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Joan Zook
Oct 12, 2014
Joan Zook, 80, of Goshen, passed away early Sunday morning, Oct. 12, 2014, at her home. She was born May 8, 1934 in West Liberty, Ohio to Paul P. and Mabel L. (King) King. On May 30, 1958 she married Mervin D. Zook in West Liberty. He survives along with three daughters, Cynthia J. Zook of Mishawaka, Susan D....
Anna L. Bowman
Oct 12, 2014
Anna L. Bowman, 87, of Goshen, died early Sunday morning, Oct. 12, 2014, at Greencroft Healthcare where she had been since March 2012. She was born October 31, 1926 in Goshen to Elmer and Viola (Berkey) Bowman. She is survived by cousins, nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents and a sister, Doris Yoder. A...
Dorcas A. Steider
Oct 11, 2014
Dorcas A. Steider, 72, of Goshen, passed away Saturday, October 11, 2014 at IU Health Goshen Hospital of pneumonia. She was born Jan. 6, 1942 in Goshen to Lester and Mary (Holaway) Miller. On Aug. 9, 1986 she married Donald L. Steider in Elkhart. He died June 27, 2014. Survivors include two daughters, Dawn (Bryan Collmer) Summerton of Lincolnton,...
Fred L. Housour
Oct 10, 2014
Fred L. Housour, 90, of Goshen, died early Friday morning, October 10, 2014, at Hubbard Hill Estates. He was born Jan. 8, 1924 in Elkhart to Floyd and Anna (Johnson) Housour. On May 29, 1948 he married Faye Louise Dillman. She died April 3, 1973. In 1975 he married Georgia Jenkins. She died In August 2008. He is survived...
Rose N. Zellers
Oct 10, 2014
Rose N. Zellers, 81, of Mishawaka and formerly of Goshen, died Friday afternoon, October 10, 2014, at South Bend Hospice House. She was born Sept. 2, 1933 in Ary, Kentucky to Irvin and Elizabeth(Blair) Campbell. On June 21, 1952 she married Richard L. Zellers in Walkerton. He died Oct. 4, 1995. Survivors include a son, Rick (Stacey) Zellers of...
Herbert R. Culver
Oct 9, 2014
Herbert R. Culver, 89, of Cassopolis, Michigan, died Thursday morning, October 9, 2014, at Kindred Hospital, Mishawaka. He was born June 30, 1925 in Westhampton, New York to Herbert and Katharine (Hallock) Culver, Sr. He married Marilyn Cassin Sept. 12, 1948. She died Nov. 26, 2008. He later married Tonya Siddikova in Dec. 2013. She survives along with four...
Sally R. Miller
Oct 8, 2014
Sally R. Miller, 81, of Goshen, passed away Wednesday afternoon, October 8, 2014 at The Maples at Waterford Crossing after recently being diagnosed with a brain tumor. She was born March 2, 1933 in Niles, Michigan, to Claude and Lulu (Umbaugh) Gall. On April 20, 1954 she married Kenneth L. Miller in Nappanee. He preceded her in death on...
Lewis Dean Kiser
Oct 7, 2014
Lewis Dean Kiser, 66, of Goshen, died at his home Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014. He was born July 21, 1948 in Warsaw to Lewis Bud and Doris (Smith) Kiser. On May 1, 1971 he married Pamela Wert in North Webster. She survives along with a son, Eric D. (Samantha) Kiser of Milford; a daughter, Mindy L. (Jamie L.) Neal...
Judith A. Meier
Oct 3, 2014
Judith A. (Kouts) Meier, an educator, office manager, patron of the arts and devoted parent, died Oct. 3 at age 75. She had been hospitalized that day for cardiac arrest when she passed away peacefully, surrounded by family and members of the exceptional staff of Franklin Square Hospital in Baltimore. Judy was born May 25, 1939, in South Bend...
Heather Beachey Hayes
Oct 2, 2014
Heather Beachey Hayes, 40, of Goshen, died early Thursday morning, October 2, 2014, at Miller's Merry Manor, Wakarusa after being diagnosed with cancer June 19. She was born Aug. 30, 1974 in San Salvador, El Salvador. On May 6, 2000, she married Richard Hayes in Goshen. He survives along with two sons, Zachery and Kyle at home; her parents...
