Obituaries

Sep 1, 2015

Mary Ellen Johnson, 94, passed away Tuesday, September 1, 2015 at 1:10 AM in her Warsaw, Indiana home while surrounded by her loving family. Mary Ellen was born June 16, 1921 in Huntington, Indiana to Carl C. and Virginia Mae (Dowler) Robinson. She graduated from Huntington High School with the class of 1939. Mary Ellen would marry the love her...

Aug 29, 2015

Helen Eloise Smith, 93, of Warsaw, IN passed away at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, August 29, 2015 at Kosciusko Community Hospital in Warsaw following a short illness surrounded by her family. Helen was born on December 14, 1921 in Warsaw to James O. & Nellie (Devenney) Tuttle.

She graduated in 1940 from Larwill High School and was...

Aug 23, 2015

Tammy L. Martin, 40, of North Webster, IN passed away at 7:45 a.m. on Sunday, August 23, 2015 at I.U. Goshen Hospital in Goshen, IN. She was born on September 3, 1974 in Frankfort, MI to Kathleen “Pat” (Weaver) Turner.

She attended Triton High School in Bourbon, IN, graduated in 1993 from Wawasee High School in Syracuse,...

Aug 22, 2015

Jeffrey D. "Jeff" Smith, 56, of North Webster, IN passed away at 6:48 p.m. on Saturday, August 22, 2015 at Parkview Regional Hospital in Fort Wayne, IN following a motorcycle accident in Elkhart County. He was born on February 16, 1959 in Anderson, IN to Henry D. & Barbara Ellen (McCarty) Smith.

He graduated in 1977 from...

Aug 21, 2015

M. Margene Clase, 74, passed away unexpectedly in her Warsaw, Indiana home Friday morning, August 21, 2015 at 7:35. Margene was born November 6, 1940 in Warsaw to Raymond and Marie (Priser) Haines. A lifetime Kosciusko County resident, she had been a sales representative at CVS for 12 years. Margene was a past president of Senior’s Our Night Out. Left...

Aug 21, 2015

Janet A. Perzee, 68, of Pierceton, IN passed away at 2:30 a.m. on Friday, August 21, 2015 at I.U. Goshen Hospital in Goshen, IN. She was born on June 2, 1947 in Pontiac, IL to Gilbert & Ferne (Stalter) Yordy.

She graduated in 1965 from Eureka High School in Eureka, IL, in 1969 from Northern...

Aug 21, 2015

Mrs. Mildred Nicolai, 102, of Syracuse, passed away at 10:08 a.m., on Friday, August 21, at Goshen Hospital.

Mildred was born February 28, 1913, to Jesse and Maude Miller.   Except for an early childhood move where she and her family homesteaded on the plains of Montana, Mildred made her home and life in Syracuse.  It was there...

Aug 21, 2015

Biography Linda Lou Yeiter, 75, passed away Friday, August 21, 2015 in Peabody Retirement Community, North Manchester, Indiana. The daughter of Dwayne and Maxine (Wideman) Horn, Linda was born November 13, 1939 in Warsaw, Indiana. On July 21, 1956, she and Larry Yeiter were married in Atwood, Indiana. He survives. Linda, a farmer's wife and homemaker, she was a member...

Aug 18, 2015

Aug 17, 2015

Alfred M. Crook, 75, of Cromwell, IN passed away at 10:46 a.m. on Monday, August 17, 2015 as the result of an automobile accident near Ligonier, IN. He was born on January 27, 1940 in Nashville, TN to Henry Alfred & Mary Emeline (Kenneth) Crook.

He grew in in Tennessee and attended public school there. He was...

Aug 16, 2015

Frances “Fran” Shively, a lifetime Claypool, Indiana resident, passed away Sunday, August 16, 2015 at 11:25 p.m. at Millers Merry Manor in Warsaw, Indiana. Fran was born in Warsaw on April 18, 1921 to Royal and Lucile (Valentine) Neff. She was a 1939 graduate of Claypool High School. She and Donald Shively were joined in marriage February 14, 1944 in...

