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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...
Cheryl Mcbride
Mar 7, 2014
Cheryl McBride, 56, of Goshen, died Friday evening, March 7, 2014 at IU Health Goshen Hospital. She was born July 18, 1957 in Goshen, to Vernon and Lila (Chupp) Christner. On May 11, 1991 she married James "Corky" McBride in Bristol. He died on March 20, 2011. She is survived by a daughter and son, Mariah and Dakota McBride,...
Leroy "Pete" O. Yoder
Mar 7, 2014
LeRoy "Pete" O. Yoder, 84, of Elkhart, formerly of CR 11 Goshen, died Friday afternoon, March 7, 2014 at Greenleaf Living Center, Elkhart. He was born December 4, 1929 in Elkhart County, to Flawn and Anna (Hunsberger) Yoder. On March 23, 1946 he married Virginia E. "Ginny" Rich in Elkhart. She died January 4, 2011. He is survived by...
Richard H. Hoogenboom
Mar 7, 2014
Richard H. Hoogenboom, 83, of Goshen, died early Friday morning, March 7, 2014, at Greencroft Healthcare Center, Goshen. He was born April 20, 1930 in Goshen to Dirk and Jenny (Berkman) Hoogenboom. He married Annabel Christner on November 8, 1952 in Goshen, Indiana. She survives. He is also survived by a son Tom (Patti) Hoogenboom of Goshen; three daughters,...
Trebby W. Catron
Mar 7, 2014
Trebby W. Catron, 58, of Ligonier, died Friday morning, March 7, 2014, at Elkhart General Hospital. He was born May 16, 1955 in New Castle to Frank and Vernie (Watson) Catron. He married Wilma "Jean" Dishman April 21, 1975 in Goshen. She survives along with four children, Alicia (Kris) Dirmyer of Goshen, and Melinda Catron, Charlie (Jessica) Catron and...
Nancy C. Adams Gadson
Mar 5, 2014
Nancy Adams Gadson, 66, of Syracuse, died Wednesday afternoon, March 5, 2014 at her home. She was born August 30, 1947 in Goshen, to William "Bill" and Marianne (Leist) Sharp. She is survived by her husband, Larry Gadson; three sons, Ryan (Kristina) Adams, of Middlebury, Chris (Angela) Adams, of Syracuse and Scott Adams, of Bristol; eight grandchildren; and a...
Joyce A. Spangler
Mar 3, 2014
Joyce Alene Spangler, 74, of Goshen, died early Monday morning, March 3, 2014, at IU Health Goshen Hospital. She was born September 7, 1939 in Edinburgh. She is survived by two daughters, Laurel Anne Isle and Marta Bardonner, both of Winona Lake; two grandchildren, Matthew Scott (Lindsey) Henry, of Noblesville, and Brianna Nichole Bardonner, of Richmond, Virginia; two great-grandchildren,...
Laura L. Nauman
Mar 1, 2014
Laura L. Nauman 56, of Goshen, passed away Saturday afternoon, March 1, 2014, at IU Health Goshen Hospital. She had been ill since 2003 with an auto immune disorder after a miraculous cure in 1995 from an ALS like disorder. She was born in Mishawaka May 25, 1957 to Ronald and Carol (Mercer) Sukolics. On August 5, 1978, she...
Delores Thomas
Feb 26, 2014
Delores A. Thomas, 83, of Goshen, died Wednesday, February 26, 2014. She was born to Cleveland and Mary (Mains) Handley in Danville, Illionois, on December 22, 1930, the twelfth of thirteen children. On June 13, 1954 she married Jack K. Thomas. He survives along with their children, Stanton (Judy) Thomas, of Syracuse, and Tonda (Howard) Langdon, of Goshen; five...
Vivian Pearl Stoffel
Feb 26, 2014
Vivian P. Stoffel, 88, of Goshen, passed away Wednesday morning, February 26, 2014, at Greencroft Healthcare. She was born September 22, 1925 in Lowville, New York to Aaron M. and Pearl B. (Reyn) Zehr. On May 1, 1949 she married J. Louis Stoffel, Jr. at 8th Street Mennonite Church. He died May 4, 2009. She is survived by a...
