tuesday in Wasatch Lawn
Mortuary Chapel, 3401 S. Highland Dr., Salt Lake city, Utah.
Mr. Hoehne, 7240 Buckboard Drive, Park City, Utah, died Tuesday in Park City.
Born in Logansport to Fulton residents Lee Roy Hoehne and Darlene BEATTIE HOEHNE,
he married Patricia CARR. He later married Christine Margaret THURMAN.
He grew up in Rochester and graduated from Caston High School in 1970. He
graduated from Ball State University and the Indiana University School of Law.
He was president and owner of the Hoehne Group, an accounting firm. He was a
member of the Metea Baptist Church.
Surviving with his wife are his father, Tampa, Fla.; his mother Darlene MARTIN,
Fulton; two daughters, Kristen DALTON and her husband Andy, Indianapolis, and
Andrea HOEHNE, Rochester; two stepchildren, Erika and Jacob MORSE, Independence,
Mo.; one sister, Darla COLEMAN BERNAT and husband David, Chicago: one nephew
Matthew COLEMAN, Chicago; stepfather Steve MARTIN, Fulton.
F'riends may call from 10:45 to 11:45 a.m. Tuesday at the chapel. Memorials may
be made to the Make-a-Wish Foundation of Utah, 800-722-9474.
Frank B. Ringler
Sept. 9, 1905 - Dec. 21, 1998
Frank B. RINGLER, 93, Welaka, Fla., died at Flve Oaks Nursing Home, Welaka.
Born in Mason, Ohio to Frank and Blanche PHILHAUR RINGLER, he married Eva L.
RINGLER on Feb. 14, 1948 in Fort Wayne. She died Aug. 30, 1989.
Mr. Ringler was retired from Morton Salt Co. He was a World War II Army veteran
of the Battle of the Bulge. He was a member of the Summit City Lodge 170, Free
and Accepted Masons, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite and Mizpah Shrine, A.A.O.N.M.
S. of Fort Wayne.
Survivors include one sister-in-law, Anna Pauline RICHART, Crescent City, Fla;
two brothers-in-law, John RICHARDS, Crescent City, Fla. and Robert
"Sandy" RICHARDS, Rochester.
Graveisde rites will be conducted at 1 p.m. today at Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery
with Rev. Donald BRENNEMAN officiating. Masonic graveside services are planned.
Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester, is in charge of arrangements.
Ollie Bell Mohon
Aug. 26, 1905 - Dec. 27, 1998
Ollie Bell MOHON, 93, formerly of Tippecanoe, died 12:45 p.m. Stmday at Pilgrim
Manor Nursng Home, Plymouth.
Born in Cleveland, Tenn. to William A. and Liza Jane ROGERS McCLANAHAN, she
married Admiral Dewey MOHON on Dec. 24, 1926 in Knoxvflle, Tenn. He died Oct.
29, 1979.
Mrs. Mohon was a nurses aide at Tipton County Hospital, Tipton.
Survivors include one daughter, Lillian THOMPSON, Junction City, Kan.; four
grandchildren; several great and great-great-grandchildren; two nephews, James
WICKINSON, Knoxville, Tenn., and Charles KING, Fostoria, Ohio; one sister, Mary
McCLANAHAN, Knoxville, Tenn.; one, brother, Eddie McCLANAHAN, Knoxville, Tenn.
Graveside servicesces will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Tippecanoe Cemetery with Rev.
Mark FISHBURN officiating. No visitation is planned.
Grossman Funeral Home, Argos, is in charge of arrangements.
Rita C. Richter
June 14, 1932 - Dec. 27. 1998
Rita C. RICHTER, 66, 6908 South 150 West, died 10:20 a.m. Sunday at Woodlawn
Hospital, Rochester.
Born in Cass County to Carl and Beulah B. McCLOSKEY DEITZ, she married Frank
RICHTER on May 3, 1952 in Deer Creek. He survives.
