Eugene M. Martin
Jun 20, 2010
Eugene M. Martin, 74, died Sunday, June 20, 2010 at the home of his daughter-in-law. He had been ill for three months. He was born in Goshen, on January 26, 1936 to the late Willis and Nellie (Culp) Martin. On May 11, 1957 he married Rosetta Riegsecker, in Middlebury. She survives. A dairy farmer, Mr. Martin was a member...
Claude L. Shearer
Jun 19, 2010
Claude L. Shearer, 93, died unexpectedly Saturday afternoon, June 19, 2010 at the Maples, Goshen. He was born in South Whitley, Indiana on August 16, 1916 to the late George and Ellen (Bunch) Shearer. He married Martha E. Bates in South Whitley on April 18, 1945. She preceded him in death on January 25, 2000. Mr. Shearer was an...
John Jennings
Jun 18, 2010
John Jennings, 91, Goshen, formerly of Martin Manor Drive, Goshen, died on June 18, 2010. John was born August 29, 1918 in Knoxville, Tennessee to Rev. William and Anna (Good) Jennings and was the youngest of 11 children. He attended the University of Tennessee and Goshen College where he met and married the love of his life, "Polly" Blosser,...
Pierre Junior Bigler
Jun 17, 2010
Pierre J. Bigler, 93, of Goshen, died Thursday evening, June 17, 2010, at Goshen General Hospital. He had been in failing health the past month. He was born May 13, 1917, in Goshen to the late Pierre Starr and Celeste (Johnson) Bigler. He married Beulah N. Sayles in Goshen on April 17, 1938. She died May 22, 2002. Surviving...
John E. Mann, Do
Jun 17, 2010
John E. Mann, D.O., 78, of Goshen died unexpectedly at his home Thursday morning, June 17, 2010. He was born in Elkhart on July 7, 1931, to the late Clifford Mann and Helen (Ebersole) Mann of Goshen. He married Eleanor Jean Detwiler on July 7, 1956 in Elkhart. She survives. Also surviving are two sons, James R. Mann of...
Danny Howard Bradbury
Jun 14, 2010
Danny Howard Bradbury, 53, of Goshen, died Monday, June 14, 2010, in the emergency room at Elkhart General Hospital. He was born in Warsaw on May 15, 1957, to Sandra (Snyder) May, of Goshen, and Roy F. (Jean) Bradbury of Warsaw. He graduated from Goshen High School in 1976. He is survived by two sons, Bobby Joe Bradbury and...
Jack D. Washington
Jun 14, 2010
Jack D. Washington, 81, of Goshen, died Monday evening, June 14, 2010 at his home. He was born July 1, 1928 to the late Harold and Blanche E. (Murphy) Washington in Ligonier. On June 13, 1953, he married Helen I. Knitter in Cadott, Wisconsin. She survives. Also surviving are daughters, Cheryl (Bill Rankinen) Spero of Conneaut, Ohio, and Karen...
Jerry L. Dinkeldein
Jun 12, 2010
Jerry L. Dinkeldein, 76, of Goshen, died early Saturday morning, June 12, 2010, at Goshen General Hospital. He was born on August 6, 1933, to the late Theodore and Gladys (Biller) Dinkeldein. He married Arlene A. Rogers on July 2, 1966. She survives. Also surviving are a son, Tim Dinkeldein of Goshen; a daughter, Jenny (Dirk) Schairer of Livonia,...
Roy Swartz Koch
Jun 12, 2010
Roy Swartz Koch, 96, of Goshen, died at home, Saturday, June 12, 2010. He was the beloved husband of Martha (Horst) Koch for nearly 68 years. He was a loving and encouraging husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. Roy was born near St. Jacobs, Ontario, September 6, 1913, to Charles and Minerva (Swartz) Koch. The seventh of 10 children he...
Mildred Odchodnicky
Jun 10, 2010
Mildred Odchodnicky, 89, of Goshen, died late Thursday, June 10, 2010, at Greencroft Healthcare. She was born in Chicago, Illinois, on January 26, 1921, to the late Jan and Susan (Deconek) Odchodnicky. A member of First Baptist Church, Goshen, she worked for Sears & Roebuck for 60 years in the office and tax department. She came to know Christ...
