Gertrude "Trudy" A. Long
Apr 23, 2015
Gertrude "Trudy" A. Long, 83, of Shipshewana, passed away Thursday evening, April 23, 2015, at I.U. Health Goshen Hospital after a brief illness. She was born July 10, 1931 in Kalamazoo, Michigan to Louis and Sena (Balgoyen) VanDyke. On Oct. 3, 1953 she married Robert Long in Grand Haven, Michigan. He survives along with two daughters, Linda (David) Clark...
Connie Sue Slauf
Apr 21, 2015
Connie S. Slauf, 50, of Elkhart, died Tuesday, April 21, 2015, at Elkhart General Hospital. She was born January 24, 1965 in New York City to William H. Green and Sue (Simpson) Evans. On Nov. 4, 2013 she married Steve Slauf. He survives along with two step-sons, Josh (Shirley) Buelna of Elkhart and Michael (April) Szymanowski of Bristol; four...
Richard "Dick" D. Sleppy
Apr 18, 2015
Richard D. Sleppy, 83, passed away Saturday morning, April 18, 2015 at I.U. Health Goshen Hospital. He was born in Goshen on May 16, 1931 to Leland and Mary (Stutzman) Sleppy. On May 26, 1957 he married Jane E. Myers in Goshen. She died Dec. 30, 2013. Survivors include a daughter, Jill (Larry) Martin of Goshen; three sons, Dale...
Bettie J. Igney
Apr 14, 2015
Bettie J. Igney, 88, of Elkhart and formerly of New Paris, passed away Tuesday morning, April 14, 2015 at East Lake Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Elkhart. She was born September 27, 1926 in Bluffton to Samuel and Aldine (Kipfer) Reimschisel. On September 7, 1946 she married Thurl D. Igney, Sr., in LaPorte. He died June 18, 2014. Survivors include...
Laveta M. Randall
Apr 14, 2015
Laveta M. Randall, 71, of Goshen, died Tuesday morning, April 14, 2015 at Courtyard Healthcare. She was born February 14, 1944 in Elkhart to John L. and Catherine E. (Fisher) Hartzler. Survivors include a son, Matt Randall of Elkhart; a granddaughter, Lindsey Randall; two sisters, Juanita Hartzler of Las Vegas, and Vivian D. Hunt of Kansas City, Missouri; and...
George Juday
Apr 14, 2015
George R. Juday, 90, of Goshen, passed away Tuesday, April 14, at Courtyard Healthcare where he had been the last three weeks. George was born August 18, 1924, in Goshen to Albert and Cecil Irene Juday. On April 3, 1943 he married Opal Greenawalt. George and Opal enjoyed 72 special years together. She survives along with four children, Floyd...
Viola M. York
Apr 13, 2015
Viola M. York, 77, of Goshen, died Monday, April 13, 2015 at Memorial Hospital, South Bend. She was born June 5, 1937 in Elkhart County to Jess and Mary (Chupp) Chupp. She is survived by two sisters, Irene Miller of Archbold, Ohio and Dorothy Nisley of LaGrange; a brother, Lester Chupp of Goshen; and a step-sister, Millie (Levi) Schmucker...
A. Gordon Dewilde
Apr 12, 2015
Albert "Gordon" DeWilde, 89, of Goshen and formerly of Middlebury, died Sunday, April 12, 2015 at Greencroft Healthcare. He was born February 16, 1926 in Waterloo, Iowa to Albert and Freda (Hall) DeWilde. He moved with his family to Goshen in 1940. He graduated from Goshen High School in 1945 where he played football and ran track, holding the...
Larry H. Fisher
Apr 11, 2015
Larry H. Fisher, 73, of Goshen, passed away early Saturday morning, April 11, 2015, at IU Health Goshen Hospital after a six year battle with cancer. He was born November 18, 1941 in Charleston, West Virginia to Arthur and Ethel (Duty) Fisher. On June 19, 1964 he married JoAn Leslie Roe in Elkhart. She died May 12, 2013. Survivors...
Helen E. Prahl
Apr 11, 2015
Helen E. Prahl, 101, of Goshen, passed away early Saturday morning, April 11, 2015 at Courtyard Healthcare where she had been since March 13. She was born February 3, 1914 in Goshen to Charles Henry and Emma Mae (Hoffman) Everett. On November 16, 1962 she married Robert James Prahl. He died December 14, 1965. Survivors include nieces, Jan Foster,...
