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Miriam Sieber Lind
Aug 24, 2008
Miriam Sieber Lind, 88, of Goshen, IN, died on Sunday, August 24, 2008 at the home of Dan and Anne Lind. She was born in Filer, Idaho, on July 19, 1920, to Charles and Bertha Sieber, and was married to Millard C. Lind on April 17, 1943, in Goshen. He survives. She is survived by her sisters Elizabeth Hernley...
Janellyn "Jane" Beluschak
Aug 24, 2008
Janellyn Beluschak, 57, of Goshen, died Sunday night, August 24, 2008, at her home. She had been ill since December. She was born in Elkhart on December 25, 1950 to the late Hallet K. and Irene Mae (Tennis) Foster. A lifetime resident of the area, Ms. Beluschak graduated from Goshen High School in 1969. She was a member of...
Clifford E. Hostetler
Aug 20, 2008
Clifford Hostetler, 93, of Goshen, died Wednesday morning, August 20, 2008, at Greencroft Healthcare where he had been a patient since July 2, 2008. He was born in Goshen on December 20, 1914, to Edward and Edna (Yoder) Hostetler. He married Ruby F. Kalb on April 14, 1934, in Topeka, Indiana. She survives. A farmer and lifelong resident of...
Elmer J. Phend
Aug 18, 2008
Elmer J. Phend, 91, of Goshen, died early Monday evening, August 18, 2008, at his home. He was born in Elkhart, Indiana, on February 9, 1917, to Mose and Fannie (Evans) Phend. He married Betty Jane Harroff in Kimmell, Indiana, on December 25, 1941. She survives. A Goshen resident since 1924, Mr. Phend graduated from Goshen High School in...
Ursula M. Miller
Aug 17, 2008
Ursula M. Miller, 91, of Goshen, died Sunday evening, August 17, 2008, at Goshen General Hospital where she had been a patient for one week. She was born in Kalona, Iowa, on October 22, 1916, to John A. and Katie (Yoder) Swartzendruber. She married Annas Miller on February 2, 1936, in Kalona. He preceded her on October 25, 2002....
Mildred M. Lippincott
Aug 15, 2008
Mildred M. Lippincott, 69, of Elkhart, died at her home early Friday morning, August 15, 2008. She had been ill since October 2007. She was born in Matawan, New Jersey, on December 1, 1938, to Edward and Mildred Mary (Emmons) Bendy. She married Walter R. Lippincott on May 12, 1972 in Asbury Park, New Jersey. He preceded her January...
George W. Lowe
Aug 12, 2008
George W. Lowe, 52, of Goshen, died Tuesday evening, August 12, 2008, at Indiana University medical Center in Indianapolis. He had been ill with leukemia for 18 months. He was born in Warsaw, Indiana, on June 8, 1956 to Jerry C. and Serita Kay (Wertenberger) Lowe. He married Susan Roth on May 6, 1995 in Syracuse. She survives. A...
Infant Willa Esperanza Siemens-Rhodes
Aug 11, 2008
Infant Willa Esperanza Siemens-Rhodes, died soon after birth on Monday morning, August 11, 2008, at home, in Goshen. She is survived by her parents, Mitch and Heidi Siemens-Rhodes; two brothers, Theo and Adam Siemens-Rhodes, both at home; maternal grandmother, Jan Siemens of Lancaster, Pennsylvania; paternal grandparents, Dale and Charlene Rhodes of Kalona, Iowa; Paternal great-grandmother, LaFern Yoder of Wellman,...
Addison E. Lehman
Aug 11, 2008
Addison E. Lehman, 94, of Goshen and formerly of Beaver Falls, New York, died Sunday afternoon, August 10, 2008, at Goshen General Hospital. He was born in Beaver Falls, New York, on November 3, 1913, to Christian and Mary (Zehr) Lehman. He married Mary Zehr on June 11, 1941, in Lowville, New York. She survives. Mr. Lehman is survived...
Lionel Eugene Pender, Jr.