Mrs. Richter was retired from Black Magazine Agency and was a homemaker. She was
a member of Fulton Baptist Temple, where she was church pianist and belonged to
the Baptist Womens Fellowship.
Survivors include a son, Curt and wife Suzanne RICHTER, Rochester; two
daughters, Cindy and husband Hank RENTSCHLER, Rochester, and Mindy and husband
Mike WILLIS,
Luceme; four sisters, Norma AUSTIN, Gainsville, Ga., Fran DAVIS, Roanoke,
Catherine KUSZMAUL, Spencer, Diana Jo BEELER, Annapolis, Md.; three brother
Robert DIETZ, and Charles W. DIETZ, both of nn, Md., and Jerry DEITZ, Wautoma,
Wisc.; one step-brother, Larry STUART, Oklahom 11 grandchildren; one
greatgrandson.
Services are at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at McCloskey-Hamiton-Gundrum Funeral Home,
1603 East Broadway St., Logansport. Burial wll be in Futon Cemetery. Friends may
call from 2-8 p.m. Tuesday. Memorials may be made to Fulton Baptist Temple.
Kenneth M. O'Brien
Aug. 14,1947 -Dec. 25,1998
Kenneth M. O'BRIEN, 51. Royal Center, formerly of Kewanna, died 12:48 p.m.
Friday at Memorial Hospital, South Bend.
Born in Chicago, Ill. to Matthew L. and Jane BOWYER O'BRIEN, he mariled Linda K.
MASTERS on Sept. 6, 1995 in Rochester. She survives.
Mr. O'Brien was a forklift operator at Logansport IBP. He was a 1965 graduate of
Chicago Vocational High Sehool. He was a member of the Catholic Church,
Rochester American Legion, a life member of Kewanna Veterans of Foreign Wars,
James Talbott Post, and past post commander of Logansport Eagles. He was a U.S.
Army veteran of Vietnam.
Survivors include one stepdaughter, Sara MASTERS, Logansport; one son, Timothy
O'BRIEN, Chicago, Ill; his stepfather and mother Edward and Jane VOJCAK,
Chicago, Ill.,, two brothers, William O'BRIEN, Oak Lawn, Ill.. and Charles
VOJCAK, Hoffman Estates, Ill;. one sister, Norene RANURO, Chicago, Ill.; several
nieces and nephews, Chicago, Ill.
He was preceded in death by his father.
Services are at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Harrison-Metzger, Royal Center Chapel, with
Rev. Steve A ROBINSON officiating. Burial and graveside mil'itary services will
be in Kistler Cemetery, Royal Center. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. today and
after 9 a.m. Tuesday. Tbere will be a memorial service 7 p.m. Monday. Memorials
may be made American Heart Association.
Doris S. Johnson
Dec. 28,1926 - Dec. 24,1998
Doris S. JOHNSON, 71, Lakeview Bend, Rochester, died at 6 a.m. Thursday at her
home.
She was born Dec. 28, 1926 in Aurora, Ill., to James and Glenna Mae SWARTZ
SCOTT. She married Uno Agard JOHNSON on Aug. 12, 1945 in Highland. He survives.
They moved to Rochester in 1990. She was a homemaker, attended Antioch Baptist
Church, Rochester, and was a tutor, teaching English as a second language.
Also suraving are three sons, Victor C. [JOHNSON], Mt. Pleasant, Mich.: Lester
J. [JOHNSON], Plymouth, and Peter G. [JOHNSON], Mission Viejo, Calif.; a sister,
Rosy REICHERT, Culver. and 10 grandchildren.
Funeral servicece is at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Zimmerman Family Funeral Home,
Rochester, with Pastor Bob WRACHFORD officiating. Burial and interment services
will be at noon CST Tuesday at Calumet Park Cemetery, Merrillville. Visitation
is from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday and after 9 a.m. Tuesday. Memorials may be made to
Fulton County Literacy Coalition or Hope Hospice.
