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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....
Marian E. Honick
Dec 28, 2012
Marian E. Honick, 93, of Goshen died Friday evening, Dec. 28, 2012 at the Gables at Greencroft Healthcare. She was born February 5, 1919 in Logansport, to James Elroy and Sarah (Shadle) Hay. On May 9, 1943 she married William R. "Bob" Honick, in Logansport. He died in 2002. Surviving is a son, Patrick (Susan) Honick, of Bistol; and...
William H. Reiff
Dec 27, 2012
Brig. Gen. William H. Reiff, 76, of Shipshewana, died at his home early Thursday morning, December 27, 2012. He was born June 15, 1936 in Bluffton to George Herman and Eileen (Schlaugenhauf) Reiff. He married Judith McFarren June 25, 1953 in Bluffton. She died April 26, 1997. He later married Sammi Chupp February 24, 2007. She survives. Also surviving...
Beulah Mae Amsden
Dec 26, 2012
Beulah Mae Amsden, 74, of Goshen died Wednesday afternoon, December 26, 2012, at 713 S 3rd St., the home of her daughter, Penny. She was born August 2, 1938 to Malcolm and Grace (Hylton) Yates, in Millard, Ky. On May 29, 1958 she married Richard B. Amsden in Goshen. He died May 10, 1995. She is survived by two...
Manuel Diaz Murillo
Dec 25, 2012
Manuel Diaz Murillo, 59, of Goshen, died Tuesday, December 25, 2012, at IU Health Goshen Hospital. He was born December 14, 1953 in Aguascalientes, Mexico, to Manuel Diaz and Maria Guadalupe Murillo. He is survived by his parents of Aguascalientes; two sons, Juan Carlos Diaz Saucedo of Goshen and Luis Manuel Diaz Saucedo of Aguascalientes; and a sister, Rosa...
Jane Edwards Brush
Dec 23, 2012
Jane Edwards Brush, 93, of Elkhart, died early Sunday morning, Dec. 23, 2012 at Greenleaf Living Center. She was born Nov. 29, 1919 in Toronto, Ontario, to Michael E.F. and Gertrude (Edwards) Kelley. She married Howard J. "Bud" Brush June 24, 1950. He preceded her in death. She is survived by a daughter, Sara Jean Brush, of Petersburg, Ohio;...
Samuel L. Yoder
Dec 23, 2012
Samuel L. Yoder, 92, of Goshen, died at his home early Sunday morning, December 23, 2012. He had been ill the past three weeks. He was born January 14, 1920 in Yoder, Kansas, to Levi M. and Gertrude (Yoder) Yoder. He married Lillian Zook June 15, 1951 in Orville, Ohio. She survives along with a son, John S. (Queen)...
Deborah Sue Lebrun
Dec 23, 2012
Deborah Sue LeBrun, 54, of Goshen, died Sunday afternoon, December 23, 2012, at IU Health Goshen Hospital. She was born July 11, 1958 in Louisville, Kentucky to Emery and Finney (Bradley) Williams. She married Sam LeBrun in February 2000 in Goshen. He survives. Also surviving is a daughter, Tonia (Erik) Hamilton of York, South Carolina; her mother, Finney Williams...
Sherwood Russell Cripe
Dec 22, 2012
Sherwood Russell Cripe, 74, of Syracuse, passed away at his home early Saturday morning, December 22, 2012. He had been in failing health for the past three months. Mr. Cripe was born in Goshen October 7, 1938, to Russell S. and Violette (Kettering) Cripe. He lived in this area his whole life. He is survived by three sons; Jerry...
Deanne Birky Hartmann
Dec 22, 2012
Deanne Birky Hartmann was stillborn early Saturday morning, December 22, 2012 at IU Health Goshen Hospital. She is survived by her parents, Simon and Angelique Birky Hartmann; her grandparents, Steve and Therese Birky and Paul and Marie Andree Hartmann, all of France; and great-grandparents, Luke and Verna Birky, Goshen, and Marie-Anne Hartmann, France. Private services will be conducted.
Ernest Hauck, Jr.
Dec 22, 2012
Ernest Hauck Jr., 71, of Goshen, died early Saturday morning, December 21, 2012, at IU Health Goshen Hospital. Ernest "Bud" was born March 14, 1941 in Huntington to Ernest and Betty (Steele) Hauck, Sr. He is survived by his mother, Betty Hauck; a sister, Linda Damron; a brother, Mark Hauck and a nephew, Brian Damron, all of Goshen. He...
Dorothy A. Rockwood
Dec 21, 2012
Dorothy R. Rockwood, 86, of Goshen, died Friday evening, December 21, 2012, at Trident Hospital, Charleston, South Carolina. She was born May 3, 1926 to Louis and Emma (Gepfer)Sponer. She married Richard H. Rockwood June 26, 1948 in West Allis, Wisconsin He died August 14, 2010. She is survived by three daughters, Linda (Ransom) Pressler of Bristol, Laurie (Alan)...
Keith B. Miller
Dec 18, 2012
Keith B. Miller, 91, of New Paris, died early Tuesday morning, December 18, 2012, at IU Health Goshen Hospital. He was born August 13, 1921 in Elkhart County to William A. and Fern Patricia (Barnard) Miller. On May 31, 1944 he married Naomi Mohler, in Syracuse. She survives along with a daughter, Darlene K. Stone of Elkhart; three grandchildren,...
Ashley Santana
Dec 17, 2012
Ashley A. Santana, 48, of Goshen died Monday evening, December 17, 2012 at IU Health Goshen Hospital. She was born August 29, 1964 in Jellico, Tennessee, to Robert T. and Sylvia (Evans) Lamb. Ashley is survived by her father and step-mother, Robert and Mary Lamb of Pine Knot, Kentucky; a son, Robert Lamb of Goshen; and two sisters, Robin...
Cornell H. Price
Dec 17, 2012
Cornell H. Price, 94, of Goshen, died unexpectedly at his home early Monday morning, December 17, 2012. He was born April 26, 1918 in LaGrange County to Allen and Erma (Marshall) Price. He married Mary Louise Yoder March 16, 1941 in Goshen. She survives. Also surviving is a daughter, Gwen (Larry) McGary of Granger; a granddaughter, Kimberly (Scott) Hartzler...
Vernon Jay Miller
Dec 16, 2012
Vernon Jay Miller, 84, of Goshen, died Sunday, December 16, 2012, at Parkview Hospital, Fort Wayne from complications of a brain hemorrhage. He was born February 21, 1928 in Middlebury to Joseph and Christena (Bender) Miller. He married Barbara Ellen Yoder, February 11, 1951 at Pleasant Grove Church. She survives along with two daughters, Sheryl (Richard) Mullet of Nashwauk,...
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