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Magdalena M. Yoder
May 25, 2012
Magdalena M. Yoder, 94, of Goshen, died early Friday morning, May 25, 2012, at Greencroft Healthcare. She had been in declining health the past six years. She was born March 8, 1918 in Etna Green to Menno J. and Sarah (Slabaugh) Miller. She married Robert H. Yoder May 5, 1951 in Goshen. He died February 8, 1987. She is...
Cecelia Kathryn Shantz
May 23, 2012
On May 23, C. Kathryn (Kate) Yoder Shantz, 95, of Greencroft Healthcare, peacefully passed away to her heavenly home. She was born on November 5, 1916, to Elmer L. and Bertha F. (Yoder) Yoder, West Liberty, Ohio. In early life Kathryn accepted Christ as her personal Savior and joined the South Union Mennonite Church, West Liberty, Ohio. When she...
Charlene Desanti Pauneto
May 23, 2012
Charlene DeSanti Pauneto, 54, of Goshen, died early Wednesday morning, May 23, 2012, at IU Health Goshen Hospital. She had suffered a seizure a week ago. She was born August 1, 1957 in West Chester County, Connecticut. She married Peter Pauneto in 2001. He survives along with a daughter; three grandchildren and two brothers, all in Connecticut. Friends may...
Dale L. Royer
May 23, 2012
Dale L. Royer, 84, of Goshen, died Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at his home. The death was unexpected but of natural causes. He was born October 28, 1927 to the late Henry and Dora (Metzger) Royer in Clinton County, Indiana. On January 10, 1954 in Greenville, Ohio he married Gladys I. Cool. She preceded him in death on March...
Alma M. Swartzendruber Heap
May 22, 2012
Alma Swartzendruber Heap, 91, of Goshen, died early Tuesday morning, May 22, 2012, at Greencroft Healthcare. She was born February 9, 1921 in Pigeon, Michigan to Joseph and Emma (Shetler) Swartzendruber. She married James C. Heap July 24, 1965 in Goshen. He died July 4, 2007. She is survived by a sister, Bess (Joseph) Gabriel of Kent, Ohio; and...
Max Jenner Voorhees
May 21, 2012
Max J. Voorhees, 86, of Goshen, died peacefully, joining his beloved wife, Monday evening at IU Health Goshen Hospital. He had been in failing health since March. He was born July 5, 1925 in Goshen to Clifford and Marie (Murphy) Voorhees. He married Marjorie L. Gardner Aug. 18, 1946 in Goshen. He is survived by three daughters, Debbie (Ron)...
Gregory Snyder
May 20, 2012
Gregory Snyder, 28, of Bristol, went to be with his Lord and Savior early Sunday morning following a car accident. He was born September 8, 1983 in Goshen to Linda (Carpenter) Snyder of Bristol and Harold "Junior" Snyder of Constantine, Michigan. He is survived by a brother, Randy (Sarah) Snyder of Bristol; two sisters, Laurie (Glen) Yoder of Millersburg...
June Jule Grinstead
May 19, 2012
June Jule Grinstead, 86 of Goshen, died Saturday afternoon, May 19, 2012, at Courtyard Healthcare. She was born June 30, 1925 in Goshen to Windburn and Tressa (Myers) Carlin. She married Norman "Grinny" Grinstead on December 1, 1944 in Junction City, Kansas. He died June 27, 2004. She is survived by two daughters, Kandy (George) Hunter of Mt. Vernon,...
Christian Bogucki
May 18, 2012
Christian Bogucki, 58, died unexpectedly Friday morning at IU Health Goshen Hospital from an apparent heart attack. He was born September 18, 1953 in France to the late Michel and Stephanie (Horejda) Bogucki. He is survived by a brother, Jean-Paul (Elizabeth) Bogucki of New Paris and a sister, Patricia Tiesch of Bristol. Private services will be held at a...
Roy Lee Lay
May 17, 2012
Roy Lee "R.L." Lay, 57, of Goshen, died Thursday morning, May 17, 2012, at IU Health Goshen Hospital where he had been since Sunday. He had been in failing health the past year. He was born February 13, 1955 in Jellico, Tennessee, to the late Walter Lay and Barbara Jean (Waller) Lay Chitwood. He is survived by two daughters,...
