Vern Lee Leatherman
Sep 24, 2015
Vern L. Leatherman, 72, of Goshen, died Thursday, September 24, 2015, at IU Health Goshen Hospital. He was born December 11, 1942 in Norfolk, Virginia, to Clifford Wayne and Agnes (Miller) Leatherman. On November 16, 1963 he married Janet K. Nafziger. She died in 1977. He later married Jane Miller who survives. Also surviving are his children, Douglas S....
Mary J. Sutter
Sep 23, 2015
Mary J. Sutter, 58, of Goshen, passed away early Wednesday morning, September 23, 2015, at Avalon Village, Ligonier. She had been battling brain cancer since May. She was born January 26, 1957 in Beech Grove to Lester Ridener and Erna (Kratzert) Hawkins. She married Doug Sutter in Goshen in 2010. He survives along with a daughter, Shawna (Ryan) May...
Harlan James Engel
Sep 23, 2015
Harlan J. Engel, 70, of Goshen and formerly of Hartley, Iowa died Wednesday afternoon, September 23,2015, at South Bend Hospice House. He was born May 29, 1945 in Cherokee, Iowa to Hans and Theresa (Harms) Engel. He is survived by a daughter, Katrina (Chad Williamson) Engel of Goshen; two sons, Donald L. (Melissa) Engel of Suffolk, Virginia, and Richard...
Mary L. Miller
Sep 22, 2015
Mary L. Miller, 79, of Goshen, passed away Tuesday afternoon, September 22, 2015. at IU Health Goshen Hospital. She had been ill a week. She was born August 2, 1936 in Goshen to Joe B. and Lydia (Troyer) Miller. On October 28, 1954 she married Clyde E. Miller in Topeka. He died February 17, 1967. On May 2, 2015...
Freddie James Welker
Sep 21, 2015
Freddie J. Welker, 62, of Elkhart, died Monday evening, September 21, 2015, at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Mishawaka. He had been ill since 2007. He was born January 2, 1953 in Fort Worth, Texas to Freddie Junior and Oma Jean (Joseph) Welker. Survivors include two sons, Frederick C. (Jennifer) Welker and David J. Welker both of Goshen; caregiver...
George L. Neild
Sep 20, 2015
George L. Neild, 65, of Goshen, passed away Sunday morning, September 20, 2015, at IU Health Goshen Hospital. He was born August 3, 1950 in Cortland, New York to Otto and Ruth (Beebe) Neild. On October 21, 1972 he married Kay E. Morris in Tioga Center, New York. She survives along with four children, Andy (Caroline) Neild of Streamwood,...
Rosemary Walton
Sep 18, 2015
Rosemary Walton, 86, of Goshen died Friday, September 18, 2015 at Memorial Hospital in South Bend. She was born June 14, 1929 in Huntington County to Ray and Agnes (Fansler) Barnes. On December 31, 1948 she married William Walton, Sr. in Wabash. He survives along with three daughters, Marla Stafford of Goshen, Janet (Steven) Bolock of Syracuse and Sue...
Angela Sue Hershberger Gratton
Sep 18, 2015
Angela Sue Hershberger Gratton, 46, of Cape Coral, Florida, passed away Friday morning, September 18, 2015, at Elkhart Hospice House after a four year illness. She was born October 29, 1968 in Goshen to Hubert Hershberger and Becky (Miller) Delcamp. She married Dave Gratton in Cape Coral on February 16, 2013. He survives along with her parents, Hubert Hershberger...
Barbara J. Zollinger
Sep 18, 2015
Barbara J. Zollinger, 83, of Goshen, passed away early Friday morning, September 18, 2015, at The Maples at Waterford Crossing. She was born January 18, 1932 in Syracuse to John and Evelyn (Jordon) Bowser. On September 24, 1955 she married Adrian G. Zollinger in Millersburg. He survives along with a son, Michael (Elisa) Zollinger of Goshen; four grandchildren and...
Dwight D. Miller
Sep 17, 2015
Dwight D. Miller, 84 of Goshen died Thursday morning, September 17, 2015 at The Maples at Waterford Crossing. He was born December 17, 1930 in LaGrange County to J. Elmer and Rosa (Yoder) Miller. On March 15, 1952 he married Lois June Vincent in Middlebury. She preceded him in death in 2005. He is survived by a daughter, Melody...
Levi Schrock, Jr.