Ward V. Nickell
May 20,1923 - Dec. 23,1998
Ward V. NICKELL, 75, Zephyrhills, Fla., formerly of Carroll County, died 3 a.m.
Wednesday at his home. Born in Rochester to James and Minniee WARD NICKELL, he
married Hazel RANDOLPH on July 3, 1976 in Bringhurst. She survives.
Mr. Nickell was a retired engineer from Conrail after 34 years. A U.S. Marine
Corps veteran of World War II, he earned a Purple Heart and the Silver Star for
conspicuous gallantry against Japanese forces at Tarawa, Gilbert Islands. He was
a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, American Legion, Forty
& Eight, and Green Acre Golf Club.
Survivors include two sons, Larry [NICKELL] and Ward NICKELL, both of
Logansport; three stepsons, Don YEAKLEY, Greentown, Larry YEAKLEY Monticello,
and Jeff LOHNING, Walton; one daughter, Sherry Lynn NICKELL, Briscol, Va.; seven
grandchildren; two brothers, Harvey NICKELL, Rochester, Bill NICKELL,
Logansport; one sister, Helen KELLY, Rochester.
He was preceded in death by three brothers, one sister and a grandchild.
Services are at 1 p.m. Monday at Sunset Memory Garden Funeral Home, 2097 W. Alto
Road, Kokomo, with Rev. Steve COLE officiating. Entombment is in Sunset IV
Gardens Cemetery vrith honors by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1152. Friends may
call 4-8 p.m. Sunday. Memorials may be made to Zephyrhills. Florida Hospice
program.
Esther E. Myers
Aug. 19, 1907 - Dec. 27, 1998
Esther Elizabeth MYERS, 91, Greenfleld, died Sunday at Regency Place.
Arrangements are pending at Hendryx Moortuary, Cumberland.
Ellen R. Bartlett
July 1, 1928 -Dec. 27, 1998
Ellen Rose BARTLETT, 70, Macy, died at 5 p.m. Sunday at her residence.
Born July 1, 1928, in Macy to Alva and Doris PALMER McCARTER, she married Wilden
"Willie" BARTLETT on Oct. 3, 1953 in Churubusco. He survives.
She was a homemaker and member of Macy Christian Church. She lived most of her
bfe in the Macy community.
Also surviving are a daughter, Beverly, with husband Gerald HARMON, Gilead: a
granddaughtrer, Ashley HARMON, Gilead; a brother, Charles McCARTER, with wife
Ardell, Zionsville; a sister-in-law, Jackie McCARTER, Mishawaka; and nieces and
nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, a sister, Betty VanDALSEN,
and a brother, Warren McCARTER.
Funeral service is at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Foster and Good Funeral Home,
with Paster Tony BARTLETT officiating. Burial will be in Plainview Cemetery,
Macy. Visitation is from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday or after 10 a.m. Wednesday.
Richard E. See
Dec. 16, 1936 - Dec. 23, 1998
Richard E. "Doc" SEE, 62, died 6 a.m. Wednesday at Wabash Health Care
Center.
Born Dec. 16, 1936, Rochester, to Errett "Jim" and Laura BERGER SEE,
he was a lifctime resident of Fulton and Miami countics. He was an employee of
Sealed Power.
Survivors include a sister, Marcia DAVIS, Macy, a brother, James SEE, with wife
Lisa, Rochester; and nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by five sisters, Donna SPARKS, Carolyn SEE, Joan
CORRELL and two infants, and by two brothers Glen [SEE] and Ronald [SEE].
Funeral service is at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Foster & Good Funeral Home,
Rochester. Burial will be in Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery. visitation is from 6
to 8 p.m. Tuesday and after 1 p.m. Wednesday.
