Phyllis C. Piper
Jan 23, 2013
Mrs. Phyllis C. Piper 85, of North Webster, died Wednesday afternoon, January 23, 2013, at the home of her daughter, Jane. She was born August 26, 1927 in Chicago, Illinois, to Albert and Marie (Flanders) Clark. On July 5, 1946, she married Edgar Glen Piper in Independence, Kan. He died in 2005. She is survived by three daughters, Jane...
James Anderson Work, Iii
Jan 22, 2013
James Anderson Work, III, 97, of Goshen, died Tuesday morning, January 22, 2013, at IU Health Goshen Hospital. James was born June 19, 1915, in Elkhart, where he lived most of his life. He was the son of Dr. James A. and Mrs. Bess (Middleton) Work, Jr. He was a 1932 graduate of Elkhart High School. He attended DePauw...
Bette Sponseller
Jan 21, 2013
Bette M. Sponseller 90, of Elkhart, died Monday morning, January 21, 2013 at Miller's Merry Manor, Syracuse. She was born March 30, 1922, in Cass County, Michigan, to Bert and Orpha (Meadows) Leist. On June 22, 1940, she married Robert E. Sponseller in Milford. He died October 14, 1984. She is survived by a daughter, Jean Sponseller of Creston,...
Richard Culin
Jan 21, 2013
Richard W. Culin, 80, of Akron, Ohio, died early Monday morning, January 21, 2013 at Rockynol Retirement Center. He was born March 28, 1932 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Clarence Culin and Edythe G. (Wissinger) Culin Thomas. He is survived by his brother-in-law, Dusan "Duke"; a niece, Shelley and a nephew, Mike Joksimovic; and his best friend of fifty years,...
Randall Robert Hostetler
Jan 19, 2013
Randall Robert Hostetler, 58, of Middlebury, died at his home Saturday afternoon, January 19, 2013. He had been ill the past three and a half years with leukemia. He was born in Goshen October 29, 1954 to LeRoy and Carolyn (Breniser) Hostetler of Middlebury. He married Karla Gardner, October 1, 1978 at Koontz Lake Missionary Church. She survives along...
Lois Ardell Ramseyer
Jan 19, 2013
Lois A. Ramseyer, 94, of Goshen, was the 6th child born to Allen W. and Anna Inez (Shupe) Kuhns on January 5, 1919 at Harper, Kansas. Her first three months were spent in the nursery at Bethel Hospital, Newton, Kansas, while her mother was recuperating from pneumonia. The family moved to LaJunta, Colorado in 1919. She was baptized at...
Ann Keener Gingrich
Jan 18, 2013
Ann Keener Gingrich, 81, of Goshen, passed away Friday evening, January 18, 2013, at her home. She was born April 15, 1931 in Little Britain, Pennsylvania to Clayton and Martha (Gish) Keener. She married Paul Musser Gingrich August 11, 1951 in Mechanic Grove, Pennsylvania. He survives. Also surviving are four sons, Larry P. (Sheila Kline) Gingrich of Birdsboro, Pennsylvania.;...
David E. Stahly
Jan 17, 2013
David E. Stahly, 71, of Goshen and Syracuse, died at his home Thursday afternoon, January 17, 2013. He had been ill since August. He was born October 11, 1941 in Bluffton to Albert Merle and Lois (Gilliom) Stahly. He married Karen Susanna Good June 12, 1965 in Fort Wayne. She survives along with a son, Brian (Sonja) Stahly of...
Joyce Catherine Lebold
Jan 17, 2013
Joyce C. Lebold, 85, of Goshen, died Thursday evening, January 17, 2013, at The Maples at Waterford Crossing where she had been several months. She was born October 21, 1927 in New Paris to Dallas and Nellie (Howard) Rohrer. She married Harold Schrock June 1, 1946 in Millersburg. He died April 16, 1992. On May 13, 1999 she married...
Sylvia Ethel Martin
Jan 16, 2013
Sylvia Ethel Schrock Martin, 88, of Goshen, died Wednesday, January 16, 2013, at Greencroft Healthcare. She was born July 11, 1924 on a farm on County Road 9 in rural Goshen, to William Metzler and Mary Ethel (Van Scoik) Schrock. She married Dale Ernest Martin August 21, 1949 at the Dunlap Evangelical United Brethren Church. He preceded her in...
Miriam K. Swartley
Jan 16, 2013
Miriam Swartley, 97, of Goshen, died peacefully Wednesday morning, January 16, 2013, surrounded by many of her family. She was born in Mainland, Pennsylvania, December 5, 1915 to Allen M. and Mattie Kulp Landis. On October 23, 1943 she married G. Merrill Swartley at the home of her parents with her brother, Abram Landis officiating. After marriage she joined...
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....
