Melvin L. Kauffmann
Dec 12, 2009
Melvin L. Kauffmann, 91, died early Saturday morning, December 12, 2009, at Greencroft Healthcare, Goshen. He has lived in Goshen since 2003. He was born to the late Aaron and Magdelina (Birky) Kauffmann, on June 10, 1918, in Palmer, Iowa. On December 9, 1943, he married Marietta Barth, in Peoria, Illinois, she survives. A painter and a welder, Mr....
Wilma Kline
Dec 11, 2009
Wilma Kline, 94, died Friday afternoon, December 11, 2009, at her home, where she had been ill for the past several months. She was born to the late Willard and Almeda (Bryner) Prough on May 5, 1915, in LaGrange County, Indiana. She married Merritt George Kline on July 19, 1945, in Middlebury, Indiana. He preceded her in death on...
Sharon Rose Bontrager
Dec 10, 2009
Sharon Rose Bontrager, 57, died Thursday morning, December 10, 2009, at Goshen General Hospital, where she was a patient since November 30, 2009. She was diagnosed with cancer in 2004. She was born on April 11, 1952, in Elkhart, to George Jacob and Verna Faye (Weldy) Cross, they both survive. She married Larry A. Bontrager on April 24, 1971,...
Rosalee E. Gingerich
Dec 8, 2009
Rosalee E. Gingerich, 84, of Elkhart and formerly of Goshen, died early Tuesday morning, December 8, 2009, at Woodland Manor in Elkhart. She had been in declining health the past six years. She was born in Garden City, Missouri, on October 9, 1925, to the late Daniel Ora and Eldora (Byler) Schrock. She married Eli L. Gingerich on August...
Quinten Lee Helmuth
Dec 6, 2009
Quinten Lee Helmuth, 60, of Bristol, died Sunday afternoon, December 6, 2009, at Elkhart General Hospital. He was born in Goshen on January 17, 1949, to Raymond and Ida (Bontrager) Helmuth. Mr. Helmuth had done assembly work at ADEC and attended First Mennonite Church in Middlebury. He loved to play basketball and watch football. He participated in Special Olympics....
Matthew C. Isley
Dec 6, 2009
Matthew C. Isley, 32, of Goshen, died unexpectedly on Sunday afternoon, December 6, 2009, at IU Medical Center in Indianapolis. He was born in Elkhart on March 19, 1977, to William L. and Karen R. (Whitwell) Isley, of Goshen. A lifelong resident of the area, Mr. Isley had worked at Pumpernickle Catering in Elkhart. He was a 1996 graduate...
Joyce Maxine Roth
Dec 5, 2009
Joyce Maxine Roth, 76, of Goshen, died late Saturday morning, December 5, 2009, at Goshen General Hospital. She was born November 10, 1933, in Emma Town, LaGrange County, Indiana, to the Daniel and Susie (Miller) Roth. Miss Roth moved to Goshen about ten years ago from Shipshewana. She attended Topeka High School and was a member of Emma Mennonite...
Larry Gene Inman
Dec 4, 2009
Larry Gene Inman, 64, of Goshen, died Friday evening, December 4, 2009, at Goshen General Hospital where he had been a patient since November 26, He was born in LaGrange, Indiana, on November 2, 1945, to the late Oscar K. and Leevisa (Hill) Inman. He had moved to Goshen eight years ago from Bristol. He retired from Goshen Rubber....
Pauline Harrison
Dec 4, 2009
Pauline Harrison, 66, of Goshen, died unexpectedly on Friday afternoon, December 4, 2009, at Goshen General Hospital in the emergency room from an apparent heart attack. She was born in Seattle, Washington, on August 20, 1943, to the late Ardie and Irene (Poinier) Allen. She married Gary Lee Harrison on April 1, 1981, in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He survives. Also...
