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...
Jay Dean Kime
Jan 7, 2010
Jay Dean Kime, 85, died Thursday night, January 7, 2010, at Courtyard Healthcare, Goshen. He was born on September 10, 1924 to the late Lloyd and Bernice (Edwards) Kime, in Middlebury. He married Betty Mae Showalter on November 4, 1949, at the Plymouth United Church of Christ, Goshen. She survives. Mr. Kime, along with his wife, owned and operated...
Dennis L. Bender
Jan 4, 2010
Dennis L. Bender, 55, of Goshen, died Monday afternoon, January 4, 2010, at his home. He had been ill the last six months. He was born on March 1, 1954, in Goshen, to the late Gordon and Jacquelyn “Jacie” (Secor) Bender. He had lived in Syracuse the last 20 years. He worked at Commodore Homes for 20 years. He...
Harold E. Stark
Jan 3, 2010
Harold E. Stark, 82, of Goshen, died Sunday morning, January 3, 2010, at Avalon Village in Ligonier where he had been a patient since September 10, 2009. He had been in failing health the past six months. He was born in Goshen, on January 16, 1927 to the late Roy Ernest and Mable Florence (Gay) Stark. He married Lenora...
Wayne J. Krauter
Jan 1, 2010
Wayne J. Krauter, 85, of Elkhart, died Friday morning, January 1, 2010, at the home of his daughter, Jane Kauffman. He was born in New Paris, Indiana, on April 7, 1924, to the late Ernest and Sarah (Kaiser) Krauter. He married Georgene Myers on November 20, 1956, in Angola, Indiana. She survives. Also surviving are six children, Kirby Krauter...
Marjorie L. Voorhees
Dec 31, 2009
Marjorie L. Voorhees, 85, died early Thursday morning, December 31, 2009, at Goshen General Hospital, she had been ill the past three weeks. She was born on December 24, 1924, to the late Claude and Fern (Hepler) Gardner, in Goshen. She married Max J. Voorhees on August 18, 1946, in Goshen, he survives. A homemaker, Mrs. Voorhees also had...
F Joyce Taylor
Dec 30, 2009
F. Joyce Taylor, 63, died Wednesday afternoon, December 30, 2009, at her home in Goshen. She was born to the late Fred and Jewell (Diron) Springer, on July 17, 1946, in Wilson, Arkansas. She married Raymond M. Taylor on November 13, 1962, in Goshen, he preceded her in death on September 19, 2007. Mrs. Taylor retired in June 2007...
Lucille E. Copenhaver
Dec 30, 2009
Lucille E. "Lou" Copenhaver, 88, of Goshen, died Wednesday afternoon, December 30, 2009, at The Maples at Waterford Crossing. She had been ill since November. She was born in Chicago, Illinois on September 12, 1921 to the late Valentine and Viola (Keim) Mohl. She married Clyde W. Copenhaver on December 25, 1939 in Goshen. He preceded her in death...
Evaellen Korenstra
Dec 24, 2009
Evaellen "Till" Korenstra, 90, of Goshen, died Thursday evening, December 24, 2009, at Greencroft Healthcare where she had been a resident since September 20. She had been in failing health the last three months. She was born in Cutler, Indiana, on September 21, 1919, to Jesse Zena and Leah Fay (Black) Campbell. She married Charles Korenstra on June 3,...
Paul William Shank
Dec 21, 2009
Paul William Shank, 97, of Goshen, IN, died Monday evening, December 21, 2009, at Greencroft Healthcare, Goshen. He had been ill the past eight weeks. He was born December 7, 1912 in Greencastle, Pennsylvania, to Clinton and Edith (Rutherford) Shank. On June 14, 1936 in Hagerstown, Maryland, he married Edna Catherine Martin. She preceded him on December 8, 1991....
Ervin Leroy Moist
Dec 21, 2009
Ervin LeRoy Moist, 84, died early Monday morning, December 21, 2009, at his home in Syracuse, Indiana. He was born to the late Ephriam and Hester (Smith) Moist, on May 12, 1925, in South Bend, Indiana; his stepfather was Albert Nelson. He married Fern Curtis on April 29, 1945, in Goshen. She preceded him in death on November 21,...
Ruby Pauline "Polly" Adams
Dec 20, 2009
Ruby Pauline “Polly” Adams, 100, of Goshen, died early Sunday afternoon, December 20, 2009, at Greencroft Healthcare. She had been in failing health since 1997. She was born on September 20, 1909 in Goshen, to the late Charles Hebert and Ruby Alice (Hatch) Adams. A lifelong Goshen resident, Miss Adams graduated from Goshen High School in 1927. At the...
Thomas Wayne Carroll
Dec 18, 2009
Thomas Wayne Carroll, 41, of Bradenton, Florida, and formerly of Goshen, died December 18, 2009 in Bradenton. He was born in Goshen on January 18, 1968 to the late Winton D. Carroll and Nelda Marie (Shannon) Carroll of Palmetto, Florida. He attended Fairfield High School and served in the Navy. He worked for Starcraft, Sea Nymph, Rinker and Precision...
