Elmer Regier
Dec 5, 2015
Elmer V. Regier, 89, of Goshen passed away late Saturday, December 5, 2015 at Courtyard Healthcare after a brief illness. He was born October 16, 1926 in Mountain Lake, Minnesota to Rev. David A. and Barbara (Epp) Regier. Elmer met his wife, Gloria Joan Bridson at Taylor University in Upland Indiana. They married June 6, 1953 following their graduation. He...
Connie Lee Allen
Dec 5, 2015
Connie Lee Allen, 82, of Goshen, passed away Saturday, December 5, 2015, at The Maples at Waterford Crossing after battling Alzheimer’s for eight years. She was surrounded by her family at the time of her passing. She was born January 20, 1933 in Warsaw to Lowell and Inez (Miller) Pontius. On August 30, 1953 she married Sylvester “Sil” Allen in...
Guy E. Alfrey
Dec 4, 2015
Guy E. Alfrey, 82, of Goshen, passed away Friday, December 4, 2015, at Elkhart Hospice House after a brief illness with cancer. He was born October 7, 1933 in St. Joseph, Michigan to Ralph and Edna (Shannon-Alfrey) Firestone. He is survived by a daughter, Shonda (Bob Shanholt) Hostetler and a son, Doug Alfrey, both of Goshen; four grandsons, four great-grandchildren;...
Lowell R. Baumgartner
Dec 3, 2015
Lowell R. Baumgartner, 68, of Goshen died Thursday, December 3, 2015 at IU Health Goshen Hospital. He was born January 23, 1947 in Waltham, Minnesota to Walter H., Sr. and Harriett (Gifford) Baumgartner. On September 21, 1986 he married Sharon Bontrager in Elkhart. She died February 28, 2010. Survivors include a stepson, Tom Roberts of Goshen; a stepdaughter, Penny Russell...
Frances R. Troyer
Dec 2, 2015
Frances R. Troyer, 83, , of Goshen, died Wednesday, December 2, 2015, at The Maples at Waterford Crossing. She was born January 1, 1932 in Elkhart to Enos and Ruth (Lehman) Mumaw. On January 1, 1957 she was united in marriage to G. Weldon Troyer in Elkhart. He survives along with two sons, Michael (Julie) Troyer of Bowling Green, Kentucky...
Lane Garber
Dec 1, 2015
Lane Garber, 51, of Goshen died Tuesday, December 1, 2015 at IU Health Goshen Hospital after a reoccurrence of cancer. He was born January 16, 1964 in Goshen to Eldon and Carol (Balyeat) Garber. He is survived by his father, Eldon of Elkhart and a sister, Lynn Frye of Shipshewana. He was preceded in death by his mother and two...
Jay D. Yoder
Nov 30, 2015
Jay D. Yoder, 77, of Goshen passed away Monday, November 30, 2015 at Courtyard Healthcare following a five month illness. He was born February 28, 1938, the oldest of seven children, to Leonard and Pauline (Phillips) Yoder. He was raised on a farm southeast of Goshen and graduated in 1956 from Millersburg High School. In 1963 he married Sondra Dillon...
Rachel F. Eger
Nov 28, 2015
Rachel F. Eger, 89, of Goshen and formerly of Osceola died Saturday, November 28, 2015 at Duke Raleigh Hospital, Raleigh, North Carolina. She was born October 18, 1926 in Elkhart to James R. and Edna A. (Stark) Lynn. On September 18, 1948 she married Herman L. Eger at Sugar Grove Church. He died November 30, 2008. She is survived by...
John Henry Graber
Nov 28, 2015
John Henry Graber, 92, of Goshen and Sarasota, Florida, died Saturday, November 28, 2015 in Sarasota. He was born January 21, 1923 in Arthur, Illinois to Abe and Katie (Marner) Graber. On June 20, 1998 he married Annie (Miller) Mast in Goshen. She survivies. Also surviving are a daughter, Lydia (Darrell) Kauffman of Goshen; a son, Benjamin Graber of Orlando,...
Vlasta Jantzi
Nov 24, 2015
Vlasta Jantzi, 90, of Goshen, passed away Tuesday afternoon, November 24, 2015, at Greencroft Healthcare. She was born June 15, 1925 in Glina, Croatia to Simon and Lubica (Pletikosich) Cvitanovic. On June 19, 1965 she married Glendon C. Jantzi in Long Island New York. He survives along with their daughter, Mona Jantzi and husband, Matthew Conner of London, United Kingdom...
