Barbara Meadows
Mar 25, 2013
Barbara Meadows, 88, of Goshen died Monday morning, March 25, 2013 at Greencroft Goshen Health Care. She was born July 7, 1924 in Jellico, Tennessee, to William Crit and Bessie Mae (Gilreath) Creekmore. She married William J. Meadows, August 12, 1939 in Tennessee. He died April 3, 2008. Survivors include a daughter, Cathy (Tony) Howard, of Nokomis, Florida; two...
Don Nusbaum
Mar 23, 2013
Dion "Don" Nusbaum 74, of Lakeland, Florida, formerly of Goshen, Indiana died Saturday afternoon March 23, 2013 at Lakeland Regional Medical Center following a stroke. He was born January 9, 1939 in Goshen, to Theodore A. and Gladys E. (Hartzler) Nusbaum. On August 24, 1968 he married Sharon Kay "Shari" Kilmer, in Goshen at United Church of Christ. She...
David Noel Hostetter
Mar 23, 2013
David N. Hostetter, 79, of Nappanee, died Saturday evening, March 23, 2013, at Elkhart General Hospital. He was born December 26, 1933 in South Bend to Russell and Edna (Yoder) Hostetter. He married Lois Fox December 23, 1956 in Nappanee. She survives along with three children; David (Sue) Hostetter, and Jill (Gerry Neff) Slabaugh, both of Nappanee, and Amy...
Anthony Drake
Mar 23, 2013
Anthony "Tony" Drake, 41, of Elkhart, died Sat. morning, March 23, 2013 at Elkhart General Hospital. He was born May 20, 1971 in Peru to Calvin B. Drake of Peru and Christine (Phillips) Gubi of Elkhart. On Oct. 26, 2012 he married Sandy Creech. She survives along with his parents, two sons, Dustin and Dean Drake, both of Elkhart;...
Jo Troyer
Mar 22, 2013
Josephine "Jo" Huser Troyer, 86, of Goshen, died early Friday morning, March 22, 2013, in her home surrounded by her family. She had been in declining health since Dec. She was born July 28, 1926 in Berne to Henry and Verena (Schwartz) Huser. She is survived by three daughters, Rebecca (Paul) Christophel, of Harrisonburg, Virginia, Verena "Kay" (Larry) Schrock,...
James Douglas Stults
Mar 21, 2013
James Douglas Stults, 67, of Elkhart, died of natural causes at his home Thursday evening, March 21, 2013. He was born October 8, 1945 in South Bend to Hubert and Betty (Shaffer) Stults. He is survived by three daughters, Lisa Marie Buenaflor of Richmond, Missosuri, Heather Stults of Lansing, Michigan, and Tiffany ((Jerry) Johnson-Bussberg of Goshen; four grandchildren; a...
Rev. F. Wayne Lawson
Mar 20, 2013
Rev. F. Wayne Lawson, 86, of Goshen, died Wednesday evening, March 20, 2013, at North Woods Village, Kokomo, where he had recently moved. He was born February 16, 1927 in Peru to Lamoin and Ruth (Gehman) Lawson. On June 2, 1951 he married Alene Statler. She died May 1, 1990. Mr. Lawson is survived by three daughters, Ginny (Steve)...
Madeline L. Yoder
Mar 20, 2013
Madeline L. Yoder 96, of Haines City, Florida, died Wednesday evening, March 20, 2013 at Haines City Health Care. She was born October 4, 1916 in Lafayette, Indiana, to Thornton and Edna (Mahorter) Workinger. On September 18, 1937 she married Donald L. Yoder in Attica, Indiana. He preceded her in death on November 2, 1999. Mrs. Yoder is survived...
Florence Yoder Baumgarten
Mar 18, 2013
Florence Yoder Baumgarten passed away on March 18, 2013, in Austin, Texas. She was 96. She was born in a farmhouse outside Wakarusa, in 1916, the second child of Oscar and Hazel (Whisler) Davidhizar. She was preceded in death by husbands Lester O. Yoder and Carl Baumgarten, and five brothers and three sisters. A 1935 graduate of Goshen High...
Paul Stubblefield
Mar 17, 2013
Paul "Tooter" Stubblefield 66, of Goshen, Indiana died Sunday afternoon, March 17, 2013 at IU Health Goshen Hospital. He had been ill the past six months. He was born July 19, 1946 in Wilson, Arkansas, to Paul and Myrtle (Whitaker) Stubblefield. In October of 1998 he married Jody Kauffman in Goshen. She survives. Other survivors include his mother Myrtle...