Aug 9, 2008
Lionel Eugene Pender, Jr., 56, of Elkhart, died unexpectedly Saturday evening, August 9, 2008. He was born in Round Pond, Arkansas, to Lionel E. Pender, Sr. and Mildred E. (Elliot) Lacefield, on March 29, 1952. He is survived by a brother, Stan (Wilburta) Pender of Syracuse. There will be a private service.
Donald F. Kurtz
Aug 9, 2008
Donald F. Kurtz, 83, of New Paris, died early Saturday morning, August 9, 2008, at Goshen General Hospital. He was born in Nappanee on February 28, 1925, to Frederick and Alpha (Evans) Kurtz. He married Jacqueline Harsh on September 27, 1946 in New Paris. She survives. A lifelong resident of the area, Mr. Kurtz was a brick mason superintendent...
Mary Ellen Reiff
Aug 7, 2008
Mary Ellen Reiff, 88, of Goshen, died early Thursday morning, August 7, 2008, at Goshen General Hospital. She was born in Topeka, Indiana, on November 15, 1919, to Valentine and Christina (Schrock) Nisley. She married Carl A. Reiff on August 27, 1938 in Goshen. He died June 20, 2000. A homemaker, Mrs. Reiff worked as a cook at Goshen...
Carl W. Yoder
Aug 6, 2008
Carl W. Yoder, 78, of Wakarusa and formerly of Nappanee, died Wednesday morning, August 6, 2008, in Rolling Prairie, Indiana. He was born on January 9, 1930, in New Paris, to Jonas S. and Delilah (Burkholder) Yoder. He married Doris Wavelene Lehman on July 4, 1952 in San Antonio, Texas. She died September 22, 2002. He then married Lois...
Florence J. Wilson
Aug 5, 2008
Florence J. Wilson, 81, of Goshen, died Tuesday afternoon, August 5, 2008, at Goshen General Hospital. She was born in Williamsburg, Indiana, on March 4, 1927, to Harry and Dorothy (Shell) Wilson. She married George B. Butler in February 1946. He preceded her in death on September 21, 1980. A homemaker, Mrs. Wilson graduated in 1946 from Kenard High...
Melvin E. Bachman
Aug 4, 2008
Melvin E. Bachman, 83, of Goshen, died Monday morning, August 4, 2008, at Greencroft Healthcare where he had been a resident the past two and a half years. He was born in Pomeroy, Iowa, on June 9, 1925, to Aaron and Emma (Egli) Bachman. He married Erna Roth on February 8, 1948 in Milford, Nebraska. She survives. A Goshen...
Paton W. Yoder
Aug 3, 2008
Paton W. Yoder, 96, of Goshen, died Sunday afternoon, August 3, 2008, at his home. He was born in Goshen on March 9, 1912, to Silvanus and Susan (Troyer) Yoder. He married Hazel Marie Smucker on June 14, 1936 in Goshen. She survives. A graduate of Goshen College and Indiana University, Mr. Yoder taught American History for 40 years...
Robert Barker Beeson
Aug 1, 2008
Robert Barker Beeson, 82, of Goshen, died early Friday afternoon, August 1, 2008, at his home. He was born in Oak Park, Illinois, on August 20, 1925 to the late Benjamin Barker and Mildred (Bronson) Beeson. He married Harriett Wall on June 23, 1951, in West Lafayette, Indiana. She preceded him in death on March 20, 1995. An attorney...
Lori Laber
Jul 31, 2008
Lori Laber, 68, of Middlebury, died Thursday, July 31, 2008 at Elkhart General Hospital. She was born in Fort Morgan, Colorado on September 30, 1939, to Alex and Esther (Schleiger) Koch. She married Ed Laber on June 1, 1958 in Denver, Colorado. He survives. A Middlebury resident since 1993, Mrs. Laber worked as a secretary for school systems in...
Raymond "Ray" L. Harshberger
Jul 30, 2008
Raymond “Ray” L. Harshberger, 66, of Corpus Christi, Texas, died early Wednesday morning, July 30, 2008, at Doctor’s Hospital in Corpus, Christi. He was born in Middlebury Township on November 1941, to Leo and Viola Harshberger. He married Dorothy “Dottie” Lynch on January 9, 1992. She survives. Mr. Harshberger, a master electrician, was owner and operator of Ray’s Heating,...
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