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Sandra L. Martin

Sandra L. Martin

Aug 1, 2013

Sandra L. Martin, 68, of Topeka, went to be with the Lord Thursday, August 1, 2013 at I.U. Health Goshen Hospital after a year and a half battle with leukemia. She was born May 16, 1945 in Monahans, Texas, to Charles Sr. and Betty J. (Carroll) Glass. She married Dallas L. Martin July 11, 1970. He survives along with...

William R. Fry

William R. Fry

Aug 1, 2013

William R. Fry, 83, of Goshen, died Thursday morning, August 1, 2013, at I.U. Health Goshen Hospital. He was born August 18, 1929 in Goshen, to Cleo B. and Louise (Yoder) Fry. On August 5, 1950 in Goshen, he married the love of his life, Rosemary Rassi. She survives along with a daughter, Raelene (Thomas) Perrin of Goshen; a...

John Fehring

John Fehring

Jul 31, 2013

John R. Fehring, 84, of Goshen,passed away quietly in his sleep Wednesday, July 31, 2013 at Courtyard Healthcare. He was born July 29, 1929, in St. Louis, Missouri, to Hans and Ethel (Campbell) Fehring. He moved to Goshen his sophomore year of high school and graduated in 1947. He then attended business school in Fort Wayne for accounting. John...

Thomas Joseph Gerwels

Thomas Joseph Gerwels

Jul 31, 2013

Thomas Joseph Gerwels, 62, of Elkhart, passed away at his home early Wednesday afternoon, July 31, 2013. He was born September 27, 1950 in Goshen to Charles and Frances (Beres) Gerwels. He is survived by five sisters, Eileen (Patrick) Mulroy of Elkhart, Julie (Thomas) Shediac of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Mary (Robert) Carmody of Scottsdale, Arizona, Frances (Jerry) Hostetler of...

Doreen C. Nettrouer

Doreen C. Nettrouer

Jul 30, 2013

Doreen C. Nettrouer, 68, of Elkhart, died Tuesday, July 30, 2013, at Elkhart General Hospital. She was born September 25, 1944 in New River, North Carolina, to Charles F. and Juanita L. (Baker) Robinson. She married Thomas L. Nettrouer March 26, 1971. He died April 29, 2013. She is survived by four sons, Jason of Goshen, Thomas L. (Geraldine)...

John R. Cripe

John R. Cripe

Jul 30, 2013

John R. Cripe, 90, of Goshen, died unexpectedly at his home Tuesday evening, July 30, 2013. He was born June 28, 1923, in Middlebury, to Roy D. and Leota (Luke) Cripe. On December 13, 1969 in Goshen, he married Sharon Hoke. She survives along with two daughters; Christina Cripe and Michelle (Brandon) Hopkins, both of Goshen; a son, Donald...

Bessie Louise Wood

Bessie Louise Wood

Jul 29, 2013

Bessie Louise Wood, 94, of Elkhart, passed away Monday morning, July 29, 2013, at Miller's Merry Manor, Wakarusa. She was born October 26, 1918 in Harrison Township to Nelson and Melissa Marie (Whitehead) Clipp. She married Robert Dale Wood April 16, 1941 in New Paris. He died July 25, 1970. Survivors include a daughter-in-law, Sara Wood-Gibbs (James Gibbs), South...

Wasyl Saftiuk

Wasyl Saftiuk

Jul 29, 2013

We grieve with deep sorrow the loss of Walter Saftiuk, 98, of South Bend, who went to be with his Lord and family July 29, 2013. He was born Wasyl Saftiuk on December 11, 1914 in Lenkowitz, Bucovina, now Ukraine, to Wasyl and Elena (Panchuk) Saftiuk. He married Anna Hlibka February 2, 1936, in Novoselka, Ukraine. Sadly, she died...

William "Billy" T. Frizsell

William "Billy" T. Frizsell

Jul 29, 2013

William "Billy" T. Frizsell, 64, of Goshen, died early Monday morning, July 29, 2013, at Hospice House, Elkhart where he was admitted July 24. He was diagnosed with CADASIL (cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy) at age 50. He was born April 21, 1949 in Jackson, Mississippi, to William F. and Kathryn (Beasley) Frizsell. He married...

Vivian Bernice Holderbaum

Vivian Bernice Holderbaum

Jul 29, 2013

Vivian B. Holderbaum, 90, of Syracuse and formerly of Goshen, died at her home Monday morning, July 29, 2013. She was born April 5, 1923 in Goshen to Dewey Lynn Martin and Zelda (Spry) Ware. She married Milo E. Holderbaum Dec. 20, 1941. He died April 25, 2001. She is survived by two sons, Robert (Debbie) and Jack (Evelyn)...