Glenda Lou Adkins
Mar 17, 2013
Glenda Lou Adkins, 73, of Goshen, died at her home Sunday afternoon, March 17, 2013. She was born April 4, 1939 in Holden, West Virginia, to Glen and Eunice (Pennington) Walsh. She married Billy Ronald Adkins, April 9, 1960 in West Virginia. He died August 21, 2011. She is survived by two daughters, Ronna (Mark) Beck and Julie (Jeff)...
William James Templeton
Mar 16, 2013
William James Templeton, 61, of Middlebury, died at his home Saturday morning, March 16, 2013. He had been in failing health since September 2010. He was born September 6, 1951 in Dayton, Ohio to Esco Willis and Kay Frances (Parr) Templeton. He married Pamela I. Willard June 26, 1971. She survives along with two sons, Bart (Dawn) Templeton of...
Harry E. Lerner, Jr.
Mar 13, 2013
Harry E. Lerner Jr., 87, of Ormond Beach, Florida died peacefully at home, holding the hand of his wife of 69 years, Janette, early Wednesday afternoon, March 13, 2013. He was born September 20, 1925 in Elkhart to Harry and Olive (Borough) Lerner. He married Janette M. Swartz September 1, 1943 in Fort Wayne. She survives along with two...
Patrick G. Robinson
Mar 13, 2013
Patrick G. Robinson, 80, of Goshen, passed away at his home early Wednesday morning, March 13, 2013. He was born October 30, 1932 in Goshen to Floyd and Wilma (Fitzpatrick) Robinson. On April 26, 1952 he married Dorothy Garman. She survives along with three daughters, Jane (Brent) Rheinheimer and Susan (Glen) Carpenter, both of Goshen, and Sally (Dr. James)...
James K. Kouts
Mar 10, 2013
James K. Kouts, an educator who was instrumental in the creation of a scholarship fund for local students attending Purdue University, died last Sunday, March 10, 2013, at age 69. He had been hospitalized for a week when he passed away peacefully, surrounded by family and members of the exceptional staff of St. Joseph Regional Medical Center in Mishawaka....
Richard Wayne Ralph
Mar 7, 2013
Richard W. Ralph, 79, of New Paris, died unexpectedly Thursday afternoon, March 7, 2013. He was born January 29, 1934 in Sears, Michigan, to John and Virginia (White) Ralph, Sr. He married Ruby M. Swinehart April 22, 1961, in Goshen. She survives along with a daughter, Barbara (James) Newswanger of Milford; a sister, Loraine (Julian) Thomas of Fenton, Michigan;...
Larry R. Schrock
Mar 7, 2013
Larry R. Schrock, 73, of El Paso, Texas and formerly of Goshen, died on Thursday, March 7, 2013 after a three week illness. Larry was born July 16, 1939 in Goshen to Joni and Sovina (Miller) Schrock. He married Rose Biggs Feb. 13, 1982, in Goshen. She died Nov. 27, 2009. He is survived by three daughters. Beth (Daniel)...
Margaret Schwartz
Mar 7, 2013
Margaret Schwartz, 97, formerly of Goshen, passed away Thursday, March 7, 2013 in Dublin, Georgia. She was born January 18, 1916 in Luana, Clayton County, Iowa to Frank Martin Albert Kuhse and Louise Albertine (Mueller) Dorman. Following the death of father, she was adopted by her step-father, John Dorman. She married Donald Elmer Schwartz, November 5, 1936 in Des...
Paul M. Devine
Mar 6, 2013
Paul M. Devine, 63, of Fort Wayne, formerly of Goshen, died unexpectedly at his home Wednesday evening, March 6, 2013 of natural causes. He was born June 11, 1949 in Hudson, Mich., to Paul and Kathleen (Cummins) Devine. Paul is survived by his mother Kathleen, Ft. Wayne; a son, Caleb Devine, Warsaw; two sisters, Mary Glowaski, and Donna Tempel,...
Isaac Ray Steiner
Mar 6, 2013
Isaac Ray Steiner, 7, was born on January 23, 2006. He passed away at Hospice House in Elkhart on March 6, 2013 after a twenty-one month journey with cancer. The second of three sons, Isaac was welcomed into a loving home by his parents, Rob and Sarah, and older brother Jonah. Isaac became a big brother when Eli was...
