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Harvey Stouder

Harvey Stouder

Oct 28, 2009

Harvey Stouder, 98, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, died early Wednesday morning, October 28, 2009, at his home.  He had been in failing health the past two months. He was born in Goshen on May 8, 1911, to the late Harvey and LuElla B. (Walters) Stouder.  He married Marie Krause in Goshen on June 23, 1950.  She survives in Tulsa. Also...

Kenneth Franklyn Ellington, Iii

Kenneth Franklyn Ellington, Iii

Oct 27, 2009

Kenneth Franklyn Ellington, III, 58, of Goshen, died unexpectedly Tuesday morning, October 27, 2009, in Sacramento, California. He was born in Greensboro, North Carolina, on August 2, 1951, to the late Kenneth Franklyn Ellington, Jr. and Wilma Leonard Ellington of Greensboro, North Carolina.  He married Susan Elma Pell on July 15, 1972 in Fayetteville, North Carolina.  She survives. Also...

Wiley Mcdowell

Wiley Mcdowell

Oct 27, 2009

Wiley McDowell, 97, died October 27, 2009, at Greencroft Healthcare.  He was born May 25, 1912, near Morley, Michigan to the late Henry and Della Yoder McDowell.  After the death of his mother, he was raised by the Levi Schrock family, Nappanee, Indiana. He married Esther Beechy in 1935, and they lived most of their married life in Sugarcreek,...

Curtis Lee Henderson

Curtis Lee Henderson

Oct 25, 2009

Curtis Lee Henderson, 77, of Goshen, passed away Sunday afternoon, October 25, 2009, at his home after battling cancer since August. A resident of Goshen since 1955, Curtis was born in Sulligent, Alabama, to Grody R. and Minnie (Carter) Henderson on February 6, 1932. He married Josephine Mohler on August 18, 1978 in Goshen. She survives. He worked at...

R Robert Gingerich

R Robert Gingerich

Oct 24, 2009

R. Robert Gingerich, 76, died Saturday night, October 24, 2009, at Greencroft Healthcare, Goshen. He was born in Kouts, Indiana, on January 22, 1933, to the late Ed and Mary (Owen) Gingerich. He married Jennette Ann Miller on November 1, 1958, in New Paris, Indiana. She preceded him in death on June 12, 1994. He then married Patricia Stanley...

Gertrude Virginia (Tonge) Powell

Gertrude Virginia (Tonge) Powell

Oct 23, 2009

Gertrude Virginia (Tonge) Powell, 87, of Goshen, died Friday morning, October 23, 2009, at Greencroft Healthcare.  She was born in Providence, Rhode Island, on December 21, 1921, to the late James Tonge and Vera Mae (Doeg) Austin. She Married Reverend Harold Powell on May 28, 1940, in Riverside, California. He preceded her in death on February 25, 1993.  A...

Doris Mae Hanson

Doris Mae Hanson

Oct 22, 2009

Doris Mae Hanson, 78, of Goshen, died Thursday morning, October 22, 2009, at Greencroft Healthcare. She was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on August 29, 1931, to Nils and Helen (Johnson) Lee.  She married Clifford Hanson on July 18, 1964 in Minneapolis.  He preceded her in death on January 26, 2004. A Goshen resident since 2004, Mrs. Hanson worked as...

Vernis E. Kehr

Vernis E. Kehr

Oct 21, 2009

Vernis E. Kehr, 84, of Goshen, died early Wednesday morning, October 21, 2009, at Greencroft Healthcare. She was born in Pangburn, Arkansas, on February 22, 1925, to the late Ernest and Nellie (Wray) Stubbs.  She married LaMar Saal on May 10, 1943 in Grand Island, Nebraska.  He died October 20, 1968.  On July 25, 1971 she then married Wilbur...

Nancy R. Laribee

Nancy R. Laribee

Oct 21, 2009

Nancy R. Laribee, 73, of Goshen, died Wednesday morning, October 21, 2009, at the Courtyard.  She was born on March 20, 1936 in Pikeville, Kentucky, to the late Perry and Brooksie (Justice) Adkins. She married Henry E. Laribee on December 14, 1982, in Elkhart, Indiana.  He preceded her in death on May 21, 2003.   She is survived by two...

Helen Marie Howard

Helen Marie Howard

Oct 19, 2009

Helen Marie Howard, 66, of Middlebury, died early Monday morning, October 19, 2009, at her home.  She had been ill the past three years. She was born in Summan, Indiana, on November 3, 1943 to the late Carl and Eva (Huddleson) Wissman.  She married Kenneth G. Howard on February 1, 1961, in Ripley County, Indiana.  He survives. Also surviving...

