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...
Eugene L. Vandusen
Mar 21, 2009
Eugene L. VanDusen, 93, of Goshen, died Saturday afternoon, March 21, 2009, at Greencroft Healthcare. He had been in declining health the past year and a half. He was born in New Carlisle, Indiana, on March 21, 1916, to Mark W. and Myrtle P. (Kendall) VanDusen. He married Mary L. Stern on June 19, 1971 in South Bend at...
John A. Friesen
Mar 20, 2009
John A. Friesen, 93, of Goshen, died Friday morning, Friday, March 20, 2009, at The Courtyard. He was born on November 30, 1915 in Jamgaon, Madhya Pradesh, India, to Peter Abram and Helena (Hiebert) Friesen. His mother died when he was very young and he was raised by his step-mother, Florence (Cooprider) Friesen. He married Genevieve Yoder on June...
Vera O. Mcconnell
Mar 18, 2009
Vera O. McConnell, 90, of Goshen, died Wednesday afternoon, March 18, 2009, at Goshen General Hospital. She was born in New Paris on September 6, 1918, to Hiram E. and Hazel M. (Ott) Gonderman. She married James G. McConnell, Jr. on June 2, 1940, in Goshen. He died July 10, 2005. A longtime resident of the area, Mrs. McConnell...
Lester "Red" Miller
Mar 14, 2009
Lester “Red” L. Miller, 80, died Saturday afternoon, March 14, 2009, at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center in South Bend after a sudden illness. He was born in Goshen on April 18, 1928, to Vernon and Rosa (Metzler) Miller. He married Edna E. Dike on November 8, 1952 in Markham, Ontario, Canada. She died November 7, 1999. A Millersburg...
Willie "Bill" G. Dumas
Mar 13, 2009
Willie “Bill” G. Dumas, 88, of Goshen, died late Friday morning, March 13, 2009, at Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, South Bend. He had been ill the past two years. He was born February 23, 1921, in Marshall County, Alabama, to William R. and Annie (Tidmore) Dumas. He married Beatrice May on June 7, 1947 in Chatsworth, Alabama. She...
David James Milbourn
Mar 11, 2009
David James Milbourn, 95, of Goshen, died Wednesday evening, March 11, 2009, at his home. He was born on November 1, 1913, in South Milford in LaGrange County, Indiana., to John and Lizzie (North) Milbourn. He married Jeanne Kurtz in 1937 in Albion. She died in 1949. He then married Marjorie Rhinehart in Goshen in 1952. She died in...
Glema "Sally" Thacker
Mar 10, 2009
Glema “Sally” Thacker, 79, of Goshen, died Tuesday morning, March 10, 2009, at Elkhart General Hospital after an extended illness. She was born in Pikeville, Kentucky, on January 11, 1930, to William Jefferson and Martha (Thacker) Gillispie. Ms. Thacker moved to Goshen in 1973 and worked in home healthcare retiring in 1985. She was a member of the Goshen...
Estella Elizabeth Butler
Mar 10, 2009
Estella Elizabeth Butler, 70, of Goshen, died late Tuesday morning, March 10, 2009, at Goshen General Hospital where she had been a patient since March 6. She was born in Shipshewana on May 14, 1938, to William G. and Bessie Cathy (Hoover) Eash. She married Claude J. Butler on June 7, 1956. He survives. A longtime resident of Goshen,...
