Jonathon Lee Braley
Oct 5, 2009
Jonathon Lee Braley, 1, of Goshen, died Monday morning, October 5, 2009, at Goshen General Hospital. He was born in Goshen on February 11, 2008, to Forrest and Erica (Gard) Braley of Goshen. They survive along with grandparents, Christine (Terry) David, Jenny (James) Mast, and James Braley, all of Goshen, and Pat (Michele) Goldsberry of Elkhart; and great-grandparents, Gary...
Amanda Yoder
Oct 4, 2009
Amanda Yoder, 86, of Millersburg, died late Sunday morning, October 4, 2009, at Goshen General Hospital. She had been ill since August 2002 with cancer. She was born in Midland, Michigan, on July 14, 1923, to the late, Jacob and Joanna (Helmuth) Miller. She married Alvin Yoder on February 1, 1945 in Arthur, Illinois. He survives. A homemaker, Mrs....
Cleo E. Waldrop
Oct 4, 2009
Cleo E. Waldrop, 88, of Wakarusa and formerly of Goshen, died early Sunday morning, October 4, 2009, at Miller's Merry Manor, Wakarusa, where she had been a resident since February 9, 2004. She was born in Philcampbell, Alabama, on January 22, 1921, to Elias DeJarnet and Vesta Charlene (Kuykendall) Kennedy. Â She married Garfield Waldrop on December 3, 1938 in...
Phillip L. Albert
Oct 3, 2009
Phillip L. "Tink" Albert, 71, of Goshen, died Saturday afternoon, October 3, 2009, at his home. He had been ill the past eight months. He was born in Goshen on March 1, 1938, to the late Earl and Genevieve (Trainor) Albert. He married Beverly Joann Mahler on October 28, 1956 in Goshen at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church. ...
Audrey Jean Gill
Sep 28, 2009
Audrey Jean (Leek) Gill, 85, of Goshen, died Monday morning, September 28, 2009, at her home. She had been in failing health since November 2008. She was born in Goshen on August 29, 1924, to Owen M. and Ethel Mae (Roth) Leek. She married William E. Brallier, Sr. on December 6, 1942 and they divorced. She then married Glen...
Helen Elizabeth Freeman
Sep 27, 2009
Helen Elizabeth Freeman, 91, of Goshen, formerly of Temperance, Michigan, died at 3:56 am, Sunday, September 27, 2009 at Greencroft Healthcare. She was born March 6, 1918 in Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada to Frank and Rose (Boli) Halasz. She married Donald Lawrence Freeman on March 27,1948. He died July 1984. Helen is survived by one son, James C. (Pamela)...
Rudy Dean Whitsit
Sep 26, 2009
Rudy Dean Whitsit, 60, of Goshen, died Saturday afternoon, September 26, 2009, at Goshen General Hospital.  He had been in failing health the last several years. He was born on January 5, 1949 in Indianapolis, Indiana, to the late Jesse James and Anna Mary (Travis) Whitsit. He served in the US Navy as a fireman from 1968 to 1970...
Bert Allen Thompson
Sep 26, 2009
Bert Allen Thompson, 78, of Wheaton, Illinois, died Saturday, September 26, 2009 at Edward Hospital in Naperville, Illinois. He was born in Bloomington, Indiana on December 13, 1930, to James Albert and Dorothy Fern (Myers) Thompson. He married Ellen P. Palmer, on February 10, 1957, at the First United Methodist Church in Goshen.  She survives. He was a graduate...
Juanita Rodriguez Grant
Sep 25, 2009
Juanita Rodriguez Grant, 54, of Goshen, died unexpectedly Friday evening, September 25, 2009, at Goshen General Hospital. She was born on June 21, 1955 in Brownsville, Texas, to the late Justo and Consuelo (Hurtado) Rodriguez. She married Michael C. Grant on February 10, 2001, in Benton, Indiana. He survives. An inspector and press operator for Triangle Rubber, Mrs. Grant...
Joann M. "Josie" Briscoe
Sep 24, 2009
JoAnn M. "Josie" Briscoe, 82, of Goshen, died Thursday evening, September 24, 2009, at Courtyard Health Care. She had been in failing health the past month. She was born in Rushville, Indiana, on December 7, 1926, to Virgil and Georgia (Rollings) Maffett. She married William F. Briscoe on May 30, 1948, in Indianapolis. He preceded her in death on...
