Jerry K. Smith
Aug 11, 2012
Jerry K. Smith, 69, of Milford, died Saturday morning, August 11, 2012, after a long battle with cancer. He was born June 13, 1943 in Goshen to the late Edgar and Kathryn (Wilcox) Smith. He married Susan Brown February 3, 1978 in Goshen. She survives. Also surviving are four sons, Mike, David and Eddie Smith and Joe (Sarah) Graham...
Martha Pauline Christner
Aug 9, 2012
Martha P. Christner, 83, of Goshen, passed away at her home Thursday afternoon August 9, 2012, after an extended illness. She was born October 14, 1928 in Goshen to Samuel and Clara (Harshberger) Leichty. She married Levi "Lee" Christner in Wolcottville. He preceded her in death July 22, 2001. She is survived by two sons, James (Myra) Christner of...
Leonard C. Otis
Aug 8, 2012
Leonard C. Otis, 78, of New Paris, died early Wednesday morning, August 8, 2012, at Courtyard Healthcare where he had been two days. He had been seriously ill since April. He was born July 3, 1934 in Branch County, Michigan to the late Morris and Mabel (Johnson) Otis. He married Betty Irene Duffield April 20, 1959 in Loveland, Colorado....
Erma Jeanne Mellinger Shirk
Aug 4, 2012
Erma Jeanne Mellinger Shirk, 75, of Goshen and formerly of Thornton, Pennsylvania, passed away at her home late Saturday night, August 4, 2012. She was born May 13, 1937 in Lyndon, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, to the late Jacob K. Mellinger and Bertha Denlinger Leaman Mellinger Hershey. She married Enos Huber Shirk January 1, 1960 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He preceded...
Beulah Cross
Aug 4, 2012
Beulah Cross, 86, passed away early Saturday morning, August 4, 2012, at IU Health Goshen Hospital. She was born August 31, 1925 in Mylo, North Dakota to Noah and Sarah (Graber) Gingerich. She married Daniel E. Cross May 14, 1944 in Middlebury. He died December 4, 2010. She is survived by three daughters, Joyce Miller and Darlene (Vernon) Plank,...
Willard Evans Gingrich
Aug 3, 2012
Willard E Gingrich, 95, of Goshen, died Friday, August 3, 2012, at IU Health Goshen Hospital, surrounded by his family. He was born in Freeport, Illinois, graduated from Freeport High School and was a long time resident of Freeport. He was born October 25, 1916 in Freeport, the son of Dilman and Cora (Ebersole) Gingrich. Willard married Olive Graybill...
Ella Klatt
Aug 1, 2012
Ella Klatt, 81, of Goshen, passed into the arms of Jesus late Wednesday morning, August 1, 2012, after a two month illness. She was born March 28, 1931 in Ilow, Poland, to Gustav and Bertha (Pankratz) Pretzlaff. She married Eberhard Klatt March 26, 1953 in Goshen. He preceded her in death January 15, 2007. She is survived by three...
Dennis M. Thompson
Aug 1, 2012
Dennis M. Thompson, 71, of Goshen, passed away Wednesday morning, August 1, 2012, at Riverside Village, Elkhart. He was born September 12, 1940 in Hastings, Michigan to the late Frank and Pauline (Moore) Thompson. He married Jean Hubbard June 4, 1961 in Hastings. She preceded him in death November 1, 2008. He is survived by two daughters, Lori (Larry)...
Melvin A. Yoder
Jul 24, 2012
Melvin A. Yoder, 85, of Goshen, died early Tuesday morning, July 24, 2012, at Greencroft Healthcare where he had been since March. He was born July 27, 1926 in LaGrange County to Andrew J. and Mattie (Miller) Yoder. He married Mattie M. Miller January 17, 1948 in Goshen. She preceded him in death April 29, 2002. He is survived...
Sgt. Bryan Marchant
Jul 23, 2012
Sgt. Bryan Marchant, 38, of Joint Base Lewis-McCord, Washington, died unexpectedly Monday morning, July 23, 2012. He was born Feb. 12, 1974 in Goshen to Roy and Jackie (Cottingham) Marchant, Elkhart. Also surviving is a daughter, Jenelle Marchant, and a son, Brandon Marchant, both of Nappanee; grandparents, Cecil and Wanda Marchant and aunt, Janet (Karl) King, all of Edwardsburg;...
Elveta M. Henderson
Jul 20, 2012
Elveta M. Henderson, 83, of Goshen, passed away early Friday morning, July 20, 2012, at The Maples at Waterford Crossing where she had been a day. She suffered a stroke on July 9. She was born March 15, 1929 in Saltville, Virginia, to the late Malinda Aistrop and John Henderson. She married Paul Allen Henderson March 14, 1951. He...
Willard Lain Booth
Jul 18, 2012
Willard "Bill" Lain Booth, 98, went to be with the Lord, Wednesday evening, July 18, 2012 at his home in Sunset Village, Jenison, Michigan. He was born March 2, 1914 in Boise, Idaho, to the late Robert and Grace Booth. He married Verna Leone Berkey November 7, 1944 at the Seattle Naval Hospital. She survives. Also surviving are a...
Tonie Izabella Clemons
Jul 17, 2012
Tonie Izabella Clemons was stillborn Tuesday evening, July 17, 2012, at IU Health Goshen Hospital. She is survived by her parents, Mike and Jamie Clemons and siblings, Linda and Preston, all of Goshen; and grandparents, Johnny and Cynthia Baughman, Sr., Collins, Miss. and Fred and Mary Langston, Hattiesburg, Miss.; great-grandfather, Thurman Baughman, Laurel, Miss.; four uncles, Johnny Baughman, Jr.,...
Rene R. Neff
Jul 14, 2012
Rene R. Neff, 79, of Goshen, died early Saturday morning, July 14, 2012, at Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne. He was born September 5, 1932 in New Paris to George G. and Mildred C. (Sherman) Neff. He married Sue Lutes July 24, 1955 in New Paris. She survives. Also surviving are a son, Dave (Luann) Neff of Goshen; a daughter,...
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,...
