Anastasia Petrenko Jurkiw
Mar 1, 2010
Anastasia "Anna" Petrenko Jurkiw, aged 85, formerly of Niles, MI passed away peacefully Monday evening, March 1, 2010. If you happened to sit down at a park bench with Anna, you would soon be pulled in to her sweetness, her generosity, her feistiness, her acceptance of life and its practicalities. She would tell you of her great joy of...
Sharon K. Baumgartner
Feb 28, 2010
Sharon K. Baumgartner, 61, of Goshen, died early Sunday morning, February 28, 2010, at her home. She had been ill the past three years. She was born in Goshen on May 16, 1948 to the late Donald and Mary (Oswald) Bontrager. She married Lowell Baumgartner on September 21, 1986 in Elkhart. He survives. Also surviving are a son, Thomas ...
Martin K. Hershberger
Feb 28, 2010
Martin K. Hershberger, 79, of Goshen, died unexpectedly Sunday evening, February 28, 2010, in the emergency room at Goshen General Hospital. He was born in Middlebury on December 5, 1930, to the late Crist and Othney (Gingerich) Hershberger. He married Dorothy M. Hershberger on December 10, 1949 in Goshen. She survives. Also surviving are four sons, Kenneth (Sue) Hershberger,...
Viola Harshberger
Feb 27, 2010
Viola Harshberger, 98, Millersburg, and formerly of Goshen, died Saturday afternoon, February 27, 2010, at the home of her daughter, Violet Peachy. She was born June 30, 1911, in Middlebury, Ito Rudy and Fannie (Miller) Kauffman. married Leo Harshberger on March 7, 1937, in Middlebury. He preceded her on October 17, 1977. A lifetime area resident, Mrs. Harshberger was...
Grace Brenneman
Feb 27, 2010
Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, March 4, at Salem Mennonite Church, Elida, with visitation one hour prior to the service. Burial will be in the Salem Cemetery. A memorial service in Goshen will take place at a later date. Memorial contributions may be made to the Mennonite Central Committee. Grace Brenneman, 96, died on Saturday evening,...
Devan Lee Woodard
Feb 23, 2010
Devan Lee Woodard, 26, of Elkhart, died suddenly Tuesday evening, February 23, 2010, at Elkhart General Hospital. He was born on October 28, 1983, in Elkhart, to Arthur Lee and Losie Mae (Wilson) Woodard of Elkhart. Also surviving are three sisters, Evonne, Denise James, Towanda Leann Bautista and Shanell Leta (Robert) Hunt, all of Elkhart; and a brother, Malcolm...
Alyce Lee Kurtz
Feb 22, 2010
Alyce Lee Kurtz, 84, of Goshen, died early Monday morning, February 22, 2010, at Courtyard Healthcare, Goshen, where she had been since January 5. She was born in Millersburg on March 25, 1925, to the late Edward and Alma (Burke) Kurtz. Ms. Kurtz retired from Goshen Rubber as an inspector. She is survived by seven nieces and four nephews....
Naleta Joy Yoder
Feb 22, 2010
Naleta Joy Yoder, 12, of Goshen, died Monday morning, February 22, 2010, as the result of a car accident on SR 119, three miles east of Wakarusa. She was born in Goshen on October 23, 1997 to Jared and Kaylene (Stutzman) Yoder of Goshen. Naleta attended Living Water Church, Goshen, and was a 6th grader at United Christian School,...
John E. Weber
Feb 21, 2010
John E. Weber, 93, of Elkhart, died Sunday noon, February 21, 2010, at his home. He had been ill for two weeks following a heart attack. He was born in Ligonier, on June 9, 1916 to the late Ralph C. and Ruth (Emmert) Weber. He married Edna A. Bower on December 10, 1944, in LaGrange. She died December 25,...
Claudia Ann Pippenger
Feb 20, 2010
Claudia Ann Pippenger, 60, of Leesburg, Indiana, died early Saturday morning, February 20, 2010, at Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne, where she had been three days. She was born in Goshen on July 14, 1949, to Alvin and Doris (Mitchell) Yoder. She married Richard A. Pippenger on March 22, 1974, in Goshen. He survives. Also surviving are three children, Matthew...
