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Greta Lawson Powers
Sep 1, 2011
Greta Lawson Powers, 44, of New Paris, died unexpectedly Thursday morning, September 1, 2011, at IU Health Goshen Hospital. She was born in Corbin, Kentucky, on December 28, 1966 to the late Milford Lawson and Edna Lawson. She is survived by her mother, Edna (Roger) Delph of New Paris; two daughters, Ashley (James) Powers Brown of Rock Hold, Kentucky,...
Lyda P. Hannah
Aug 30, 2011
Lyda P. Hannah, 75, of Goshen, died Tuesday afternoon, August 30, 2011, at her home. She had been ill 22 months. She was born April 12, 1936 in Clear Creek, Kentucky, to Noah and Nancy "Nannie" (Swinford) Gabbard. She married Richard L. Hannah on June 24, 1985 in Nashville, Tennessee. He survives. Also surviving are her son, Jeffrey G....
Houston Looney
Aug 30, 2011
Houston Looney, 79, of Goshen, died at his home Tuesday morning, August 30, 2011. He was born February 28, 1932 in Lepanto, Arkansas to the late Edgar and Lillie (Collins) Looney. He married Bertha M. (Bainter) Chupp on October 4, 1985 in Goshen. She died November 16, 2010. He is survived by three daughters, Debra (Earl) Bledsoe of Van...
Virgil R. Martin
Aug 30, 2011
Virgil R. Martin, 78, of Goshen, died Tuesday night, August 30, 2011, in ICU, at IU Health Goshen Hospital. He suffered a heart attack earlier in the day at work. He was born June 25, 1933 in Nappanee to the late Homer and Emma (Kilmer) Martin. On October 29, 1971 he married Laura Ann Hetler at Trinity Lutheran Church....
Keith Arthur Hartzler
Aug 28, 2011
Keith Arthur Hartzler, 62, of Portage, died early Sunday morning, August 28, 2011, at Porter Memorial Hospital. He was born in Goshen on May 21, 1949 to the late Nolen J. Hartzler and Alberta Hartzler Rensberger of Goshen. Keith grew up in Topeka and moved to Fort Wayne in 1959 where he lived at the Developmental Center until moving...
Seth S. Miller
Aug 27, 2011
Seth S. Miller, 77, of Goshen, died Saturday, August 27, 2011, at Valley View Health Care, Elkhart. He was born May 2, 1934 in Goshen to the late Sam and Lydia (Troyer) Miller. He married Patricia Belt on June 12, 1959 at First Baptist Church, Goshen. She survives. Also surviving are two daughters, Ruth D. (Jonathan) Hellwege of Mishawaka,...
Helen L. Struble
Aug 27, 2011
Helen Struble, 94, of Goshen, died unexpectedly early Saturday morning, August 27, 2011, at IU Health Goshen Hospital where she had been a patient two weeks after a sudden onset of illness. She was born March 2, 1917 in Goshen to the late Noble and Florence (Cripe) Neterer. She married Ralph H. Struble on March 28, 1937. He died...
William "Bill" J. Rose
Aug 26, 2011
William "Bill" J. Rose, 56, of Goshen, died at home Friday morning, August 26, 2011. He was born in Queens, New York, to the late William and Jeanie Rose. He married Maureen on April 16, 1988. She survives. Also surviving are a son, William "Bill" Rose of Goshen and a sister, Jeanie Rose of New York. A Goshen resident...
William Mckinley Eaton
Aug 26, 2011
William McKinley Eaton, 87, of Molalla, Oregon, formerly of Osceola, died Friday, August 26, 2011, in Molalla. He was born in Rockford, Illinois, on April 10, 1924 to the late Melvin and Myrtle (Tarlton) Eaton. He married Alice Sapen in March 1949, Betty A. Bainter on August 25, 1990; and Helen Constable in May 2005. All preceded him in...
Charlene R. Trainer
Aug 24, 2011
Charlene R. Trainer, 79, formerly of Goshen, died late Wednesday afternoon, August 24, 2011, at Miller's Merry Manor, LaGrange. She had been ill with Alzheimer's and COPD. She was born in Ligonier on October 30, 1931, to the late August and Irma (Keister) Knafel. She was married and divorced from Roscoe R. Miller. He died in 2004. She married...
