Clara Mae Gunderman
Apr 19, 2008
Clara Mae Gunderman, 105, of Wakarusa, died early Saturday evening, April 19, 2008, at Miller’s Merry Manor. She was born in Elkhart Township, on October 31, 1902, to Judson and Sarah (Long) Swihart. She married Harry M. Gunderman on May 27, 1923, in Goshen. He preceded her in death on April 11, 1982. A homemaker, Mrs. Gunderman went to...
Kathryn M. Schrock
Apr 18, 2008
Kathryn M. Schrock, 85, of Goshen died Friday morning, April 18, 2008, at the Gables at Greencroft where she had been for a month. She was born in Elkhart on April 6, 1923, to Roscoe and Clara (Hartman) Wise. She married Ralph L. Schrock on December 2, 1945 in Elkhart. He preceded her in death on April 12, 2005....
Mabel M. Gross
Apr 15, 2008
Mabel M. Gross, 89, of Goshen, died late Wednesday evening, April 15, 2008, at Greencroft Healthcare. She had been ill for two months. She was born in Ottsville, Pennsylvania on May 19, 1918 to Harvey M. and Mary G. (Leatherman) Meyers. She married James B. Gross on August 19, 1939 in Bedminster, Pennsylvania. He died February 1, 1988. A...
Earle W. Waltz, Jr.
Apr 14, 2008
Earle W. “Bud” Waltz, Jr., 76, of Goshen, died Monday morning, April 14, 2008, at his home. He had been in failing health for the last five years. He was born in Goshen, on May 16, 1931, to Earle W. and Josephine (Bonnett) Waltz, Sr. He married Bonita A. Daniels in November 1976 in Syracuse. She survives. A 1950...
Charlotte Ruth Miller Bontrager
Apr 12, 2008
Charlotte Ruth Miller Bontrager, 74, of Elkhart, died late Saturday night, April 12, 2008, at Hubbard Hill Estates after a long illness. She was born in Elkhart on August 27, 1933, to the late Joni and Charlotte (Kauffman) Miller. She married Marion Bontrager in Sturgis, Michigan on November 2, 1952. He survives. Mrs. Bontrager graduated from Burr Oak High...
Randy Allen Doss
Apr 11, 2008
Randy Allen Doss, 48, of Goshen, died late Friday night, April 11, 2008, at Memorial Hospital of South Bend as a result of a motorcycle accident at the intersection of CR 40 and CR 9. He was born in Beckley, West Virginia, on October 31, 1959, to the late Harold Doss and Evelyn (Hodge) Doss of Clear Creek, West...
Ansel "Bud" Clair Cripe
Apr 11, 2008
Ansel "Bud" Clair Cripe, 88, of Plymouth, died Friday morning, April 11, 2008, at Miller’s Merry Manor in Plymouth, after an extended illness. He was born in Millersburg, Indiana, at the family home on September 8, 1919, to Lawrence C. and Margaret Angeline (Rink) Cripe. He married Daisy Lymangrover on May 24, 1975 in Culver, Indiana. She survives. A...
Sue Miller
Apr 5, 2008
Sue Miller, 71, of Goshen, died late Saturday morning, April 5, 2008, at her home after a one year battle with breast cancer. She was born in South Haven, Michigan, on February 5, 1937, to Roy and Dena (Drost) Chatfield. She married Calvin E. Miller on March 20, 1954 in Hartford City, Indiana. He died July 25, 1999. She...
Frank E. Abramson
Apr 5, 2008
Frank E. Abramson, 81, of New Paris, died late Saturday night, April 5, 2008, at Goshen General Hospital. He was born in Angola, Indiana on October 14, 1925, to Leo and Abbie (Nettleman) Abramson. On September 14, 1946, he married Ruth Treat in Angola. She survives. Mr. Abramson worked with the Goshen City Sewer Department. He is survived by...
William Jennings Meadows
Apr 3, 2008
William Jennings Meadows, 86, of Goshen, died late Thursday night April 3, 2008, at his home. He had been in declining health the last few weeks. He was born in Jellico, Tennessee, on August 13, 1922, to William Troy and Nancy (Gillreith) Meadows. On August 12, 1939, he married Barbara P. Creekmore in Jellico. She survives. A Goshen resident...
