Donald Junior Acker
May 30, 2011
Donald Junior Acker, 80, of Goshen, died unexpectedly at his home on Monday, May 30, 2011. He was born June 19, 1930 in Gratiot County, Michigan to the late Cecil B. and Mary I. (French) Acker. On October 26, 1957 he married Joan Siebert in Lansing, Michigan. She survives. Also surviving are three sons, David (Adonna) Acker of Elkhart,...
Douglas D. Winter, Sr.
May 30, 2011
Douglas D. Winter, Sr., 66, of South Bend, died Monday afternoon, May 30, 2011, at Memorial Hospital. He had been in failing health for four years. He was born May 29, 1945 in Goshen to the late George W. and Mandilla M. (Chapman) Winter. On October 9, 1965, he married Donna Louise Scheck. She survives with two sons, Douglas...
Marilyn Alverta Farmilo
May 30, 2011
Goshen-Marilyn Alverta Farmilo, 70, died at her home Monday evening, May 30, 2011. She was born May 27, 1941 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, to the late Sam and Mary (Burk) Eldridge. She married Robert w. Farmilo in Goshen on May 17, 1980. He survives. Also surviving are a daughter, Sabina (Ken) Mast of Goshen; a son, Rory Reingardt of...
Clyde W. Adkins, Sr.
May 29, 2011
Clyde W. Adkins, Sr., 68, of Goshen, died at his home of natural causes and was found Sunday morning, May 29, 2011. He was born July 23, 1942 in Pikeville, Kentucky to the late Dan and Gladys (Thacker) Adkins. He worked mainly in the RV industry, working 20 years for Windsor Mobile Homes in Bristol and then at Stowe-Davis...
Jeralyn R. Edwards
May 29, 2011
Jeralyn "Jeri" R. Edwards, 73, of Goshen, died early Sunday morning, May 29, 2011, at Greencroft Healthcare after battling a long term illness. She was born in New Paris on May 17, 1938, to the late Willard and Charlotte (Brumbaugh) Stahly. She married Raymond "Pete" E. Edwards in Goshen on October 11, 1958. He preceded her in death on...
Sue Davis
May 28, 2011
Sue Davis, 68, of Goshen, died Saturday evening, May 28, 2011, at Vibra Hospital, Fort Wayne. She had been in failing health the past year. She was born July 15, 1942, in White Pigeon, Michigan, to the late Kenneth Harold and Gertrude (Bush) Plank. She married Howard Davis on December 31, 1964 in Bristol. He survives. Also surviving are...
William Walter Ream, Sr.
May 26, 2011
William Walter Ream, Sr., 86, of Goshen, died early Thursday morning, May 26, 2011, at Courtyard Rehabilitation Center. He was born January 15, 1925, in Akron, Ohio, to the late Lawrence and Ethel (Wilhelm) Ream. He is survived by his wife, Marian (Fee) Ream of Goshen; and two daughters, Sandy (Art) Roberson of Cassopolis, Michigan and Patricia Brown of...
Werner Plotz
May 24, 2011
Werner Plotz, 80, of Goshen died Tuesday morning, May 24, 2011, at Courtyard Healthcare where he had been since April 14. He was born May 17, 1931 in Gluckstadt, Germany and had worked as a surgeon's assistant in Palm Springs, Florida. Funeral arrangements are pending.
Ray Samuel Bowman
May 23, 2011
Ray S. Bowman, 90, of North Manchester, died Monday, May 23, 2011 at Timbercrest Healthcare. He had been ill for two weeks. He was born September 25, 1920 in Roanoke, Virginia, to the late Luther Daniel and Loulie Mary (Webster) Bowman. He married Lydia Mae Yoder on July 26, 1949 in New Paris. She died January 16, 2004. He...
Laroy Grooms
May 22, 2011
Laroy "Bud" Grooms, 75, of Goshen, died Sunday evening, May 22, 2011 at his home. He was born September 18, 1935 in Ligonier to the late Merril and Sally (Jones) Grooms. On October 6, 1956 he married Barbara Culp in Goshen. She survives. Also surviving are two sons, John (Donna) Grooms of Rochester, and Glenn Grooms of Goshen; three...
