Obituaries

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Gloria Bradway (Woods)

Gloria Bradway (Woods)

Jan 16, 2017

Biography Gloria L. Bradway, 87, passed away Monday, January 16, 2017 at 2:15 p.m. in her Warsaw, Indiana home. Gloria, the daughter of Francis “Woodie” and Opal Ruth (Highlen) Woods, was born September 22, 1929 in Marion, Indiana. She was a 1947 graduate of Warsaw High School. On March 21, 1948, she and Dale Bradway were joined in marriage in...

Billy Osborne

Billy Osborne

Jan 14, 2017

Billy R. Osborne passed away on Saturday, January 14, 2017 at 9:28 in Lakeland Regional Medical Center, Lakeland, Florida. He was 76 years old. Born on October 8, 1940 in Prestonsburg, Kentucky, he was the son of Dewy Osborne and Julia (Tussey) Osborne. Both have preceded him in passing. Billy served in both the United States Coast Guard and the...

Jeannette L. Cripe Lee

Jeannette L. Cripe Lee

Jan 14, 2017

Jeannette L. Cripe Lee, 90, of Goshen, IN (formerly of Syracuse, IN) passed away at 6:15 a.m. on Saturday, January 14, 2017 at Courtyard Healthcare Center in Goshen. She was born on December 29, 1926 in Syracuse, IN to Gideon Olen & Chloie (Hoover) LeCount.

She was a lifetime Syracuse / New Paris area resident, attended Hex...

Edith Neer (Julius)

Edith Neer (Julius)

Jan 13, 2017

Obituary for Edith Neer (Julius) Edith A. Neer passed away Friday, January 13, 2017 in Majestic Oaks Rehabilitation, Orange City, Florida. She was 95. Edith, the daughter of Richard Fred and Mary Jane (Julius) Davis, was a 1940 graduate of Claypool High School. She and Harold Neer were joined in marriage January 1, 1942 in Warsaw, Indiana. They were married...

Otto Burchett

Otto Burchett

Jan 12, 2017

Otto Burchett passed away on Thursday, January 12, 2017 in Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne, Indiana. He was surrounded by his loving family at the time of his passing at 81 years old. Otto was born on the 26th of February, 1935 in Prestonsburg, Kentucky. He was raised by his mother, Alta Miller and eventually moved to Ohio before...

Nolan Miller

Nolan Miller

Jan 12, 2017

Send Flowers Nolan Thomas Miller January 12, 2017 Infant Nolan Thomas Miller was stillborn January 12, 2017 at 10:39 p.m. at Kosciusko Community Hospital, Warsaw, Indiana. His mommy and daddy are Joshua Miller and Taylor Garringer of Warsaw. Also surviving are maternal grandparents: Misty and Thomas Hudson of Akron, Indiana; maternal grandfather: Sherman Garringer of Huntington, Indiana; paternal grandparents: Thomas...

James M. "Jim" Hile

James M. "Jim" Hile

Jan 12, 2017

James M. “Jim” Hile, 77, of Warsaw, IN passed away on Thursday, January 12, 2017 at his home. He was born on January 7, 1940 in Warsaw, IN to Robert H. & Mabel N. (Goering) Hile.

He was a lifetime Warsaw area resident and graduated in 1959 from Warsaw High School. He was a truck...

John Groat

John Groat

Jan 10, 2017

Biography John Alan Groat, a lifetime resident of Warsaw, Indiana, passed away on Tuesday, January 10, 2017 in his home. He was 67 at the time of his passing. John was the son of John R. and Ethel L. (Anderson) Groat. He was a 1967 graduate of Warsaw Community High School. John was married to Joyce E. Easterday on June...

Thomas A. Kuemmel

Thomas A. Kuemmel

Jan 9, 2017

Thomas August Kuemmel, 73, of Syracuse, IN passed away at 1:50 a.m. on Monday, January 9, 2017 at Lakeland Health & Rehab in Milford, IN. He was born on May 28, 1943 in Sandusky, OH to August Oliver & Beulah Ann (Luberger) Kuemmel.

He attended Perkin High School in Sandusky and moved to the Ligonier area in...

