George M. Haas
Jul 30, 2009
George M. "Jerry" Haas, 61, of Millersburg, died Thursday afternoon, July 30, 2009, at Goshen General Hospital after a brief illness. He was born in South Bend on February 6, 1948, to George R. Haas and the late Elva B. (Bloomstrand) Haas. He married Susan Johnston on March 24, 1991 in Elkhart. She survives. A member of Goshen Christian...
Ruby P. Jensen
Jul 28, 2009
Ruby P. Jensen, 93, passed away Tuesday morning, July 28, 2009, at Greencroft Healthcare. She was born to Milo and Clara (Lyon) Nettleton on February 18, 1916, in Kingsberry County, South Dakota. She married Lars C. Jensen on September 25, 1937, in Brookings, South Dakota. He died on February 4, 1987. Ruby was a homemaker and a resident of...
Marsha Hooley Miller
Jul 27, 2009
Marsha Hooley Miller, 60, died Monday, July 27, 2009, under the tender watch of devoted family members on Elkhart General Hospital’s fourth floor. She ended a brief, intense battle with lymphoma until valiantly exiting this life on her own terms. Marsha was born on August 12, 1948, to Ernest and Anna Grayce (Miller) Hooley from Shipshewana. She learned to...
Laura M. Lafary
Jul 26, 2009
Laura M. LaFary, 80, of Goshen died late Sunday morning, July 26, 2009, at Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage, Alaska. She was born in Hannibal, Missouri on July 26, 1929, to Charles and Pansy (Jones) Hankins. She married Robert LaFary on September 20, 1947, in Goshen. He survives. A Goshen resident since 1947, Mrs. LaFary worked as an...
Elwood E. Culp
Jul 25, 2009
Elwood E. Culp, 86, passed away early Saturday morning, July 25, 2009, at his home. He was born to Noble and Minnie (Sheets) Culp Kauffman on March 7, 1923, in Goshen, Indiana. He married Martha Card on June 9, 1946, in Niles, Michigan. She died on March 24, 2002. He then married Melba Bechtel on April 24, 2004. She...
Lewis E. Wengerd
Jul 24, 2009
Lewis E. Wengerd, 69, passed away unexpectedly Friday night, July 24, 2009, at Goshen General Hospital Emergency Room. He was born to Ervin C. and Nancy (Yoder) Wengerd on May 27, 1940, in Meadville, Pennsylvania. He married Miriam L. Yoder on July 29, 1961, in Hadley, Pennsylvania. She survives. Lewis was a resident of the community since 1999 coming...
Grace J. Oberlin
Jul 24, 2009
Grace J. Oberlin, 70, passed away at her home Friday afternoon, July 24, 2009. She had been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis when she was 20 years old. She was born to Lavon and Vivian (Mason) Murphy on August 24, 1938, in Hicksville, Ohio. She moved to Goshen in 1954 and then to Millersburg in 1963. Grace was a homemaker...
Helen L. Kauffman Henry
Jul 22, 2009
Helen L. Kauffman Henry, 97, passed away late Wednesday evening, July 22, 2009, at Goshen General Hospital following a very brief illness. Helen was born to Rev. John D. and Maud M. (Moyer) Frederick on September 16, 1911, in Union Township, Elkhart County, Indiana. She married Harvey M. Kauffman on August 25, 1935, in Nappanee. He died on April...
Naomi Whitacre Waggy
Jul 22, 2009
Naomi Whitacre Waggy, 85, of Goshen, died Monday morning, July 22, 2009, at her home. She was born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, on July 20, 1924, to the late Joseph E. and Bertha (Fike) Whitacre. She married Arlie E. Waggy on December 24, 1947, in Petersburg, West Virginia. He survives. She graduated from Manchester College in 1947 and from Ball...
Lloyd Brandenberger
Jul 22, 2009
Lloyd Brandenberger, 82, of Goshen, died Wednesday morning, July 22, 2009, at Goshen General Hospital. He was born in Middlebury, Indiana, on November 2, 1926, to Noah and Matilda (Yoder) Brandenberger. He married Mary Jean Schrock on February 25, 1951 in Nappanee. She died April 2, 1989. A farmer and lifelong resident of the area, Mr. Brandenberger was a...
