Thelma M. Groff
Mar 20, 2010
Thelma Miller Groff, 86, of Goshen, died early Saturday morning, March 20, 2010, at Goshen General Hospital. She was born on July 5, 1923 in Dhamtari, India, to Ernest and Ruth (Blosser) Miller. She married Weyburn Woodrow Groff on January 1, 1946 in Goshen. He survives. Also surviving is a son, Ed Groff of Los Angeles, California; three daughters,...
Clifford Jay Maust
Mar 19, 2010
Clifford J. Maust, 74, Goshen, died Friday evening, March 19, 2010, at his home. He had been ill since June with mesothelioma. He was born in Pigeon, Michigan, on May 26, 1935 to the late Paul and Esther (Weldy) Maust. He married Dorothy June Graber on March 25, 1955 in Nappanee at the North Main Street Mennonite Church. She...
Lucinda Laverne (Burkey) Bachman
Mar 19, 2010
Lucinda LaVerne (Burkey) Bachman, 94, died early Friday morning March 19, 2010, at The Maples at Waterford Crossing. She had been in declining health since 2008. She was born in Milford, Nebraska on October 25, 1915, to the late Mattie (Troyer) and Joseph Burkey. She married Richard Christian Bachman on November 24, 1938, in Milford, Nebraska. He preceded her...
Sara Ann Olsen
Mar 15, 2010
Sara Ann Olsen, 63, of Goshen, died unexpectedly Monday morning, March 15, 2010, at Goshen General Hospital Emergency Room. She had been in failing health the past 15 years. She was born in Peru, Indiana, on October 23, 1946, to the late Orville A. and Audrey E. (Sonafrank) Woodhouse. She married Philip E. Tate on May 3, 1981 at...
Pearl Rigby Alexander
Mar 14, 2010
Pearl Rigby Alexander, 93, Orlando, Florida, died Sunday afternoon, March 14, 2010, at Lake Bennett Health & Rehab Center, Ocoee, Florida. She was born in Goshen on May 14, 1916, to Dennis C. and Viola (Darkwood) Rigby. She married Albert “Jake” Alexander on December 15, 1946 in Goshen. He preceded her in death on May 21, 1974. A 1934...
Alexander Herus
Mar 14, 2010
Alexander Herus, 86, of Goshen, died Sunday at Golden Living Center, Elkhart where he had been a resident for the last 2 months. He was born January 6, 1924 in the Ukraine to Anton and Horpyna (Hazuk) Herus. On May 14, 1945 he married Maria Taranenko in Nordhorn, Germany. She survives. Also surviving are nieces and nephews, living in...
Richard N. Steffen
Mar 13, 2010
Richard N. Steffen, 71, Goshen, died Saturday morning, March 13, 2010, at his home. He had been ill two months. He was born in Kidron, Ohio, on May 26, 1938, to the late David and Luella (Geiser) Steffen. A graduate of Eastern Mennonite High School, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Hesston College, Hesston, Kansas, Mr. Steffen worked at Parker Hannifin Corporation...
Edith M. Yoder
Mar 13, 2010
Edith M. Yoder, 86, died unexpectedly Saturday morning, March 13, 2010, at her home. She was born March 29, 1923, in LaGrange County to the late Moses D. and Barbara (Miller) Yoder. On February 28, 1942 she married Ira Yoder. He died May 15, 1982. A lifelong resident of Elkhart County and 1941 graduate of Concord High School, she...
Lenora D. Stark
Mar 11, 2010
Lenora D. Stark, 82, of Goshen, died Thursday afternoon, March 11, 2010, at Goshen General Hospital. She had been ill the past month. She was born in Bristol on January 10, 1928, to the late Earl Mishler and Maude (Harold) Mishler Hawkins. She married Harold E. Stark on June 29, 1952, in Bristol. He preceded her on January 3,...
Ida E. Christner
Mar 11, 2010
Ida E. Christner, 90, of Goshen, died at her home on Thursday, March 11, 2010. She was born in Topeka, Indiana, on January 1, 1920, the late Eddranis and Harriet (Renner) Christner. She moved to Goshen in 2007 from Topeka where she had lived her whole life. A member of Maple Grove Church, Topeka, Miss Christner worked in sales...
