Obituaries

Sep 18, 2020

Patricia J. “Pat” McKibbin, 79, of Millersburg, IN passed away at 10:20 p.m. on Friday, September 18, 2020 at Elkhart General Hospital. She was born on November 11, 1940 in South Bend, IN to Herman & Betty (Kugler) Ruch.

She grew up in South Bend and graduated in 1959 from Riley High School. She was married on October...

Sep 18, 2020

David Jay Housouer, 62, of Warsaw, IN passed away at 1:11 p.m. on Friday, September 18, 2020 at Lutheran Hospital of Indiana in Fort Wayne. He was born on December 4, 1957 in Elkhart, IN to Dewey E. & Thelma I. (Foudy) Housouer.

He graduated in 1976 from Wawasee High School in Syracuse and lived most of...

Sep 17, 2020

Peggy Sue Kitson, 84, of Warsaw, IN (formerly of Syracuse, IN) passed away at 6:28 a.m. on Thursday, September 17, 2020 at Miller’s Merry Manor in Warsaw, IN. She was born on July 4, 1936 in Ridgeville, IN to William Lafayette & Bessie Marie (Runyon) Elliott.

Peg was a loving, kind, and caring person. She always had...

Sep 16, 2020

Joann K. Green, 78, of Milford, IN passed away at 11:07 a.m. on Wednesday, September 16, 2020 at Goshen Hospital. She was born on January 26, 1942 in Battle Creek, MI to Grover & Eleanor (Crabtree) Waldron.

She grew up in Elkhart, attended Jimtown High School in Elkhart, and lived most of her life in the Milford...

Sep 16, 2020

Cleda Ann Swope passed away quietly in the care of hospice on Wednesday, September 16, 2020 at 12:01 p.m. in her rural Warsaw home. A longtime area resident, she was 84 years old. Born on August 29, 1936 in Muncie, Cleda was the daughter of Joseph E. and Neola P. Lawhorn. As a young child, her family moved to the...

Sep 13, 2020

Beatrice K. “Kay” Caudill, 69, of Syracuse, IN passed away at 1:30 a.m. on Sunday, September 13, 2020 at her home. She was born on November 21, 1950 in Elkhart, In to Bennie P. & Donna Marie (Haggerty) Morse.

She attended Elkhart Central High School and moved to Syracuse in 1972 from Elkhart. She was married on...

Sep 11, 2020

Roger Lee Hudson, age 66 and a lifetime area resident, passed away quietly on Friday, September 11, 2020 at 11:20 p.m. in his Claypool home. Born on May 11, 1954, he was the son of Kenneth L and Barbara Jean (Cook) Hudson. He was a 1972 graduate of Warsaw Community High School where he played football and marched with the...

Sep 10, 2020

Micheal Lee “Mike” Wrightsman, 63, of Warsaw, IN passed away on Thursday, September 10, 2020 at his home. He was born on December 27, 1956 in Wabash, IN to Harold & Esther (Lewis) Wrightsman.

He graduated in 1977 from Warsaw High School and lived most of his life in the Silver Lake / Warsaw area. He was formerly...

Sep 10, 2020

Linda J. Papp, 59, of Hobart & Pierceton, IN passed away at 9:18 a.m. on Thursday, September 10, 2020 at her Ridinger Lake home. She was born on October 22, 1960 in Gary, IN to Robert & Lena (Sapino) Valentine.

She graduated in 1978 from Andean High School in Gary and was married on October 8, 1993...

Sep 10, 2020

Isaac D. Wyatt, 25, of Sherwood, MI passed away at 9:15 p.m. on Thursday, September 10, 2020 as a result of an automobile accident near Warsaw, IN. He was born on September 23, 1994 in Three Rivers, MI to David F. Wyatt & Renee Easterday.

He lived most of his life in the Sherwood, MI area, graduated...

Sep 4, 2020

Larry Bruce Richards, 69, of Syracuse, IN passed away on Friday, September 4, 2020 at his home. He was born on March 5, 1951 in Elkhart, IN to Virgil Otis & Olivene May (Ott) Richards.

He was a lifetime Syracuse area resident and graduated in 1970 from Wawasee High School in Syracuse. He formerly worked at Syracuse...

Sep 1, 2020

Angie B. Koher, 45, of Indianapolis, IN (formerly of Columbia City & Warsaw, IN) passed away at 7:39 p.m. of Tuesday, September 1, 2020 at Parkview Whitley Hospital in Columbia City. She was born on February 13, 1975 in Columbia City, IN to Roland Glen & Susan Berniece (Baxley) Grabile.

She graduated from Warsaw High School and...

Aug 30, 2020

Donna Elizabeth Gillem, 88, of Syracuse, IN passed away at 5:45 p.m. on Sunday, August 30, 2020 at Goshen Hospital. She was born on April 16, 1932 in Allegan, MI to Clifford & Edna Lucille (Porter) Austin.

She graduated in 1950 from Portage Central High School in Kalamazoo, MI and received an Associate’s Degree from Kalamazoo Valley...

Aug 30, 2020

Nancy J. Hickman, 85, of Milford, IN passed away on Sunday, August 30, 2020 at Goshen Hospital. She was born on February 5, 1935 in Goshen, IN to Joseph A. & Cynthia B. (Downing) Galvin.

She was a lifetime area resident, graduated in 1953 from Milford High School, attended Ivy Tech in Warsaw, and I.U.S.B. in South...

Aug 29, 2020

William Warren “Bill” Julian, 54, of North Webster, IN passed away at 6:31 a.m. on Saturday, August 29, 2020 at his home. He was born on March 16, 1966 in Chesterton, MD to Jackie D. & Sandra J. (Lowman) Julian.

He attended high school in Oregon & Warsaw and lived most of his life in the Kosciusko...

Aug 29, 2020

Loyd Earnest Thomas of Lake Mary, Florida, formerly of Goodlettsville, Tennessee and Warsaw, Indiana, passed away on August 29, 2020. At 88 years of age, he experienced a fall and developed sepsis with no correlation to Covid-19. Loyd was born on May 31, 1932 to Ralph and Fladia (Eaton) Thomas in Billings, Montana along with his younger twin brother, Floyd...

Aug 27, 2020

Mark Allen Richards, age 62 of Warsaw and previously a longtime resident of Syracuse, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, August 27, 2020 just before 9 p.m. in his Warsaw home. The son of Virgil O. and Olivene May (Ott) Richards, Mark was one of four brothers and spent most of his life in Northern Kosciusko County. He was a Wawasee...

Aug 26, 2020

Carroll Leroy Walton, 87, of Pierceton, IN passed away at 10:57 a.m. on Wednesday, August 26, 2020 at Kosciusko Community Hospital in Warsaw, IN. He was born on September 25, 1932 in North Webster, IN to Wilbur Perry & Loah Mabel (Roberts) Walton.

He attended Milford High School, served in the National Guard, and was a lifetime...

Aug 26, 2020

Nancy A. Holbrook, 85, of North Webster, IN passed away at 11:30 p.m. on Wednesday, August 26, 2020 at her home. She was born on June 22, 1935 in Akron, OH.

She grew up in Ohio and graduated from Mogadore High School in Mogador, OH. She was married to Wendell Franklin Holbrook who preceded her on August...

Aug 23, 2020

Gayle Jean Murphy, a resident of Larwill and previously of Warsaw, passed away in her Larwill home on Sunday, August 23, 2020 just before 4 p.m. Surrounded by her loving family at the time, she was 81 years old. Gayle was born in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan on August 17, 1939. She was the daughter of Harry A. and Mabel...