Elfrieda Wegener
Dec 8, 2008
Elfrieda Wegener, 85, of Goshen, died Monday morning, December 8, 2008, at Greencroft Healthcare. She was born October 21, 1923 in Pohlfelds, East Prussia to Wilhelm and Amelia Komm. She married Wilhelm Wegener on March 18, 1947 in Jesteburg, Germany. He survives. A homemaker, Mrs. Wegener has lived in Goshen the past 51 years. She was a member of...
Betty June Riley
Dec 7, 2008
Betty June Riley, 79, of Goshen, died early Sunday afternoon, December 7, 2008, at Riverside Village in Elkhart. She had been ill since Thanksgiving Day, November 27, 2008. She was born in Goodland, Indiana, on June 10, 1929, to Frederick Ross and Clara (Allen) Griffin. She married Harry Floyd Riley, Jr. on December 21, 1952, in Rensselaer, Indiana. He...
Eva M. Emmert
Dec 7, 2008
Eva M. Emmert, 91, of Syracuse and formerly of Millersburg, died Sunday evening, December 7, 2008, at Miller’s Merry Manor. She was born in Millersburg on July 7, 1917, to Shirley and Hazel (Musselman) Rink. She married John J. Emmert on December 31, 1939 in Millersburg. He died June 2, 2006. A member of the Zion Community Church, Mrs....
Rex Allen Vander Reyden
Dec 7, 2008
Rex Allen Vander Reyden, 52, of Goshen, died at his home Sunday afternoon, December 7, 2008. He was born in Goshen on June 17, 1956 to Wayne and Nancy (Amsler) Vander Reyden. He married Donna Bond in Goshen on June 20, 1987. She survives. A lifetime resident of the area, Mr. Vander Reyden worked as a salesman for AMSAFE...
John Edward Gray, Sr.
Dec 5, 2008
John Edward Gray, Sr.,  69, of Goshen, died unexpectedly Friday evening, December 5, 2008, at Shands Hospital in Gainesville, Florida. He was born in New Castle, Indiana on September 29, 1939, to Lewis and Gertrude (Davis) Gray. He married Anastasia Shepherd on October 18, 1958 in Savannah, Georgia. She died in 1985. A long time resident of Goshen, Mr....
Pauline L. Detwiler
Dec 3, 2008
Pauline L. Detwiler, 76, of Goshen, died after an extended illness on Wednesday evening, December 3, 2008, at Greencroft Healthcare. She was born in Nappanee, Indiana, on September 25, 1932 to Harold and Beatrice (Umbaugh) Geil. She married Kenneth E. Detwiler on May 16, 1953 in Antigo, Wisconsin. He preceded her in death on February 26, 2003. A homemaker,...
Jesse S. Yoder
Dec 1, 2008
Jesse Samuel Yoder, 59, of Goshen, died at his home of natural causes, on Monday, December 1, 2008. He was born in Goshen on March 23, 1949, to Emil and Edna (Metzger) Yoder. A lifetime resident of Goshen, Mr. Yoder graduated from Indiana School for the Deaf in Indianapolis. He enjoyed NASCAR, racing, and fishing. He followed the Indianapolis...
Richard R. Rutkowski
Nov 30, 2008
Richard R. Rutkowski, 83, of Goshen, died early Saturday morning, November 30, 2008, at The Maples at Waterford Crossing. He had been in failing health the past ten months. He was born of September 4, 1925, in South Bend, to Vincent Stephen and Helen (Harmacinski) Rutkowski.  He married Doris M. Odor on June 21, 1947, in Saint Mathews’s Cathedral,...
Herman L. Eger
Nov 30, 2008
Herman L. Eger, 88, of Goshen, died Sunday evening, November 30, 2008, at Elkhart General Hospital where he had been a patient for a week. He was born in Mishawaka, Indiana, on December 16, 1919, to Loyd and Hazel (McCreary) Eger. He married Rachel Frances Lynn on September 18, 1948, at the Sugar Grove Church. She survives. Following his...
Linda Kay Roose
Nov 29, 2008
Linda Kay Roose, 55, of Goshen, died Saturday afternoon, November 29, 2008, at her home after a five year battle with cancer. She was born in Goshen on June 24, 1953, to Robert L and Bernadien I. (Hamilton) Roose. A lifelong Goshen resident, Ms. Roose graduated from Goshen High School in 1971. She was a member of the West...