Alice G. Martin
Apr 1, 2008
Alice Gerig Martin, 97, of Goshen, died unexpectedly Tuesday afternoon, April 1, 2008, at her home. She was born in Goshen on June 21, 1910, to Daniel S. and Bessie (Landis) Gerig. She married Dr. Floyd Samuel Martin in Hagerstown, Maryland on September 6, 1936. He died January 6, 1970. A homemaker, Mrs. Martin graduated from Goshen High School...
Rene B. Cripe
Apr 1, 2008
Rene B. Cripe, 69, of Red Oak, Iowa, and formerly Goshen, passed away Tuesday, April 1, 2008 at the Montgomery County Memorial Hospital after an extended illness. Rene Benjamin Cripe was born June 5, 1938 in New Paris, Indiana the son of George and Nellie (Speicher) Cripe. He attended school in Goshen and graduated from Goshen High School in...
William G. Bontrager
Mar 31, 2008
William G. Bontrager, 85, of Millersburg, died early Monday morning, March 31, 2008, at his home. He had been ill three weeks. He was born in Honeyville, Indiana, on June 15, 1922 to Gideon and Fanny (Glick) Bontrager. He married Mary E. Yoder on October 29, 1966 in Goshen. She survives. A lifetime resident of the area, Mr. Bontrager...
Helen D. Leichty
Mar 31, 2008
Helen Dorothy Leichty, 97, of Goshen, died Monday morning, March 31, 2008 at Greencroft Healthcare, Goshen. She was born in West Liberty, Ohio, on December 12, 1910, to Jacob G. and Iva Grace (Yoder) Yoder. She married David Franklin Leichty on June 28, 1931 in Bellefontaine, Ohio. He preceded her in death on March 1, 1988. A homemaker, Mrs....
Marie F. (Martin) Lehman
Mar 31, 2008
Marie F. (Martin) Lehman, 90, of Knoxville, Tennessee, and formerly of Goshen, died on Monday morning, March 31, 2008, in Knoxville. She was born on March 21, 1918. She was a member of the Smithwood Baptist Church in Knoxville. She is survived by a daughter, Letha Lehman of Knoxville; a grandson, Kirk (Anne) Lehman) of Goshen; a granddaughter, Natalie...
Amy Jo Young
Mar 30, 2008
Amy Jo Young, 50, of Fort Wayne, died Sunday afternoon, March 30, 2008, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne. She was born October 18, 1957, in Goshen to Richard D. Newton of Port Richey, Florida and the late Jo Ann Doolen. A resident of Fort Wayne for 24 years, Ms Young worked at The Hope House, a battered women’s...
Phyllis Kerns
Mar 28, 2008
Phyllis Jean Kerns, 70, of Goshen, died Friday afternoon, March 28, 2008, at The Maples at Waterford Crossing. She had been in failing health since her stroke on December 29, 2007. She was born in Goshen on November 10, 1937, to Nicholas and Nettie (Davis) Blodgett. She married Robert D. Kerns on December 9, 1954, in Goshen. He preceded...
H Irene Gibson
Mar 28, 2008
H. Irene Gibson, 100, of Goshen, died late Friday afternoon, March 28, 2008, at Greencroft Healthcare. She was born September 29, 1907 in Millersburg, Indiana, to John and Anna (Baker) Bowman. She married Roy Pittman on March 17, 1923 in Cassopolis, Michigan. He died November 15, 1947. She then married Orlie Gibson on January 29, 1949. He preceded her...
Avis J. Denham
Mar 26, 2008
Avis J. Denham, 80, of Goshen, died suddenly Wednesday evening, March 26, 2008, at Goshen General Hospital. She was born in Goshen, on February 17, 1928, to Harry A. and Mildred (Werstler) Cress. She married Floyd A. Denham on June 30, 1945 in Goshen. He preceded her in death on February 21, 2007. A lifetime Goshen resident, Mrs. Denham...
Barbara Jean Disher
Mar 25, 2008
Barbara Jean Disher, 71, of Goshen, died late Tuesday night, March 25, 2008, at Elkhart General Hospital. She was born on November 27, 1936 in Leachville, Arkansas, to the late Homer S. and Maxine (King) Brimhall. She married Charles Disher in Goshen on May 11, 1957. He survives. A Goshen resident since 1956, Mrs. Disher was a homemaker and...
