Marie Stouder
Mar 29, 2010
Marie L. Stouder, 85, died Monday, March 29, 2010 at her home in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where she has lived since September 1985. She was born on April 15, 1924, in Giese, Minnesota, to the late Herman and Emma (Stieneborn) Krause. She married Harvey Stouder on June 23, 1950, in Goshen. He preceded her in death on October 28, 2009....
Alisha Nicole Jensen
Mar 27, 2010
Alisha Nicole Jensen, 26, of Goshen, died early Saturday morning, March 27, 2010, at Goshen General Hospital where she had been a patient since Tuesday. She was born on October 21, 1983, in Berlin, Wisconsin, to Dennis and Diane (Weina) Jensen. Alisha has battled cancer since age 4 and as a result developed epilepsy and became physically and mentally...
Irene Culp
Mar 24, 2010
Irene Culp, 86, of Goshen died Wednesday, March 24, 2010, at Greencroft Healthcare. She was born April 22, 1923 in LaGrange County to Samuel and Mattie (Hershberger) Hostetler. On August 20, 1944, in Goshen, she married Millard Culp. He died June 1, 1996. She and her husband lived in Tiskawa, Ill. for a short time and then moved back...
Jerry A. Simmons
Mar 22, 2010
Jerry A. Simmons, 78, of Goshen, died Monday afternoon, March 22, 2010, at his home. He was born in Goshen on September 6, 1931, to Gorden and Oral (Rodabaugh) Simmons. Mr. Simmons worked as a machinist at Western Rubber and was a member of the National Rifle Association. He is survived by two brothers, Roger Simmons of Elkhart and...
Arthur William Rovinelli
Mar 22, 2010
Arthur W. Rovinelli, 61, died at his home Monday. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on July 8, 1948. On January 26, 2000 he married Mimi Ellen Fitch in Marion, Ohio, she survives. Also surviving is a son, Rocky Rovinelli, Marion, Ohio, four step-daughters, Lorilei (Adam) Bailer, Hudson, Nicole (Scott) Troyer and Deedra (Scott) Phenis, both of Goshen, Andrea...
Mary Ellen Bontrager
Mar 21, 2010
Mary E. Bontrager, 65, Goshen, died Sunday, March 21, 2010. She was born in Kosciusko County, April 11, 1944, to William J. and Sylvia (Schlabach) Yoder. She married William Bontrager on October 29, 1966. He died March 31, 2008. Mrs. Bontrager was a member of Clinton Frame Mennonite Church, Maple City Trotting Bread Association and Secret Sisters’ Society. She...
Robert L. Peden
Mar 20, 2010
Robert L. Peden, 64, Goshen, died Saturday, March 20, 2010, at Courtyard Healthcare. He had been ill for the past year and a half. He was born in Tonapah, Nevada, on May 12, 1945, to the late Martin and Hazel (Jones) Peden. He married Vickie Arnold in Elkhart on August 8, 1992. She survives. Also surviving are three daughters,...
Janet Lee Snobarger
Mar 20, 2010
Janet Lee Snobarger, 81, of Goshen, died Saturday, March 20, 2010, at her home after a lengthy illness. She was born in South Bend, Indiana, on July 6, 1928, to Russell R. and June (McKee) Stahly. She married Richard D. Snobarger on March 13, 1948, in Elkhart. He preceded her on July 3, 1996. A homemaker and Goshen resident...
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. ...
