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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...
Genevieve Fern Lehman Buckwalter
Feb 22, 2015
Genevieve Fern (Lehman) Buckwalter, 91, of Goshen, died Sunday, February 22, 2015. She was born December 25, 1923, to Joseph and Stella (Sharp) Lehman in Kenmare, North Dakota. After her father's death in 1928, the family moved to Fairview, Michigan. Genny was a graduate of Fairview High School and La Junta School of Nursing, La Junta, Colorado. She also...
Franklin R. Gay
Feb 21, 2015
Franklin R. Gay, 96, of Centreville, Michigan, died Saturday morning, February 21, 2015 at his home. He was born March 17, 1918 in Cromwell to Arthur and Bessie Gay. On September 9, 1939 he married Vera June Landgraff. She preceded him in death on August 3, 1963. Survivors include a son, David (Denise) Gay of Middlebury; a daughter, Jean...
Mary Catherine Elizabeth Heagney
Feb 20, 2015
Mary Catherine Elizabeth Heagney, of Birmingham, England and originally of Goshen, died Friday, February 20, 2015, at Birmingham. She was born in Goshen on November 27, 1945 to Daniel Joseph Heagney and Phylis Marie (Shanahan) Heagney. She married her loving husband David F. Bromage on July 19, 1991 and they moved to Ross-on-Wye, England, UK. She will be profoundly...
Dylan Morrison
Feb 19, 2015
Dylan M. Morrison, 13, of Goshen died Thursday, February 19, 2015 at Peyton Manning Children's Hospital at St.Vincent, Indianapolis. He was born August 4, 2001 in Goshen to Matthew and Rachel (Spencer) Morrison. They survive along with three brothers, Alexander, Chason and Blake Morrison, all at home; a grandmother, Sue McDonald; grandparents, Galen and Joyce Witmer, and Brian and...
Gary Lynn Beard
Feb 19, 2015
Gary Lynn Beard, 51, of Goshen, passed away Thursday afternoon, February 19, 2015 at Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis, due to complications from stomach cancer. He was born December 8, 1963 in Goshen to Harry and Shirley (Starkey) Beard. He is survived by his loving wife of 30 years, Kathleen (Albaugh) Beard; four children, Jeremy, Andrew, Amber and Nicholas (Katlynne) Beard;...
Donald Klippenstein
Feb 18, 2015
Donald L. Klippenstein, 90, of Goshen died Wednesday evening, Feb. 18, 2015 at IU Health Goshen Hospital. He was born January 10, 1925 in Henderson, Nebraska, to George and Anna (Dick) Klippenstein. On December 3, 1954 he married Elizabeth Sawatzky Teichroeb in North Newton, Kansas. She survives along with a daughter, Shari Klippenstein of Goshen; two sons, Dr. Donald...
M. Jay Hochstetler
Feb 18, 2015
M. Jay Hochstetler, 84, of Goshen passed away Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at I.U. Health Goshen Hospital. He was born September 10, 1930 in Nappanee to John and Sarah (Borkholder) Hochstetler. On April 3, 1954 he married Helen E. Byer in Markham, Ontario. She survives along with a daughter, Shirley Hochstetler of Cardiff, Wales; three sons, Robert (Beth) of...
Robert C. Brimer
Feb 17, 2015
Robert C. Brimer, 89, of Goshen passed away Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at IU Health Goshen Hospital. He was born November 12, 1925 in Johnson City, Tennessee to Walter C. and Nellie (Wright) Brimer. On December 29, 1947 he married Gloria B. Leonard in Bristol, Tennessee. She survives along with two daughters, Reese (Bill) Hart of Jacksonville, Florida, and...
Olin D. Miller
Feb 17, 2015
Olin D. Miller, 79, of Goshen died early Tuesday morning, February 17, 2015 at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Mishawaka. He was born in Middlebury on July 6, 1935 to Dan R. and Katie J. (Schrock) Miller. He and Anita Byram were united in marriage by Pastor Dick Hamlin on February 1, 1975 at Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran...
Gerrit John Wierda, Jr.
Feb 14, 2015
Gerrit John Wierda, Jr., 90, of Goshen and formerly of Saginaw, Michigan, passed away Saturday afternoon, February 14, 2015 at The Maples at Waterford Crossing. He was born August 17, 1924 in Grand Rapids, Michigan to Gerrit John and Tena (Jaarsma) Wierda, Sr. On October 23, 1948 he married Virginia Case. She died October 23, 2009. Survivors include a...
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