Janice B. Lawson
Apr 2, 2014
Janice B. Lawson, 66, of Goshen died Wednesday evening, April 2, 2014 at Elkhart General Hospital, where she had been a patient since Friday. She was born July 21, 1947 in Pikeville, Kentucky, to Ermin and Glema (Glipsie) Thacker. She is survived by a daughter, Jennifer (Mark) Hatfield, of Danville, West Virginia; a son, James Lawson, of Goshen; eight...
Dorothy M. Schmucker
Apr 1, 2014
Dorothy M. Schmucker, 86, of Goshen, died unexpectedly Tuesday evening, April 1, 2014, at IU Health Goshen Hospital. She was born December 8, 1927 in Elkhart County to William and Lizzie Ann (Mast) Sumpter. She married Willard N. Schmucker in Feb. 1946 in Middlebury. He died in 1975. She is survived by three children, Sharon Babin of Goshen, Kenneth...
Joyce I. Hunley
Mar 31, 2014
Joyce I. Hunley, 84, of Goshen, died Monday evening, March 31, 2014, at Courtyard Healthcare. She was born May 7, 1929 in Monticello, Kentucky, to Otha and Myrtle (Crabtree) Davidson. On March 30, 1946 she married Willie J. Hunley in Monticello, Kentucky. He died Dec. 3, 1996 in South Bend, Indiana. She is survived by a daughter, Carolyn (Michael)...
Richard Dean Whirledge
Mar 30, 2014
Richard Dean Whirledge. 61, of Goshen, died at his home Sunday afternoon, March 30, 2014. He had been ill the past two years. He was born October 11, 1952 in Goshen to Ernest and Phyllis (Swihart) Whirledge. He is survived by his daughter, Beth Whirledge of Charlotte, N.C.; his mother, Phyllis Whirledge of Goshen; two brothers, Mike (Peggy) Whirledge...
Mason Douglas Sobeck
Mar 30, 2014
Goshen - Mason Douglas Sobeck was stillborn March 30, 2014 at I.U. Health Goshen Hospital. He is survived by his parents, Brittany Compton and Christopher Sobeck, and grandparents, Monica Flores, Chad Stump, Michael Sobeck and Liza Mast; and great-grandparents, Beulah and Robert Compton, all of Goshen. Cremation will take place at Yoder-Culp Crematory.
Veva May Tomlonson
Mar 30, 2014
Veva May Tomlonson, 84, of Goshen, died Sunday evening, March 30, 3014, at Greencroft Health Care where she had been since November 2008. She was born November 9, 1929 in Wabash to Wilford and Dorothy (Wright) Crumrine. During her girlhood in Wabash, she enjoyed her friends and family, along with her older brother, Gale and younger brother, John. Music...
Boudewyn Westerbeek
Mar 28, 2014
Boudewyn Westerbeek, 86, of Goshen, passed away Friday afternoon, March 28, 2014, at Greencroft Healthcare. He was born March 11, 1928 in Sassenheim, Netherlands to Cornelius and Gertrude (Plaat) Westerbeek. On May 29, 1950 he married Eileen F. Brower in Orange City, Iowa. She died October 29, 2003. He is survived by four children, Gretchen (Jerold) Van Dyke of...
Ruby Virginia Clem
Mar 27, 2014
Ruby Virginia Clem, 96, of Goshen, died Thursday evening, March 27, 2014, at Greencroft Healthcare. She was born April 7, 1917 in Goshen, to Burton and Ruby (Long) Landaw. On March 28, 1948 she married Jesse E. Clem in Goshen. She is survived by a daughter, Rebecca (Tom) Snyder, Warsaw; a son, George (Patricia) Clem, Goshen; four grandchildren, Adam...
Elmer G. Cross
Mar 24, 2014
Elmer G. Cross, 73, of Topeka, died early Monday morning, March 24, 2014 at his home. He was born January 2, 1941, in LaGrange County to Enos and Mattie (Yoder) Cross. Mr. Cross was married to Clara Delagrange in 1959, and Rhonda Clawson in 1984. He is survived by his ex-wives, Clara and current companion Rhonda; five daughters, Julie...
Robert Lee Layman
Mar 23, 2014
Robert Lee Layman, 56, of Rowland Heights, California, formerly of Elkhart County, Indiana, died March 23, 2014 at his home of natural causes. He was born May 30, 1957 in Elkhart to John F. and Kathy (Roberts) Godshalk. On May 19, 1979 he married Yong-ae Kim in Elkhart. He is survived by a daughter, Valerie Sinclair, of Goshen; a...