Douglas D. "Doug" Bowser

Douglas D. "Doug" Bowser

Jan 9, 2017

Douglas D. “Doug” Bowser Sr. 80, of North Webster, IN passed away at 7:25 a.m. on Monday, January 9, 2017 at Miller’s Merry Manor in Syracuse, IN. He was born on April 19, 1936 in Pierceton, IN to George Deverl & Evelyn L. (Lewellan) Bowser.

He lived most of his life in the North Webster area and...

Richard Wagner

Richard Wagner

Jan 6, 2017

Richard W. “Rick” Wagner of Pierceton, Indiana passed away Friday, January 6, 2017 at 11:14 a.m. in Parkview Regional Hospital, Fort Wayne, Indiana. He was 68. Rick was born July 12, 1948 in Fairmont, Minnesota to Kenneth and Kathryn (Huemoller) Wagner. He was a 1966 graduate of Owatonna High School, Owatonna, Minnesota. He earned his BA from the University of...

Mary E. Snodgress

Mary E. Snodgress

Jan 6, 2017

Mary E. Snodgress, 83, of Warsaw, IN passed away at 12:00 noon on Friday, January 6, 2017 at Center for Hospice House in Elkhart, IN. She was born on May 27, 1933 in Fort Wayne, IN to Everett Kenneth & Doris Evelyn (Tutterow) Ditton.

She grew up in the Chicago, IL area and graduated from Calumet High...

Heath W. Cripe

Heath W. Cripe

Jan 5, 2017

Heath W. Cripe, 38, of Warsaw, IN passed away on Thursday, January 5, 2017 at his home. He was born on February 24, 1978 in Elkhart, IN to Dennis W. “Denny” & Rozella E. “Sandi” (Rohn) Cripe.

He was a lifetime North Webster / Warsaw area resident and graduated in 1996 from Wawasee High School in Syracuse,...

Austin Hauth

Austin Hauth

Jan 4, 2017

Austin D. Hauth, 85 passed away peacefully Wednesday, January 4, 2017 at 11:04 a.m. in Warsaw Meadows Care Center, Warsaw, Indiana. Austin, son of Roy E. and Thelma M. (Dunn) Hauth, Sr. was born May 7, 1931 in Warsaw. He was a 1951 graduate of Warsaw High School. On October 3, 1954, he took Patty J. Gordon to be his...

Isaac Charles Robert Crow

Isaac Charles Robert Crow

Dec 27, 2016

Isaac Charles Robert Crow, 27, of Syracuse, IN passed away at 2:40 a.m. on Tuesday, December 27, 2016 at Goshen Hospital in Goshen, IN. He was born on March 25, 1989 in Columbia City, IN to Jay D. & Carol (Blair) Crow.

He grew up in Columbia City, graduated in 2007 from Columbia City High School and...

Robert Horne

Robert Horne

Dec 26, 2016

Reverend Robert M. Horne of Winona Lake passed away on Monday, December 26, 2016 shortly after 6 PM in Kosciusko Community Hospital. He was 84 years old. Born on April 13, 1932 in Boston, Massachusetts, Robert was the son of Charles and Dora (Melbourne) Horne. He was one of two children born into the Horne family. In 1955 Robert was...

Jeffrey "Jeff" Rostochak

Jeffrey "Jeff" Rostochak

Dec 21, 2016

Jeffrey “Jeff” Rostochak, 56, of Leesburg, IN passed away at 1:01 p.m. on Wednesday, December 21, 2016 at his home. He was born on July 22, 1960 in Columbia City, IN to Michael T. & Wilma I. (Werstler) Rostochak.

He graduated in 1978 from Whitko High School in South Whitley, IN and in 1982 from Huntington College in Huntington,...

Evelyn Clay (Green)

Evelyn Clay (Green)

Dec 21, 2016

Evelyn K. Clay, 81, passed away Wednesday, December 21, 2016 at 3:50 a.m. in Peabody Retirement Community, North Manchester, Indiana. Evelyn was born June 29, 1935 in Danville, Illinois to Walter and Zola (Horn) Green. She had lived in the Warsaw, Indiana area for the past 25 years. She was a nurse’s aide for Mason Healthcare and Rehabilitation in Warsaw...