Connie Sue Miller
Apr 26, 2009
Connie Sue Miller, 59 of Sarasota, Florida, died Sunday, April 26, 2009 at 1:10 a.m. She was born to Donald and Evelyn (Baird) Baldwin on January 10, 1950 in South Bend, Indiana. She married Gerald L. Miller at Brenneman Memorial Missionary Church in Goshen on September 29, 1967. He survives. Mrs. Miller was a waitress at Yoder’s restaurant in...
Sharon Louise Lantz
Apr 25, 2009
Sharon Louise Lantz, 72,of Goshen passed away late Saturday night, April 25, 2009, at Goshen General Hospital after an extended illness. She was born April16, 1937, to Theodore and Gladys (Hartzler) Nusbaum in Goshen where she has lived all her life. They have preceded her in death. She worked as a nursing assistant at Greencroft, as a concessionaire at...
S Benjamin Roth
Apr 23, 2009
S. Benjamin Roth, 22, of Goshen was found at his home Thursday evening, April 23, 2009. He was born in Goshen on August 27, 1986, to S. Scott and Lori (Langolf) Roth. A junior at Aurora University, Aurora, Illinois, Ben did marketing for several State Farm Agencies. He was a member of the Calvary Church of Naperville, Illinois. Ben...
David H. Martinez
Apr 22, 2009
David H. Martinez, 61, of Goshen, died Wednesday morning, April 22, 2009, in the emergency room at Goshen General Hospital. He was born in Texas on October 2, 1947, to Raul and Teodora (Hernandez) Martinez. He married Mary Norton in Goshen in June 1972. She survives. A 40 year Goshen resident, Mr. Martinez was owner and operator of Martinez...
Donald L. Smith, Sr.
Apr 22, 2009
Donald Lee Smith, Sr., 81, of Fort Wayne and formerly of Goshen, died Wednesday afternoon, April 22, 2009, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne. He was born in Goshen on June 29, 1927 to Frank W. and Fairy B. (Swihart) Smith. He married Lorraine F. Chapman on September 2, 1950 in Flint, Michigan. She survives. Mr. Smith worked at...
Florence Valentine Shipley
Apr 21, 2009
Florence V. Shipley, 88, of Goshen, died Tuesday morning, April 21, 2009, at Goshen General Hospital where she had been a patient the last two days. She was born in Silver Lake, Indiana, on February 14, 1921, to Ralph and Oznola (Freed) Montel. She married Jack W. Shipley in Newark, New Jersey on December 12, 1942. He preceded her...
Paul K. Saunders
Apr 19, 2009
Paul K. Saunders, 85, of Mishawaka, died Sunday afternoon, April 19, 2009, at Hospice House in Elkhart. He was born in Elkhart on May 9, 1923, to Harvey and Veda (Moyer) Saunders. He married Alice M. Vincent on April 2, 1949 in South Bend. She survives. Owner of Saunder's Construction Company, Mr. Saunders attended Goshen High School. He is...
Gary George Goble
Apr 18, 2009
Gary George Goble, 68, of Goshen, died early Saturday morning, April 18, 2009, at his home. He had been ill for 15 years with COPD. He was born in Iowa City, Iowa on August 16, 1940, to Garland and Viola Marie (Chamberlain) Goble. He married Janice Irene Goss in Warsaw in 1960. She died April 10, 1980. He then...
Pauline M. Schrock
Apr 15, 2009
Pauline M. Schrock, 88, of Goshen, died early Wednesday morning, April 15, 2009, at her home. She had been suffering from congestive heart failure since 2001. She was born in LaGrange County on March 15, 1921 to Clayton and Maude (Miller) Rheinheimer. She married Joseph J. Schrock on December 26, 1941 in LaGrange County. He died August 8, 1983....
Victor K. "Slim" Weiler
Apr 15, 2009
Victor K. "Slim" Weiler, 84, of Middlebury, died early Wednesday morning, April 15, 2009, at Goshen General Hospital. He had been in failing health the past couple of years. He was born in LaGrange County, on March 15, 1925, to Loyal and Hazel (Ulrich) Weiler. He married Betty M. Cole on July 15, 1945 at Gunn Lake, Michigan. She...
