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Audrey Bowlby Reed
Jan 12, 2013
Audrey Bowlby Reed, 97, of Plymouth, passed away at her daughter's home early Saturday morning, January 12, 2013. She had been ill the past two weeks. She was born October 1, 1915 in Norwalk, Ohio to Alexander and Abigail (Long) Spratt. She married Robert Bowlby October 1, 1937 in Elkhart. He died September 26, 1985. She later married George...
Dwight E. Weldy
Jan 12, 2013
Dwight E. Weldy, 95, of Goshen, died early Saturday morning, January 12, 2013, at Greencroft Healthcare where he had been the last two weeks. He was born January 10, 1918 on the home farm of Jacob I. and Rhoda P. (Landis) Weldy in Wakarusa. He married Marjorie Conrad June 8, 1941 in Smithville, Ohio. She died August 21, 2011....
Damdouane Mounsithiraj
Jan 11, 2013
Damdouane Mounsithiraj 66, of Centreville, Michigan died Friday afternoon, January 11, 2013, at IU Health Goshen Hospital, after recently being diagnosed with cancer of the gall bladder. She was born Sept. 10, 1946 in Vientiene, Laos. On March 21,1965 she married Theuang Mounsithiraj. He died in 2006. She is survived by a daughter, Khingkham, of Centreville, Mich.; four sons,...
Ruth Roberts
Jan 10, 2013
Ruth Roberts, 95, of Goshen, died at her home Thursday morning, January 10, 2013. She was born June 6, 1917 in Concord Township to Benjamin and Miriam (Kile) Everest. She married Kenneth W. Roberts, March 23, 1941 in Goshen. He died in 1974. She is survived by a son, Dennis L. Roberts of Goshen, six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren....
Lou Ella "Georgie" Bowen
Jan 8, 2013
Lou Ella "Georgie" Bowen 68, of Goshen died unexpectedly Tuesday morning, January 8, 2013 at her home of natural causes. She was born Dec. 23, 1944 in Etowah, Arkansas, to William and Alice (Vail) McGuyre. On March 11, 1963 she married Rev. Paul David Bowen in Goshen. He survives. Also surviving are three sisters, Mary McGuyre, of Elkhart, Bobbie...
Stanley Howard Weaver
Jan 8, 2013
Stanley H. Weaver 74, of New paris, died unexpectedly Tuesday morning, January 8, 2013, in the emergency room at IU Health Goshen Hospital. He was born in New Paris on January 1, 1939 to Osee and Mary (Welty) Weaver. He is survived by four sisters, Elberta Mary Landenberger, and Marie Weaver, both of New Paris, Norma (Vernon) Hershberger of...
Levi Rockenbaugh
Jan 8, 2013
Levi Rockenbaugh 85, of Goshen died Tuesday morning, January 8, 2013, at his home. He had been ill for several months. He was born September 15, 1927 in Noble County to Floyd and Dorothy (Chiddister) Rockenbaugh. He married Carol A. Showalter, July 6, 1947 in Millersburg. He is survived by three daughters, Anne (Mike) Pierce of Goshen, Ellen Swank...
Florence May Miller
Jan 7, 2013
Florence M. Miller, 90, of Goshen, died early Monday morning, January 7, 2013, at Greencroft Healthcare. She was born April 9, 1922 in Elkhart County to Ernest E. and Maude (Pendleton) Palmateer. She married Levi J. Miller, July 30, 1938. She is survived by three sons, Steven R. (Carolyn) Miller of Elkhart, Bob E. (Rebecca) Miller of Muskegon, Michigan,...
Jay Ellsworth Benson
Jan 5, 2013
Jay E. Benson, 68, of New Paris, president of World Missionary Press, Inc., since 1988, died late Saturday afternoon, January 5, 2013, in Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne, following an intraventricular hemorrhage December 18. He had been a resident of Winona Lake and then New Paris since 1976, when he returned from 4½ years as a literature missionary in Indonesia....
Sandra Lee Price
Jan 5, 2013
Sandra Lee Price, 67, of South Bend, died Saturday evening, January 5, 2013, at Memorial Hospital, South Bend from injuries sustained in a home invasion on December 27. She was born March 31, 1945 in Goshen to Christ J. and Betty Lou (Clason) Rink. She married Kent Price in Edwardsburg. He survives along with her father, Christ Rink, South...
