Virgil R. Stafford
May 11, 2010
Virgil R. Stafford, 66, of Goshen died unexpectedly Tuesday, May 11, 2010, at Goshen General Hospital. He was born on April 29, 1944, in Holden, West Virginia, to the late Jesse and Lessie (Adkins) Stafford. He married Marla Walton on November 22, 1969 at Goshen City Church of the Brethren. She survives. Also surviving are three sons, John, Fred,...
Stella E. Blosser
May 7, 2010
Stella E. Blosser, 83, of Goshen, died at her home early Friday morning, May 7, 2010. She was born in Aberdean, South Dakota, on May 23, 1926, to Alphaeus and Elnora (Horst) Yoder. She married Emerson E. Blosser on August 10, 1968 in Goshen. He survives. Also surviving are a son, Marc E. (Angela) Blosser and a daughter, Tricia...
June E. Barghahn
May 5, 2010
June E. Barghahn, 87, of Goshen, died early Wednesday morning, May 5, 2010, at her home. She had been in failing health the last six months. She was born on June 11, 1922 in Goshen to George and Bertha (Hartman) Culp. On May 13, 1942, she married Virgil L. Barghahn. He died February 13, 2002. A lifelong Goshen resident...
Zander Chace Riffle
May 5, 2010
Zander Chace Riffle was stillborn Wednesday night , May 5, 2010, at Goshen General Hospital. He is survived by his parents, Joesf and Christina (Craw) Riffle and brothers, Hayden and Dominic, of Bristol; grandparents, Alice (Stanley) Warble and Tammy Riffle, both of Goshen, Jerry Riffle, West Virginia, and John (Pauline) Mattson, Seabrook, Texas; and great-grandparents, Phyllis Jiles and Helen...
Roy Edington
May 5, 2010
Roy Edington, 74, of Elkhart, died Wednesday morning, May 5, 2010, at Elkhart General Hospital where he had been a patient one week after a sudden illness at home. He was born in Middlesex, England, on December 29, 1935, to Harold and Martha Alice (Allan) Edington. He is survived by a daughter, Nicola (Alan) Wheelwright of Halifax, West Yorkshire,...
Paul W. Troyer
May 5, 2010
Paul W. Troyer, 101, of Goshen, died Wednesday afternoon, May 5, 2010, at Greencroft Healthcare. He was born in 1908 in Berlin, Ohio, to Daniel S. and Sarah Jane (Hershberger) Troyer. He married Luella Hooley on October 11, 1931 in Middlebury at the Forks Mennonite Church. She died March 2, 1996. He graduated from high school in Haven, Kansas. ...
Margaret F. Carlin
Apr 28, 2010
Margaret F. Carlin, 82, of Goshen, died Wednesday, April 28, 2010, at Elkhart General Hospital, where she had been a patient since April 21. She was born in Petoskey, Michigan, on February 22, 1928, to Russell Farewell and Angeline (Case) Barden. She married Marion S. Carlin on March 4, 1947 in Fort Wayne. He survives. Also surviving are three...
Karen Sue Leichty
Apr 26, 2010
Karen Sue Leichty, 67, of Dallas, Georgia, died early Monday morning, April 26, 2010, at Kennestone Hospital, Marietta, Georgia. She was born in Elkhart on January 31, 1943 to the late Keith and Geraldine (Avery) Johnston. She is survived by two daughters, Monica (Tim) Miller of Goshen and Michelle Griffin of Dallas, Georgia; two grandsons, Joey and Jackson Miller;...
June P. Zollinger
Apr 26, 2010
June P. Zollinger, 86, of Bristol, died Monday morning, April 26, 2010, at Elkhart General Hospital. She had been ill about three weeks. She was born in Elkhart on December 7, 1923 to Melvin and Leona Mahler. She married Joe C. Zollinger in Goshen on May 16, 1941. He died February 20, 1990. A Goshen resident since 1995, she...
Muriel K. Yoder
Apr 25, 2010
Muriel K. Yoder, 86, of Goshen, died Sunday evening, April 25, 2010, at Greencroft Healthcare after a long illness. She was born in South Bend on January 23, 1924, to the late Harry Allen and Carrie (Byers) Kring. She married Milo J. Yoder in South Bend on August 15, 1943. He died February 14, 1994. Mrs. Yoder moved to...