Robert L. Jones
Sep 22, 2009
Robert L. Jones, 72, of Syracuse, died Tuesday evening, September 22, 2009, at Goshen General Hospital. He had been ill since March. He was born May 6, 1937 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Harold and Ruth (Doerr) Jones. He married Margaret Young in Pennsylvania in 1959. She preceded him in death in 1988. A graduate and fan of Penn State...
Treva L. Miller
Sep 22, 2009
Treva L. Miller, 87, of Goshen, died Tuesday afternoon, September 22, 2009, at Goshen General Hospital where she had been a patient for one week. She was born in Topeka, Indiana, on July 15, 1922 to Edward and Lizzie Ann (Yoder) Lantz. She married David J. Miller on February 7, 1946 in Millersburg at the home of her parents. ...
Orpha L. Kauffman
Sep 20, 2009
Orpha K. Kauffman, 96, of Goshen, died Sunday morning, September 20, 2009, at Eastlake Nursing and Rehabilitation Center where she had been a resident since August 23, 2009. She was born on July 4, 1913, in Kokomo, Indiana, to Ira C. and Jennie (Troyer) Yoder. She married Duane S. Kauffman on October 11, 1936 in Goshen. He preceded her...
Mary L. Coy
Sep 19, 2009
Mary L. Coy, 62, of Goshen, died early Saturday morning, September 19, 2009, at Our Lady of Peace Hospital, South Bend. She was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, on November 25, 1946, to the late Marion Collier and Bonita (Brubaker) Collier of Pierceton, Indiana. She married Richard Coy on May 6, 1989, in Goshen. He died August 27, 1993....
Richard L. Cripe
Sep 18, 2009
Richard L. Cripe, 71, of Syracuse, died early Friday morning, September 18, 2009, at his home following a courageous struggle with leukemia and multiple myeloma. He had been ill since October 2008. He was born in New Paris on April 19, 1938, to Theodore and Alberta (Hollar) Cripe. He married Corinne Gibson on November 28, 1959, at the Osceola...
Charles A. Wiederman
Sep 16, 2009
Charles A. Wiederman, 78, of Middlebury, died early Wednesday morning, September 16, 2009, at The Maples at Waterford Crossing. He was born June 4, 1931 in Leonidas, Michigan, to George and Jennie Marie (Stump) Wiederman. He married Geraldine A. Pederson, on November 19, 1958, in Arlington, South Dakota. She survives. A longtime resident of the Goshen/Middlebury area, Mr. Wiederman...
Glen Gerald Shuder
Sep 15, 2009
Glen Gerald Shuder, 83, of Goshen, died Tuesday afternoon, September 15, 2009, at his home. He had been battling pancreatic cancer. He was born in Milford, Indiana, on November 22, 1925, to the late Cleveland and Rosa V. (Zimmerman) Shuder. He married Marjorie Elizabeth Beck on February 3, 1952 in Goshen. She preceded him in death on July 20,...
Toby L. Wheeler
Sep 14, 2009
Toby L. Wheeler, 36, of Goshen, died Monday, September 14 at Elkhart Hospice House. He was hit by a train on August 23, 2009, at Lincoln and 9th St. in Goshen. He was born in Elkhart on July 1, 1973, to the late Ralph Raymond Wheeler and Linda (Lymangrover) Wheeler of Goshen. He attended Goshen High School and had...
Richard E. Shank
Sep 13, 2009
Richard E. Shank, 76, of Elkhart, died Sunday afternoon, September 13, 2009, at his home. He was born in North Lima, Ohio, on October 26, 1932, to the late Lauren J. and Mary Edna (Yoder) Shank. He married Eileen Reimer in Goessel, Kansas, on February 24, 1957. She survives. A resident of the area since 1963, Mr. Shank served...
Joseph H. Schlabach
Sep 13, 2009
Joseph H. Schlabach, 57, of Goshen, died Sunday evening, September 13, 2009, at his home after a three and a half year battle with cancer. He was born in Goshen on March 26, 1952, to the late Henry J. and Elizabeth (Wingard) Schlabach. He married Sharon Kline on June 30, 1999, in Hawaii. She survives. Also surviving are two...