Sharol L. Haney
May 16, 2012
Sharol L. Haney, 77, died early Wednesday morning at the home of her daughter Tammy, following a nine month illness. She was born January 29, 1935 in Goshen to the late Ora E. and Orpha (Tully) Miller. She married Abraham Junior Haney February 1, 1953. He died April 12, 1996. Surviving are two daughters Cindy (Ron) Valentine, Bristol, and...
Willard Detweiler Hunsberger
May 16, 2012
Willard "Willie" Detweiler Hunsberger, 85, died Wednesday afternoon, May 16, 2012, at Greencroft Healthcare. He was born July 19, 1926 in Souderton, Pennsylvania to Earl Heacock and Estella (Detweiler) Hunsberger. In 1951 he married Ann Raber and they were later divorced in 1974. He then married Pauline Farquhar in 1976. She died in 1996. In 2000 he married Virginia...
Kam John Luangasa
May 16, 2012
Kham "John" Luangasa, 45, of Bristol, died early Wednesday morning, May 16, 2012, at his home. He was born February 10, 1967 in Laos to Thong-Dang and Peng Luangasa. In 1989 he married Lae Homhouane in Goshen. She survives. Also surviving are his parents, four children, Nick, Theil Kathy, Monica, and Joshua Luangasa all at home; three brothers, Sisay,...
Hazel F. Darnell
May 15, 2012
Hazel F. Darnell, 86, of Goshen, died unexpectedly at her home Tuesday afternoon, May 15, 2012. She was born March 16, 1926 in Saltville, Virginia, to Gibson and Mae (Bise) McNew. She married Wyndhamm Darnell Jr. September 18, 1944, in Bristol, Tennessee. He survives. Also surviving are two daughters, Sandra Kelley and Barbara Darnell, both of Goshen; a son,...
Elmer Warren Grimm
May 14, 2012
Elmer Warren Grimm, 91, of Goshen, died at his home early Monday afternoon, May 14, 2012, after an extended illness. He was born March 11, 1921 in Grand Ledge, Michigan, to Russell and Vira (Doolittle) Grimm. He married Marjorie A. Gale August 18, 1942 in Ligonier. She survives. Also surviving are a daughter, Linda (Edward) Bechtel of Elkhart; two...
Harold A. Schrock
May 12, 2012
Harold A. Schrock, 97, of Syracuse, passed away at his home Saturday morning, May 12, 2012. He was born April 10, 1915 in Goshen to the late Arthur E. and Anna (Shaner) Schrock. He married Thelma A. Hostetler September 3, 1938. She died January 28, 1995. On May 24, 1996 he married Betty Corn McDonald. She died September 14,...
William J. Bloss
May 9, 2012
William "Bill" J. Bloss, 79, of Goshen, died early Wednesday morning, May 9, 2012, at IU Health Goshen Hospital after battling melanoma since October 2011. He was born September 1, 1932 in Goshen to the late Lewis R. and Magdalena (Vander Reyden) Bloss. He married Martha J. Haney November 26, 1954. She survives. Also surviving are two daughters, Sue...
Wanda Grace Pearson
May 7, 2012
Wanda G. Pearson, 83, of Goshen, died Monday, May 7, 2012, at her home. She was born May 22, 1928 in Indianapolis to the late Chester and Alma (Coffey) Statom. She is survived by two sons, Randy Pearson of Syracuse and Michael Pearson of Michigan; a grandson, Lance Pearson; two sisters, Jean Gillis of Panama City, Florida and Corrine...
Mary Rose Culp
May 4, 2012
Mary R. Culp, 93, of Goshen, died Friday afternoon, May 4, 2012 at IU Health Goshen Hospital. She was born August 6, 1918 in Yugoslavia. She married Willard Culp in 1942 in South Bend. He died in 1985. She is survived by a son, Tom (Eunice) Culp of Goshen; two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. A homemaker, Mrs. Culp was...
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