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Dorothy B. Myers Beer
Dec 12, 2010
Dorothy Myers Beer, 99, of Goshen died early Sunday morning, December 12, 2010, at Greencroft Healthcare. She had been in declining health the past three months. She was born in Decatur on August 6, 1911, to Chauncey and Mary (Burkhead) Bowser. She married Kenneth B. Myers on April 15, 1934 in Goshen. He passed away November 4, 1986. She...
Rhonda Federonick
Dec 10, 2010
Rhonda Federonick, 54, of Elkhart, died early Friday morning, December 10, 2010, at her home after a two year battle with cancer. She was born in Goshen on February 23, 1956 to the late Harold D. and Helen (Cripe) Berkey. She is survived by five daughters, Mary Ann Federonick of Elkhart, Mindy Federonick of West Lafayette, and Elisabeth, Dawn...
Dana C. Kauffman
Dec 9, 2010
Dana C. Kauffman, 86, of Millersburg, passed away Wednesday morning, December 9, 2015, at Courtyard Healthcare after an extended illness. He was born May 25, 1929 in Clinton Township, Elkhart County, to Alvin and Alma (Showalter) Kauffman. On October 9, 1954 he married Carol L. Hapner at Solomon’s Creek Church. She survives along with two sons, Gregory (Alice) Kauffman...
Devera Jane Elmore
Dec 6, 2010
Devera Jane Elmore, 74, of Goshen, died Monday, December 6, 2010, at Goshen General Hospital. She was born April 21, 1936 in Goshen to the late Duerill and Gladys (Wogoman) Evans. She married Ralph Elmore on November 13, 1953 in Muncie. He survives. Also surviving are three daughters, Zonea (Gary) Bainter of Bristol, Mary (Lavone) Miller of Milford and...
Frank J. Kotrba
Dec 5, 2010
Frank J. Kotrba, 64, of Goshen, died early Sunday morning, December 5, 2010 at Goshen General Hospital. He was born October 5, 1946 in Fort Wayne to the late Stanley and Martha (Arrowood) Kotrba. On April 4, 1987 in Las Vegas he married JoAnne Johnson. She survives. Also surviving are a daughter, Shelly (Waldo) Jewell of Fort Wayne; three...
Howard S. Brembeck
Dec 5, 2010
Howard S. Brembeck, 100, of Atlantis, Florida, and Goshen, died Sunday, December 5, 2010, at Goshen General Hospital. He was born February 9, 1910, in Wabash, to Paul and Hulda (Speicher) Brembeck. He married Myra Katherine Bates on October 3, 1933 at the home of her parents in Urbana, Indiana. She died March 28, 2001. He is survived by...
David S. Yoder
Dec 5, 2010
David S. Yoder, 91, of Goshen, died early Sunday morning, December 5, 2010, at The Gables at Greencroft Healthcare. He was born in Greenwood, Delaware on November 18, 1919 to David S. and Savilla (Bender) Yoder, Sr. He married Clara Mae Schlabach in Conneautville, Pennsylvania on December 26, 1941. She died January 23, 2003. He is survived by two...
Daniel E. Cross
Dec 4, 2010
Daniel E. Cross, 85, of Goshen, died early Saturday morning, December 4, 2010, at The Maples at Waterford Crossing. He was born December 27, 1924 in Nappanee to Enos and Mattie (Yoder) Cross. He married Beulah Gingerich on May 14, 1944 in Middlebury. She survives. Also surviving are three daughters, Joyce Miller and Darlene (Vernon) Cross, both of Goshen...
Alma Larsen Yepes
Dec 1, 2010
Alma Larsen Yepes was stillborn at 2:24 am, Wednesday, December 1, 2010, at Goshen General Hospital. Her parents are Ralph A. Larsen and Modesta Yepes de Larsen, they live in Goshen with her sisters Yesel, Lorena, Viridiana and Katherine. Also surviving are grandparents Ralph and Irma Larsen of Elkhart and Enrique Yepes and Teresa Hernadez of Mexico. A private...
Maxine O. Swihart
Nov 30, 2010
Maxine O. (Rutledge) Swihart, 95, of Colby, Kansas, died Tuesday, November 30, 2010, at Fairview Estates. She was born in Pioneer, Ohio on September 21, 1915, to LeRoy and Ethel (Long) Rutledge. She married Floyd Swihart on June 25, 1932, in Primrose, Ohio. He died March 9, 1987. She is survived by two daughters, Ruth Marie Culp of Bristol,...
