Don E. Minard
Apr 1, 2013
Don E. Minard, 89, of Goshen, died in his home Monday morning, April 1, 2013 after a brief illness. He was born February 1, 1924 in Nappanee to Fred M. and Della (Norris) Minard. On December 11, 1942 he married Phyllis J. Sailor who died on June 22, 1995. He was also preceded in death by his brother, Max...
Geraldine Joan Jacobs
Mar 31, 2013
Geraldine Joan Jacobs, 82, of Goshen, died Sunday afternoon, March 31, 2013 at Greencroft Goshen Health Care where she had been the last three years. She was born October 15, 1930 in Lincoln Park, Michigan, to Charles and Fern (Markham) Whitehead. Survivors include a daughter, Kimberly Bisig of Bristol; a son, James Michael (Barbara) Jacobs of Apple Valley, California;...
Ronnie Gene Stubblefield
Mar 29, 2013
Ronnie Gene Stubblefield, 62, died Friday, March 29, 2013, at I.U. Health Goshen Hospital after a short illness. He was born January 2, 1951 in Wilson, Arkansas, to Paul Stubblefield and Myrtle (Whitaker) Sartain of Osceola, Arkansas. He married Barbara Krallman April 12, 1974. She survives along with a son, Chris Stubblefield and a daughter, Carol Krallman, both of...
Nancy E. Adcock
Mar 29, 2013
Nancy E. Adcock, 87, of Nappanee and formerly of Elkhart, died Friday afternoon, March 29, 2013, at Elkhart General Hospital. She was born April 23, 1925 in Caneyville, Kentucky, to Jack and Ella Marie (Glaysbooks) Hayes. She married Leonard C. Adcock March 30, 1943 in Louisville. He died October 17, 2002. She is survived by a daughter, Velma (Wayne)...
Janet M. Berkey
Mar 25, 2013
Janet Marie Berkey "Bosse", 96, of Goshen, died Monday morning, March 25, 2013, at IU Health Goshen Hospital. She was born January 26, 1917 in Goshen to Dallas G. and Emma (Rummel) Blue. She married Wilbur H. Berkey July 30, 1939 at Plymouth United Church of Christ, Goshen. He died September 14, 1980. She then married Robert E. Bosse...
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....
