Doris Henrietta Nicholson
Jul 3, 2011
Doris Henrietta (Yoder) Nicholson, 95, died July 3, 2011, in Hancock, Massachusetts. She was predeceased by her husband John and her sister Ellie and is survived by her three children; John, Susan, Tom; eight grandchildren and four great grandchildren. She was born May 6, 1916 at home in Middlebury, and later moved to Goshen. She was baptized, confirmed and...
Jerry Mast
Jul 2, 2011
Jerry Mast, 84, of Goshen, died early Saturday morning, July 2, 2011. He had been ill since February. He was born in Arthur, Illinois, on November 28, 1926, to the late Eli and Lovina (Hershberger) Mast. He married Elizabeth Yoder April 2, 1953 in Ligonier. She survives. Also surviving are a son, Michael (Debbie) Mast of Grand Junction, Colorado;...
Jolene Hagerman Evans
Jun 28, 2011
Jolene Hagerman Evans, 53, of Shipshewana, died Tuesday, June 28, 2011, at Parkview LaGrange Hospital. She was born July 12, 1957, in Welch, West Virginia, to the late Grevil Hagerman, Sr. and Lurene (Kennedy) Mullins of Shipshewana. A longtime area resident, Ms. Evans had worked at Viking Industries and Steury Boats. Surviving, along with her mother, are a daughter,...
Heinz R. Jarausch
Jun 27, 2011
Heinz R. Jarausch, 86, of Goshen, died early Monday morning at IU Health Goshen Hospital where he had been four days. He was born November 12, 1924 in Breslau, Germany to the late George and Elfriede (Bergel) Jarausch. He married Ilse Strich on July 23, 1953 in Germany. She died July 18, 1990. He then married Hee "Grace" Sok...
James Edward Foster
Jun 26, 2011
James Edward Foster, 56, of Warsaw, died late Sunday night, June 26, 2011, at Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne, after suffering a massive stroke. He was born September 16, 1954 in Elkhart to the late Hallet K. and Irene Mae (Tennis) Foster. A 1973 Goshen High School graduate, he attended Vincennes University. Jim worked as a salesman at Lakeside Chevrolet...
Donald K. Beckner
Jun 25, 2011
Donald K. Beckner, 104, passed away early Saturday morning, June 25, 2011 at The Maples at Waterford Crossing. He was born November 8, 1906, the son of Edson and Nina (Cutshaw) Beckner. He married Ann G. Yoder in Goshen on December 28, 1935. She died November 4, 1970. He is survived by a son, Donald E. Beckner and lady...
Josephene "Jo" Henderson
Jun 24, 2011
Josephene "Jo" Henderson, 79, of Goshen, died at her home Friday, June 24, 2011. She had been ill since March 2010. She was born January 14, 1932 in Elkhart County to the late Samuel W. and Doris (Stump) Mohler. She married Curtis L. Henderson on August 18, 1978 in Goshen. He died October 25, 2009. Surviving are a son,...
Mary Etta Cripe
Jun 21, 2011
Mary Etta Cripe, 84, of Goshen, died early Tuesday morning, June 21, 2011, at IU Health Goshen Hospital. She was born in Goshen on January 29, 1927, to the late Fred and Etta Marie (Smith) Arnold. She was married by Rev. Trevor Dillon to Jack G. Cripe on January 11, 1947 at 1st Presbyterian Church, Goshen. He survives. Also...
Lillian Mae Gingerich
Jun 21, 2011
Lillian Mae Gingerich, 87, of Goshen, died Tuesday night, June 21, 2011, at her home. She had been ill the last three months. She was born May 18, 1924, in Goshen to the late Ira S. and Fannie Mae (Bender) Miller. She married John S. Gingerich on September 14, 1947 in Goshen. He died August 24, 1995. Surviving are...
Bettie Ruth Von Fange
Jun 21, 2011
Bettie Ruth (Jacobs) VonFange, 88, of Fountain Valley, California, formerly of Goshen, died Tuesday, June 21, at her home. She was born April 27, 1923 in Hamtramack, Michigan, the only daughter of Otto Henry and Annie Rose (Lauff) Jacobs. She was baptized, confirmed, and married in the Lutheran Church. In June of 1941 she graduated with honors from Redford...