Robert D. Lung
Jul 19, 2009
Robert D. Lung, 83, of Goshen, died early Sunday morning, July 19, 2009, at Courtyard Healthcare where he was admitted on May 19. He was born in Syracuse on May 3, 1926, to the late Raymond and Zelma (Hanshew) Lung. He married LaWanda “Wanda” M. Carpenter on June 29 in Goshen. She survives. A Goshen High School graduate, Mr....
Carl J. Bagley, Jr.
Jul 17, 2009
Carl J. Bagley, Jr., 64, of Goshen, died Friday, July 17, 2009, at Goshen General Hospital. He had been ill since the end of May. He was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan on September 23, 1944, to the late Carl J. and Mildred Viola (Hobbs) Bagley. He married Phyllis Rabb on July 2, 1965 in Kalamazoo. She survives. A Goshen...
John E. Thomas
Jul 15, 2009
John E. Thomas, 74, of Goshen, died early Wednesday afternoon, July 15, 2009, at his home. He was born in Goshen on August 27, 1934, to William “Harley” and Mina W. (Showalter) Thomas. He married Janice Karen Rohrer on June 21, 1953 in Ligonier. She preceded him in death on October 1, 2004. A lifetime area resident, Mr. Thomas...
Mary Ruth Zook
Jul 14, 2009
Mary Ruth Zook, 81, passed on in the loving home of her son and daughter-in-law in Goshen, on Tuesday, July 14, 2009. Mary was born on November 26, 1927, in Charlotte, Illinois, to the late Ben and Orpha (Erwin) Branz. She married her husband of 63 years, John Wesley Zook on September 21, 1946 in Fisher, Illinois. He survives...
Dennis Dewayne Robarge
Jul 13, 2009
Dennis DeWayne Robarge, 64, of Goshen, died Monday, July 13, 2009, at Goshen General Hospital, following a nine month illness. He was born June 9, 1945, in Bryan, Ohio, to Irvin and Kathleen (Stotz) Robarge. He married Kathy Ball on June 29, 1974, in Kimmell. She survives. A graduate of Bowling Green State University, he served with the U.S....
Sally Gail Petgen
Jul 12, 2009
Sally Gail Petgen, 67, of Goshen, died Sunday afternoon, July 12, 2009, at Memorial Hospital of South Bend. She was born in Goshen on January 16, 1942, to Kenneth and Olive Minta (Jenkins) Trimmer. She worked as a machine operator at AC Fabricating. She was a member of Living Faith Fellowship, Elkhart. She is survived by a daughter, Jennifer...
Charlene S. Schmidt
Jul 10, 2009
Charlene S. Schmidt, 65, of Goshen, died early Friday morning, July 10, 2009, at her home. She was born in Platteville, Wisconsin on February 13, 1944, to the late Charles and Betty (Gard) Witzig. She married Peter Schmidt on August 4, 1962 in Lancaster, Wisconsin. He survives. A Goshen resident for the past 20 years, Mrs. Schmidt worked as...
William Orn, Jr.
Jul 8, 2009
William "Bill" Orn, Jr., Coppell, Texas, passed away peacefully at Arlington Memorial Hospital in Dallas, Texas, on July 8, 2009, after bravely battling cancer for the past year. He was born November 23, 1958, in Elkhart, and graduated from Concord High School in 1977. A DePauw University graduate of 1981, he was a member of Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity...
Donald M. Hurtt, Sr.
Jul 7, 2009
Donald M. Hurtt, Sr., 62, of Elkhart, died of natural causes on Tuesday, July 7, 2009. He was born in Brooksville, Mississippi, on January 17, 1947, to the late Lavell (Gazaway) Hurtt Shank. A longtime resident of the area, Mr. Hurtt graduated from Goshen High School in 1966 and from the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy in 1977. He served...
A Lois Weaver
Jul 6, 2009
Lois Weaver, 92, of Goshen, died unexpectedly Monday evening, July 6, 2009, in the emergency room at Goshen General Hospital. She was born in Elkhart on March 26, 1917, to David a. and Frances (Ferguson) Yoder. She married Ivan K. Weaver on June 25, 1939, in Elkhart. He preceded her in death on April 23, 2004. A long time...
