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Chester W. Alheim

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Agnes Wenger

Agnes Wenger

Apr 1, 2011

Agnes Wenger, 89, of Perry, Georgia, died Friday, April 1, 2011, at her daughter’s home. She had been ill the past six months. She was born in Goshen on November 14, 1921, to the late Harvey J. and Pearl (Miller) Stutzman.  She married Lawrence R. Wenger on July 8, 1949, in Goshen.  He died July 10, 2001. Surviving are...

M Dwight Miller

M Dwight Miller

Mar 24, 2011

M. Dwight Miller, 84, died Thursday night, March 24, 2011 at his home, after an extended illness.  He was born on May 31, 1926 in Millersburg, Ohio to the late Milferd and Florence (Kauffman) Miller.  He then grew up in Gulfport, Mississippi.  He has lived in the area since 1948.  He married Rachel M. Keim on November 4, 1950...

Dale L. Frazier

Dale L. Frazier

Mar 18, 2011

Dale L. Frazier, 84, of New Paris, died Friday evening, March 18, 2011, at Courtyard Healthcare, Goshen.

He was born in Nappanee on December 3, 1926, to the late Jesse and Maude (Moneyheffer) Frazier.

He married Wilhilmena Rhoda “Babe” Pauls on April 24, 1945 in Milford.  She passed away July 6, 2003.

Surviving...

Narvel Waller

Narvel Waller

Mar 17, 2011

Narvel "Roy" Waller, 72, of Goshen, died late Thursday morning March 17, 2011, at Greencroft Healthcare, Goshen.  He had been ill the past five years. He was born March 31, 1928 in Newcomb, Tennessee, to the late Lloyd and Florence (Main) Waller.  He married Dorothe Dean on October 2, 1967 in Goshen.  She survives. Also surviving are a son,...

Jill Ann Zebell

Jill Ann Zebell

Mar 12, 2011

Jill Ann Zebell, 47, of Middlebury, died suddenly and unexpectedly Saturday afternoon, March 12, 2011, at Elkhart General Hospital. She was born November 23, 1963 in St. Joseph, Michigan, to Glenn and Violet (Kirk) Zebell. Along with her parents, she is survived by four siblings, Terry (Ellen) Zebell of Goshen, Gary (Christine) Zebell of Casa Grande, Arizona, Kathie (Rex)...

Evelyn P. Miller

Evelyn P. Miller

Mar 4, 2011

Evelyn P. Miller, 83, died Friday morning, March 4, 2011, at her home following a battle with cancer. She was born January 10, 1928 in Goshen to Christian and Mable (Mast) Baker. On February 28, 1948 she married Frances Miller in Topeka. Surviving are a daughter, Cynthia (Allen) Mast, Brownsburg; son Brian (Linda) Miller, Watertown, Tenn.; and grandchildren, Beth...

Esther M. Zook

Esther M. Zook

Feb 27, 2011

Esther M. Zook, 77, died Sunday evening, February 27, 2011 at Sylvia’s House in Ocala, Florida.  She moved to Florida from New Paris in 2007.  She was born on October 18, 1933 in Goshen, Indiana, to the late John and Ella (Strycker) Bainter.  She married Norman H. Zook on May 11, 1958 in Goshen.  He preceded her in death...

Jane Burkholder Stine

Jane Burkholder Stine

Feb 12, 2011

Jane Burkholder Stine, 80, of Marietta, Georgia, died February 12, 2011. She was born in Cleveland, Ohio on October 19, 1930, to Alden H. and Mark. Burkholder. She married Claire L. Stine in 1952. He survives. Also surviving are four sons, Mark K. (Debbie) Stine of Indianapolis, Jon C. (Lisa) Stine of Portland, Oregon, Craig O. (Jeanette Wilcox) Stine...

Lois J. Miller

Lois J. Miller

Feb 10, 2011

Lois J. Miller, 84, died Thursday, February 10, 2011, at Goshen General Hospital, where she had been a patient for one week.  She was born on January 7, 1927, in Goshen, IN to the late Merrill Valentine and Myrtle Elizabeth (Ulrich) Cripe. Mrs. Miller assisted her husband William, in operating Bill’s Heating and Cooling, since its founding in 1951. ...

John F. Zak

John F. Zak

Feb 1, 2011

John F. Zak, 83, died Tuesday morning, February 1, 2011, at Courtyard Healthcare where he had been since December. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on September 6, 1927.  He married Jean Mooren in 1955 in Ohio. A Goshen resident since August 2008, Mr. Zak worked as a water maintenance mechanic for Norfolk and Western until his retirement in...

Charles R. Myers

Charles R. Myers

Jan 30, 2011

Charles “Charlie” R. Myers, 93, of North Manchester and formerly of Goshen, died early Sunday morning, January 30, 2011, at Timbercrest Healthcare. He was born November 7, 1917, in York, Pennsylvania, to the late Howard and Estella (Latchaw) Myers.  He married Lois I. Michael on December 11, 1965 in Goshen.  She died October 24, 2006. He is survived by...

Lloyd R. Miller

Lloyd R. Miller

Jan 28, 2011

Lloyd R. Miller, 90, of Goshen, died late Friday morning, January 28,2011, at Greencroft Healthcare. He was born in Fairview, Michigan on August 25, 1920, to the late Oliver J. and Alta Mae (Mast) Miller.  On June 30, 1943 he married Clara Irene Terwillegar in Midland, Michigan. She died August 5, 1997. He is survived by three daughters, Norene...

Anna Mae Vest

Anna Mae Vest

Jan 25, 2011

Anna Mae Vest, 82, of Goshen, died early Tuesday morning, January 25, 2011, at her home. She was born December 28, 1928 in Dudley, Illinois, to the late Clara Katherine Planson. In September 1953 she married James C. Vest in Goshen.  He died May 15, 1982. Surviving are four daughters, Janie (Kevin) Wilson of Statesville, North Carolina , Barbara...

Virginia "Ginny" Ellen Yoder

Virginia "Ginny" Ellen Yoder

Jan 4, 2011

Virginia “Ginny” Ellen Yoder, 80, of Goshen, died Tuesday afternoon, January 4, 2011, at Elkhart General Hospital after a brief illness. She was born in Elkhart County on May 16, 1930, to the late Cecil and Virgie (Whitt) Rich.  She married Leroy “Pete” O. Yoder on March 23, 1946, in Elkhart.  He survives. Also surviving are children, Vickie Martin...

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