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...
Shelly Denise Vela
Feb 17, 2014
Shelly Denise Vela, 53, of Goshen, died Monday afternoon, February 17, 2014, at Courtyard Healthcare. She was born November 13, 1960, in Flint, Michigan to David and Madeline (Halcome) Birdsall. She is survived by her father; four children, Catherine, Vela, Christina Vela, Peter Vela, Jr. and James Rahm, II, all of Goshen; four grandchildren, Danny Vela, Daymond Peck, Autumn...
Joseph F. Baer
Feb 16, 2014
Joseph F. Baer, 88, of Goshen, passed away Sunday, February 16, 2014, at Greencroft Healthcare where he had been since October. He was born Nov. 3, 1925 in Hagerstown, Maryland to Isaac and Laura (Fuss) Baer. He is survived by two sons, Joseph N. (Patricia M.) Baer, Alden, New York, and David L. (Patricia A.) Baer, Goshen; four grandchildren,...
Gregory "Gregg" Ray Baker
Feb 15, 2014
Gregory "Gregg" Ray Baker, 65, of Creedmoor, North Carolina, passed away February 15, 2014 at UNC Hospital, Chapel Hill, N.C. He was born March 1, 1948 in Goshen to Raymond and Orpha (Kauffman) Baker. He was of the Baptist faith and retired as a computer programmer with IBM. An avid outdoorsman, he enjoyed fishing and hunting. Gregg served with...
Terry L. Weirick
Feb 15, 2014
Terry Lee Weirick, 65, of Goshen, died at his home early Saturday morning, February 15, 2014. He was born September 24, 1948 in Goshen to Ancil and Romaine (Miller) Weirick. On July 11, 1987 he married Rebecca L. "Becky" Burkhead in Goshen. She survives along with two daughters, Amy Gilson and Stacy (Mick) Tubbs, both of Elkhart; two step-sons,...
Willie E. Honey
Feb 14, 2014
Willie E. Honey, 75, of Elkhart, died unexpectedly Friday morning, February 14, 2014, in the emergency room at I.U. Health Goshen Hospital. He was born February 5, 1939 in Busy Corner, Arkansas, to Ellis and Mary Otho (Hodge) Honey. On July 18, 1959 he married Ellen White in Elkhart. She survives along with four children, Roxane Honey of Elkhart,...
Jose "Cruz" Medina Castillo
Feb 13, 2014
Jose "Cruz" Medina Castillo, 57, of Milford, died Thursday, February 13, 2014, in Milford. He was born May 4, 1956 in Aguascalientes, Mexico to Tomas Medina Llamas and Refugia Castillo Becerro. He married Elena Medina Sept. 4, 1976. She survives along with six children, Frank (Tania) Medina, Junior (Katie) Medina, Anna (Daniel) Moro, Nancy (Jonathan) Garcia, Karina (Ivan) Esparza...
Harold L. Swartzendruber
Feb 11, 2014
Harold L. Swartzendruber, 90, died Tuesday afternoon, February 11, 2014, at I.U. Health Goshen Hospital after suffering a stroke on Monday. He was born January 1, 1924 in Manson, Iowa to Edwin E. and Rose Ella (Driver) Swartzendruber. On May 3, 1947 he married Lucille Mae Graber at Goshen College She survives along with three children, Janet Reid of...
