Kathlyn "Katie" Hoke
Feb 1, 2009
Kathlyn “Katie” Hoke, 94, of Goshen, died Sunday morning, February 1, 2009, at Greencroft Healthcare. She had been in failing health the past month. She was born in Chicago, Illinois, on April 20, 1914, to Chauncey and Percy (Fisher) Hughes. She married John I. Hoke on July 29, 1937, in Goshen. He died March 4, 1977. A homemaker and...
John J. Prough
Jan 31, 2009
John J. Prough, 58, of Goshen, died Saturday afternoon, January 31, 2009, at Elkhart General Hospital. He had been ill the past two weeks. He was born in Goshen on March 28, 1950, to Charles Ray and Shirley Jean (Bigler) Prough. He married Ann Swihart in Goshen on July 26, 1969. She survives. A lifetime Goshen resident, Mr. Prough...
Bessie I. Garver
Jan 31, 2009
Bessie I. Garver, 88, of Elkhart, died late Saturday evening, January 31, 2009, at Golden Living Center in Elkhart. She had been ill the past 18 months. She was born on November 8, 1920, in Middlebury, to Levi and Susanna (Kauffman) Schmucker. She married Richard Earl Garver on January 21, 1947, in Tampa, Florida. He died July 11, 1979....
Robert W. Ulery
Jan 31, 2009
Robert W. Ulery, 90, of Goshen, died Saturday afternoon, January 31, 2009, at Goshen General Hospital. He had been ill the past month. He was born in Goshen on March 7, 1918, to Arthur D. and Lucile (Sowers) Ulery. He married Eleanor J. Yoder on April 10, 1939. She survives at Greencroft. A 1935 graduate of Goshen High School...
Otto Dyck Klassen
Jan 31, 2009
Otto Dyck Klassen, 81, of Goshen, died Saturday afternoon, January 31, 2009, at Goshen General Hospital. He was born in Bluffton, Ohio, on May 10, 1927, to John P. and Anna (Dyck) Klassen. He married Helen Bohn on December 18, 1948 in Pandora, Ohio. She died March 14, 1969. He then married Jerrie Ganger on July 7, 1973 in...
Bettye F. Holderread
Jan 29, 2009
Bettye F. Holderread, 64, of Elkhart, died unexpectedly Thursday morning, January 29, 2009, at Elkhart General Hospital. She was born in Wakarusa on September 30, 1944, to the late Loren “Snow” and Lela Mae (Weimer) Evans. She married Dick Holderread on July 18, 1964, in Elkhart. He survives. A lifetime resident of the area, Mrs. Holderread graduated from Concord...
Emanuel C. Hertzler
Jan 28, 2009
Emanuel C. Hertzler, 92, of Granger, died Wednesday morning, January 28, 2009, at the home of his daughter. He was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania on January 7, 1917, to Aldus and Ellen (Kratz) Hertzler. He married Myrtle Schnell on June 14, 1942 in Orville, Ohio. She died May 9, 1991. A resident of the area since 1991, Mr. Hertzler...
Stephanie Sue Nettrouer
Jan 26, 2009
Stephanie Sue Nettrouer, 44, of Goshen, died Monday evening, January 26, 2009, at IU Medical Center, Indianapolis. She was born in Goshen on August 22, 1964, to Robert L. Nettrouer, Sr. and the late Ida May (Hershberger) Nettrouer. A lifetime resident of the area, Ms. Nettrouer worked as a manager for Max 10 in Elkhart. A 1983 graduate of...
Helen Litwiller Plank
Jan 24, 2009
Helen Litwiller Plank died Saturday morning, January 24, 2009, at her Greencroft residence. She was preceded in death by her husband, Alden, a sister, Lillian Yoder, and a brother, Ernest Litwiller. She was 95. Born April 5, 1913, in Middlebury, Indiana, (Mary) Helen was the daughter of Ella Berkey Litwiller and Silas Litwiller. She grew up in Middlebury, where...
Angela Dawn Miller
Jan 22, 2009
Angela Dawn Miller, 39, of Elkhart, died early Thursday morning, January 22, 2009, at Elkhart General Hospital following complications from open heart surgery in November and pneumonia in December. She was born in Goshen on June 9, 1969, to the late Roscoe R. Miller and Helen (Fry) Miller of New Paris. She graduated from Fairfield High School in 1987,...