Sam Arlin Mast
Jan 5, 2013
Sam Arlin Mast, 80, died at his home Saturday evening, January 5, 2013. He was born October 30, 1932 in Kosciusko County to Marvin and Joy (George) Mast. He married Loretta Sink December 10, 1950 at the West Goshen Church of the Brethren. She survives. Also surviving are two daughters, Melanie Stump and Cindy (Kenton) Miller, both of Goshen;...
Benjamin Jacob Reschly
Jan 4, 2013
Benjamin Jacob Reschly, 77, of Goshen, died Friday morning, January 4, 2013, at Courtyard Healthcare where he had been since November 2009 battling Alzheimer's. He was born January 25, 1935 in Henry County, Iowa to Harry and Fanny (Conrad) Reschly. He married Margery F. Gerber October 4, 1958 in Orville, Ohio. She survives. Also surviving are two children, Sonya...
Ruben Mullet
Jan 3, 2013
Ruben Mullet , 89, of Goshen, died early Thursday morning, January 3, 2013 at The Maples at Waterford Crossing. He had been ill the past year. He was born December 23, 1923 in Nappanee to Daniel D. and Celesta (Hochstetler) Mullet. He married Emma Schrock February 12, 1955 in Elkhart. She survives. Also surviving is a daughter, Patricia (Michael)...
Thomas Parker Crowder
Jan 3, 2013
Thomas Parker Crowder, 91, of Elkhart, died early Thursday morning, January 3, 2012, at his home. He was born December 15, 1921 in Newport to William and Mary (Parker) Crowder. He married Dorothy Greenawalt in March 1952 in Winchester, Virginia. She preceded him in death in May 2007. He is survived by two brothers, Charles (Rosie) Crowder of Tuscola,...
William S. Bontrager
Jan 1, 2013
William S. Bontrager, 74, of Goshen, died early Tuesday morning, January 1, 2013, at Greencroft Healthcare. He was born April 21, 1938 to Samuel and Fannie (Bontrager) Bontrager in Centerville, Michigan. He married Wilma K. Golden on June 20, 1965, in Mexico, Missouri. She died June 8, 1995. He is survived by two daughters, Joyce K. Stamper of Elkhart...
Jason Isaac William South
Dec 31, 2012
Jason Isaac William South, 30, of Elkhart, died unexpectedly in his home on Monday, December 31, 2012. He was born May 5, 1982 in Goshen, to Marcus L. South and Grace (Fleenor) South. He married Angela Gingerich on October 13, 2012 in New Paris. She survives. Also surviving are three step-children, Monica Gingerich and Joseph McKeage, both at home...
Shirley Jane Grace
Dec 30, 2012
Shirley J. Grace 60, of Middlebury, died unexpectedly Sunday morning, Dec. 30, 2012, at Parkview Hospital in Ft. Wayne following an auto accident. She was born July 25, 1952 in Michigan City, to Hilbert and Rose (Migliore) Butts. On Oct. 7, 1988 she married Claude Grace in Paris, Tenn. He survives. Also surviving are two daughters, Natalie Grace, of...
Douglas L. Stump
Dec 30, 2012
Douglas L. Stump 60, of Shipshewana died Sunday morning, Dec. 30, 2012 at the Elkhart Hospice House. He was born Dec. 6, 1952 in Goshen, to James "Jack" and Myrlene (Pillow) Stump. On Oct. 9, 2010 he married Dawn (Weldy) Christner Schacht, in Wolcottville. She survives. Also surviving is his father "Jack"; four sons, Chad (Dawn) , Corey, James,...
Helen "Becky" Prough
Dec 30, 2012
Helen "Becky" Prough 90, of Goshen died Sunday evening at IU Health Goshen Hospital where she had recently been admitted. She was born June 17, 1922 in Cumberland, Md., to Walter and Pearl (Hayes) Garlick. On Feb. 25, 1953 she married Harvey F. Prough in Angola. He died in Jan. of 1998. Surviving are two daughters, Carol Yoder, of...
Rebecca Sink
Dec 29, 2012
Rebecca I. Sink 73, of Goshen died early Saturday morning, Dec. 29, 2012 at her home. She had been in declining health the past few years. She was born January 17, 1939, in Goshen, to Lavon "Ike" and Thelma (Gardner) Mellinger. On April 6, 1958 she married Ronald C. Sink at the First Brethren Church in Goshen. He survives....
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