Wanda L. Lambdin
Aug 24, 2011
Wanda L. Lambdin, 60, of Goshen, died Wednesday afternoon, August 24, 2011 at IU Health Goshen Hospital. She was born in Artie, West Virginia, on November 16, 1950 to the late Oran and Edith (Moles) Griffith. She is survived by a son, James Lambdin of Elkhart and Susan Lung of Goshen; a granddaughter, Paige Lung; three sisters, Carol (Thomas)...
Richard F. Elliott
Aug 23, 2011
Richard Elliott, 69, of Dallas, Texas, and formerly of Goshen, died Tuesday, August 23, 2011, at his home after a ten year battle with cancer. He was born February 11, 1942 in Goshen to the late Herman Elliott and Wanda (Bull) Alwine of Goshen. He married Diana Spurlock on November 30, 2010, in Dallas. She survives. Also surviving are...
Marjorie E. Weldy
Aug 21, 2011
Marjorie E. Weldy, 96, of Goshen, died Sunday, August 21, 2011, at Greencroft Healthcare where she had been since May 24. She was born in Smithville, Ohio on July 28, 1915 to the late Peter R. and Barbara (Eicher) Conrad. She married Dwight E. Weldy on June 8, 1941 in Smithville, Ohio. He survives. Also surviving are three daughters,...
Gladys Rae Hochstetler
Aug 21, 2011
Gladys Rae Hochstetler, 78, of Goshen, died Sunday morning, August 21, 2011, at Greencroft Healthcare. She had been in failing health the past seven years. She was born in Goshen on April 7, 1933, to the late Willis C. and Gladys "Joy" (Fisher) Kistler. She married Ray Hochstetler in Goshen on June 17, 1951. He survives. Also surviving are...
Henry J. Cripe
Aug 21, 2011
Henry "Hank" J. Cripe, 83, of Goshen, died Sunday, August 21, 2011, at Elkhart General Hospital. He was born January 7, 1928 in Goshen to the late Henry and Bertha (Cripe) Cripe, Sr. He married Marcile E. Weldy on September 10, 1948 in Goshen. She died June 2, 2004. He is survived by two daughters, Sandy Schneider and Debra...
Ronald Adkins
Aug 21, 2011
Ronald Adkins, 72, of Goshen, died of natural causes at his home on Sunday, August 21, 2011. He was born August 22, 1938 in Holden, West Virginia to the late Perlie Silas and Freda (Adams) Adkins. He married Glenda Walsh in 1960 in West Virginia. He is survived by his wife; two daughters, Ronna (Mark) Beck and Julie (Jeff)...
Rodney Scott Kiser
Aug 19, 2011
Rodney Scott Kiser, 41, of Elkhart, died early Friday morning, August 19, 2011, at South Bend Memorial Hospital from injuries sustained in a car accident. He was born in Goshen on December 28, 1969 to the late Richard Kiser and Pamela (Waugaman) Eggers of Elkhart. He is survived by two sisters, Stacey (Eldon Ralstin) Hayes of Milford and Nikki...
Virginia Lois Livergood
Aug 17, 2011
Virginia Lois Livergood, 89, of South Bend and formerly of Elkhart, died Wednesday evening, August 17, 2011, at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center. She was born September 18, 1921, in Auburn to the late Frank and Lida (Montginger) Boucher. She married Ned R. Livergood in Mishawaka on June 22, 1941. He preceded her in death on April 25, 2008....
Willis L. Breckbill
Aug 17, 2011
Willis "Bill" L. Breckbill, 85, of Goshen, died Wednesday, August 17, 2011 at his home. He was born to the late David and Anna (Leaman) Breckbill on April 28, 1926 in Willow Street, Pennsylvania. On August 14, 1954, he married Ina Ruth Krabill of Louisville, Ohio. She survives, along with their four children: David (Anita Stoltzfus) of Lincoln, Nebraska,...
Evelyn P. Eash
Aug 15, 2011
Evelyn P. Eash, 93, of Boonville, formerly of Goshen, passed away Monday afternoon, August 15, 2011, at Bakers Rest Haven with her son, Jim, at her side. She had been in failing health the past year. She was born in Millersburg on November 8, 1917, to the late George and Margarite (Taylor) Kline. She married Alva Eash December 16,...
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