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...
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,...
