Obituaries

Feb 25, 2015

Flora Bynum, 72, passed away Wednesday, February 25, 2015 at 3:37 AM in Kosciusko Community Hospital, Warsaw, Indiana. Flora was born February 26, 1942 in Reid, Mississippi to Otis and Beatrice (Vance) Phillips. She had lived in the Warsaw area for the past 30 years. She worked in the health care field as a CNA and was a foster parent....

Feb 24, 2015

With her family by her side, Bonnie H. Gragg, 97, went to be with her Lord Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at 3:37 PM in her Warsaw, Indiana home. Bonnie was born October 24, 1917 in Mentone, Indiana to Mervel and Ruth (Schweitzer) Smith. She and Kenneth Gragg were joined in marriage on May 20, 1933 in Etna Green, Indiana. They...

Feb 23, 2015

Barbara J. “Barb” (Gamsby) Porter, 67, of Syracuse, IN passed away at 2:40 a.m. on Monday, February 23, 2015 at her home. She was born on November 13, 1947 in Wabash, IN to Russell & Edna (Harney) Gamsby Sr. She attended Wabash High School and was a lifetime Wabash / Kosciusko County resident. In 1970 she was married in Wabash,...

Feb 21, 2015

Feb 20, 2015

Tara Lynn Thornburg, 23, of Syracuse, IN passed away at 1:00 a.m. on Friday, February 20, 2015 at Lutheran Hospital of Indiana in Fort Wayne, IN. She was born on June 4, 1991 in Goshen, IN to Troy L. Thornburg & Rachel M. Coons. She was a lifetime Syracuse area resident and graduated in 2010 from Wawasee High School in...

Feb 20, 2015

Theodore Willis “Ted” Method, 85, of Syracuse, IN passed away at 4:50 p.m. on Friday, February 20, 2015 at Millers Merry Manor in Syracuse. He was born on July 15, 1929 in Syracuse, IN to Ralph & Eloise (Mabie) Method. He was a lifetime Syracuse area resident, attended Syracuse High School and was a United States Air Force veteran. On...

Feb 15, 2015

Feb 13, 2015

Thurl S. Kester, 68, passed away Friday, February 13, 2015 at 4:02 AM in his Warsaw, Indiana home. The son of Clyde T. and Geneva W. (Stucker) Kester, he was born September 13, 1946 in Wabash, Indiana. He attended Warsaw schools. He and Janet E. Schaetzle were married March 7, 1965 in Bourbon, Indiana. She would precede him in death...

Feb 10, 2015

Rex Leroy Evans, 76, passed away February 10, 2015 at 4:26 AM in Warsaw Meadows Care Center, Warsaw, Indiana. Rex was born December 31, 1938 in Warsaw to Charles S. and Dorothy A. (Engle) Evans. He was a 1956 graduate of Claypool High School. On November 14, 1957 he entered the United States Air Force in Indianapolis, Indiana. A1C Rex...

Feb 7, 2015

Henrietta K. Thomas, 82, passed away Saturday, February 7, 2015 at 4:45 AM in Kosciusko Community Hospital, Warsaw, Indiana. Henrietta was born May 6, 1932, in Cervenka, Yugoslavia to Frederick and Julianna (Genyeresh) Lahm. She came to Kosciusko County from Germany in 1955. On July 1, 1978 she and Emil Emerson Thomas, Jr. were married in Frankton, Indiana. He would...

Feb 7, 2015

Carolyn J. Olinger, 81, of North Webster, IN passed away at 6:00 a.m. on Saturday, February 7, 2015 at her home. She was born on April 3, 1933 in Fort Wayne to Albert & Irene (Kelley) Loshe. She grew up in Fort Wayne & attended Catholic Public Schools in Fort Wayne. She retired from ITT Corporation in Fort Wayne as...

Feb 4, 2015

Call to Order Flowers by Phone 1-877-212-3610 Code: 2003273P Dale Singer Nellans, 93, of Warsaw, Indiana, passed away Wednesday, February 4, 2015 at 9:27 PM in Timbercrest Senior Living Community in North Manchester, Indiana. Dale was born July 7, 1921 in Sevastopol, Indiana to Herschel Vern and Mabel Irene (Singer) Nellans. He grew up on Twin Pine Poultry Farm (Sevastopol)...

Feb 1, 2015

Feb 1, 2015

Cassie Mae (Haywood) Shepherd, 101, went to be with Jesus Sunday, February 1, 2015 at 4:50 AM in Mason Health and Rehabilitation Center, Warsaw, Indiana. One of twelve children, Cassie was born November 29, 1913 in Prestonsburg, Kentucky to Hager Lee and Sarah (Adkins) Justice. She was married to Willie Haywood on July 20, 1934 in Prestonsburg. They moved to...

Jan 28, 2015

Service in Louisville, Kentucky at a later date.

Jan 25, 2015

Ralph Caudill, 71, of Syracuse, IN passed away at 8:40 a.m. on Sunday, January 25, 2015 at his home. He was born on March 26, 1943 in Melvin, KY to Alvin & Pearlie (Slone) Caudill. He grew up in Kentucky and graduated in 1963 from Wheelwright High School in Wheelwright, KY. He moved from Kentucky to Elkhart, IN in 1963...

Jan 24, 2015

A. Fern Porter, 86 of North Webster, formerly of Huntington, passed away at 12:40 p.m. on Saturday, January 24, 2015 at her residence.  Fern had worked for Square D in Huntington for many years. She loved camping and had camped at various locations with her husband over the years. They spent their summers at their cottage on the Barbee Lake chain...

Jan 20, 2015

Alice Harriett Gregorowicz, 93, of Syracuse, IN passed away at 6:08 a.m. on Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at her home. She was born on February 1, 1921 in East Chicago, IN to Joseph & Lola Lutkus. She graduated from Roosevelt High School in East Chicago, received her Bachelor’s degree from College of St. Teresa in Winona, MN & her Master’s...

Jan 19, 2015

Leona Irene Keim, 90, of Ligonier, IN passed away at 1:03 p.m. on Monday, January 19, 2015 at Avalon Village Healthcare in Ligonier. She was born on August 10, 1924 in Dane County, WI to William & Lillian (Detwiler) Keim. She attended public school in Wisconsin and lived most of her life in Milwaukee, WI & San Jacinto, CA...

Jan 18, 2015

Lowell J. Welty, 77, of Milford, IN passed away at 5:25 p.m. on Sunday, January 18, 2015 at his home. He was born on May 2, 1937 in New Paris, IN to Ray & Edna M. (Oswald) Welty. He graduated in 1955 from New Paris High School and was a lifetime New Paris, Syracuse, and Milford area resident. He was...