Joann A. Huber

Joann A. Huber

Jul 29, 2013

Joann A. Huber, 89, of Milford and formerly of Goshen, passed away Monday evening, July 29, 2013, at Lakeland Rehabilitation and Healthcare, where she had been since January 2010. She was born in Goshen March 24, 1924 to Ellis and Joella (Mishler) Detwiler. She married Melvin G. Huber November 21, 1942 at the First Brethren Church parsonage. He died...

Melvin A. Landis

Melvin A. Landis

Jul 28, 2013

Melvin A. Landis, 83, of Goshen and formerly of Harleysville and Schwenksville, Pa., passed away early Sunday morning, July 28, 2013, at Greencroft Goshen Health Care. He was born Sept. 20, 1929 on a Mennonite farmstead in Harleysville, Pa., to Elias N. and Sallie M. (Alderfer) Landis. 62 years ago he married Esther W. Alderfer on Sept. 2, 1950...

Lamar C. Paflas

Lamar C. Paflas

Jul 27, 2013

Lamar C. Paflas, 89 of Goshen, died Saturday morning, July 27, 2013 at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne, where he was transferred after being involved in a traffic accident. Lamar was born September 17, 1923 in Goshen to Nicholas G. and Leona (Long) Paflas. He started working at the Olympia Candy Kitchen for his father at age...

J. Richard Schlabach

J. Richard Schlabach

Jul 22, 2013

J.Richard Schlabach, 83, of Goshen, died at his home. He was born August 7, 1929 in Goshen, to Ezra and Vivian M. (Johns) Schlabach. Surviving are his sisters, Ruth Shaum, and Arleta (Phill) Kilmer, both of Goshen; brothers, Dorvin (Ruth), and Theron F. Schlabach, both of Goshen, and Dale I. (Vivian) Schlabach, of Middlebury. He was preceded in death...

Joann Brandt Yoder

Joann Brandt Yoder

Jul 21, 2013

Jo Ann (Brandt) Yoder, 75, of Frisco, TX, formerly of Goshen, IN, passed from this earth to meet her Heavenly Father on July 21, 2013. Jo had been battling cancer since October 2011. Her entire family rejoices that she is now pain free and joining her loved ones that have entered the kingdom of heaven before her. Jo was...

Cleo Pletcher Yoder Grabill

Cleo Pletcher Yoder Grabill

Jul 20, 2013

Cleo Pletcher Yoder Grabill, 102, of Goshen, died at her home late Saturday night, July 20, 2013. She was born March 21, 1911 in Middlebury to Merrill and Moda (Bontrager) Pletcher. At age 12 she moved to Elkhart. She attended Elkhart High School and sang in the Girls' Glee Club and the church choir. She married Leonard C. Yoder...

Farley Joseph Damron

Farley Joseph Damron

Jul 19, 2013

Farley Joseph Damron, 1 month, of Goshen, died at his home early Friday morning, July 19, 2013. He was born June 18, 2013 in Goshen to Tiffany Butler and Christopher Damron, both of Goshen. He is survived by two brothers, Aiden and Cameron Butler, both at home; grandmothers, Paula Butler, Goshen and Angela Hollis, Millersburg; grandfathers, Mitchell Damron, Pikeville,...

Margaret L. Troyer

Margaret L. Troyer

Jul 16, 2013

Margaret L. Troyer, 86, of Goshen, died early Tuesday morning, July 16, 2013 at IU Health Goshen Hospital. She was born November 8, 1926 in Kosciusko County, to Clifford and Leona (Miller) Welty. She married Donald R. Dorsett, in Goshen, in June of 1955. He preceded her in death in 1967. She later married Willard G. Troyer in 1968,...

Phyllis Defrees

Phyllis Defrees

Jul 15, 2013

Phyllis M. Defrees, 81, of Goshen, died Monday afternoon, July 15, 2013 at Woodland Manor, Elkhart. She was born February 17, 1932 in Goshen, to Roland Roy and Ina May (Landaw) Carter. She married Lowell W. Defrees July 15, 1950 in Goshen. He survives along with three children, Rick Defrees, of Oregon, Marcie (Randi) VanderMolen, of Millersburg and Kristy...

Henry E. Clason

Henry E. Clason

Jul 14, 2013

Henry E. "Hank" Clason, 93, of Goshen, died Sunday, July 14, 2013, at Courtyard Healthcare. He was born March 5, 1920 in Goshen to Gerrit and Cora (Hoogenboom) Clason. He is survived by his wife, Mavis (Dahl) Clason; three sons, Dr. Stephen E. of Honolulu, Hawaii, Michael H. of Northville, Michigan, and Kevin J. Clason of Kokomo; and three...

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