Barbara L. Archer
Apr 8, 2015
Barbara L. Archer, 84, of Goshen, died Wednesday evening, April 8, 2015 at her home. She was born September 4, 1930 in Bartholomew County to Harry and Iva (Sylvester) Smith. On January 21, 1961 she married Richard R. Archer in Elkhart. He survives along with two daughters, Kathy Thomas, of Elkhart, and Susan C. (Jerry) McBride, of New Paris;...
Grace Gonzales-Aguilar
Apr 8, 2015
Grace Gonzales-Aguilar, 56, of Elkhart, died Wednesday morning, April 8, 2015 at her home. She was born August 11, 1958 in San Antonio, Texas. On January 11, 1996 she married Guillermo Aguilar. He survives along with her father, Guadalupe (Hilda) Gonzales, of Indianapolis; her mother, Lydia (Rudy) Rodriquez Deleon, of Goshen; three children, Valedeo (Tasha) and Alejandro Gonzales, both...
Jerry Linn Jensen
Apr 7, 2015
Jerry L. Jensen, 59, of New Paris, died at his home Tuesday, April 7, 2015. He was born in Goshen on October 30, 1955 to Lars and Ruby (Nettleton) Jensen. He is survived by a daughter, Katina (Matthew Brady) Rogers of Goshen; a son, Abraham Jensen of Mishawaka; four grandchildren and three sisters, Yvonne (Jene) Ford and Jean (Bill)...
Alvin L. Bontrager
Apr 6, 2015
Alvin Bontrager, 89, of Goshen, died Monday, April 6, 2015 at 5:35 p.m. at his residence. He was born August 28, 1925 in Mylo, North Dakota to Levi D. and Lizzie (Graber) Bontrager. On December 23, 1950, he married Mary Louise Yoder in Topeka, Indiana. She survives along with five daughters, Debra (Robert) Kauffman, Rebecca (Kenneth) Horst, Patricia (Dale)...
Elmina E. Christner
Apr 5, 2015
Elmina E. Christner, 92, of Goshen died Sunday afternoon at The Maples at Waterford Crossing. She was born November 24, 1922 in Ontario, Canada to Aaron and Delila (Ruby) Bender. On May 15, 1948 she married Louis Christner in East Zorah Township, Ontario. He died in October 1989. Surviving are three sons, John (Dorothy) Christner, of Goshen, James Christner,...
Robert W. Lafary
Apr 5, 2015
Robert W. LaFary, 88, of Goshen, died at his home Sunday morning, April 5, 2015. He was born November 28, 1926 in Des Moines, Iowa, to Lloyd and Mary (Havens) LaFary. On September 20, 1947 he married Laura Hankins at St. Mark's United Methodist Church, Goshen. She died July 26, 2009. Survivors include a daughter, Roberta (Quentin) Williams, of...
Daniel P. Eckelbarger
Apr 4, 2015
Daniel P. Eckelbarger, 76, of Goshen, passed away on Saturday, April 4, 2015. Dan was born January 20, 1939 to Daniel B. and Phyllis (Howard) Eckelbarger. On October 29, 1965 he was united in marriage to Nancy VanDerMaas. She survives along with a son and daughter, Blake (Amanda) Eckelbarger and Michelle Eckelbarger, both of Goshen, and a brother, Dr....
John B. Shirk
Apr 3, 2015
John M. Shirk, 65, of Goshen, died at home Friday morning, April 3, 2015. He was born April 4, 1949 in Goshen to Ben M. and Grace (Martin) Shirk. John is survived by nine siblings, Bertha Zimmerman, of Decker, Michigan, Anna Mary (Roy) Zimmerman, of Goshen, Ben W. (Rose) Shirk, of Goshen, Paul (Vada) Shirk, of Macon, Mississippi, Reba...
Fyrne Lantz
Apr 2, 2015
Fyrne Lantz, 75 of Middlebury, died Thursday, April 2, 2015 at Greencroft Healthcare. She was born Aug. 19, 1939 in Columbiana, Ohio to Clifford Aden and Maxine Mae (Sommers) Martin. On Jan. 20, 1962 she married Ray Lantz in Wadsworth, Ohio. He survives along with a son, David. Visitation will be from 12 to 2 p.m. Friday at Clinton...
Henry L. Kilmer
Mar 31, 2015
Henry L. Kilmer, 98, of Syracuse, died at his home early Tuesday morning, March 31, 2015. He was born August 9, 1916 in Elkhart to Rufus and Fanny (Ernest) Kilmer. On December 24, 1938 he married Dorothea M. Mullen in Elkhart. She died May 3, 2003. Surviving is a daughter, Zelma M. Folger, of Syracuse; daughter-in-law, Sally Kilmer, of...