Agnes M. Lehman
Feb 20, 2010
Agnes M. Lehman, 89, of Goshen, passed away early Saturday afternoon, February 20, 2010, at her home. She had been ill for five months. She was born in Fairview, Michigan, on September 2, 1920, to the late Earl and Mary (Rhoads) Hershberger. She married Reuel S. Lehman on August 6, 1946, in Detroit, Michigan. He survives. Also surviving are...
Victor E. Daniels
Feb 20, 2010
Victor E. Daniels, 88, of Syracuse, died early Saturday morning, February 20, 2010, at Goshen General Hospital. He had been in failing health the last four or months. Mr. Daniels was born in Germany on November 7, 1921. He was a member of the German Army as an ally to the US during World War II. He moved to...
Nellie I. Swoveland
Feb 18, 2010
Nellie I. Swoveland, 87, of Goshen, died suddenly Thursday morning, February 18, 2010, at her daughter's home. She was born in Goshen on February 6, 1923, to the late Harvey and Lydia (Hostetler) Harshberger. She married Grover E. Swoveland on January 14, 1946 in Goshen. He preceded her in death on November 8, 2003. A lifetime area resident, Mrs....
Mrs Willie Marie Hern
Feb 17, 2010
Mrs. Willie Marie Hern, 80, of Goshen, went to be with the Lord Wednesday morning, February 17, 2010, at her home. She had been ill for the past three weeks. She was born on January 27, 1930, to William Chester and Perna (Holbrook) Stanley in Kayford, West Virginia. She married Clarence “Slim” L. Hern on May 3, 1947, in...
Rosalie Miller Prignitz
Feb 16, 2010
Rosalie Miller Prignitz, 94, of Richmond, and formerly of Goshen, died early Tuesday morning, February 16, 2010, at Reid Hospital in Richmond. She was born in LaGrange County, Indiana, on January 29, 1916, to the late William and Rosette (Duker) Nickler. She married Hubert R. Miller on October 15, 1938 in Indianapolis. He died April 15, 1996. She then...
Drucilla A. Chupp
Feb 16, 2010
Drucilla A. Chupp, 84, died early Tuesday morning, February 16, 2010, at Greencroft Healthcare, Goshen. She has lived in Goshen since 1929. She was born on December 3, 1925, to the late Andrew and Anna (Yoder) Chupp, in Arthur, Illinois. A house cleaner, Mrs. Chupp also worked as a nurse aid in Sarasota, Florida. She was a member of...
Kathryn E. Berkey
Feb 16, 2010
Kathryn E. Berkey, 100, of Goshen, died Tuesday morning, February 16, 2010, at The Maples where she had been a resident since February 2009. She was born in Kokomo, Indiana, on September 22, 1909, to the late Vernon E. and Clara E. (Klingerman) Wise. She married Ray Wortinger in 1926. He died in March of 1939. She then married...
Christa A. Mueller
Feb 15, 2010
Christa A. Mueller, 79, died early Monday morning, February 15, 2010 at the Maples, Goshen where she had been battling cancer for the last 5 months. She has been a Goshen resident since 1957 when she moved from Germany. She was born on September 30, 1930, in Stettin, Germany, to the late Karl and Agathe (Strutz) Krueger. She married...
Deloris J. Eaton
Feb 13, 2010
Deloris J. Eaton, 86, died unexpectedly early Saturday morning, February 13, 2010, at Union Hospital, Terre Haute, Indiana. She moved to Terre Haute in 2008 after spending most of her life in the Goshen area. She was born in Benton, Indiana to the late William and Ruth (Strine) Wysong, on December 19, 1923. A 1941 graduate of Goshen High...
Douglas Lee Sheets
Feb 11, 2010
Douglas Lee Sheets, 60, of Cromwell, died early Thursday morning, February 11, 2010, at Goshen General Hospital. He had been ill for one year. He was born in Elkhart on June 20, 1949 to Max D. Sheets and Phyllis J. Weaver Sheets, his mother preceded him in death. Mr. Sheets was a 1968 graduate of Wakarusa High School; he...
