Ray Keim
Apr 20, 2013
Ray Keim, 87, of Goshen, died unexpectedly Saturday morning, April 20, 2013, at IU Health Goshen Hospital. He was born Febraury 16, 1926 in Kokomo, to Abraham J. and Susan (Troyer) Keim. On June 7, 1952 in Kokomo he married Clara Elizabeth Bontrager. She survives along with their children, Beth (Mark) Ropp, Inman, Kan.,Paul (Julie) Keim, Goshen, Mark (Ron...
Andrew Stephen Ocealis
Apr 17, 2013
Andrew S. Ocealis, 57, of Goshen, died unexpectedly of natural causes at his home Wednesday afternoon, April 17, 2013. He was born June 28, 1955 in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, to Andrew A. and Dorothy (Pleva) Ocealis. He married Julietta Zerbe April 3, 1978 in Georgia. She survives along with a daughter, Jessica Lee (Robert) Swihart of Goshen; two grandchildren, his...
Theodore J. Stouder
Apr 17, 2013
Theodore Stouder Jr., 84, of Goshen, died unexpectedly Wednesday afternoon, April 17, 2013, at IU Health Goshen Hospital. He was born August 2, 1928 in Goshen, to Theodore L. and Ruby (Good) Stouder. On July 25, 1948 in Goshen, he married Helen Nusbaum. She survives along with two sons, Randy (Michelle) Stouder of Elkhart, and Brad Stouder of Goshen;...
Max Devon Slabaugh
Apr 16, 2013
Max Devon Slabaugh, 76, of Goshen, died Tuesday evening, April 16, 2013 at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center. He was born October 28, 1936, south of Nappanee to Willard and Marjorie (Young) Slabaugh. He married Loretta M. Weyrick September 2, 1956 in Columbia Station, Ohio. She died June 24, 2004. He then married Shirley (Losee) Flowers October 30, 2005....
Chris Miller
Apr 15, 2013
Chris C. Miller, 79, of Goshen died early Monday afternoon, April 15, 2013 at Courtyard Healthcare. He was born February 14, 1934 in LaGrange County to Christ and Abbie (Lehman) Miller. He is survived by his daughter, Beth (Jim Christ) Bowers, of Cassopolis; four sisters, Wilma Mast and Mary (David) Beachy, both of Goshen, Esther (Emanuel) Miller, of Halfway,...
Richard Myers
Apr 15, 2013
Richard L. Myers, 68, of Goshen, died unexpectedly Monday evening, April 15, 2013, at his home of natural causes. He was born March 14, 1945, in Dekalb County, to Owen O. and Dorothy M. (Smith) Myers. He married Marilyn Moore August 15, 1964, in Elkhart. She survives along with two daughters, Tamara (Norberto "Tito") Colon of Elkhart, Michele (Harlan)...
Rebecca Anne Pletcher
Apr 15, 2013
Rebecca Anne Pletcher, of New Paris, 49, died Monday evening, April 15,2013, at Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis. She became ill Saturday, April 6. She was born October 25, 1963 in Oakland, California, to Donald Rutledge and Gwynne (Boyer) Thomas. She married Brian Lynn Pletcher September 7, 1990 in Goshen. He survives along with a daughter, Megan Elizabeth Pletcher of New...
Lucille Stout
Apr 11, 2013
Lucille Stout, 98, of Goshen, died Thursday evening, April 11, 2013, at Greencroft Goshen Health Care. She had been in failing health the past eight months. She was born February 11, 1915 in Uniondale to William and Fern (Orr) Hall. She married Howard S. Stout November 30, 1931. He died January 11, 1996. She is survived by a son,...
Dorothy E. Kohli
Apr 9, 2013
Dorothy E. Kohli, 79, of Goshen, died Tuesday evening, April 9, 2013, at Greencroft Goshen Health Care after suffering a stroke Sunday morning. She was born April 17, 1933 in Noble County, near Cromwell, to Jonas S. and Dalila (Burkholder) Yoder. She married Willis G. Kohli August 31, 1957 in New Paris. He survives along with two children, Elaine...