Mauveen Coyne
Jun 10, 2010
Mauveen Coyne, 80, died of pancreatic cancer Thursday morning, June 10, 2010, at Goshen General Hospital. She was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, on February 26, 1930 to the late Gordon and Laura " Bobbie" (Shepard) McKenty. She married Francis John "Frank" Coyne on June 21, 1952, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He survives. Also surviving are a daughter, Martha (Larry)...
Sandra K. Barnhart
Jun 9, 2010
Sandra K. Barnhart, 68, died early Wednesday morning, June 9, 2010, at her home in Goshen. She was born on October 13, 1941 to the late Berlin Larimer and Hazel (Knapp) Hemmelgarn of Goshen. Mrs. Barnhart worked as a parts coordinator at Starcraft. She also worked for Homecrest, Bob Evan’s and Goodwill. She was a member of the Jefferson...
Patricia Penrose
Jun 5, 2010
Patricia Lou Penrose, 78, died Saturday afternoon, June 5, 2010 at University Medical Center, Louisville, KY. She was born in Goshen on December 12, 1931 to the late James V. and Alice L. (Bull) Stump. She married Dallas F. Penrose on September 11, 1948, in Goshen. He preceded her in death on April 27, 1952. Mrs. Penrose worked in...
William H. Wagner
Jun 2, 2010
William H. Wagner, 60, died at his home Saturday morning, June 5, 2010. He had been ill six years. He was born in Goshen on November 11, 1949, to the late Charles and Mildred (Rockenbaugh) Wagner. He married Joan “Jo” Sanford on July 1, 1972, in Elkhart. She survives. A lifetime Goshen resident, Mr. Wagner graduated from Goshen High...
Floyd A. Rheinheimer
Jun 2, 2010
Floyd A. Rheinheimer, 85, died early Wednesday morning, June 2, 2010, at Greencroft Healthcare. He was born May 31, 1925 in Middlebury to Clayton and Maude (Miller) Rheinheimer. He was a lifelong area resident wintering in Apache Junction, Arizona. A member of First Mennonite Church, Middlebury, he worked as a custodian and bus driver at Middlebury Schools until 1968...
William L. Centers
May 29, 2010
William L. Centers, 56, died unexpectedly at his home, Saturday, May 29, 2010. He was born April 16, 1954 in Toliver, Kentucky, to the late Raymond Centers and Ruth (Neff) Centers of Dayton, Ohio. He married Brenda Hamm on September 11, 1971. She survives. Also surviving are three daughters, Tonya Myers, and Billie Jo Centers, both of North Webster,...
Gwendolyn Grace Rogers
May 29, 2010
Gwendolyn Grace Rogers, 84, formerly of Mayflower Place, Goshen, died Saturday, May 29, 2010, at Greencroft Healthcare. She had been in failing health since April 2008. She was born in Toledo, Ohio, November 6, 1925, to William E. and Thyra Pauline (Miller) Stephens. She married Roy Rogers, Jr. December 7, 1946 in Elkhart. He died November 29, 2001. A...
Ilse Ruth Hodel Yoder
May 28, 2010
Ilse Ruth Hodel Yoder, 70. Of Goshen died early Friday morning, May 28, 2010 at Memorial Hospital, South Bend. She was born in Peoria, Illinois on December 15, 1939 to John P. and Esther (Smucker) Hodel. She married Larry Richard Yoder on August 12, 1967, in Morton, Illinois. He survives. Also surviving are two daughters, Erika (Tom) Meyer of...
Paul E. Yoder
May 26, 2010
Paul E. Yoder, 85, of Palmetto, Florida, died Wednesday evening, May 26, 2010, at Center for Hospice and Palliative Care, Elkhart. He was born in Kokomo April 7, 1925, to the late Aden S. and Nettie (Helmuth) Yoder. He married Kathleen Marie Schanbaugh, in Wabash November 14, 1945. She died August 12, 2006. Mr. Yoder moved to Florida in...
Alpha B. Miller
May 25, 2010
Alpha B. Miller, 98, of Goshen, died Tuesday morning, May 25, 2010, at Goshen General Hospital where she had been a patient since May 15. She was born in Shipshewana on September 22, 1911, to the late Mose and Mary (Troyer) Yoder. She married Roy R. Birkey September 23, 1934, in Middlebury. He died September 18, 1936. She married...