Lois Irene Collins
Mar 10, 2010
Lois Irene Collins, 75, of Goshen, died Wednesday evening, March 10, 2010, at Elkhart General Hospital. She was born December 23, 1934, in Goshen to Hughbert and Goldie Lucille (Fissgus) Straw. A lifelong resident of Elkhart County, Ms. Collins worked at Elkhart Door Manufacturing as a punch press operator until her retirement in 1996. She attended the First Baptist...
Loretta M. Creakbaum
Mar 10, 2010
Loretta M. Creakbaum, 80, of Goshen died Wednesday afternoon, March 10, 2010, at The Maples at Waterford Crossing, where she had been a three years and in failing health the last six weeks. She was born July 1, 1929, in Warsaw to Everett and Ona Marie (Johnson) Todd. On December 20, 1952, she married Rex D. Creakbaum in Angola. ...
David A. Anderson
Mar 8, 2010
David A. Anderson, 96, of Hesston, Kansas and formerly of Goshen, died Monday, March 8, 2010 at Schowalter Villa Nursing Home in Hesston. He was born in Fair Oaks, Indiana, on November 7, 1913 to Albert J. and Susanna (Miller) Anderson. He married Elta Holaway on June 12, 1943, in Provo, Utah. She preceded him in death in February...
Suzanne R. Williams
Mar 8, 2010
Suzanne R. Williams, 89, died at 9:30 p.m., Monday, March 8, 2010 at her home at Waterford Crossing, Goshen. She was born February 6, 1921 in Goshen, to Mervin S. and Ruth E. (Fiedeke) Rummel. On November 15, 1947 she married David E. Williams, he died January 23, 2007. She was a lifetime resident of Goshen and a member...
Verna Mae Burkholder
Mar 8, 2010
Verna Mae Burkholder, 62, Goshen, died at 3:30 pm Monday, March 8, at her home. She had been ill almost three weeks. She was born May 13, 1947 in Newton County, Indiana to the late Calvin C. and Fannie (Mast) Yoder. On June 26, 1969, she married LaVern D. Burkholder, Sr. in Nappanee. He survives along with a daughter,...
Berry L. Kyle
Mar 7, 2010
Berry Lee Kyle, 36, Goshen, passed away early Sunday morning, March 7, 2010, at Goshen General Hospital. He was born in Goshen on March 19, 1973, to Garen and Roxanna (Blalock) Kyle, Goshen. He married Amie (Hendrix) Newbry on August 20, 2004 in Goshen. She survives along with four children, Mackenzie Kyle, Cassie Newbry, Alyssa Newbry and Justin Newbry,...
Kathleen M. Taylor
Mar 6, 2010
Kathleen M. Taylor, 93, Goshen, passed away Saturday afternoon, March 6, 2010, at Courtyard Healthcare. She was born in Marion, Indiana, on April 6, 1916, to Frank and Ruth (Stoops) Smith. She married Luther C.Taylor on August 7, 1944 in Marion. He preceded her on January 9, 1988. A Goshen resident since 1962, Mrs. Taylor worked in the office...
Marianna Maude Stutzman
Mar 5, 2010
Marianna Maude Stutzman, 93, died Friday morning, March 5, 2010, at her residence at Evergreen Place, Goshen. She has been a resident of Goshen since 1987. She was born in Halstead, Kansas to the late Vernon and Zaidee (Brenneman) Reiff on March 19, 1916. She married Roman Stutzman on October 14, 1939; he preceded her in death on December...
Eileen Mary Dublak
Mar 5, 2010
Eileen Mary Dublak, 83, died Friday, March 5, 2010, at The Maples of Waterford Crossing, Goshen. She had been in declining health for the past several years. Mrs. Dublak has lived in Elkhart County for the past six months, moving from Bass Lake, Indiana. She was a former resident of Lansing, Illinois. She was born to Gale F. Murrin...
Carolyn M. Partlow
Mar 1, 2010
Carolyn M. Partlow, 66, Goshen, died early Monday morning, March 1, 2010, at Goshen General Hospital. She was born on May 24, 1943, in Warren, Ohio. She married Paul Partlow on August 21, 1965 in Dayton, Ohio. He survives. Also surviving are eight children, Tim (Jamie) Partlow of Black Mountain, North Carolina, Debbie (Corey) Oberlin of Millersburg, Joy (Brian)...