Sep 16, 2015
Levi Schrock, Jr., 87, of Goshen, passed away Wednesday morning, September 16, 2015, at IU Health Goshen Hospital. He was born January 18, 1928 in Goshen to Levi and Ida (Miller) Schrock. On February 18, 1950 he married Mary Ann Miller in Goshen. She survives along with three children, Karl L. (Lois) Schrock of Middlebury; Diane (Bill) Hershberger of...
Arles H. Slaven
Sep 15, 2015
Arles H. Slaven, 48 of Elkhart died Tuesday, September 15, 2015 in St. Joseph County. He was born October 23, 1966 in Tucson, Arizona to Arles H. and Joy Dale Slaven. He is survived by two sons, Lucas Slaven of Elkhart and Peter J. Lenardis of Goshen; his former wife, Nicole Howe; a sister, Judy Slaven-Roesch; and a step-brother,...
Leroy Helmuth
Sep 13, 2015
LeRoy Helmuth, 92, of Goshen, passed away Sunday morning, September 13, 2015, at Greencroft Healthcare. He was born December 12, 1922 in Nappanee to Henry and Lydiann (Hochstetler) Helmuth. On January 27, 1946 he married Inez J. Slabaugh in Bremen. She survives along with two daughters, Betty (Steven) Hudgins of Valparaiso and Margaret (John) Weaver of Pleasant Hill, Ohio;...
Dorothe D. Waller
Sep 12, 2015
Dorothe "Dotti" D. Waller, 88, of Goshen, passed away at her home Saturday morning, September 12, 2015. She was born January 28, 1927 in Lansing, Michigan to Willard and Jessie (Orton) Dean. On October 2, 1967 she married Narvel "Roy" Waller in Goshen. He died March 17, 2011. Survivors include four daughters, Jacki (Monty) Coffman of Mishawaka; Marcia (Jack)...
Jennifer "Jenny" Wengerd
Sep 11, 2015
Jennifer "Jenny" Lee Wengerd, 47, of Goshen, passed away Friday afternoon, September 11, 2015. She was born May 11, 1968 in South Korea. On Oct. 16, 1993 she married Doug Wengerd. He survives along with two sons, Benjamin and Isaiah, both at home; her parents, Paul and Caroll June (Hostetler) Roth of Killbuck, Ohio; and four siblings, Linda (Phil)...
John A. Overpeck
Sep 3, 2015
John A. Overpeck, 78, of Wolcottville, passed away at his home Thursday morning, September 3, 2015. He was born November 14, 1936 in Tuscola, Illinois to Clay and Floy (Rose) Overpeck. On November 23, 1955 he married Mary Jo Winger in Rochester. This year they would have celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. She survives along with two daughters, Rebecca...
Beverly E. Cotherman
Sep 3, 2015
Beverly E. Cotherman, 84, of Goshen, died Thursday, September 3, 2015, which was her 66th wedding anniversary, at Greencroft Healthcare. She was born Feb. 28, 1931 in Goshen to Wayman and Della E. (Butler) Rarick. On Sept. 3, 1949 she married C. Robert Cotherman. He survives along with two daughters, Denise (Rob) Hoffer, Goshen and Teresa (Jim) Fenner, Middlebury;...
Ruth Elinor Stiver
Sep 2, 2015
Ruth Elinor Stiver, 87nor of Fort Collins, former longtime resident of Goshen, Indiana, passed away peacefully on September 2, 2015 at Spring Creek Healthcare Center, Fort Collins, Colorado. Ruth was born on January 11, 1928 to George and Mary Richardson in Peoria, Illinois. She grew up in Decatur, Illinois where she graduated from Decatur High School in 1946 and...
Joan Shetler
Sep 2, 2015
Joan Shetler, 65, of Goshen, died early Wednesday morning, September 2, 2015 at IU Health Goshen Hospital following a 17 year battle with cancer. She was born January 9, 1950 in Lookout Mountain, Georgia, the youngest of ten children, to Wiley T. and Mattie Elvira (Williams) Blevins. On June 11, 1983 she married Ellis D. Shetler in Goshen. He...
Sharon S. Bontrager
Sep 1, 2015
Sharon S. Bontrager, 71, of Goshen, died Tuesday morning, September 1, 2015 at her home following a cancer diagnosis in 2013. She was born May 28, 1944 in Goshen to Ervin and Lovina (Kropf) Nisley. On July 29, 1966 she married Merv Bontrager at North Goshen Mennonite Church, Goshen. He survives along with daughters Monica (Mike) Sperl of Waupaca,...