Clara Simpler-Cox
Apr 7, 2013
Clara June Simpler-Cox, 68, of Goshen, died early Sunday morning, April 7, 2013 at her home. She had been ill since Jan. She was born July 29, 1944 in Wilmington, Delaware, to James L. and Grace H. (Smith) Heverin. She married Leroy A. Cox, August 18, 2003 in Oxford, Pennsylvania. He survives along with a son, Robert Lee (Jennifer...
Margaret Oyer
Apr 6, 2013
Margaret "Margie" Oyer, 85, of Goshen, died at 7:00 pm Saturday, April 6, 2013 at the Maples at Waterford Crossing. She was born October 31, 1927 near Surrey, North Dakota to her parents, A.D. and Elnora Horst Yoder. Margie lived in North Dakota until she was ten and then moved to Wayne Co., Ohio where she grew up in...
Steven Scott Greenawalt
Apr 6, 2013
Steven Scott Greenawalt, 41, of Goshen, died unexpectedly Saturday, April 6, 2013, at Fort Wayne Lutheran Hospital from kidney failure. He was born October 14, 1971 in Goshen to William D. and Christine (Archer) Greenawalt of Goshen. They survive along with two sisters, Becky (Angela Kiser) Greenawalt and Donna (Anthony) Wilson, both of Goshen; two nephews, Anthony Greenawalt and...
Lisa Darlene Zellers
Apr 6, 2013
Lisa Darlene Zellers, 54 of Mishawaka, died at her home on Saturday, April 6, 2013, of natural causes. She was born January 24, 1959 in South Bend to Richard and Rose (Campbell) Zellers. She graduated from Goshen High School in 1977, and Purdue University and then graduated from Indiana University School of Dental Hygiene in South Bend. She worked...
Mark A. Troyer
Apr 5, 2013
Mark A. Troyer, 31, of Goshen died Friday evening, April 5, 2013 at his home. He was born August 14, 1981 in Goshen, to Scott and Paula (Widner) Troyer. On November 17, 2001 he married Beth Holycross in Goshen. He is survived by his parents; wife; and four children, Autumn, Kylie, Ashlyn and Kadin, all at home; a brother,...
Michelle Renee Bellman
Apr 5, 2013
Michelle R. Bellman, 57, of Goshen, died Friday morning at IU Health Goshen Hospital. She had been ill since November. She was born October 8, 1955 in Seoul, South Korea to Dale Wesley "Swede" Johnson and Elaine (Keim) Johnson. On September 23, 1989 she married Todd Bellman at West Goshen Church of the Brethren. He survives. She is also...
Marlene Bahnsen
Apr 4, 2013
Marlene Bahnsen, 64, of Elkhart, died Thursday morning, April 4, 2013, at Elkhart Hospice House. She was born April 24, 1948, one of triplets, in Sturgis, Michigan, to G. Dale Fisher and Mildred (Schiele) Fisher Fronk. On March 2, 1991 she married Roger L. Bahnsen. He survives. She is also survived by two daughters, Lisa and Kari Comstack, both...
Loretta T. Culp
Apr 4, 2013
Loretta T. Culp, 84, of Goshen passed away Thursday afternoon, April 4, 2013, at IU Health Goshen Hospital. She was born October 19, 1928 in South Bend, to Stanley and Eleanor (Pajakowski) Jackowiak. On June 13, 1959 she married George Culp Jr., in South Bend. He died January 17, 2003. Mrs. Culp is survived by three sons, Ken (Barbara)...
Hazel Marie Smucker Yoder
Apr 3, 2013
I was born on Clover Leaf Farm about four miles east of Goshen, to Jesse E. and Emma (Zook) Smucker, on September 23, 1912. My Smucker roots go back to Christian and Catherine (Hesster) Schmucker, who migrated to America in 1752. My father Jesse E. Smucker married Emma Zook in 1910, having lost his first wife (Anna Yoder) by...
William Evan Ackley, Sr.
Apr 2, 2013
William Evan Ackley, Sr., 82, of Goshen, died Tuesday morning, April 2, 2013, at I.U. Health Goshen Hospital. He was born January 17, 1931 in Gary to Thamer and Sadie Ackley. He married Sharon Barrett January 14, 1961. She died October 30, 1992. He is survived by two daughters, Vicki Ackley of Elkhart and Cyndie (Jeff) Burt of Goshen;...
