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Walter W. Long

Walter W. Long

Sep 28, 2010

Walter William Long, 95, of Goshen, died early Tuesday evening, September 28, 2010, at Goshen General Hospital. He was born January 16, 1915, in Clinton Township of Elkhart County to the late Arthur and Elva (Martin) Long.  He married Mildred Stroup on April 8, 1950.  She died March 12, 2006. He is survived by a daughter, Sharon (Edward) Wright...

Arie Kauffman

Arie Kauffman

Sep 28, 2010

Arie Kauffman, 92, of Goshen died late Tuesday evening, September 28, 2010 at Goshen General Hospital. She was born May 17, 1918 to David and Emma (Yoder) Slabach in Kokomo.  On November 23, 1936, she married Alfred S. Kauffman in Indianapolis. He died January 8, 2000. Surviving are two daughters, Erma (Cecil) Swartzendruber of Goshen and Shirley (Ray) Lanfear...

John K. Cook

John K. Cook

Sep 21, 2010

John K. Cook, 74, of Goshen, died Tuesday evening, September 21, 2010, at Goshen General Hospital.  He had been ill for years. He was born June 17, 1936 in Danvers, Illinois, to the late Glenn and Zena (Jordan) Cook.  He married Peggy Miller on August 19, 1955 in Roseland, Indiana.  She died January 13, 2002. A lifetime area resident...

Mildred Mckibbin Woodiel

Mildred Mckibbin Woodiel

Sep 19, 2010

Mildred McKibbin Woodiel, 83, of Denver, Colorado, died Sunday evening, September 19, 2010, at Highland Rehabilitation and Care Center. She was born in Marshall, Illinois, on October 17, 1926, to Joseph and Anna (Taylor) Goodwin.  She married Raymond Victor Nord and the late Harold McKibbin.  In 1979 she married William Jefferson Woodiel.  He died May 12, 2007. Mrs. Woodiel...

Gary E. Higginbotham

Gary E. Higginbotham

Sep 19, 2010

Gary E. Higginbotham, 55, died early Sunday morning, September 19, 2010, at Goshen General Hospital.  He had been ill since Thursday evening. He was born in North Olmsted, Ohio, on March 5, 1955, to the late Hubert and Virginia (Goble) Higginbotham.  He married Sharon Fox on May 9, 1990 in Elkhart.  She survives. Also surviving are three children: Amy...

Clayton M. Emmons

Clayton M. Emmons

Sep 16, 2010

Clayton Max Emmons, 77, of Goshen, died Thursday morning, September 16, 2010, at Rivercrest Specialty Hospital, Mishawaka. He was born in Lockhart, Texas, on June 30, 1933, to Beryl and Mary Madeline (Kistler) Emmons. A longtime resident of the area, Mr. Emmons worked for Adams and Westlake in Elkhart as an electronics engineer.  He was a member of the...

Doris F. Campbell

Doris F. Campbell

Sep 15, 2010

Doris F. Campbell, 86, of Goshen, died late Wednesday night, September 15, 2010, at The Maples at Waterford Crossing where she had been for three days. She was born March 12, 1924, in Witt, Illinois, to Robert and Ethel (Weller) Furness.  She married Virgil Campbell on October 18, 1942, in St. Charles, Missouri.  He survives. Also surviving are a...

George O. Marner

George O. Marner

Sep 15, 2010

George O. Marner, 82, of Goshen died late Wednesday night, September 15, 2010, at The Maples at Waterford Crossing. He was born in Kokomo on March 15, 1928 to Jake and Mary (Hostedler) Marner.  He married Bettye Smith on December 31, 1948, in Goshen.  She survives. Also surviving are two daughters, Connie (Rick) Dills of Goshen and Cynthia (Rodney)...

Trina Kay Kyle

Trina Kay Kyle

Sep 11, 2010

Trina K. Kyle, 46, of Bristol died unexpectedly Saturday, September 11, 2010, at Bronson Hospital, Kalamazoo, Michigan. She was born April 26, 1964 in LaGrange, Indiana, to Tom (Monica) Scearse, Goshen and Rosalie (Leitch) Johnson, Elkhart. Also surviving are fiancé, John Kelich of Bristol; a daughter, Heather (Mike) Barkey of Middlebury; a son, Ryan Kyle of Bristol; two stepdaughters,...

Kathy Lynn Hern

Kathy Lynn Hern

Sep 10, 2010

Kathy Lynn Hern, 49, died Friday afternoon, September 10, 2010, at her home.  She had been ill the last 10 years. She was born in Richlands, Virginia, on September 23, 1960 to the late Grevil Hagerman and Lurene Kennedy Mullins of Shipshewana. Also surviving are a daughter, Lori Hern of Shipshewana; a son, Shawn Hern of Fort Wayne; two...

