Robert Dean Fields
Jul 13, 2012
Robert Dean Fields, 67, of Goshen, passed away early Friday morning, July 13, 2012, at Courtyard Healthcare after battling lung cancer. He was born in Goshen October 22, 1944 to Harold and Donna (Koch) Fields. He married Sonya Morris November 20, 1985 in Las Vegas. She survives. Also surviving are a daughter, Kecia Johnson and a grandson, Avery Hill,...
Emma D. Chupp
Jul 13, 2012
Emma D. Chupp, 76, of Goshen, passed away early Friday morning, July 13, 2012, at Greencroft Healthcare. She was born December 30, 1935 in Shipshewana to Andrew and Anna (Yoder) Chupp. She is survived by three sisters, Dema (John) Mishler of Greenwood, Delaware, Ann Yoder of Moses Lake, Washington, and Katie (Paul) Swarzentruber of Kalona, Iowa; and a brother,...
Helen Louise Walter
Jul 11, 2012
Helen L. Walter, 100, of Union, Michigan, left her earthly home to go to her heavenly home to be with her Lord and Savior, early Wednesday morning, July 11, 2012. She was born in Goshen March 4, 1912 to the late Roy and Ina (Landaw) Carter. She married Brice R. Walter February 4, 1933 in Elwood. He preceded her...
Joan N. Stone
Jul 11, 2012
Joan N. Stone, 84, of Goshen, died Wednesday evening, July 11, 2012 at IU Health Goshen Hospital. She was born January 24, 1928 in Elkhart to the late Java "Jack" and Pauline (Elwood) Grisamer. A lifelong area resident, she volunteered with Youth Service Bureau. There will be no services. Yoder-Culp Crematory will handle the cremation for the family.
Gloria Jean Byrd
Jul 10, 2012
Gloria J. Byrd, 64, of Elkhart, died Tuesday afternoon, July 10, 2012, at Wesley Health Care, Auburn. She was born November 11, 1947 in Smith Town, Kentucky to Thomas and Betty Z. (Morris) Griffis, Sr. She married Benjamin J. Hurt, Sr. November 1966 in Goshen. They divorced in 1982 and he later died in 1987. She is survived by...
Arlie E. Waggy
Jul 9, 2012
Arlie Waggy, 92, of Goshen, died Monday afternoon, July 9, 2012, at Loyola University Hospital, Chicago, where he was a subject in a cardiac valve replacement clinical study. Although his obstructed heart valve was replaced using the new experimental method, surgical complications led to his death three weeks later. Mr. Waggy was born September 26, 1919, on Shenandoah Mountain,...
Stanley A. Hite
Jul 8, 2012
Stanley A. Hite, 73, of Goshen, passed away Sunday morning, July 8, 2012, at IU Health Goshen Hospital. He had been ill since June 9. He was born January 31, 1939 in Goshen to the late Harry O. and Lucille (Graff) Hite. He married Diana M. Garza of Falfurrias, Texas, November 19, 1976 in Goshen. She survives. Also surviving...
Sue Ellen Swihart
Jul 7, 2012
Sue Ellen Swihart, 60, of Bristol, died Saturday afternoon, July 7, 2012, at Courtyard Healthcare. She had been ill since April. She was born in Goshen January 22, 1952 to Frank and Betty (Garber) Luke. She was raised by her grandparents, John and Edith Luke. She is survived by a daughter, Mary Swihart of Bristol; and a sister, Kay...
Michael Paul Bowen
Jul 7, 2012
Michael P. Bowen, 45, of Elkhart, died at his home late Saturday afternoon, July 7, 2012, from natural causes. He was born April 28, 1967 in Goshen to the late Burthel R. Bowen and Marjorie (Tyson) Rider. He is survived by his mother and step-father, Marjorie and Bruce Rider, Goshen; two sisters, Connie Massengale and Brenda Bowen, both of...
Hoyte E. Jewell
Jul 6, 2012
Hoyte E. "Buck" Jewell, 61, of Millersburg passed away unexpectedly Friday afternoon, July 6, 2012, at IU Health Goshen Hospital. He was born April 19, 1951 in Greenville, Michigan to Jack and Laura (Orvis) Jewell. He married Karen Stutsman May 14, 2005 in Millersburg. She survives. Also surviving are two sons, Todd (Delores) Jewell of Sheridan, Michigan and Travis...