Helen C. Mann
Feb 25, 2014
Helen C. Mann, 104, of Goshen, passed away early Tuesday morning, February 25, 2014, at Greencroft Healthcare Goshen. She was born February 15, 1910 in Cheraw, Colorado, to Edwin and Mary (Bennett) Ebersole. On August 19, 1930 in Elkhart, she married Clifford E. Mann. He died May 1, 1994. Surviving are two daughters, Lois Eberly, of Ft. Wayne and...
V. Pauline Kauffman
Feb 25, 2014
V. Pauline (Yoder) Kauffman, 91, of Goshen, died early Tuesday morning, February 25, 2014, at Greencroft Gables. She was born November 27, 1922 to Rufus T., founder of Yoder Popcorn, and Modella (Mishler) Yoder, in LaGrange County. On November 7, 1943 she married Ralph A. Yoder. He passed away April 18, 1959. She is survived by their three children,...
Orrie Seigel Vander Wey
Feb 24, 2014
Orrie Seigel Vander Wey, 76, of Goshen, died Monday afternoon, February 24, 2014, at Golden Living Center, Elkhart. He was born July 10, 1937 in Goshen, to Seigel O. and Evelyn (Kinkead) Vander Wey. He is survived by a son, Paul Andrew (Heather) Vander Wey of Carlsbad, California, and a brother, George (Janet) Vander Wey of Goshen. He was...
Margaret Martin Fisher
Feb 23, 2014
Margaret Martin Fisher, 61, of Goshen, slipped away peacefully Sunday, February 23, 2014, at Elkhart General Hospital, after receiving a cancer diagnosis in November. She was born October 11, 1952 in St. Jacobs, Ontario, Canada, to Philip S. and Leah (Rudy) Martin. On May 17, 1975 she married James E. Fisher in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He survives along with...
Dr. Joanna Abigail Reusser
Feb 22, 2014
Dr. Joanna A. Reusser, 29, of Cincinnati, Ohio, went home to Jesus surrounded by her family and friends Saturday, February 22, 2014, as a result of complications from treatment of Hodgkin's Lymphoma. She was born in Goshen to Thomas and Mayrea (Simpson) Reusser of Elkhart. Joanna graduated in 2002 from Elkhart Christian Academy. She received a B.S. in Biology...
Dorothy L. Martin
Feb 20, 2014
Dorothy L. Martin 91, of Goshen, died Thursday morning, February 20, 2014 at Greencroft Healthcare Goshen. She was born December 15, 1922 in Genesee County, Michigan, to Percy and Ella (Kurtz) Griswold. On April 16, 1946 she married Eli B. Martin in Mt. Morris, Michigan. He died May 6, 1987. Surviving her are four children, Laura (Art) Swisher of...
Connie Evans
Feb 20, 2014
Constance "Connie" L. Evans (Bates), 62, of Goshen, passed away suddenly on Thursday, February 20, 2014 at IU Health Goshen Hospital. She was born November 9, 1951 in LaPorte to Robert Warren and Gloria (Aylor) Gish. On October 26, 2012 she married LeMar Evans in Nappanee. She is survived by two daughters, Carla (Richard) Gruse of Elkhart, and Tiffiany...
Dr. James E. Hollinger
Feb 20, 2014
Dr. James E. Hollinger, 70, passed away Thursday, February 20, 2014 at The Gables, Greencroft in Goshen. He was born in Chicago, IL on October 29, 1943 to Kenneth and Helen (Darley) Hollinger. In 1964 he married Judianne Kerlin at Beacon Heights Brethren Church, Fort Wayne. He is survived by his wife, Judy; four children, Craig Hollinger of Phoenix,...
Nina Miller
Feb 17, 2014
Nina Miller, 90, of Goshen, passed away late Monday night, February 17, 2014, at Greencroft Healthcare. She was born November 4, 1923 in Cherikov, Belarus to Khariton and Ksenia (Ananich) Kononov. On May 5, 1952 she married William Miller in Chicago, Illinois. She is survived by two daughters, Victoria (Andrew) Waters and Patricia (Peter) Oakley, both of Goshen; two...
Elizabeth Ellen Prihoda
Feb 17, 2014
Elizabeth Ellen Prihoda, 43, of Goshen, passed away early Monday morning, February 17, 2014, at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Mishawaka. She had been ill the past year. She was born in Goshen on December 30, 1970, to Winston and Delores (Ditmars) Wakeland, Sr., On May 25, 1996 she married Mark Wayne Prihoda in Goshen. He survives along with...
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