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Richard G. Ernsberger

Richard G. Ernsberger

Aug 3, 2010

Richard G. Ernsberger, 81, of Goshen, died Tuesday evening, August 3, 2010, at Courtyard Healthcare.  He had been in decling health for three years. He was born in Goshen on December 25, 1928, to Jesse and Lucille (Price) Ernsberger.  He married Janice A. Swihart on August 19, 1949, in Goshen.  She died April 24, 2006. He is survived by...

Norman E. Motts

Norman E. Motts

Aug 1, 2010

Norman E. Motts, 88, died early Sunday morning, August 1, 2010, at Greencroft Healthcare, Goshen.  He has lived in the Goshen area since 1998, coming from South Bend.  He was born on April 11, 1922, in South Bend, to the late Edward T. and Elva (Linard) Motts.  He was married on September 24, 1955, in St. Joseph, Michigan, to...

Gail Lynn Flickner Jantzen

Gail Lynn Flickner Jantzen

Aug 1, 2010

Gail Lynn Flickner Jantzen, 42, of Elkhart died of complications from chemotherapy treatments for Hodgkins Lymphoma at 4:20 a.m. Sunday, August 1, 2010. She had been a patient at Triumph Our Lady of Peace Hospital in Mishawaka since July 21 of this year. Gail was born November 27, 1967 in Oil City, Pennsylvania, to Robert S. and Eleanor M....

Duane Mervin Mahler

Duane Mervin Mahler

Jul 31, 2010

Duane Mervin Mahler, 83, of Goshen, died late Saturday night, July 31, 2010, at The Maples Healthcare.  He had been ill the past 14 years. He was born December 1, 1926, in Elkhart to the late Melvin and Leona (Snyder) Mahler.  He married Letha I. Brubaker on April 15, 1951.  She preceded him in death on December 4, 2006....

Lydia B. Hawkins

Lydia B. Hawkins

Jul 31, 2010

Lydia B. Hawkins, 82, of Goshen, died Saturday, July 31,, 2010 at Greencroft Healthcare. She was born in Topeka on December 15, 1927, to Daniel C. and Polly (Stutzman) Borntrager.  She married Carel L. Hawkins on April 19, 1947, in Goshen.  He died August 21, 2002. A lifetime area resident, she graduated from Topeka High School and regularly attended...

Janie Griffith

Janie Griffith

Jul 30, 2010

Janie Griffith, 85, of Goshen died Friday evening, July 30, 2010, at Goshen General Hospital. She was born April 21, 1925 in Linton to William and Isabelle (Fowler) Currans. In 1946 she married William Griffith. Her parents and husband preceded her in death. Surviving are sons, Tony (Doris) Griffith of Cromwell, Otis Griffith of Allen, Texas; three grandchildren; one...

Ronald R. Cripe

Ronald R. Cripe

Jul 28, 2010

Ronald R. Cripe, 72, of Goshen, died Wednesday evening, July 28, 2010, at Elkhart General Hospital.  He had been ill the past two and a half years. He was born on February 8, 1938, in Goshen, to the late Ray G. and Nellie (VanderMaas) Cripe.  On January 30, 1960 he married Inge Fischer in Goshen.  She survives. Also surviving...

Lizzie Mae Morris

Lizzie Mae Morris

Jul 26, 2010

Lizzie Mae Morris, 74, of Elkhart, died Monday, July 26, 2010, at Elkhart General Hospital. She was born in Honeyville February 8, 1936, to the late John and Martha (Glick) Christner. She is survived by two daughters, Sheena Geiger of Goshen and Sheri Wass of Elkhart; five grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; a sister, Clara (Mel) Eash of Goshen; and two...

Doris Arlene Eyster

Doris Arlene Eyster

Jul 26, 2010

Doris Arlene Eyster, 90, of Noblesville and formerly of Goshen, died Monday morning, July 26, 2010, at Swiss Village, Berne, Indiana, where she had been a resident one month. She was born in Goshen on October 4, 1919, to Ralph and Dora (Bates) Michael.  She married Lamoyne Z. Eyster on June 30, 1946.  He died January 13, 1999. A...

Kristen Marie Miller

Kristen Marie Miller

Jul 26, 2010

Kristen Marie Miller, 8, of Goshen, died late Monday, July 26, 2010 at Riley Hospital for Children, where she was transferred from Goshen General Hospital on Sunday, July 18 after becoming ill at home. She was born in Indianapolis on September 11, 2001, to Jason Lee and Karrie Jean (Rountree) Miller of Goshen. Also surviving are four sisters, Melissa...