Floyd J. Wortinger
May 22, 2011
Floyd J. "Bud" Wortinger, 85, of Goshen, died Sunday evening, May 22, 2011, at his home after several battles with cancer. The son of Floyd Quinn and Belle (Dunham) Wortinger, he was born on August 12, 1925 and raised in Goshen. On March 24, 1946 he married Mabel L. Detwiler in Goshen. She survives. Also surviving are their three...
Max Shrock
May 19, 2011
Max C. Shrock, 53, of Goshen, died at his home late Thursday morning, May 19, 2011. He had battled cancer since September 2008. He was born June 23, 1957 in Goshen to the late Chester Glenn and Vivian (Weldy) Shrock. He married Dixie Mitschelen in Nappanee on September 24, 1977. She survives. Also surviving are two daughters, Stacy (Chris)...
Ulric Landenberger
May 17, 2011
Ulric Landenberger was born November 23, 1919 in Panambi, Brazil, the fourth of six children, to Jacob and Betty Landenberger who were serving as missionaries/pastor to the German settlers there. In 1928 the family emigrated to the United States and settled in Detroit later purchasing a farm in Gladwin, Michigan. After Ulric graduated as valedictorian of the Gladwin High...
Mary Weldy
May 16, 2011
Mary M. Weldy, 98, of Goshen, died early Monday morning, May 16, 2011, at Courtyard Healthcare. She was born August 27, 1912, in Warsaw to the late James Ervin and Rosebell (Saunders) Witham. She married John W. Weldy in Goshen on February 6, 1961. He preceded her in death on January 11, 1991. She is survived by a son,...
Chester W. Alheim
May 16, 2011
Chester W. "Chet" Alheim, 89, of Goshen, died Monday, May 16, 2011, at IU Health Goshen Hospital. He was born October 24, 1921, in Albion to the late Chester Boyd and Laura (Pendroy) Alheim. He moved to Goshen in 1924 and resided with R. E. McConnell on S. Eighth Street. On May 25, 1946 he married Phyllis Suzanne (Ulery)...
Mariah Rose Gibson
May 16, 2011
Mariah Rose Gibson, 19 months, of Goshen, died unexpectedly Monday evening, May 16, 2011, at IU Health Goshen Hospital. She was born October 16, 2009 in Elkhart. Mariah is survived by her parents, Cory A. Gibson and Mande L. Turner-Berger and biological father, Jerry Allan Looney; her brothers, Brandon Looney and Jerryd Brandt both of Plymouth; and a sister,...
Rachel M. Miller
Apr 25, 2011
Rachel M. Miller, 90, of Goshen, died Monday, April 25, 2011, at her home after a two month illness. She was born March 26, 1921, in Middlebury, to the late Menno and Libbie (Rhinesmith) Keim. She married M. Dwight Miller on November 4, 1950 at Forks Mennonite Church, Middlebury. He died March 24, 2011. She is survived by four...
Jonas Leroy Miller
Apr 13, 2011
Jonas Leroy Miller, 71, of Elkhart, died Wednesday, April 13, 2011, at Hospice House of Elkhart County. He was born May 27, 1939 in LaGrange to the late Oba and Fannie (Miller) Miller. He married Mary Ellen Dills on June 14, 1958 in the East Goshen Mennonite Church. She survives. Also surviving are a son, Gary (Michelle) Miller of...
Robert J. Wray
Apr 8, 2011
Robert J. Wray, 89, of Goshen, died early Friday morning, April 8, 2011, at Greencroft Healthcare He was born August 7, 1921 in Bloomington to the late Leslie and Dorval (Lanan) Wray. He married Jeston Ann "Jan" Poling in Bloomington in 1940. She died December 12, 1988. He then married Eloise (Toll) Stuckey on May 3, 1990 in Marion. ...
Phyllis Mast
Apr 7, 2011
Phyllis Mast, 84, of Goshen, died Thursday morning, April 7, 2011, at IU Health Goshen Hospital. She had been in failing health since September. She was born in Goshen on May 22, 1926, to the late Wilbur and Evelyn (Bailey) Bickel. She married Levi M. Mast on October 29, 1949. He died April 22, 1988. She is survived by...
