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Laurence Milton Horst
Sep 7, 2011
Laurence Milton Horst, 96, resident of the Gables at Greencroft, Goshen, died Wednesday, September 7, 2011, at IU Health Goshen Hospital. Laurence was born on the windy Kansas plain on February 17, 1915. He was the welcome fifth child of Jacob and Anna Grabill (Beck) Horst. He grew up a hard worker on the farm, with a love for...
Marvin R. Miller, Sr.
Sep 7, 2011
Marvin R. Miller, Sr., 70, of Goshen, died unexpectedly late Wednesday night, September 7, 2011, at Elkhart General Hospital. He was born August 6, 1941 in Haven, Kansas, to the late Sam and Clara (Yoder) Miller. He married Janet Miller in Fort Wayne on August 12, 1972. She survives. Also surviving is a son, Marvin R. (Janet) Miller, Jr....
Dorothy Marie Middleton
Sep 6, 2011
Dorothy Marie Middleton, 95, of Goshen, died Tuesday evening, September 6, 2011, at Goshen Hospital a week after suffering a stroke. She was born April 29, 1916 in Urbana, Ohio, to the late Edgar and Goldie (Muzzy) Crane. On April 29, 1937 she married Ora E. Middleton in Urbana, Ohio. He died December 16, 1996. She is survived by...
Elsie Claassen
Sep 4, 2011
Elsie Claassen, 96, of Goshen, died at Greencroft Healthcare Sunday afternoon, September 4, 2011. She had been in declining health the past year. She was born in Gage County, Nebraska on August 20, 1915, to the late Fred and Minnie (Kechley) Linsenmeyer. She married Louis Claassen in Gage County on October 9, 1952. He passed away July 3, 1990....
Raymond M. Sala
Sep 4, 2011
Goshen-Ray Sala, 85, died early Sunday morning, September 4, 2011, at IU Health Goshen Hospital. He was born February 16, 1926 near Johnstown, Pennsylvania, to the late George and Annie (Thomas) Sala. He attended grade school at Thomas Mills and graduated from Davidsville High School, Pennsylvania. Immediately after graduation he was drafted and joined Civilian Public Service in Grottoes,...
Hermann Nuyken
Sep 4, 2011
Hermann Nuyken, 81, of Goshen, died 7:30 a.m. Sunday, September 4, 2011, at The Courtyard Healthcare, Goshen. He had battled cancer for the last three years. Hermann was born Jan. 19, 1930 in Allenstein, Prussia to Karl and Melanie (Engelhard) Nuyken. He married Dorothy Parmalee in June of 1963. She died in 1986. Hermann then married Patricia Roth in...
Ronald D. Good
Sep 3, 2011
Ronald D. Good, 70, of Goshen, died Saturday evening, September 3, 2011, at IU Health Goshen Hospital. He was born March 27, 1941 in Goshen to the late Jacob and Blanche (Sharp) Good. On June 22, 1963 he married Sandra K. Grove. She survives. Also surviving is a daughter, Andraya (Dennis) Jeffery, Goshen; three sons, Gregory (Carmen) Good, New...
Vivian A. Goodman
Sep 3, 2011
Vivian A. Goodman, 87, of Elkhart, died Saturday morning, September 3, 2011, at Beardsley House. She was born August 28, 1924 in Goshen, to the late Rev. Chester and May (Smith) Carpenter. She married Harold "Buzz" L. Goodman on April 6, 1947. He died June 2, 1976. She is survived by a daughter, Kimberly (Edward) McKibbin of Elkhart; three...
Ellen "Arlene" Hershberger
Sep 1, 2011
Ellen "Arlene" Hershberger, 82, of Manor IV, Greencroft Goshen, died Thursday evening, September 1, 2011, at The Courtyard, Goshen. She was born December 5, 1928 in Goshen to the late Maynard and Mandella (Bachtel) Hoover. On August 5, 1947 she married Edwin S. Hershberger in New Paris. He died June 13, 2005. Surviving are three daughters, June (Fernando) Trcka,...
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)...
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