Rosalie E. Stoltzfus
Dec 3, 2009
Rosalie E. Stoltzfus, 83, of Goshen, died Thursday afternoon, December 3, 2009, at Greencroft Healthcare. She had been ill the past ten years. She was born in Alpha, Minnesota, on August 30, 1926, to the late Lloyd Harvey and Nettie Pearl (Hartzler) Garber. She married Daniel H. Stoltzfus on June 9, 1949 in Jackson, Minnesota. He survives. Also surviving...
Onnie Puro
Dec 2, 2009
Onnie Puro, 86, died Wednesday evening, December 2, 2009, at Greencroft Healthcare, Goshen, where he had been ill for the past six months. He was born to the late Henry and Hannah (Marin) Puro on November 14, 1923, in Owen, Wisconsin. He married Shirley Ridenour on April 4, 1948, in Goshen. She preceded him in death on October 31,...
Herman Hershberger
Nov 30, 2009
Herman Hershberger, 80, died early Monday morning, November 30, 2009, at his home in New Paris. He had been ill this past year. He was born to Delbert and Elizabeth (Priem) Hershberger on December 17, 1928, in Elkhart, Indiana. He married Maryellen Shipman on April 19, 1947; she preceded him in death on October 10, 1988. He then married...
J Robert Kreider
Nov 30, 2009
J. Robert Kreider, 89, died early Monday morning, November 30, 2009, at Greencroft Healthcare, Goshen. He was born to the late Lloyd S. and Adelia (Stover) Kreider on December 30, 1919, in Wadsworth, Ohio. He married Virginia L. (Stalter) Kreider on June 10, 1941, she survives. Mr. Kreider graduated as valedictorian from both Wadsworth High School and at Goshen...
Bradford Allen Shroyer
Nov 29, 2009
Bradford Allen Shroyer, 48, died early Sunday morning, November 29, 2009, at his home. He had been ill since July 2009 with pancreatic cancer. He was born to Chuck E. Shroyer and Elinor R. (White) Shroyer, on November 9, 1961, in Sturgis, Michigan. They both survive. He married Dawn Kling on August 29, 2009, in Goshen, after four years...
O Irene Brown
Nov 29, 2009
O. Irene Brown, 90, of Goshen, died Sunday afternoon, November 29, 2009, at Courtyard Healthcare Center where she had been a resident the past two years. She was born in Ontario, Canada, on October 25, 1919, to George and Mabel (Winterburn) Armstrong. She married Robert Brown on November 25, 1952, in Ontario. He preceded her in death on March...
Larry G. Bontrager
Nov 28, 2009
Larry G. Bontrager , 59, of Middlebury, died Saturday afternoon, November 28, 2009, in Union, Michigan. He was born in Goshen on March 30, 1950, to the late Gideon Bontrager and Verna (Chupp) Bontrager of Goshen. He married Norma Jean Bauman on June 12, 1971 in Goshen. She survives. Also surviving are two daughters, Natalie J. (John) Thomas of...
Roselind V. "Rose" Schrock
Nov 27, 2009
Roselind V. “Rose” Schrock, 72, died late Friday evening, November 27, 2009, at Goshen General Hospital. She was born in North Vernon, Indiana, on April 28, 1937, to the late John E. Biggs and Luella (Eastman) Likes. She married Larry R. Schrock on February 13, 1982, in Goshen. He survives. Mrs. Schrock worked as a nurse for 25 years;...
Eva Marie Stutzman
Nov 26, 2009
Eva Marie Stutzman, 71, of Goshen, died early Thursday morning, November 26, 2009, at her home. She had been ill since October 2006. She was born on September 19, 1938, in New Paris, Indiana, to the late, Jency and Lovina (Garber) Hershberger. She married Melvin Stutzman on October 17, 1958. He survives. Also surviving are a daughter, Carla (Bob)...
Bessie May Price
Nov 24, 2009
Bessie May Price, 100, died at The Courtyard, Tuesday afternoon, November 24, 2009. She had been ill for two weeks. She was born on January 5, 1909, in Wabash, Indiana to the late William and Mabel (Newberry) Brewer. She married Robert H. Price, in Wabash, on November 19, 1927. He preceded her in death on July 22, 2004. Mrs....