Eugene Kester
June 27,1936 - Dec. 25,1998
Eugene KESTER, 62, resident of Lee Allen Bryant Health Care, Rockville, died at
12:47 a.m. Friday at Clinton West Central Hospital, Clinton.
He was born in Rochester June 27, 1936. to Elmer and Marjorie PONTIOUS KESTER.
He was formerly of Akron. Aunts and cousins survive.
Graveside service will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Athens Cemetery with Rev. Wayne
BALMER officiating. Visitation is from 1 to 1:45 p.m. Tuesday at Hartzier
Funeral Home, Akron.
Phyllis L. Sechrist
July 29, 1922-Dec. 25, 1998
Phyllis L. SECHRIST, 76, 303 S. Franklin, Mentone, died at 4:26 p.m. Friday at
St. Joseph Hospital of Marshall County.
Born in Kosciusko Co=ty to Peter and Mary L. BUSENBURG BLUE, she married E. Jack
SLABAUGH on Nov. 22, 1941. He died in 1985. She married Laniar SECHRIST in 1987.
He died in 1989.
Survivors include two daughters Mrs. Tim Joann UTTER, Mentone. and Mrs. Richard
Janet ACER, Elkhart; one brother Dr. Royal BLUE, Redding, Calif, two sisters
Mrs. Jeanette BAKER, Bourbon, and Mrs. Dean Jeannine NELLANS, Mentone; six
grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Services are at 11 a.m. Tuesday at King Memorial Home, Mentene. with Dr. Royal
BLUE officiating. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. Monday and after 10 am.
Tuesday. Burial will be in the Mentone cemetery. Memorials may be made to the
Mentone Emergency Medical Services.
Tuesday, December 29, 1998
[unknown woman] [See Tami L. (Slaybaugh) Hopkins and Tami L. Slaybaugh]
The Rochester City Police are investigating the death of a middle-aged woman
found about 7:10 a.m. Today in a stairwell between Sally's tavern, 128 E. Eighth
St. and the Fulton County Prosecutor's office.
Police chief Greg Halfast declined to reveal the woman's identity, or comment on
whether her death was of suspicious nature.
She was pronounced dead at the scene by Fulton County Coroner Jon Good. At the
Sentinel press time, Good had not yet made a ruling on the cause of death.
Relatives had not been notified of her death.
The woman was found by a tenant of an apartment above the tavern. Nobody lives
in the apartments above the prosecutor's office. The stairwell opens to the
sidewalk on Eighth Street.
Incoming Fulton County Sheriff Roy Calvert, a city police investigator, is
investigating the death.
David Hoehne
The Dec. 22 death of former Rochester accountant David HOEHNE has been ruled
a suicide, police report.
Hoehne died of carbon monoxide poisoning near his Park City, Utah, home, said
Summit County Sheriff Det. Rob BARRY.
A family member reported the death to police at 10:03 a.m. Barry said Hoehne
left no note or indication of why he would take his life.
Hoehne partnered with Byron SHORE in 1978 to operate SHORE & HOEHNE
Certified Public Accountants firm here. Hoehne's former wife Patty [HOEHNE]
later took over the firm and named it MIDDLETON CPAs. In Utah, he was president
of The HOEHNE GROUP, an accounting firm.
Esther E. Myers
Aug. 19, 1907 - Dec. 27, 1998
Esther Elizabeth MYERS, 91, Greenfield, died at Regency Place Nursing Home,
Greenfield, Sunday.
Born in Mentone to Elam Hall and Lucinda May ANDERSON LONG, she married Joseph
E. MYERS. He died in February 1976.
Mrs. Myers worked 25 years in the cafeteria of Warren Central High School,
Indianapolis.
Survivors include one son, Roger A. MYERS, Indianapolis, one daughter Donnal J.
MINNICK, Indianapolis; two brothers, Cecil LONG, Texas, and Paul LONG, Oregon;
five grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren.