Ronald Raymond Kelly
Jul 4, 2012
Ronald R. Kelly, 74, of Goshen, passed away early Wednesday morning, July 4, 2012, at his home after an extended battle with cancer. He was born January 24, 1938 in Indianapolis to the late Raymond and Dorothea (Scheele) Kelly. He married Demarus "Demy" L. Black June 16, 1956 in Indianapolis. She preceded him in death April 20, 2011. He...
Evelyn Maxine Hostetler Kauffman
Jul 4, 2012
Evelyn Maxine Hostetler Kauffman, 85, of Goshen, passed away late Wednesday evening, July 4, 2012 at IU Health Goshen Hospital after suffering a heart attack. She was born September 18, 1926 in Topeka to Early and Bertha (Mishler) Hostetler. She married Frank Kauffman at Emma Mennonite Church June 21, 1947. They had just celebrated their 65th anniversary. Surviving are...
Kenneth Morton Bryant
Jul 3, 2012
Kenneth M. Bryant, 96, of Goshen, died early Tuesday afternoon, July 3, 2012, at his home. He had been in declining health for the last couple months. He was born August 14, 1915 in Lagro to Warren and Elizabeth (Dufton) Bryant. He married Ruby E. Deafenbaugh April 24, 1937 in Warsaw. She survives. Also surviving are three daughters, Loretta...
Melanie Lee Collins
Jul 3, 2012
Melanie Lee Collins, 68, of Goshen, died unexpectedly at her home Tuesday morning, July 3, 2012. She had recently been hospitalized. She was born December 20, 1943 in Dayton, Ohio to George Breckenridge and Minerva Maude (Clarke) Miles. She married James R. Collins December 12, 1964 in Dayton. He survives. Also surviving is a daughter, Robin Collins of Elkhart;...
Virginia Elizabeth Smith
Jul 2, 2012
Virginia Elizabeth Smith, 95, of Goshen, passed away early Monday morning, July 2, 2012, at Courtyard Healthcare. She was born April 21, 1917 in Kendallville to Chester and Laura Irene (Pendroy) Alheim. She married Paul Geyer in 1939 and he died in May 1944. She then married China B. Smith July 5, 1947. He died October 6, 1989. She...
Roger Dale Ratcliff
Jun 29, 2012
Roger Dale Ratcliff, 58, of Goshen, died at his home early Friday morning, June 29, 2012. He was born October. 15, 1953 in Portsmouth, Ohio to Phillip and Janet (Crabtree) Ratcliff. He married Waneta Radford in 1982. She survives. Also surviving are two daughters, Carrie and husband, Paul, of Brunswick, Georgia, and Tammy of Fort Wayne; two grandchildren; his...
Heidi Siemens-Rhodes
Jun 24, 2012
Heidi Siemens-Rhodes, 38, of Goshen, died at her home Sunday evening, June 24, 2012, after living nine months knowing her diagnosis of metastatic melanoma. She was born June 24, 1974 in Sacramento, California to Mark and Jan (Lautt) Siemens. She married Mitch Siemens-Rhodes August 3, 1996 in Kalona, Iowa. He survives. Also surviving are three children, Theodore Kazuo, Adam...
Thelma Irene Bechtold Syndram
Jun 23, 2012
Thelma Irene Bechtold Syndram, 99, of Goshen, passed away Saturday evening, June 23, 2012, at Courtyard Healthcare. She had been in declining health the past eight years. She was born July 26, 1912, in Goshen to the late Albert and Pearl (Immel) Overholt. She married Carl Franklin Syndram March 31, 1962. He died March 11, 1976. She is survived...
John Samuel Hall, Sr.
Jun 23, 2012
John S. Hall, Sr., 85, of Goshen, passed away at his home Saturday morning, June 23, 2012. He had been ill since April 20. He was born August 19, 1926 in Kenmore, Ohio, to the late Samuel and Ruth (Smith) Hall. He married Phyllis Bailey July 5, 1953. She survives. Also surviving are three sons, John S. Hall, Jr....
Tommy C. Riege
Jun 22, 2012
Tommy C. Riege, 48, of Goshen, died unexpectedly at his home Friday evening, June 22, 2012, of natural causes. He was born January 7, 1964 in Dayton, Ohio, to Paul and Jennifer (Powers) Patton. He is survived by his father, Paul of Goshen; three daughters, Kimberly Riege of Huber Heights, Ohio, Brittany (Chad) Newcomb of Englewood, Ohio and Kristen...