Tom Richard Turner
Jan 22, 2009
Tom Richard Turner, 76, of Topeka, died early Thursday afternoon, January 22, 2009, at his home. He had been ill with lung cancer the past two years. He was born in Sturgis, Michigan, on June 23, 1932, to the late William “Bill” and May (Troyer) Turner. He married Loretta Witt in 1953. He then married Sharon Zook on December...
Rudy H. Bontrager
Jan 20, 2009
Rudy H. Bontrager, 83, of Goshen, died early Tuesday morning, January 20, 2009, at Courtyard Healthcare. He was born in LaGrange County on April 23, 1925, to Henry R. and Clara J. (Schrock) Bontrager. A Goshen resident since 1945 Mr. Bontrager farmed for Cook Farms in LaGrange. He had also worked for Shipshewana Sale Barn and did odd jobs...
Stephen Dow Snoke
Jan 18, 2009
Stephen Dow Snoke, 56, of Chicago, Illinois, died at his home Sunday, January 18, 2009. He had been ill since November 1, 2006. He was born in Leiphein, Germany on November 19, 1952, to Myron Dow and Mary Jean (Cash() Snoke. A 30 year resident of Chicago, Mr. Snoke worked as an attorney fo Hitachi High Technologies America. He...
Copl Adam Wayne Bopp
Jan 17, 2009
Corporal Adam Wayne Bopp, 22, of Fort Benning, Georgia, died early Saturday morning, January 17, 2009, from injuries received in an automobile accident near Fort Benning. He was born in Goshen on August 29, 1986. He graduated from Goshen High School in 2005. He enlisted in the Army in 2006 and received basic training at Fort Benning where he...
Mildred L. Elam
Jan 16, 2009
Mildred L. Elam, 88, of Berrien Springs, Michigan, and formerly of Goshen, died Friday morning, January 16, 2009, at Old Farm Living Center in Berrien Springs. She was born in Toluca, Illinois, on February 2, 1920, to Carl and Elsie (Harms) Arndt. She married Dennis W. Elam, Jr. on November 26, 1938, in St. Louis, Missouri. He died October...
Mark Elroy Yoder
Jan 14, 2009
Mark Elroy Yoder, 92, of Anthony, Kansas, and formerly of Goshen, died Wednesday, January 14, 2009, at Anthony Hospital. He was born in Topeka, Indiana, on February 22, 1916, to Maurine and Zora (Coldren) Yoder. He married Elaine S. Plank on October 7, 1039, in Goshen. She died November 16, 2005. A graduate of Goshen High School, Mr. Yoder...
Jerry Chris Johnson
Jan 10, 2009
Jerry Chris Johnson, 77, of St. James City, Florida, and formerly of Goshen, died January 10, 2009, at Cape Coral Hospital, Cape Coral, Florida. He was born in Goshen on August 21, 1931 to Harold “Cap” and Mabel (Holtzinger) Johnson. A 1949 graduate of Goshen High School, Mr. Johnson served in the military during the Korean War. He was...
Martha Troyer
Jan 8, 2009
Martha Troyer, 92, of Goshen, died Thursday morning, January 8, 2009, at her home. She was born in Shipshewana, Indiana, on January 15, 1916, to Levi C. and Fannie (Beachy) Yoder. She married Jerome Troyer on December 12, 1935 in Shipshewana. He died in 1981. A homemaker, Mrs. Troyer was a member of East Goshen Mennonite Church. She volunteered...
Connor James Sauder Neff
Jan 7, 2009
Connor James Sauder Neff, 7 days, died Wednesday morning, January 7, 2009, at Memorial Hospital in South Bend. He was born in Goshen on December 31, 2008, to Jim and Kelly (Sauder) Neff. He is survived by his parents and grandparents, Bob and Pam Sauder of Pioneer, Ohio, and J. Larry and Norma Jean Neff of South Bend. A...
Jerry L. Ingle
Jan 7, 2009
Jerry L. Ingle, 57, of Goshen, died Wednesday night, January 7, 2009, at Goshen General Hospital. He had been ill the past eight years. He was born in Greencastle, Indiana on September 25, 1951 to the late Harold and Helen (Morrisett) Ingle. He married Brenda Linville on May 24, 1990 in Nappanee. She survives. A long time resident of...