Perry E. Yoder

Perry E. Yoder

Sep 10, 2010

Perry E. Yoder, 71, of Goshen, died early Friday morning, September 10, 2010, at home after a ten month illness. He was born in Middlebury on April 13, 1939, to the late Ervin J. and Barbara Ann (Eash) Yoder.  He married Gail Peak on March 20, 1965, at the North Goshen Mennonite Church.  She survives. Also surviving are two...

Verl O. Lehman

Verl O. Lehman

Sep 9, 2010

Verl  O. Lehman, 92, of Goshen, died Thursday, September 9, 2010 at Greencroft  Healthcare.  He was born December 22, 1917, on his parents’ farm on County Road 38 in Harrison Township.  Following his 1936 graduation from Wakarusa High School, he attended Goshen College.   On September 1, 1940 he married Vesta Metzler, who predeceased him in 2005.  He farmed until...

Melvin G. Huber

Melvin G. Huber

Sep 7, 2010

Melvin G. Huber, 87, of Goshen, died Tuesday morning, September 7, 2010, at Goshen General Hospital. He was born in Goshen on March 9, 1923, to the late G. Fred and Sarah (Shidler) Huber.  He married Joann A. Detwiler on November 21, 1942, at the First Brethren Church Parsonage in Goshen.  She survives. Also surviving are four children: Rick...

Geraldine G. Donahoe

Geraldine G. Donahoe

Sep 6, 2010

Geraldine “Gerry” G. Donahoe, 77, of Goshen, died Monday morning, September 6, 2010, at Greencroft Healthcare. She was born December 24, 1932, in Little Falls, New York, to the late Gerald and Mary (Kuehnle) Tibbitts.  She married Bradley E. Donahoe on April 14, 1956.  He died September 8, 2000. A Goshen resident since 1970, Mrs. Donahoe worked in nursing...

Richard J. Gorsuch

Richard J. Gorsuch

Sep 4, 2010

Richard J. Gorsuch, 81, died peacefully on Saturday, September 4, 2010, at Miller’s Merry Manor, Wakarusa, where he had resided since March 2010. He was born July 22, 1929, in Harrison Township to Joseph and Nora (Loucks) Gorsuch.  He graduated from Goshen High School and went on to work the family farm all his life until his retirement several...

John W. Carter

John W. Carter

Sep 4, 2010

John Wesley Carter, 85, of Goshen, died Saturday, September 4, 2010, at Goshen General Hospital.  He had been in failing health for several months. He was born April 4, 1925, in Russiaville, Indiana, to the late Oakley and Delta (Smith) Carter.  He married Phyllis Noland on August 8, 1948, in Kokomo.  They recently celebrated their 62nd anniversary.  John had...

Larry Wayne Lambert

Larry Wayne Lambert

Sep 2, 2010

Larry Wayne Lambert, 73, died Thursday, September 2, 2010 at Goshen General Hospital. He was born November 28, 1936, to Lewis and Olay (Kehr) Lambert in Goshen. On Dec. 31, 1963 he married Dorothy Shepherd in Goshen. She survives along with their daughters, Jeri (Cletus) Yoder of Goshen, and Cheryl Lambert of Elkhart; three granddaughters; five great-grandchildren; and a...

Dr Stanley C. Shenk

Dr Stanley C. Shenk

Sep 2, 2010

Stanley C. Shenk, 91, of Goshen, died Thursday morning, Sept. 2, 2010, at Greencroft Healthcare where he had been one week. He was born March 30, 1919, in Denbigh, Va., to Coffman and Icie Pearl (Shank) Shenk.  He married Doris Sell June 20, 1942 in Souderton, Penn.  She preceded him Oct. 13, 2004. Dr. Shenk is survived by a...

John W. Brimhall

John W. Brimhall

Sep 1, 2010

John W. Brimhall, 84, died Wednesday, September 1, 2010 at the VA Northern Indiana Health Care System, Fort Wayne. He was born November 28, 1925, to Homer and Maxine (King) Brimhall in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas. He moved to Goshen in 1957 from Arkansas. On April 3, 1945 he married Ruby F. Callaway in Leachville, Arkansas. She died April 25,...

Gertie L. Miller

Gertie L. Miller

Sep 1, 2010

Gertie L. Miller, 90, Goshen, died Wednesday morning, September 1, 2010, at her home.  She had been in failing health, especially the last ten days. She was born in Goshen on July 19, 1920, to the late Levi J. and Mary (Schrock) Miller. She married Ammon A. Miller, on December 21, 1939, in Elkhart County.  He preceded her on...

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