Esther K. Hess
Jul 29, 2014
Esther K. Hess, 95, of Goshen, died Tuesday afternoon, July 29, 2014, at I.U. Health Goshen Hospital. She was born February 10, 1919, in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada to Titus L. and Priscilla (Shantz) Kolb. On March 1, 1943 she married Charles V. Hess in Goshen. He died December 26, 1999. She is survived by three children, Janice (Jerry) Warstler...
John J. Fisher
Jul 28, 2014
John J. Fisher died suddenly Monday morning July 28, 2014, at his home at Waterford Crossing. He was 88 years old. He was born June 28, 1926 in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, to John J. Fisher (Sr.) and Alma Warye Fisher. His father was a faculty member at Bloomsburg State Teachers College (now Bloomsburg University), following an early teaching career at...
Carolyn Marie Zehr
Jul 27, 2014
Carolyn Marie Zehr, 83, of Goshen, was born May 17, 1931, in Bloomington, Illinois, the older of two daughters to the late Raymond and Fannie (Nafziger) Sommer. She died Sunday afternoon, July 27, 2014, at her home. Carolyn graduated from Bellflower High School in 1949. She completed her registered nurses training August 1952 at the Mennonite Hospital, Bloomington, Illinois....
John L. Weaver
Jul 27, 2014
John L Weaver, 83, of Goshen went "Home" to be with his Lord and Savior Sunday morning, July 27, 2014 at his residence from failing health after having four strokes five years ago. He was born Dec. 24, 1930, the youngest of six children to John S. Weaver and Minnie (Kohli) Weaver, in Elkhart, County. He married his wife,...
Kazimir Slepchenko
Jul 27, 2014
Kazimir Slepchenko, 88, of Goshen, died at his home Sunday morning, July 27, 2014. He was born February 7, 1926 in Belarus to Prokofiy and Maria Slepchenko. He married Yekaterina Ermak in 1954. She survives along with two daughters, Inna Lykyanenko of Belarus and Lybou (Yuriy) Dzhus of Inman, South Carolina; a son, Grigoriyu (Inna) Slepchenko of Goshen; five...
Maurice J. Bontrager
Jul 26, 2014
Maurice J. Bontrager 87, of Goshen, died Saturday afternoon, July 26, 2014, at Greencroft Healthcare after an extended illness. He was born Nov. 12, 1926 in Shipshewana to Amos T. and K. Grace (Miller) Bontrager. On June 16, 1951 he married Frances B. Ethell in Goshen. She survives along with four children, Timothy John Bontrager, Elkhart, Cinda Jo (Dan)...
Mildred "Millie" J. Anderson
Jul 26, 2014
Mildred "Millie" J. Anderson, 84, of Warsaw and formerly of Goshen, died at her home Saturday afternoon, July 26, 2014. She had been in failing health for several months. She was born November 25, 1929 in North Judson to Joseph and Anna (Hulka) Svatos. On February 15, 1948 she married James Webb Anderson in Brookfield, Illinois. He died May...
Esther I. Cripe
Jul 23, 2014
Esther I. Cripe, 99, of St. Road 15 south, Goshen, passed away peacefully in her sleep early Wednesday morning, July 23, 2014, at Miller's Merry Manor, Wakarusa. She was born Oct. 19, 1914 in Rockford, Illinois to Edgar and Hattie (Conklin) Hunt. On October 25, 1941 she married Noble "Toby" Cripe. He died January 29, 1976. She is survived...
Charles H. Hardesty
Jul 22, 2014
Charles H. Hardesty, 79, of Goshen, died at his home Tuesday morning, July 22, 2014. He had been ill the past year. He was born in Goshen on December 1, 1934 to Jesse L. and Helen (Cripe) Hardesty. On Dec. 25, 1952 he married Shirley Stauffer in Goshen. She survives along with a daughter, Peggy (William) Horton of Centerville,...
Anna Barbara (Cross) Yoder
Jul 19, 2014
Anna Barbara (Cross) Yoder, 82, died Saturday afternoon, July 19, 2014, at Courtyard Healthcare where she had been since April. She was born June 25, 1932 in Middlebury to Enos and Mattie (Yoder) Cross. On Nov. 23, 1950 she married Irvin C. Yoder in Middlebury. He survives along with seven children, Rosa Marie Yoder, St. Clair Shores, Mich., Warren...