Labrilla "Libby" Grover

Labrilla "Libby" Grover

Jul 25, 2010

LaBrilla F. “Libby” Grover, 77 of Goshen, died at her home Sunday evening , July 25, 2010.   She had been ill. She was born on September 5, 1932, in Goshen to the late John E. and Myrtle M. (Bishop) Knight.  She married William H. Books on June 27, 1953, in Goshen. He passed away September 13, 1996. She then...

Lamar D. Leer

Lamar D. Leer

Jul 23, 2010

LaMar D. Leer, 91, of Elkhart and formerly of Goshen, died Friday evening, July 23, 2010, at Elkhart General Hospital.  He had been ill since Wednesday morning. He was born July 24, 1918 in Goshen, to the last W. Benjamin and Mamie E. (Cripe) Leer.  He married DeLorus G. Garber on September 7, 1940 in Goshen.  She died January...

Dolores A. Myers

Dolores A. Myers

Jul 23, 2010

Dolores A. Myers, 78, of Goshen, died Friday afternoon, July 23, 2010, at Goshen General Hospital.  She had been ill one week. She was born in Goshen on April 7, 1932 to the late Ellsworth L. and Mary Ruth (Hamilton) Miller.  She married George E. Myers, Jr. on July 15, 1950, in South Bend.  He survives. Also surviving are...

David Allen Adkins

David Allen Adkins

Jul 22, 2010

David Allen Adkins, 18, of Goshen, died Thursday, July 22, 2010, at Memorial Hospital, South Bend, from injuries sustained in a car accident on Wednesday. He was born in Goshen on August 26, 1991, to Henry and Melanie (Hayes) Adkins of Goshen. Also surviving are grandparents, Nancy Hayes, Kenneth Secore, Sue Adkins and Marvin (Penny) Adkins, all of Goshen;...

Mallory Gail Hoag

Mallory Gail Hoag

Jul 21, 2010

Infant Mallory Gail Hoag was stillborn at 6:21 pm Wednesday, July 21, 2010, at Elkhart General Hospital. Her parents are Bart and Jeri (Slabaugh) Hoag of Goshen. Mallory is survived by two brothers, Keegan and Brodie; and  a sister Delaney Hoag, all at home. Her grandparents are Judy Slabaugh of Bessemer City, North Carolina and Jerry Slabaugh of Sarasota,...

Eleanor Ruth Glick Miller

Eleanor Ruth Glick Miller

Jul 20, 2010

Eleanor Ruth Glick Miller was born at 6:45 pm Tuesday, July 20, 2010 at Goshen General Hospital. She died later that evening at 7:36 pm. She is survived by her parents Craig Lyn and Katherine Joy Glick Miller of Goshen; grandparents Bruce and Helen Glick of Millersburg, Ohio and Reuben and Marilyn Miller of Hartville, Ohio; aunts and uncles...

Iris Hazel Dills

Iris Hazel Dills

Jul 19, 2010

Iris Hazel Dills, 92, died early Monday morning, July 19, 2010, at her home in Goshen.  She has lived in Elkhart County her whole life.  She was born on August 22, 1917 to the late John and Cora (Kindy) Hershberger, in Bristol.  On March 31, 1933, she married Clare C. Dills, he preceded her in death on December 15,...

Betty J. Helman

Betty J. Helman

Jul 14, 2010

Betty J. Helman, 87, of Wakarusa and formerly of Goshen, died Wednesday afternoon, July 14, 2010, at Miller's Merry Manor, where she had been a resident the last nine years. She was born in Goshen on December 11, 1922 to the late William and Tressa J. (Rupholdt) McQueen.  She married R. Harvey "Harv" Helman on December 11, 1940.  He...

Charles Dickison

Charles Dickison

Jul 13, 2010

Charles Dickison, 79, of  Goshen, died unexpectedly Tuesday, July 13, 2010. He was born October 16, 1930 in Traverse City, Michigan, to Charles & Bessie (Trimmer) Dickison.  He married Betty L. Yoder, in December 1950 in Elkhart.  They divorced and  then he married Corabelle (Swoveland) Weaver  on September 20, 1980 in Goshen.  She died June 12, 2006. He is...

Dorothy M. Zollinger

Dorothy M. Zollinger

Jul 13, 2010

Dorothy M. Zollinger, 95, died Tuesday morning, July 13, 2010 at The Maples at Waterford Crossing, Goshen.  She had been ill for three years after suffering a stroke.  She was born March 2, 1915 in Detroit, Michigan to the late Clyde and Ethel (Cochran) Markham.  She spent most of her life in the Goshen/Middlebury area.  She married Kenneth J....

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