Aug 13, 2015

Dolores E. “Dee” Gerber, 72, of Syracuse, IN passed away at 12:06 p.m. on Thursday, August 13, 2015 at Lutheran Hospital of Indiana in Fort Wayne, IN.  She was born on February 5, 1943 in Goshen, In to James Edward & Martha Mildred (Richcreek) Hapner.

She was a lifetime Syracuse area resident and attended Syracuse High School....

Aug 9, 2015

Jack William Klinefelter, 84, passed away unexpectedly Sunday, August 9, 2015 at 8:26 AM in Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Jack was born in Arcola, Indiana to Jacob M. and Gladys Marie (Hill) Klinefelter on February 19, 1930. He and Marilyn R. Kitchen were married January 14, 1956 in Columbia City, Indiana. She survives. A Warsaw, Indiana resident, Jack was...

Aug 9, 2015

Junior Isaac passed away Sunday, August 9, 2015 at 9:25 PM in his Pierceton, Indiana home. Junior was born March 9, 1946 in Hall, Kentucky to Pearlie Isaac. He and Barbara J. McCool were married March 7, 1986 in Prestonsburg, Kentucky. She survives. He was a laborer for Winona Powder Coating, LLC for 15 years and retired in 2005. Junior...

Aug 8, 2015

Dorothy Elizabeth “Dottie” Hoffer, 85, passed away Saturday, August 8, 2015 at 4:06 PM in the Visiting Nurse and Hospice Home in Fort Wayne, Indiana On February 17, 1930, Dottie was born in Atwood, Indiana to John E. and Virginia J. (Sensibaugh) Hershberger. Dorothy, a 1948 graduate of Mentone High School, was married August 13, 1949 to Frank Devon Hoffer...

Aug 6, 2015

Gretchen Watkins Manthey Bumbaugh passed away Thursday, August 6, 2015 at 5:10 AM at her home in the Grace Village Assisted Living Community, Winona Lake, Indiana. She was 82. Gretchen was born in Niagara Falls, New York to Henry W. and Lenora M. (Schreiber) Seiffert. She was a 1950 graduate of Warsaw High School, Warsaw, Indiana. On June 10, 1950...

Aug 6, 2015

Daniel Lee Graff, 62, passed away Thursday, August 6, 2015 at 11:47 AM in Indiana University Goshen Hospital, Goshen, Indiana. Daniel was born January 19, 1953 in Goshen to Stanley and Virginia (Downing) Graff. Living in Syracuse, Indiana, he was a commercial truck driver for 40 years who enjoyed collecting antique cars. Daniel is survived by his mother: Virginia Graff,...

Aug 1, 2015

Merrilee R. Wagner, 76, passed away Saturday, August 1, 2015 at 2:12 AM in Millers Merry Manor, Warsaw, Indiana. Merrilee was born January 25, 1939 in Huntington, Indiana to Raymond and Arlena (McDaniel) Sands. She first was married Harold Campbell on May 10, 1958. He survives as the father of her children. On June 11, 1983 she and William H....

Aug 1, 2015

Suzanne Arlene (Coy) Hanna, 74, of Bloomington (formerly of North Webster, IN ) passed away at IU Health-Bloomington Hospital on Saturday, August 1, 2015.

Suzanne was born on April 28, 1941, the daughter of Tillman “Junior” Coy and Eula (Killian) Coy.  She was married to Warren G. Hanna who preceded her in death on August 5, 2013. ...

Jul 31, 2015

Ernest Lamar “Ernie” Knight, 75, of Syracuse, IN was called home by our heavenly Father at 2:15 p.m. on Friday, July 31, 2015 at Courtyard Healthcare in Goshen, IN following a 6 month illness. He was born on June 12, 1940 in Goshen, IN to James Edward Trainor & Lucille Daisy Knight.

He attended Goshen public...