Nikolay Horban
Mar 22, 2014
Nikolay Horban, 90, of Goshen, died Saturday afternoon, March 22, 2014, at IU Health Goshen Hospital where he was admitted on the 19th of March. Nick was born in Boshowka, Ukraine on June 1, 1923 to Konstantine and Domka (Putivchenko) Horban. He moved to the United States in March of 1951. On July 20, 1958 in Goshen, he married...
Elmer J. Bowers
Mar 22, 2014
Elmer J. Bowers, 88, of Goshen, died Saturday, March 22, 2014, at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Mishawaka. Elmer was born March 28, 1925, near Foraker to Clem and Pearl (Sommer) Bowers. He was married October 17, 1948, to Virginia Strycker, who preceded him in death June 25, 1984. Elmer is survived by three sons, Stephen E. (Jane Yoder),...
James H. Miller
Mar 20, 2014
James H. Miller, 77, of Goshen, died Thursday morning, March 20, 2014 at home. He was born February 25, 1937 in Goshen, to Harold Blough Miller and Alice Margaret (Gangwer) Swanson. On August 27, 1953 he married Shirley Ann Burkholder in Raton, New Mexico. She survives along with two daughters, Vicki Ann Miller and Cynthia Jean Spaulding; four sons,...
Stanley G. Neff
Mar 17, 2014
Stanley G. Neff, 83, of Wakarusa, died Monday evening, March 17, 2014 at Miller's Merry Manor, Wakarusa. He was born May 21, 1930 in Goshen to William A. and Prudence B. (Gardner) Neff. On September 26, 1949 he married Delores E. Pepper in Connersville. She survives along with two daughters, Jane E. (Daniel) Granger, of Fountain Hill, Arizona, Kathryn...
Edward "John" C. Bickel
Mar 16, 2014
Edward "John" C. Bickel, 92, of Goshen, died Sunday, March 16, 2014, at IU Health Goshen Hospital where he had been since March 10. He was born December 28, 1921 in Middlebury Township, to Adam A. and Eve Edith (Klingaman) Bickel. On October 5, 1947 he married Verna L. Miller at St. John's Lutheran Church, Fish Lake, by Rev....
Erma M. Miller
Mar 16, 2014
Erma M. Miller, 92, of Goshen, died Sunday morning, March 16, 2014, at Greencroft Healthcare Goshen. She was born September 6, 1921 in LaGrange County, to Mose and Barbara (Miller) Yoder. On February 1, 1941 she married John D. Miller in Elkhart. He died May 24, 1996. She is survived by four children, Glenda Sherk, of Goshen, Larry (Paula)...
Sandy C. Xayyavongsa
Mar 15, 2014
Sandy C. Xayyavongsa, 24, of Elkhart, died unexpectedly Saturday evening, March 15, 2014, at Elkhart General Hospital following an asthma attack. She was born August 5, 1989 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, to Kongthong and Kamkhay (Thammovngsa) Xayyavongsa. She is survived by her parents; a son, Kai Xayyavongsa, at home; two sisters, Kay Xayyavongsa, and Joy Keosakdy; and a brother, Tony...
Carol Jean Larue
Mar 11, 2014
Carol Jean LaRue, 83, of Goshen, died early Tuesday morning, March 11,2 014, at IU Health Goshen Hospital. She was born January 28, 1931 in Goshen to Jerry and Beulah A. (Bauer) Kehr. On August 28, 1949 she married James LaRue in Goshen. He survives along with two sons, Michael J. LaRue of Morley, Michigan and Jon C. (Brenda)...
Roger Lee York
Mar 10, 2014
Roger Lee York, 60, of Goshen, died Monday, March 10, 2014, at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center where he had been since Thursday. He was born December 12, 1953 in Goshen to Roy and Cleo (Bloss) York. On August 13, 1983 he married Darlene Schrock. She survives along with his mother, Cleo York, Goshen and a brother, Gary York,...
Kirby V. Alexander
Mar 9, 2014
Kirby Vernon Alexander, of Kokomo, went home to the Lord on March 9, 2014. He was born June 23, 1924 in Chicago, Illinois to Joseph Vernon and Mabel (Paine) Alexander. He lived his early life in Chicago before moving in March 1942 to Nappanee, Indiana where he graduated that June from Nappanee High School. It was there that he...