Alice Marie Heddrick

Alice Marie Heddrick

Oct 17, 2009

Marie Heddrick, 73, of Elkhart, died Saturday evening, October 17, 2009 at her home. She was born in Elkhart on January 28, 1936, to the late Charles H. and Alice V. (Fulton) Miller.  She married Wallace Heddrick on September 25, 1976, in Goshen.  He preceded her in death on January 5, 1995. Mrs. Heddrick retired from Foamcraft in Elkhart. ...

Anna Glorine Grau Kaser

Anna Glorine Grau Kaser

Oct 16, 2009

Anna Glorine Grau Kaser, 98, formally of New Paris, died Friday night, October 16, 2009, at the Greencroft Nursing Center.  She was born in Kokomo, Indiana, on May 27, 1911 to Oscar J. and Geneva (Johnson) Grau. She married Dwight Wilson Kaser on May 10, 1947. He preceded her in death on October 20, 1987 Mrs. Kaser taught art...

Gary L. Wise

Gary L. Wise

Oct 15, 2009

Gary L. Wise, 58, of Goshen, died Thursday, October 15, 2009,  at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis.  He was born in Goshen, on August 21, 1951 to the late Calvin Wise Jr., and Ruth “Lucy” (McCreary) Wise.  She survives. He married Judy Foust on June 29, 1973 in Elkhart.  She survives. Mr. Wise was the former owner of Wise Locksmith...

Harold T. Nesbitt

Harold T. Nesbitt

Oct 12, 2009

Harold Thomas Nesbitt, 86, of Goshen, died Monday afternoon, October 12, 2009, at his home from natural causes. He was born in Wawaka, Indiana, on January 2, 1923, to the late Claude and Bessie (Wygent) Nesbitt.  He married Eleanor J. Bickel on June 29, 1946.  She preceded him in death on May 6, 2004. Mr. Nesbitt worked for Starcraft...

Stephen A. Gay

Stephen A. Gay

Oct 12, 2009

Stephen A. Gay, 64, of Goshen, died unexpectedly Monday evening, October 12, 2009, in the emergency room at Goshen General Hospital. He was born in Goshen, on December 20, 1944, to the late John and Thelma (Eaton) Gay.  He married Michaela “Kelly” Albert on October 21, 1967, in Goshen.  She survives. A lifelong Goshen resident, Mr. Gay attended Goshen...

Sherry Marie Showalter

Sherry Marie Showalter

Oct 11, 2009

Sherry Marie Ganger, 62, of Goshen, died Sunday, October 11, 2009, at The Maples at Waterford Crossing.  She had been ill the past two and a half years. She was born in Goshen, on January 22, 1947, to the late Dale V. Ganger and Norma (Pittman) Ganger of Goshen.  She married Burton Showalter on June 4, 1967, in Goshen. ...

James Eldon Yoder

James Eldon Yoder

Oct 9, 2009

James Eldon Yoder, 61, of Goshen, died late Friday morning, October 9, 2009, at Goshen General Hospital. He was born in Goshen on September 17, 1948, to the late Alvin Yoder and Mabel (Eash) Yoder of Goshen. He attended ADEC day program and will be greatly missed by his housemates, ADEC staff and his many friends at ADEC. He...

Delbert Dewayne Hart

Delbert Dewayne Hart

Oct 8, 2009

Delbert DeWayne Hart, 76, of Buchanan, Michigan, died at his home Thursday morning, October 8, 2009.  He had been ill since August. He was born in LaGrange, Indiana, on April 29, 1933, to the late James Clark and Clara Edith (Kyle) Hart.  He had worked at Goshen Church and Ladder. He is survived by nieces and nephews. He was...

Donna M. Troup

Donna M. Troup

Oct 8, 2009

Donna M. Troup, 74, of Goshen, died late Thursday evening, October 8, 2009, at Greencroft Healthcare.  She had been in failing health the past two months. She was born in Kosciusko County, Indiana, on December 10, 1934, to the late Dewey and Iva (Hoppes) Rhoades.  She married Keith O. Troup on February 1, 1953, in Morris Chapel Methodist Church...

Dori Jane Comer

Dori Jane Comer

Oct 7, 2009

Dori Jane Comer, 52, of Goshen, died Wednesday, October 7, 2009, at Goshen General Hospital.  She had been in failing health the past three years. She was born in Goshen on October 13, 1956, to the late John W. and Joann R. (Misner) Hover, Jr.  She married Dave Comer on January 14, 1977 in Bristol.  He survives. A homemaker,...

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