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...
Robert A. Stahly
Mar 24, 2009
Robert A. Stahly, 66, of Goshen, died unexpectedly Tuesday evening, March 24, 2009, at Elkhart General Hospital. He was born in Goshen on November 9, 1942 to Donald and Mildred (Miller) Smith. He married Esther Keim on September 14, 1961 at the Grace Brethren Church in Elkhart. She survives. A lifetime resident of the area, Mr. Stahly worked as...
Linda Diane Moser
Mar 23, 2009
Linda Diane Moser, 61, of Goshen, died unexpectedly at her home Monday evening, March 23, 2009. She was born in Fostoria, Ohio, on October 6, 1947, to Richard and Geneiva (Strouse) Bundy. A ten year Goshen resident, Ms. Moser worked in production at Cequent Towing. She is survived by three sons, Larry (Angie) Waldron on Goshen, Jeremy (Stacey) Moser...
Barbara J. Miller
Mar 23, 2009
Barbara J. Miller, 63, of Goshen, died Monday morning, March 23, 2009, at St. Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis. She was born in Kendallville on April 17, 1945, to the late John Peter Becker and Sarah Jane (Schmuhl) Becker of Kendallville. She married Jerry L. Miller on August 14, 1964, in Ligonier. He survives. A registered nurse, Mrs. Miller was a...
Ruth Liechty
Mar 23, 2009
Ruth Liechty, 77, of Goshen, died Monday morning, March 23, 2009, at Goshen General Hospital. She was born in Wayland, Iowa, on December 17, 1931, to Daniel and Luetta (Kauffman) Conrad. She married Stanley Liechty on August 17, 1959, in Wayland, Iowa. He survives. A Goshen resident since 1958, Mrs. Liechty taught elementary school for several years before becoming...
Lanetia I. Stutsman
Mar 21, 2009
Lanetia I. Stutsman, 88, of Goshen, died Saturday evening, March 21, 2009, at Greencroft Healthcare. She was born in Millersburg, Indiana, on January 9, 1921, to Orlando and Lottie (Groff) Whirledge. She married Walter Stutsman on December 1, 1946, at the West Goshen Church of the Brethren. He died February 21, 1993. A musician, Mrs. Stutsman was a member...