Wayne C. Linville
Jul 18, 2014
Wayne Linville, 65, of Nappanee, died Friday afternoon, July 18, 2014, at IU Health Goshen Hospital after battling lung cancer for three months. He was born July 26, 1948 in Twist, Arkansas, to Mary (Looney) Myers and CL Linville. He is survived by his wife, Carol; five step-children, Jennifer, Lori, Karlena, Jeff and Tracy; four step-grandchildren; five sisters, Pat...
John Stoltzfus
Jul 17, 2014
John Stoltzfus, 73, of Goshen and formerly of Iowa City, Iowa, died Thursday morning, July 17, 2014, at Courtyard Healthcare. John Stoltzfus Jr. was born January 8, 1941 in Wellman, Iowa to John and Laura (Beckler) Stoltzfus. Known as "Junior" to friends and family, John was the youngest of seven children. He had three brothers; Sterling, Einer, and Richard,...
Jeanine M. Mcdaniel
Jul 17, 2014
Jeanine M. McDaniel, 61, of Osceola, died Thursday afternoon, July 17, 2014, at Elkhart Hospice House. She was born February 16, 1953 in Noble County to Everett and Nyra Lucille (Reynolds) McDaniel. Surviving are two sisters, Patty (William) Wray, of Paducah, Ky., and Beverly (Larry) Whitt, of Wickliffe, Ky.; two brothers, Charles (Annie) McDaniel, of Kevil, Ky., and Thomas...
Rickey Dean Delagrange
Jul 16, 2014
Rickey Dean Delagrange, 60, of Goshen, died late Wednesday morning, July 16, 2014, at Signature Healthcare, South Bend, after suffering a stroke in 2009 and a kidney transplant in 2000. He was born January 4, 1954 in Goshen to Raymond and Elma (Miller) Delagrange. They survive along with two sons, Ryan and Nick Delagrange, both of Goshen; and three...
Troy E. Garber
Jul 15, 2014
Troy E. Garber, 53, of Goshen, died unexpectedly Tuesday, July 15, 2014, at home. He was born in Goshen on August 2, 1960 to Eldon and Carol (Balyeat) Garber. On February 8, 1985, he married Jennifer Holdeman in Goshen. She survives along with a daughter, Racheal (Adam) Wortinger of Elkhart; his father, Eldon Garber of Elkhart; five grandchildren, Eli...
Phyllis L. Whitney
Jul 13, 2014
Phyllis Whitney, 88, of Goshen and formerly of Dixon, Illinois, died Sunday, July 13, 2014, at The Maples at Waterford Crossing. She was born November 4, 1925 in Coleta, Illinois, to Ralph and Stella (Bush) Pyse. On February 2, 1946 she married Roy Whitney in Oregon, Illinois. He died in 1984. She is survived by two daughters, Diane (Jim)...
Donald N. Schrock
Jul 13, 2014
Donald N. Schrock, 84, of Goshen, died Sunday, July 13, 2014 at Heritage Point, Mishawaka following a four year struggle with Alzheimer's Disease. He was born Nov. 22, 1929 in Clinton Township, to George and Pearl (Hartsough) Schrock. He was blessed to have married two wonderful wives, Shirley Darr on Oct. 8, 1949 and Sherry Horvath on Sept. 12,...
Luis Andres Francisco
Jul 10, 2014
Luis Andres Francisco, 47, passed away Thursday, July 10 in Goshen, Indiana. He was born on March 15, 1967 in San Miguel Acatan, a small village in the Western Highlands of Guatemala. As a young teen, Luis left his home with other members of his village to escape civil war, and after several years he made his way to...
Irvin Allen Nussbaum
Jul 10, 2014
Irvin A. Nussbaum, 89, of Goshen, died Thursday, July 10, 2014, at I.U Health Goshen Hospital. He was born April 11, 1925 in Kidron, Ohio, to Amos A. and Lydia (Falb) Nussbaum. The seventh of nine children, he grew up in the Swiss community of Sonnonburg/Kidron. He attended Kidron Grade School and later Hesston College in Kansas. He also...
Vivian Frey
Jul 9, 2014
Vivian Frey, 84, of Goshen, died Wednesday morning, July 9, 2014, at IU Health Goshen Hospital where she had been the past week. She was born August 14, 1929 in Goshen to Emmert Cecil and Merian (Stuart) Roose. On December 23, 1951 she married William "Owen" Frey at the West Goshen Church of the Brethren. He died April 6,...
