Marcella Wiebe
Mar 18, 2015
Marcella "Marcie" Wiebe, 89, of Goshen died Wednesday afternoon, March 18, 2015 at her home. She was born May 18, 1925 in Mountain Lake, Minnesota, to Peter P. and Mary (Linscheid) Franz. On August 16, 1945 she married Abram M. Wiebe in Mountain Lake, Minnesota. He died July 26, 2000. Survivors include three daughters, Carol Hoke, of Goshen, Dr....
James William Quast, Jr.
Mar 13, 2015
James William Quast Jr., 70, of Goshen, passed away Friday night, March 13, 2015, at Elkhart General Hospital. He was born October 5, 1944 in Keshena, Wisconsin to James William Quast, Sr. and Margaret (Menore) Roman. On April 12, 1968 he married Brenda Smith. She survives along with three sons, Michael Potier and Alex Quast, both of Elkhart and...
Jerry F. Vannoster
Mar 12, 2015
Jerry F. Vannoster, 72, of New Paris, died at his home Thursday morning, March 12, 2015. He was born September 24, 1942 in Goshen to James H. and Beatrice (Stoner) Vannoster. On June 5, 1970 he married Marcella Walley. She preceded him in death September 7, 1987. He later married Juanita Sharkey December 10, 2004. She survives along with...
Warren Perry Vance
Mar 12, 2015
Warren Perry Vance, 64, of Goshen, died at his home Thursday, March 12, 2015 after a courageous battle with glio blastoma brain cancer that was diagnosed in May 2013. He was born July 21, 1950 in South Bend to William Paul and Helen Isabelle (Conrad) Vance, who preceded him in death. On June 22, 1974 he married Diana Sager....
Mary E. Woods
Mar 11, 2015
Mary E. Woods, 66, of Goshen, died at her home Wednesday, March 11, 2015. She was born January 25, 1949 in Kosciusko County to Callie and Edith (Holbrook) Prater. On December 20, 1970 she married David Woods Sr. in Milford. He died July 20, 2008. Survivors include two daughters, Tonya (Tony) Griffin, of Goshen and Kelly (Stan) Hutchison, of...
David Joseph Knisel
Mar 7, 2015
David J. Knisel, 75, of Mooresville, North Carolina, and formerly of Goshen, died Saturday evening, March 7, 2015 after a three year illness. He was born June 25, 1939 in Lucas, Ohio to Dale and Marie (Schwartz) Knisel. On June 6, 1960 he married Nancy Tucker. She died April 11, 1965. He later married Barbara Latimer in August 1988....
Alvin J. Miller
Mar 7, 2015
Alvin J. Miller, 85, of Goshen, passed away Saturday afternoon, March 7, 2015, with his family by his side at IU Health Goshen Hospital, following an extended illness. He was born December 23, 1929 in LaGrange to Oba A. and Fannie (Miller) Miller. On April 4, 1951 he married Fannie Mae Miller in Goshen. He later married Barbara (Blough)...
Fern Ellen Bunger
Mar 5, 2015
Fern Ellen Bunger, 82, of Goshen, died late Thursday night, March 5, 2016, at Greencroft Healthcare where she had been since 2014. She was born in Wakarusa on July 3, 1932 to Benjamin and Katherine (Behney) Null. On July 4, 1950 she married Donald R. Bunger in Union, Michigan. He died Feb. 24, 1999. Survivors include three children, Gloria...
Bernice I. Elliott Lard Fernandez
Mar 4, 2015
Bernice I. Fernandez, 80, of Elkhart passed away Wednesday, March 4, 2015, at Michiana Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center in Mishawaka. She was born January 23, 1935 in Tuscumbia, Alabama to Ralph and Ora Mae (Keenum) Elliot. Survivors include seven children, Kathy, Jim (Robbie), Steve (Cathy), Randy, Stacy, Trina & David Lard; six grandchildren; and four great grandchildren. She was...
Dale Eshleman Hess
Mar 1, 2015
Dale E. Hess, 60, of Goshen, died Sunday, March 1, 2015, at his home. He was born to Mahlon M. and Mabel (Eshleman) Hess, June 12, 1954 in Shirati, Tanzania. On July 14, 1984, he married Ursula Maria Hilbert of Bielefeld, Germany. She survives along with their three children, Markus (Amber Bennett) of Shawnee, Kansas, Hans (Melina Hunsberger) of...