Daniel T. Yoder
Nov 24, 2015
Daniel T. Yoder, 81, of Goshen, died Tuesday morning, November 24, 2015 after an extended illness, in the home that he built. He was born May 2, 1934 in LaGrange County to Tobias and Ada (Mast) Yoder. On March 5, 1955 he married Doris Boyer in Goshen. She survives along with their children, Douglas (Brianna) Yoder of Elkhart, Debra (Matthew)...
Eloise May Garman
Nov 22, 2015
Eloise May Brooks Garman, 90, of Goshen, passed away peacefully in her sleep Sunday, November 22, 2015 at her home. She was born Oct. 4, 1925 in Des Moines, Iowa to William B. and Viola Emerson Brooks. She moved to Goshen in 1937 and graduated from Goshen High School in 1942. She graduated from Monticello College, St. Louis, in...
Katie Joan Gingerich
Nov 22, 2015
Katie Joan Gingerich, 67, of Elkhart, passed away Sunday morning, November 22, 2015, at her home after a steady decline in health the past three years. She was born August 21, 1948 in Kokomo to Ralph and Clara (Hershberger) Yoder. On February 10, 1973 she married Paul E. Gingerich at Clinton Frame Mennonite Church. He survives along with two sons,...
Marilyn N. Swartzentruber
Nov 22, 2015
Marilyn N. Swartzentruber, 86, of Goshen, passed away Sunday evening, November 22, 2015 at Greencroft Healthcare. She was born July 9, 1929 in Elkhart County to Vernon L. and Vera (Johns) Stutzman. One Deember 31, 1954 she married Mervin J. Swartzentruber at Clinton Frame Mennonite Church. He survives along with three daughters, Julie Swartzentruber of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Jo Rogers of...
William L. Coons
Nov 21, 2015
William L. Coons, 86, of Goshen, passed away at Greencroft Healthcare Saturday evening, November 21, 2015, after an extended illness. He was born June 28, 1929 in Hartford City to John and Flossie (McNickles) Coons. On August 12, 1950 he married Jannalee M. Martin in Elwood. She died June 15, 2004. He is survived by four daughters, Marjorie (Delmar) Pryor...
Cynthia "Cindy" Eppert
Nov 19, 2015
Cynthia “Cindy” Eppert, 60, of Vandalia, Michigan, passed away at home Thursday afternoon, November 19, 2015. She was born March 6, 1955 in Bremen to Richard and Eleanor (Huber) Weston. On October 12, 1972 she married Leonard A. Eppert in Gravelton. He survives along with three children, Melissa Clark of Goshen, Kristina (Michael) Allen of Salyersville, Kentucky and Jason...
Dorothy Louise Herman Hatfield
Nov 19, 2015
Dorothy Louise Herman Hatfield, 95, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, formerly of the Elkhart and Goshen area died November 19, 2015 in Colorado Springs. She was born November 25, 1919 in Wabash to August Herman and Barbara (Obringer) Herman. She is survived by a son, James Edward (Myown) Hatfield, CS; a granddaughter, Linzie (C.J.) Stites; a great-granddaughter, Aleeysia Amara Stites;...
Roy Stanley Plank
Nov 18, 2015
Roy Stanley Plank, 93, went to meet his Lord Wednesday morning, November 18, 2015 at Greencroft Healthcare where he had been the past two years. He was born January 17, 1922 in Imlay City, Michigan to Ira and Laura (Kanagy) Plank. On March 20, 1947 he married Mildred Norris in Bremen, Ohio. After her death he married Velma (Nisly) Nisly...
Marjorie E. Beller
Nov 15, 2015
Marjorie E. Beller, 87, of Warsaw and formerly of Goshen, died Sunday, November 15, 2015, at Warsaw Meadow Care Center, Warsaw, where she had been the last year. She was born February 26, 1928 in Muncie to Arthur and Josephine (Dentner) Maitlen. On April 25, 1948 she married Clarence "Bud" Beller in Muncie. He died in 1992. She is...
Jacob Loewen
Nov 15, 2015
Jacob G. Loewen, 64, of Goshen, died peacefully Sunday, November 15, 2015, at his home, surrounded by his family. He has been a resident of Goshen since 1991. Jacob was born on April 12, 1951 in Mountain Lake, Minnesota. He married Nancy Liechty on August 23, 1975. She survives along with their three children; Emma (Alex) Dugger of Goshen,...
