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;...
Rachel May Honey
Apr 2, 2013
Rachel May Honey, 77, of Goshen, passed away Tuesday, April 2, 2013, at IU Health Goshen Hospital. She was born June 23, 1935 in White Pigeon, Michigan, to Howard E. Middaugh, Sr. and Laura Elizabeth (Blake) Middaugh. She married Carl Junior Honey June 22, 1952 in White Pigeon. He died December 11, 1980. Survivors include three daughters, Virginia (Larry)...
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...