Nina Kuczeruk
Nov 27, 2010
Nina Kuczeruk, 91, passed away Saturday, November 27, 2010, at Renaissance Village, Fort Wayne. She was born on May 8, 1919 in Dubno, Ukraine. Nina and her husband, Jacob, and daughter, Leda, immigrated to the US in 1951. They were sponsored by the Mennonite Church and settled in Nappanee. They obtained citizenship in 1958. Surviving are a daughter, Leda...
Donald Lee Richcreek
Nov 27, 2010
Donald L. Richcreek, 61, of Goshen, died at his home Saturday, November 27, 2010. He had health issues since a massive heart attack in June. He was born on April 19, 1949 in Marcellus, Michigan to the late Dallas and Mary (Ellis) Richcreek. He married Margaret E. Scruggs April 30, 1971 in Middlebury. She survives. Also surviving are children,...
Nora M. Maurer
Nov 26, 2010
Nora M. Maurer, 100, of Goshen, died Friday, November 26, 2010, at Greencroft Healthcare, Goshen. She had been ill for about one week. She was born July 25, 1910, in Elkhart County to Lawrence and Amanda (Laughman) Fink. On February 16, 1936, in Rochester, Indiana, she married Joseph Maurer. He died in October of 1977. Surviving are sons Larry...
Dorothy Calbeck Koher
Nov 24, 2010
Dorothy Calbeck Koher, 90, of Goshen, died late Wednesday night, November 24, 2010, at The Maples at Waterford Crossing. She was born in Noble County on September 19, 1920, to Ernest L. and Lewella M. (Clayton) Calbeck. She married Edwin E. Koher on June 27, 1941 at the Cromwell Methodist Church. He survives. Also surviving are a son, Clayton...
Sherry L. Nisly
Nov 23, 2010
Sherry L. Nisly, 56, of Goshen, died at home Tuesday, November 23, 2010. She had been ill with cancer for two and a half years. She was born August 10, 1954 in Detroit, Michigan, to Clyde Bouse of Texas and the late Melba (Richards) Hardesty. She married Marcus Nisly on November 5, 1971, in Goshen. He survives. Also surviving...
Wilma Pearl Leinbach
Nov 23, 2010
Wilma Pearl (Pletcher) Leinbach was born April 6, 1912 to Landan and Luella (Johns) Pletcher near Goshen and passed to her eternal reward on Tuesday, November 23, 2010, at the age of 98. Wilma attended school in Clinton Township and Middlebury, graduating in April 1929. On October 7, 1933 she married Etril J. Leinbach in Middlebury. They were married...
Gavin Hunter Stephenson
Nov 21, 2010
Gavin Hunter Stephenson was stillborn at 12:47 p.m., Sunday, November 21, 2010, at Goshen General Hospital. He was born to Cherie and Eddie Stephenson of Goshen. Also surviving are brothers, Dominic Sosa and Edwin Stephenson; grandparents Jeff and Darlene Gieser, Rick and Edith Scott, and Ed and Diane Stephenson. There will be private family services with burial at Violett...
Junior Leroy "Knute" Wortinger
Nov 21, 2010
Junior LeRoy “Knute” Wortinger, 87, of Goshen, died Sunday, November 21, 2010, at St. Joseph Medical Center, Mishawaka. He was born in Benton, on April 17, 1923, to Roy Omar and Katherine Bernice (Alwine) Wortinger. He married Arlios Mae Bleile on September 7, 1942 in Goshen. She preceded him in death on November 16, 2001. Survivors include a daughter,...
Robert E. Bosse
Nov 20, 2010
Robert E. Bosse, 95, of Goshen, died Saturday morning, November 20, 2010, at Rivercrest Specialty Hospital, Mishawaka. He was born on January 27, 1915, in Goshen to the late Louis and Ina (Roth) Bosse. He married R. Wiladean Schoomaker in Goshen on July 31, 1936. She died January 30, 1996. He then married Janet (Blue) Berkey on December 27,...
Claude B. Shaw
Nov 19, 2010
Claude Burton Shaw, 61, of Middlebury, died early Friday morning, November 19, 2010, at Goshen General Hospital. He had been ill since March. He was born in Elkhart on December 13, 1948, to the late Vernon Shaw and June (Lovett) Shaw of Middlebury. He married Jacqueline Huser on January 8, 1972, in Elkhart. She survives. Also surviving are two...
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