Edward Miles Bradford
Mar 1, 2015
Edward Miles Bradford, 79, of Goshen, died early Sunday morning, March 1, 2015, after a two year battle with cancer. He was born October 4, 1935 in Goshen to William and Helen (Scott) Bradford. On May 13, 1956, he married Janet Kay Roth at the home of her parents in Goshen. She survives. Also surviving are three children, William...
Sally Brockmeyer
Mar 1, 2015
Sally Brockmeyer, of Goshen, passed away at her home Sunday morning, March 1, 2015. She was born July 24, 1924 in Pierceton to Glenn and Delphia (Coburn) Shaffer. A secretary for L.S. Ayres for more than 36 years, Sally attended the New Paris Church of the Nazarene. She is survived by many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in...
Pamela Dunlap
Feb 28, 2015
Pamela Rose Dunlap, 67, of Goshen, died Saturday, February 28, 2015, at Courtyard Healthcare. She had been ill the past nine years. She was born August 4, 1947 in New Castle to Kenneth and Juanita (Butler) Archer. On December 31, 2003 she married Richard Dunlap in Elkhart. He survives along with four children, Kelli A.M. (Allen) Konrath of Elkhart,...
Nadeysha Rivera Vicente
Feb 28, 2015
Nadeysha Rivera Vicente, 11, of Goshen died Saturday, February 28, 2015 at South Bend Memorial Hospital. She was born November 8, 2003 in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico to Adalberto Rivera and Maria H. Vicente Rivera. Nadeysha is survived by her mother and step-father, Maria H. Vicente and Carlos Rivera of Goshen; her father, Adalberto Rivera of Puerto Rico; three...
Grace Steele
Feb 27, 2015
Grace Steele, 84, of Goshen, passed away Friday, February 27, 2015 at IU Health Goshen Hospital. She was born in Benton on June 28, 1930 to Charles W. and Edith (Miller) Clark. On January 9, 1949 she married Hollis Steele. He survives along with a daughter, Kim (Clarence) VanFleeren of Bristol; a son, Doug (Coleen) Steele of Wakarusa; five...
Dale E. Smeltzer
Feb 26, 2015
Dale E. Smeltzer, 84, of Phoenix, Arizona, formerly of Goshen and Wakarusa, died Thursday, February 26, 2015 at Banner Estrella Medical Center, Phoenix, after a short illness. He was born August 25, 1930 in Wakarusa to Clarence and Mary (Yoder) Smeltzer. He graduated from Wakarusa High School in 1948. On August 27, 1950 he married Grace Ummel and they...
Wanda Elaine Yoder
Feb 25, 2015
Wanda E. Yoder, 57, of Goshen, passed away early Wednesday morning, February 25,2015 at Courtyard Healthcare. She was born November 24, 1957 in Peoria, Illinois. She is survived by her father and step-mother, M. Marion and Wanda M. Yoder of Goshen; a sister, Myrna (Nathan) Yoder of Nappanee and brothers, Alan Yoder of Mt. Pleasant Mills, Pennyslvania and Myron...
Charlotte Louise Robinson
Feb 25, 2015
Charlotte Louise Robinson, 88, of Colon, Michigan, passed away Wed. Feb. 25, 2015 at home. She was born Sept. 28, 1926 in Vivian, West Virginia. She was the fourth child of nine born to William and Nancy (Green) Burks. She was married for 44 years to Samuel D. Robinson. Survivors include a daughter, Linda (James) Gibbs, of Cassopolis, Mich.;...
Mary Elizabeth Garson
Feb 23, 2015
Mary E. Garson, 60, of Goshen, died Monday afternoon, February 23, 2015, at IU Health Goshen Hospital. She was born August 1, 1954 in San Francisco, California to Donald Joseph and Pauline R. (Eash) Garson. On February 10, 1972 she married Gordon Wiles in Reno, Nevada. He died December 10, 1986. Friends may call on Thursday, February 27, 2015,...
Ellsworth "Elsie" Carlyle Bickel
Feb 22, 2015
Ellsworth "Elsie" Carlyle Bickel, 90, of Goshen and formerly of Millersburg, passed away peacefully on Sunday, February 22, 2015, at IU Health Goshen Hospital. He had been in failing health the past few weeks. He currently resided at Courtyard Healthcare, Goshen and previously lived at Greencroft and for 60 years at his home in Millersburg. "Elsie" was born July...