Grace H. Peru
Apr 25, 2010
Grace H. Peru, 93, of Goshen died Sunday evening, April 25, 2010, at Goshen General Hospital after being admitted to ER. She was born June 3, 1916 in Hebron, North Dakota, to Charles and Minnie Baumgarten. She married Charles “Bud” Eysol in 1935. He died March 23, 1968. On August 19, 1971, she married Clarke E. “Casey” Peru. He...
Randy Lee Abramson
Apr 25, 2010
Randy Lee Abramson, 51, of Goshen, died Sunday evening, April 25, 2010, at Goshen General Hospital. He had been ill for several years. He was born in Goshen on January 31, 1959, to Frank and Ruth (Treat) Abramson. He married Patty Ankrom in New Paris. She survives. Also surviving are his mother, Ruth Abramson of New Paris; two daughters,...
Alice M. Hoyt
Apr 24, 2010
Alice M. Hoyt, 71, of Goshen, died Saturday afternoon, April 24, 2010, at Goshen General Hospital after an extended illness. She was born in Goshen on February 26, 1939, to Mervin and Lois (Kester) Culp. She married Lee Hoyt on June 15, 1957 at the First Brethren Church, Goshen. He survives. Also surviving are three daughters, Linda (Linden) Emery,...
Rd Emerson
Apr 24, 2010
R D “Dick” Emerson, 92, died at 3:30 a.m., Saturday, April 24, 2010 at Greencroft Healthcare, Goshen, IN. Dick was born March 3, 1918 in Irvin Store, KY to Enoch Monroe and Ruth Ellen (Wilkerson) Emerson. At age 11 Dick moved with his family to the Rantoul area of East Central Illinois. In his youth Dick worked for several...
Clyde Labar
Apr 18, 2010
Clyde LaBar, 96, of Elkhart, and formerly of Goshen, died Sunday afternoon, April 18, 2010, at Woodland Manor where he had been a patient since February 2009. He was born on October 18, 1913 in Millbrook, New Jersey, to Orma and Laura (LeBar) LaBar. He married Betty Bickel on February 15, 1946 in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. She died October 5,...
Esther Hartzler Oyer Weaver
Apr 17, 2010
Esther Weaver, 89, died Saturday, April 17, 2010 at Hospice of the Valley, Tempe Arizona. She was born March 27, 1921 in Middlebury, to Floyd and Mary Ferne (Leek) Hartzler. She married Harold Oyer in December 1942. He preceded her in death in 1988. In November 1999, she married Arthur Weaver. He died in August 2009. A 1939 graduate...
Grace F. Weldy
Apr 13, 2010
Grace Fern Weldy, 93, of Goshen, died Tuesday afternoon, April 13, 2010 at Greencroft Healthcare, of cancer. Just three weeks before, she was living independently at Greencroft Manor IV. Mrs. Weldy was born March 24, 1917, the third daughter of Fred W. and Martha (Beutler) Bixler at their home on State Road 19 between Wakarusa and Elkhart. She married...
Elmer R. Stauffer
Apr 13, 2010
Elmer R. Stauffer, 94, of Wakarusa, died Tuesday afternoon, April 13, 2010, at Miller's Merry Manor. He suffered a stroke in Aug 2009 and had been in failing health the past month. He was born in Goshen on July 2, 1915, to Ezra and Lydia (Reed) Stauffer. He married Florence E. Christophel on September 14, 1940, in Goshen. She...
Robert Elmer Lundberg
Apr 13, 2010
Robert Elmer Lundberg, 89, of Goshen, died early Tuesday morning, April 13, 2010, at Goshen General Hospital. He was born in Mead, Nebraska, on May 8, 1920, to Albert and Signe (Olson) Lundberg. He married Anna M. Hector on January 26, 1946 in Cadillac, Michigan. She died September 24, 1999. He then married Catherine Hernly Glenn on July 4,...
Orlo C. Brenneman
Apr 11, 2010
Orlo C. Brenneman, 94, died early Sunday morning, April 11, 2010, at Grace Village, Winona Lake, Indiana. He was born December 17, 1915 to Noah H. and Sallie S. (Heatwole) Brenneman in Elida, Ohio. On May 28, 1942 he married Thelma L. Gilnett in Scottdale, Pennsylvania. She died March 5, 1996. Mr. Brenneman was a member of the Mennonite...
