Matthew Thomas Smith
Feb 11, 2010
Matthew Thomas Smith, 24, died Thursday afternoon, February 11, 2010, at the emergency room at Goshen General Hospital. He had been ill for one week. He was born on May 7, 1985, to Timothy Smith and Cindy Jervis, in Goshen. They survive. Mr. Smith worked as a receiver at Lowes, Goshen, he was a member of the First Brethren...
James E. "Butch" Hodgson Jr.
Feb 11, 2010
James E. “Butch” Hodgson, Jr. 62, died Thursday evening, February 11, 2010, at Goshen General Hospital where he had been a patient following a February 2nd surgery. He was born on November 9, 1947, in Anderson to Stella Alberta (Duckworth) Carpenter, Goshen, and James E. Hodgson Sr., Brownsburg. They both survive. He married Gay Louise Craig on May 16,...
Erma Ruth (Zook) Zimmerman
Feb 7, 2010
Erma Ruth (Zook) Zimmerman, 91, died Sunday morning, February 7, 2010, at Greencroft Nursing Center, Goshen. She was born on April 3, 1918, in East Lynne, Missouri to the late Edward K. and Nancy Edith (Hershberger) Zook. On June 26, 1949, she married Lester Jay Zimmerman in Hesston, Kansas. He preceded her in death on December 26, 1994. A...
Mary Plank
Feb 6, 2010
Mary Plank, 81, died Saturday, February 6, 2010 at The Maples Health Care Campus, 1332 Waterford Circle in Goshen, Indiana from natural causes due to progression of Alzheimer disease. She lived for a few years at Waterford Crossing Apts., 1212 Waterford Circle in Goshen, Indiana. Mary was born June 6, 1928 in Plain City, Ohio to Erwin “Pat” and...
Linea Yvonne Geiser
Feb 4, 2010
Linea Yvonne Geiser, 73 of Goshen died at 5:00 a.m. Thursday, February, 4, 2010 at her home. She was born to John H.W. and Anna (Toews) Reimer on June 3, 1936 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. She married Leonard R. Geiser in Steinbach, Manitoba, Canada on August 17, 1956. He survives. After graduating from Goshen College Linea was an elementary...
Doris Elaine Graber
Feb 4, 2010
Doris Elaine Graber, 58, died late Thursday night, February 4, 2010, at her home. She was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in January of 2006. She was born in Goshen on January 28, 1952, to Vernon and Lila (Chupp) Christner. She married Richard Graber on November 28, 1970, in Goshen. He survives. A waitress and a homemaker, she also enjoyed...
Maxine O. Myers
Feb 3, 2010
Maxine O. Myers, 87 of Goshen, died at 11:30 p.m., Wednesday, February 3, 2010. She was born to Orville and Mary (Fischer) Householder on April 3, 1922 in Elkhart. Maxine was retired from Johnson Controls where she worked as an inspector, in January of 1988 after 36 years of service. She was a member of St. John the Evangelist...
Elizabeth "Betty" Christner
Feb 2, 2010
Elizabeth “Betty” Christner, 90, of Elkhart, died Tuesday afternoon, February 2, 2010, at Elkhart Rehabilitation Center. She was born in LaGrange County on February 8, 1919, to the late James and Sarah (Spreuer) Powell. She married Rufus Christner on May 25, 1941. He preceded her in death on June 7, 1993. A longtime resident of the area, Mrs. Christner...
Warren D. Leichty
Feb 1, 2010
Warren D. Leichty, 71, of Goshen, died Monday evening, February 1, 2010, at Rivercrest Specialty Hospital in Mishawaka, where he had been since January 18, 2010. He was born in Bellefontaine, Ohio, on March 4, 1938, to the late David Franklin and Helen Dorothy (Yoder) Leichty. A Goshen resident since 1955, Mr. Leichty began his employment with Fidler's Ready-Mix...
George S. Unger
Jan 29, 2010
George S. Unger, 84, of Goshen, died early Friday morning, January 29, 2010, at Courtyard Healthcare. He was born in Niverville, Manitoba, Canada, on September 16, 1925, to the late Peter N. and Helena (Stoesz) Unger. He married Dorothy Keller in Metamora, Illinois, on September 8, 1956. She survives. Also surviving are a son, Benjamin P. (Debra) Unger of...