Weyburn Woodrow Groff
Oct 2, 2014
Weyburn W. Groff, of Goshen, husband of Thelma Miller Groff, died peacefully at The Maples Nursing Care Facility in Goshen, early in the morning of Oct. 2, 2014 in the company of family. Weyburn, age 92, had been residing at Waterford Crossing since the passing of Thelma in 2010. He is survived by three daughters, Raechel White, Sarasota, Fla.,...
Guadalupe Altamirano
Oct 1, 2014
Guadalupe Altamirano was stillborn Wednesday evening, Oct. 1, 2014 at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center. She is survived by her parents Candido and Nubia (Arriola) Altamirando, and grandparents, Petronila Corrales, Rodolfo Arriola, Matilde Gonzalez and Juan Altamirano. Family and friends may meet at Yoder-Culp Funeral Home at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, October 4, 2014 to drive in procession to Violett...
Marilyn R. Bitting
Sep 30, 2014
Marilyn R. Bitting, 83, of Goshen, went to be with the Lord Tuesday morning, September 30, 2014 at Courtyard Healthcare, where she had been a resident the past two years. She was born January 12, 1931 in Tippecanoe to Wren and Evelyn (Doutt) Crane. On January 1, 1950 she married Paul E. Bitting in Winona Lake. He survives along...
Bernice May Berger
Sep 27, 2014
Bernice M. Berger, 96, of Goshen, died at her home Saturday morning, Sept. 27, 2014, after a brief illness. She was born in Goshen July 21, 1918 to Charles and Josie (Blake) Conrad. On June 28, 1941 she married George C. Berger in Franklin. He died July 29, 1975. She is survived by a daughter, Vicki L. (Charles) Tredway;...
Carrie E. Haggerty
Sep 26, 2014
Carrie E. Haggerty, 85, of Goshen, died early Friday morning, Sept. 26, 2014, at IU Health Goshen Hospital after a brief illness. She was born Feb. 15, 1929 in Nappanee to Clifford and Ethel (Webster) Peters. On Dec. 16, 1967 she married Victor Haggerty. He died July 7, 1987. Survivors include two daughters, Connie (Rick) Meister of Knoxville, Tenn....
Richmond E. Gresso
Sep 26, 2014
Richmond E. Gresso, 69, of Union, MIchigan, died Friday evening, Sept. 26, 2014, at I.U. Health Goshen Hospital after a brief illness. He was born June 22, 1945 in Goshen to Melvin E. and Verna J. (Stauffer) Gresso. On Oct. 1, 1966 he married Leatha D. Searfoss in Goshen. She died Sept. 16, 2008. Survivors include two children, Carrie...
Rev. Paul L. Goering
Sep 26, 2014
Paul Louis Goering, 92, of Goshen, died on September 26, 2014, at Greencroft Healthcare, Goshen. He was born May 15, 1922 in Moundridge, Kan., to Christian H. and Selma (Bachman) Goering. He was baptized on confession of faith at First Mennonite Church of Christian, Moundridge. He married Wilda Metzger September 13, 1952 at Marquand Chapel, Yale Divinity School, New...
Ronald G. Sherck
Sep 24, 2014
Ronald G. Sherck, 79, of Bristol, died at his home early Wednesday morning, Sept. 24, 2014. He was born in rural Middlebury August 26, 1935 to Noble and Imogene (Prough) Sherck. On June 20, 1959, he married Beverly King in Indianapolis. She died Aug. 20, 2003. Survivors include four children, Ronald (Julia) Sherck II, of Union City, James (Donna)...
Leatrice Seymour
Sep 23, 2014
Leatrice Jean Seymour, 86, of Cassopolis, Michigan, died at her home early Tuesday morning, Sept. 23, 2014. She was born in Warsaw on Sept. 22, 1928 to Wilbur Fred and Pauline Iva (Oswalt) Neer. She is survived by five siblings, Kathryn Taylor of Ocala, Fla., Frederick (Mildred) Neer of Lake Placid, Fla., Don (Joan) Neer of New Paris, Shirley...
Virginia "Ginny" Nichols
Sep 20, 2014
Virginia A. "Ginny" Nichols, 57, of Goshen went home to be with the Lord unexpectedly Saturday, September 20, 2014, at I.U. Health Goshen Hospital, following surgery on Thursday, September 18, 2014. She was born January 16, 1957 in Goshen to Ralph Lowell Fisher and Beverly (Rowdabaugh) Fisher Yoder. On November 28, 1987 she married Dorn Nichols at Rock Run...
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