Services are 4 p.m. Wednesday at Hendryx Mortuary, Cumberland, with Rev. GODWIN
officiating. Burial will be in Washington Park East Cemetery, Indianapolis.
Friends may call 2-4 p.m. Wednesday.
Ruth I. LaRue
Dec. 10, 1903 - Dec. 16, 1998
Ruth I. LaRUE, 95, Akron, died 8:30 a.m. Wednesday at Woodlawn Hospital,
Rochester.
Born in Wabash County to Roy and Laura PERRY DILLMAN, she married Devur LaRUE on
Sept. 30, 1922 in Rochester. He died April 10, 1978.
Mrs. LaRue was a homemaker.
Survivors include three nephews, Richard, Alabama, Roger, Michigan, Roy, Texas,
and a niece of Kentucky.
There were no visitation or services. Arrangements were handled by Hartzler
Funeral Home, Akron.
Curtis Croussore, Jr.
Aug. 29, 1920 - Dec. 28, 1998
Curtis CROUSSORE, Jr., 78, 715 E. 12th St., died 2:52 p.m. Monday at Woodlawn
Hospital, Rochester.
Born in Rochester to Curtis and Margaret Ellen EYTCHESON CROUSSORE, Sr., he
married Metha M. GREGORY on Sept. 5, 1952 in Rochester. She died Oct. 14, 1995.
Mr. Croussore was a retired employee of Rochester Metal Products. He was a U.S.
Army veteran of World War II.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Phyllis HAYS, and Lydia and husband Allen
T. GLASSBURN, all of Rochester; two sons, Terry L. [CROUSSORE] and Robert L. [CROUSSORE],
both of Rochester; five grandchildren; one great-granddaughter; one sister,
Josephine and husband Melvin Earl SWANGO, Rochester.
He was preceded in death by four sisters, Mary WILSON, Clarabelle THOMPSON,
Edith MERRILL, Bernice QUINN, and three brothers, Harley [CROUSSORE], James [CROUSSORE]
and Steve CROUSSORE.
Services are at 2 p.m. Thursday at Zimmerman Family Funeral home, Rochester with
Rev. Ken CASTLEMAN officiating. Burial will be in Rochester Citizens Cemetery
with military rites conducted by the Rochester American Legion and Veterans of
Foreign Wars. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. Wednesday and after noon on
Thursday.
Vivian L. Ault
Dec. 10, 1922 - Dec. 27, 1998
Vivian L. AULT, 75, Warsaw, died Sunday at Kosciusko Community Hospital.
Born in Alexandria, Ind. to Russell and Naomi ROBERTSON ALLEN, she married Jesse
Merle AULT. He died in 1990.
Mrs. Ault lived in the Akron and Warsaw area for 30 years. She was retired from
Chamberlain Products, Akron, and a past president of Alexandria Eagles
Auxialiary Aerie 1771. She was an avid Chicago Cubs fan.
Survivors include two daughters, Peggy and husband Greg CARMACK, Anderson, Rita
and husband Fred SAVAGE, Warsaw; two sons, Jerry and wife Connie [AULT] of
Alexandria, and Jim [AULT] and fiance Carmen HEINZMANN, Akron; 12 grandchildren,
Joseph WILLIAMS, Shelbyville, Brian and wife Correy AULT, Elwood, Julie and
husband Brent PRATT, Frankton, Teri and husband Ed MAYNARD and Jamie and husband
Kevin PHIPPS, all of Alexandria, Jesse and wife Amy CLEAVER, Greenwood, Joel
SAVAGE, Warsaw, Alycia [CARMACK], Tabitha [CARMACK] and Ylanda CARMACK, all of
Anderson, Jacob RUDE and Aaron AULT, both of Akron; 12 great-grandchildren,
Brittany [WILLIAMS], Chelsey [WILLIAMS], Katie [WILLIAMS] Zachary [WILLIAMS],
Tyler [WILLIAMS] and Breanne WILLIAMS, Shelbyville, Abigail PRATT, Frankton,
Marissa and Morgan AULT, Elwood, Jessica [PHIPPS], Kylie [PHIPPS] and Devann
PHIPPS, all of Alexandria; five sisters, Doris BALSER, N.C., Jean HEXAMER and
Betty SWIFT, Anderson, Shirley and husband Ron DICKINSON, Fishers, Kay EDWARDS,
Alexandria; two brothers, Bud and wife Catherine ALLEN, and Joe and wife Kay
ALLEN, Alexandria.