James Edward Collins
Apr 14, 2009
James Edward Collins, 74, of Milford, died early Tuesday morning, April 14, 2009, at Lakeland Loving Care where he had been the past week and a half. He was born in Blytheville, Arkansas, on July 29, 1934, to Elmer and Mary (Barnes) Collins. He married Jacqueline Souder on January 17, 1969 in Missouri. She survives. Mr. Collins moved to...
Waldemar "Walter" Zeiger
Apr 13, 2009
Waldemar “Walter” Zeiger, 78, of Goshen, died Monday at 5:30 a.m., at Courtyard Healthcare of Goshen. He was born July 9, 1930 in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine, to Hieronymus and Dorothea (Falko) Zeiger. He fled to Germany in 1947 during World War II. He came to the US in 1952, settling in Aliquippa, Penn, where he met his wife. Mr. Zeiger...
Olga Lukianenko
Apr 10, 2009
Olga Lukianenko, 87, of Goshen, died unexpectedly Friday evening, April 10, 2009, in the emergency room at Goshen General Hospital. She was born on May 25, 1921, in Mohilew, Byelorussi, Ukraine, to Theodore and Fannie (Krasowshai) Yhotenko. She married Peter Lukianenko in Byelorussi on October 8, 1942. He died July 10, 1995. A Goshen resident since 1953, Mrs. Lukianenko...
Donna M. Bigler
Apr 7, 2009
Donna M. Bigler, 89, of Goshen, died Tuesday evening, April 7, 2009, at Elkhart General Hospital where she had been a patient since Monday, March 30. She was born in Goshen on May 22, 1919, to Robert and Pearl (Chilcote) Stoller. She married Frederick “Fritz” W. Bigler in Goshen on June 14, 1947. He survives. A lifetime Goshen resident,...
William Owen Frey
Apr 6, 2009
William “Owen” Frey, 88, of Goshen, died Monday afternoon, April 6, 2009, at Goshen General Hospital. He was born in Topeka on December 11, 1920, to Simon and Fannie (Miller) Frey. He married Vivian Roose on December 23, 1951 in the West Goshen Church of the Brethren. She survives. A lifelong area resident, Mr. Frey retired in 1986,after 46...
Raymond Y. Schrock
Apr 2, 2009
Raymond Y. Schrock, 87, of Goshen, died Thursday morning, April 2, 2009, at Greencroft Healthcare. He was born in Arthur, Illinois, on March 28, 1922, to Yost and Tillie (Miller) Schrock. He married Cora E. Yoder on December 21, 1946, in Arthur. She survives. A brick mason, Mr. Schrock was a member of Holdeman Mennonite Church. He served in...
Jess Hardesty
Apr 1, 2009
Jess Hardesty, 78, of Goshen, died at Greencroft Healthcare early Wednesday morning, April 1, 2009. He was born in Fawn River Township, Michigan on September 28, 1930, to Jess L. and Helen (Cripe) Hardesty. A truck driver for the Elkhart County Highway Department, Mr. Hardesty was a member of Brenneman Memorial Missionary Church, Goshen; Goshen VFW and a lifetime...
Robert G. Amsden
Mar 31, 2009
Robert G. Amsden, 78, of Shipshewana, died Tuesday evening, March 31, 2009, at Avalon Village in Ligonier. He was born in Elkhart County on July 23, 1930, to Carl and Etta (Metzger) Amsden. He married Elizabeth Miller on August 15, 1959. She died on June 23, 1973. A lifetime resident of the Goshen area, Mr. Amsden worked as a...
Edgar Earl Peak
Mar 26, 2009
Edgar Earl Peak, 90, of Goshen, died late Thursday night, March 26,2009, at Goshen General Hospital after an extended illness. He was born February 7, 1919, in Ramer, Tennessee, to Lou Allan and Lucy (Darby) Peak. He married Lella Harmon on October 27, 1939, in Marked Tree, Arkansas. She died May 1, 2000. He then married Myrtle (Denney) Longacre...
Charles Ellis Whitaker
Mar 25, 2009
Charles Ellis Whitaker, 60, of Goshen, died Wednesday morning, March 25, 2009, at Goshen General Hospital. He had been ill the past six years. He was born on April 27, 1948 in Osceola, Arkansas, to John William and Hazel (Lacroy) Whitaker. He married Denise Alfrey on February 18, 1975 in Goshen. She survives. A longtime area resident, Mr. Whitaker...