Marian H. Werner
Jun 20, 2011
Marian H. Werner, 93, of Goshen, died Monday morning, June 20, 2011, at her home. A Goshen resident for many years, Mrs. Werner was born on July 11, 1917, in Goshen, to the late Harlan and Edith (Burris) Sharp. She married Howard M. Werner on October 20, 1939 in Milford. He died November 3, 2003. Mrs. Werner was a...
Karen A. Stroup
Jun 20, 2011
Karen A. Stroup, 65, of LaGrange, died at her home early Monday morning, June 20, 2011. She was born on December 28, 1945, in Noble County to the late Albert I. and Helen (Compton) Dull. She married Dale Stroup, Jr. on September 16, 1978 in Goshen. He preceded her in death on November 17, 1985. She is survived by...
Eloise A. Wray
Jun 19, 2011
Eloise Wray, 88, of Goshen, died early Sunday morning, June 19, 2011, at IU Health Goshen Hospital. She had been in failing health since the end of May. She was born in Columbus, Ohio, on August 20, 1922 to the late Alfred and Ethel (Daily) Toll. She married Ralph Stuckey on July 22, 1950 in Marion. He died December...
Bruce L. Swihart
Jun 16, 2011
Bruce L. Swihart, 62, of Bloomfield, died Thursday evening, June 16, 2011, at IU Health Bloomington Hospital. He was born February 10, 1949 in Goshen to Barbara (Carpenter) Jewett of Goshen and Norman Swihart of Goshen. He married Kathleen Mary Conley. She died April 6, 2010. He is survived by a brother, Randall Swihart of Osceola; a sister, Dawn...
Maxine Lou Coleman
Jun 14, 2011
Maxine Lou Coleman, 78, of De Leon Springs, Florida, died Tuesday morning, June 14, 2011, at West Volusia Care Center. She was born in Goshen on December 13, 1932, to the late John F. and Madge Marie (Overholt) Redden. She married David L. "Skip" Coleman on December 22, 1972. He died April 3, 2007. She is survived by three...
Alden Lantz Bohn
Jun 13, 2011
Alden Lantz Bohn, 79, of Goshen, died Monday evening, June 13, 2011, at his home. He had been ill with cancer for three months. He was born March 15, 1932 in Souderton, Pennsylvania, to Ernest and Nora (Lantz) Bohn. He moved to the Elkhart area in 1963. On June 19, 1954 he married Doris L. Roberts in Quakertown, Pennsylvania....
Annie Nuala Lyons
Jun 13, 2011
Annie Nuala Lyons, 71, of Goshen, passed away Monday evening, June 13, 2011, at her home surrounded by her family. She was born on January 6, 1940 in Dunmanway, Co. Cork, Ireland to Denis and Ellen (Murphy) Lyons. In 1960, Annie moved to New York City. She also lived in Philadelphia, PA, Pontiac, IL, and lastly moved to Goshen,...
S. Deanna Hershey
Jun 11, 2011
S. DeAnna Hershey, 73, of Goshen, died early Saturday morning, June 11, 2011, at IU Health Goshen Hospital, after a four and a half year battle with ovarian cancer. She was born in Greenville, Ohio, on March 10, 1938 to the late Ronald Earl Riffle and Evelyn Faye (Gorsuch) Hughes. She married Paul Bernard Hershey in November 1955 in...
Virginia F. Vaughn
Jun 9, 2011
Virginia "VeeVee" Vaughn, 91, of Middlebury, died Thursday morning, June 9, 2011, at her home. She had been ill the past two months. She was born in Goshen on March 13, 1920 to the late Warren and Mae (Wideman) Groff. Mrs. Vaughn is survived by two daughters, Ginger Stoddard of White Pigeon, Michigan and Candice (Randy) Troyer of Middlebury;...
Jo Ann S. Robinson
Jun 9, 2011
Jo Ann S. Robinson, 85, of Syracuse, died at IU Health Goshen Hospital on Thursday morning, Thursday, June 9, 2011. She had been ill since October 2010. She was born in Fort Wayne on April 11, 1926 to the late William and Glennys (Byerly) Schwartz. She was married to David Robinson for 49 years. She is survived by two...