She was preceded in death by her parents, brother Robert ALLEN in 1976, and
granddaughter Brooklyn HEINZMANN-AULT in 1994.
There will be graveside services only at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Parkview Cemetery,
Alexandria. Memorials may be made to the American Diabetes Association or to the
charity of one's choice through the funeral home. Noffze Funeral Home,
Alexandria is in charge of arrangements.
Wednesday, December 30, 1998
Lucie M. See
Nov. 2, 1912 - Dec. 28, 1998
Lucie M. SEE, 86, Rochester, died 2:25 p.m., Monday at ExtendaCare, Rochester.
Born in Fulton County to William and Ella Mae HOWARD ANDERSON, she married Leo
SEE on Feb. 9, 1935. He died Feb. 25, 1969.
Mrs. See was a homemaker and a member of Deedsville United Methodist Church.
Survivors include one son, Melvin L. SEE, Deedsville; one daughter, Monica J.
HOWARD, Macy; six grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by five brothers.
Services are 11 a.m. Saturday at McClain Funeral Home, U.S. 31 and 16, Denver
with Rev. David WELSH and George FAULL officiating. Burial will be in Deedsville
I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Bessie E. Kirk
Bessie E. KIRK, 75, Kewanna, died 6:49 a.m. today at Woodlawn Hospital,
Rochester.
Arrangements are pending at Zimmerman Family Funeral Home, Fulton.
Tami L. Slaybaugh
Feb. 27, 1963 - Dec. 29, 1998
Tami Lou SLAYBAUGH, 35, 326 W. Fourth St., died 4 a.m. Tuesday at 128-1/2 E.
Eighth St.
Born in Rochester to Joseph G. and Alice Mae NETTE SLAYBAUGH, she lived most of
her life in Rochester.
Survivors include one daughter, Jasmine Nichole THOLL, Rochester; one son,
Joshua James SLAYBAUGH, Rochester; her mother, Alice Mae SLAYBAUGH, Mentone; two
sisters, Sherry Lynn SLAYBAUGH, Macy and Sue Kay STANDIFORD, Rising Sun; five
brothers, John F. and wife Barbara SLAYBAUGH, Etna Green, Donald L. and wife
Alice R. SLAYBAUGH, Rochester, Ronald W. SLAYBAUGH, Florida, Richard Lee and
wife Nellie SLAYBAUGH, Mentone, and Edwin E. SLAYBAUGH, Fowler; several nieces
and nephews.
Graveside service is at 10 a.m. Thursday at Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery with
Rev. Lowell BURRIS officiating. No visitation is scheduled. Foster & Good
Funeral Home, Rochester is in charge of arrangements.
Thursday, December 31, 1998
Donald E. Cook
Dec 28, 1915 - Dec 30, 1998
Donald E. COOK, 83, Angola, died Wednesday at Cameron Memorial Hospital, Angola.
Born in Akron to Elva and May NELLANS COOK, he married Marj BRUBAKER. She
survives.
Mr. Cook retired in 1978 as plant superintendent for Dana-Weatherhead, Angola,
after 32 years. He was U.S. Navy veteran of World War II and a member of Angola
Elks, Angola Moose, American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and Columbia City
Masonic Lodge.
Survivors inclue one son, Ron COOK, Indianapolis; two grandchildren; four
great-grandchildren.
