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....
Norman Wilson
Nov 23, 2009
Norman Wilson, 66, died Monday afternoon, November 23, 2009, at his home in Goshen. He had been ill for many years. He was born to the late David and Marion (McCaw) Wilson on November 10, 1943, in Johnston, Scotland. He came to Indiana when he was three years old, and moved to Elkhart in 1968. He married Anne Bender...
Charles D. Wilfong
Nov 22, 2009
Charles D. “Charlie” Wilfong, 83, of Goshen, died early Tuesday morning, December 22, 2009, at his home. He had been in failing health since July. He was born in Maroa, Illinois, on July 15, 1926 to the late William and Mabel (Simpson) Wilfong. He married Vivian Miller on September 28, 1945 in Elkhart. She survives. Also surviving are three...
Thelma Maxine Mishler
Nov 22, 2009
Thelma Maxine “Becky” Mishler, 77, of Elkhart, died on Sunday afternoon, November 22, 2009, at Goshen General Hospital where she had been admitted on Wednesday. November 18, 2009. She was born to Merrell and Martha (Overholser) Bachtel on March 12, 1932, in Mishawaka, Indiana. She married Charles Royce on December 30, 1950, and they later divorced. She then married...
Julia Ann Keim
Nov 22, 2009
Julia Ann Keim, 68, of Goshen, died unexpectedly at her home on Sunday afternoon, November 22, 2009. She was born to Harley Starks and Reta Irene (Phillips) Keim on September 29, 1941. They preceded her in death. She was never married. She lived all her life in Goshen and worked as a packaging clerk for a number of years...
Violet Jane "Duke" Reader Wimmer
Nov 22, 2009
Violet Jane “Duke” Reader Wimmer, 76, of New Paris, died Sunday afternoon, November 22, 2009, at the home of her daughter, Greta Burtsfield. She had battled cancer for almost four years. She was born to Walter and Ida (Mosser) Reader on February 10, 1933, in Woodboro, Wisconsin. She married Charles L. Wimmer on February 27, 1954, in Rhinelander, Wisconsin. ...
Omer E. Troyer
Nov 22, 2009
Omer E. Troyer, 84, Greencroft Healthcare, died peacefully Sunday morning at 10:10 following a long illness. He was born at home on December 29, 1924 in Clinton Township to Ezra and Mary (Miller) Troyer. He married Dora Miller on November 10, 1945. They have four children: Robert “Bob” Troyer (Anne), Lewisville, TX; Margaret “Peggy” Garcia (Ed), Goshen; Denver Troyer,...
H Ernest Bennett
Nov 18, 2009
H. Ernest Bennett, 94, died early Wednesday Morning, November 18, 2009, at Greencroft Healthcare, Goshen. He was born in Cumberland, Maryland, on January 22, 1915, to the late Theoda (Collins) Bennett and Frank Bennett. He married Earla Ruth Hostetter on July 12, 1941, in Pennsylvania. She preceded him in death on November 10, 2008. Mr. Bennett as a member...
Jack E. Hollinger
Nov 18, 2009
Jack E. Hollinger, 91, died Wednesday evening, November 18, 2009, at the Courtyard, Goshen. He was born on March 22, 1918, in South Bend, Indiana, to the late Charles and Harriet (Fausch) Hollinger. He married Marguerite A. ‘Dimp’ Bowersox, in Goshen, on November 5, 1938. She preceded him in death on July 12, 2000. He then married Donna M....
Vernon Schrock
Nov 18, 2009
Vernon “Sam” Schrock, 72, died Wednesday evening, November 18, 2009, at the Courtyard Healthcare, Goshen. He had been ill with Parkinson’s disease for 15 years. Mr. Schrock was born on January 6, 1937, in Goshen, to the late Valentine “Felty” and Barbara (Yoder) Schrock. He married Ellen Rodean Dykstra on February 23, 1957, in Goshen. She survives. He served...
William L. Schlabaugh
Nov 17, 2009
William L. Schlabaugh, 62, died Tuesday evening, November 17, 2009, at Elkhart General Hospital. He was born in Elkhart, Indiana, on April 5, 1947, to the late Donald Schlabaugh and Colleen (Perkins) Schlabaugh. She survives. He married Janice Osborne on October 22, 1966, at Saint John the Evangelist Catholic Church, Goshen. She preceded him in death on January 16,...
Jerry L. Adair
Nov 14, 2009
Jerry L. Adair, 65, of Goshen, died suddenly Saturday, November 14, 2009. A resident of the area for the past 28 years coming from Ligonier, he was born to Earl and Ethel (Fowler) Adair on May 23, 1944, in Milford, Indiana. He married Linda Sue Conrad on April 11, 1970, in Wawaka, Indiana. She survives. Jerry had worked for...
Sally H. Rozelle
Nov 14, 2009
Sally H. Rozelle, 53, of Goshen, died Saturday, November 14, 2009, at the University of Chicago Hospital, where she had been for two weeks, after a courageous battle with cancer. Sally was born September 28, 1956, in Evanston, Illinois, to Donald N. and Charleen (Welter) Hale. Her family later moved to Fort Wayne, Indiana. In 1981, she married Michael...