Chalmer Lee "Toby" Tobias
Jan 24, 2010
Chalmer “Toby” Lee Tobias, Jr., 65, of North Webster and formerly of New Paris, died at his home on Sunday morning, January 24, 2010. He had been ill since October 2009. He was born in Hazel Green, Kentucky, on July 14, 1944, to the late Chalmer L. and Venus M. (Gevedon) Tobias. He is survived by his wife, Patricia...
William "Tom" Collins
Jan 23, 2010
William “Tom” Collins, 54, of Goshen, passed away Saturday morning, January 23, 2010, at his home. He had been ill since 1999. He was born in Charleston, West Virginia, on September 30, 1955, to the late Orville and Bernice Faye (Abshire) Collins. He married Patricia Nettrouer on June 17, 1995 in Goshen. She survives. Also surviving are a son,...
Douglas A. Brookins
Jan 21, 2010
Douglas A. Brookins, 56, died Thursday morning, January 21, 2010, at Rivercrest Specialty Hospital, Mishawaka, where he was admitted on January 13, 2010. He had been ill since September 22, 2009. He was born on February 1, 1953, to the late Wilbur and Fern (Yoder) Brookins, in Goshen. He married Barbra Phillips on June 22, 1975, they divorced, and...
Paul Allen Henderson
Jan 20, 2010
Paul Allen Henderson, 78, of Goshen, died Wednesday morning, January 20, 2010, at Elkhart Rehabilitation Center. He had been in failing health the past seven years. He was born in Saltville, Virginia on October 21, 1931, to the late Wayne and Anna (Snead) Henderson. He married Elveta Aistrop on March 14, 1951 in Saltville. She survives. Also surviving are...
Laurance J. Mcadam
Jan 20, 2010
Laurance J. "Larry" McAdam, 94, of Goshen, died Wednesday afternoon, January 20, 2010, in the emergency room at Goshen General Hospital. He had been ill since January 1. He was born on October 21, 1915, in Chicago, Illinois, to Walter and Irene (Lussier) McAdam. He married Mary Alice Mickes on September 15, 1945 in Chicago. She preceded him in...
Frances J. Mckibbin
Jan 16, 2010
Frances J. McKibbin, 85, died Saturday, January 16, 2010, at Greencroft Healthcare, Goshen. She was born in Goshen, to the late Albert E. and Florence May (Rentfrow) Dewey, on June 16, 1924. She married Victor L. McKibbin in Goshen on September 2, 1971. A homemaker, Mrs. McKibbin also worked as a Production Manager at Design Line. She also volunteered...
Elmer Raymond Matson
Jan 15, 2010
Elmer Raymond “Ray” Matson died Friday night, January 15, 2010, at Miller’s Merry Manor, New Carlisle. He was a former resident of Elkhart. He was born on October 18, 1912, to the late William Foster and Mable V. (Swigert) Matson in Montpelier, Indiana. He married Irma I. Wagner on December 20, 1941, at the Sunnymeade Church of God in...
Wayne L. Weaver
Jan 12, 2010
Wayne L. Weaver, 83, died Tuesday night, January 12, 2010, at Goshen General Hospital where he had been suffering from a short illness. He was born in Kosciusko County on May 25, 1926, to the late Floyd and Goldie (Miller) Weaver. He lived in Elkhart County his entire life. He married Ruth Bolsinger on July 10, 1948, in Bremen,...
Mary I. Davidson
Jan 9, 2010
Mary I. Davidson, 84, died late Saturday night, January 9, 2010, at Miller’s Merry Manor, Wakarusa, where she was admitted on September 28, 2004. She moved to Elkhart County from Kentucky in 1968. She was born on April 26, 1925, in Mt. Pisgah, Kentucky, to the late Proctor and Lizzie (Hurt) Patton. She married Otha Davidson Jr. on January...
Merrill J. Kauffman
Jan 8, 2010
Merrill J. Kauffman, 70, of Goshen, died Friday morning, January 8, 2010 at Indiana University Hospital in Indianapolis, after an extended illness. He was born in Fairview, Michigan, on March 22, 1939 to the late Ira and Glada (Miller) Kauffman. He married Shirley Stalter on August 10, 1963 in Elida, Ohio. She survives. Also surviving are a daughter, Joy...