Leah P. Beachy
Nov 28, 2008
Leah P. Beachy, 65, of Goshen, died Friday afternoon, November 28, 2008, at her home. She was born on June 18, 1943, in Plain City, Ohio, to the late Neil E. Beachy and Emma (Kramer) Miller. Ms. Beachy moved to Goshen in 2006, coming from Minneapolis where she had lived for more than 40 years. She was a Medical...
Marilyn Emily Culver
Nov 26, 2008
Marilyn Emily Culver, 70 of Cassopolis, Michigan, died Wednesday afternoon, November 26, 2008, at Goshen General Hospital where she had been a patient since Monday. She had been ill since May 24, 2006. She was born on July 25, 1929 in Freeport, New York, to Burton and Ruth (Quick) Cassin. She married Herbert R. Culver on September 12, 1948...
Wanda R. Chupp
Nov 25, 2008
Wanda R. Chupp, 54, of Millersburg, died at her home early Tuesday morning, November 25, 2008. She was born in Yeaman, Kentucky, on September 27, 1954, to Johnnie Duncan and the late Geneva (Geary) Polley. She married Richard A. Chupp on August 24, 1973, in Goshen. He survives. A member of Zion Chapel, Mrs. Chupp worked as Clerk-Treasurer in...
John Joseph Gummer
Nov 19, 2008
John Joseph Gummer, 83, of Dayton, Ohio, died Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at Harborside Healthcare, Dayton, where he had been a resident since 2003. He was born in Indiana on November 2, 1925 to John and Virginia (Cantwell) Gummer. Mr. Gummer attended the University of Southern California for one month before enlisting in the United States Army. After being...
Boyd H. Nelson
Nov 18, 2008
Boyd H. Nelson, 89, of Goshen, died of congestive heart failure on November 18, 2008, in his Evergreen Place apartment at Greencroft.  He was born on June 20, 1919, in Kanaranzi Township, Rock County, Minnesota, to Benjamin H. and Fern May (Everett) Nelson. He married Welma Graber in Wayland, Iowa on May 23, 1948. She preceded him in death...
Rev Arthur Barkman Janz
Nov 17, 2008
Rev. Arthur Barkman Janz, 82, of Goshen, Indiana, died Monday, November 17, 2008, at Greencroft Healthcare.  He was born in Steinbach, Manitoba, Canada on July 24, 1926 to Benjamin and Katherina (Barkman) Janz. He married Martini Reimer in Steinbach on September 1, 1946. She survives.  Mr. Janz moved to Elkhart in 1969, then to Goshen in 2002. He was...
Virginia M. Weldy Stahly
Nov 15, 2008
Virginia M. Weldy Stahly, 91, of Goshen, died Saturday, November 15, 2008, at Goshen General Hospital.  She was born in Mottville, Michigan, on January 7, 1917 to Harry and Agnes (Rahrig) Gordon. She married Stahly I. Weldy in Nappanee on March 7, 1937. He died August 12, 1975. She married Gerald Stahly in October of 1976; he also preceded...
Vivian T. Price
Nov 14, 2008
Vivian T. Price, 95, of Goshen, died Friday, November 14, 2008, at her home.  She was born in Goshen on January 21, 1913 to Arley and Laura (Wagner) Tully. She married Thomas Grosvenor Price, Jr. on September 7, 1939. He died October 18, 1967.  Mrs. Price worked as a bookkeeper for Yoder, Ainlay, Ulmer & Buckingham. She was a...
Doris V. Hubbard
Nov 12, 2008
Doris V. Hubbard, 92, of Paw Paw, Michigan, died Wednesday, November 12, 2008, at the Courtyard, Goshen. She was born in Hastings, Michigan, on July 23, 1916 to Ray and Viola (Britten) Nye. She married Howard W. Hubbard in Elkhart, Indiana on September 24, 1934. He died July 10, 1968.  She is survived by a daughter, Darlene (Richard) Mix...
Amos M. Miller
Nov 11, 2008
Amos M. Miller, 81, of Syracuse, Indiana and formerly of Goshen, died Tuesday, November 11, 2008, at Goshen General Hospital. He was born in Middlebury Township, Elkhart County, Indiana, on August 9, 1927 to Menno D. and Barbara A. (Mast) Miller. He married Mona L. Reynolds in Elkhart on June 23, 1957. She died May 27, 1994. He married...