Elks memorial services are at 1 p.m. Jan. 10, 1999 at Angola Elks Lodge. No
visitation is planned. Klink Funeral Home, Angola, is in charge of arrangements.
Memorials may be made to Breeden Y.M.C.A., Angola, or the charity of one's
choice.
Bessie E. Kirk
Nov. 11, 1923 - Dec. 30, 1998
Bessie E. KIRK, 75, Kewanna, died 6:49 a.m. Wednesday at Woodlawn Hospital,
Rochester.
Born in Midland County, Mich. to Merrit and Katy SMALL GAULT, she married Sam H.
KIRK on Feb. 14, 1947 in Indianapolis. He survives in Kewanna.
Mrs. Kirk worked for Caston schools. She was a member of the Fletcher Lake
United Methodist Church and United Methodist Women.
Survivors include two daughters, Lucy and husband Bill SEE, Fulton, Connie and
husband Bill STUBER, Portland, Ore.; three sons, Tony KIRK, Indianapolis,
Richard KIRK, Dade City, Florida, and Charlie and wife Debbie KIRK, Rochester;
eight grandchildren, Lori KINGERY, Dulcie STUBER, Kristi DENTON, Katy [KIRK],
Kyla [KIRK] and Nicky KIRK, Ryan BARNETT, Shelley SCHILLING; five
great-grandchildren, Mitchell KERR, Holly [KINGERY] and Jacob KINGERY, Jaycee
DENTON, Cearra CASTLEMAN; two brothers, Elium and wife Donna GAULT, Hazelet,
N.J. and Earl and wife Ruth GAULT, Deedsville; four sisters, Essie SIDERS,
Kewanna, Vivian OTTO, Apopka, Fla., Donna and husband Paul REFFETT, Lagrange,
Nellie and husband Bob McGREW, Fulton.
She was preceded in death by one sister, Anna CHAMP, four brothers, two infants
and Lloyd [GAULT] and George GAULT.
Services are 2 p.m. Friday at Fletchers Lake United Methodist Church with Rev.
David SOMMERS officiating. Burial will be in Fletchers Lake Cemetery. Friends
may call noon to 2 p.m. Friday at the church. Memorials may be made to the
American Diabetes Association.
Verne E. Weiger
March 15, 1922 - Dec. 30, 1998
Verne E. WEIGER, 76, Tippecanoe, died 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at his home.
Born in Culver to Theodore and Elsie Luela KENDALL WEIGER, he married Ilean Rose
GRIEWANK in Plymouth. She survives.
A U.S. Air force veteran of World War II, he retired from Niff-Corr Inc.,
Tippecanoe and was a member of the American Legion and Moose Lodge in Plymouth.
Survivors include two daughters, Verna and husband Donald STEPHENSON, Rochester,
and Vicki Kay BROCKEY, Tippecanoe; two sisters, June Eva DUNNUCK, Jackson,
Mich., and Fay Ellen GILBERT, Rossville; one brother, Charles WEIGER,
Indianapolis; five grandchildren, Angela, Christopher, Rodney, Rhonda and Alena;
11 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by two brothers and one sister.
Services are 2 p.m. Saturday at King Memorial Home, Mentone with Rev. Donald
PURKEY officiating. Burial and military rites will be at the Mentone Cemetery.
Friends may call from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
Tami L. (Slaybaugh) Hopkins
Authorities have concluded that Tami L. (Slaybaugh) Hopkins, 35, of 326 W.
Fourth St., died accidentally early Tuesday in the stairwell leading to an
apartment above Salty's Tavern, 128 E. Eighth St.
Fulton County Coroner Jon Good concluded she fell while descending the steps,
and became wedged with a twisted neck between them and the door.
No autopsy is being conducted.Good said Hopkins' blood alcohol level indicated
intoxication. She died about 4 a.m.
Police were called at 7:19 a.m. Tuesday by the resident of the apartment above
Salty's, who found Hopkins on the way to work.