Marie C. Shidler
Jun 22, 2008
Marie C. Shidler, 90, of Kalamazoo, formerly of Goshen, died late Sunday morning, June 22, 2008, at Gloria’s Place. She was born in Wyatt, Indiana, on March 31, 1918, to Emil and Edith (Bendit) Berger. She married Dayton Shidler in Goshen on August 13, 1938. He died July 14, 1946. Mrs. Shidler worked as a receptionist for Dr. J.P....
Richard J. Barnes, Sr.
Jun 20, 2008
Richard J. Barnes, Sr., 64, of Elkhart, died Friday morning, June 20, 2008, at his home after an extended illness. He was born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, on September 30, 1943, to Albert and Dorothy (Powell) Barnes. He married Martha L. DeHass on February 14, 1964 in Alliance, Ohio. She preceded him in death on December 6, 2003. An Elkhart...
Roy C. Mathews
Jun 18, 2008
Roy C. Mathews, 89, of Middlebury, died Wednesday afternoon, June 18, 2008, at Goshen General Hospital where he had been admitted on Monday. He was born in Milford, Indiana, on September 24, 1918, to David and Celsta (Price) Mathews. He married Blanche “Betty” Denton on January 15, 1944. She died June 5, 1990. A resident of the Goshen/Middlebury area...
Walter L. Miller
Jun 17, 2008
Walter L. Miller, 83, of Goshen, died Tuesday morning, June 17, 2008, at his home in Greencroft. He was born March 23, 1925 in Middlebury to Homer and Vera (Weister) Miller. He married Jean K. Kemp on August 25, 1946 in New Paris. She preceded him in death on August 17, 1999. A Goshen resident for most of his...
Betty J. Kyle
Jun 16, 2008
Betty J. Kyle, 74, of Goshen, died early Monday afternoon, June 16, 2008, in the emergency room at Goshen General Hospital. She was born in Goshen on August 16, 1933, to William and Geneva (Witmer) Jacobs. She married Charles L. Kyle on July 18, 1970 in Middlebury, Indiana. He preceded her in death on November 6, 1988. A lifetime...
D. G. “Duke” Welsh
Jun 14, 2008
D. G. “Duke” Welsh, 83, of Goshen, died Saturday morning, June 14, 2008, at the home of his daughter in Milford. He was born in South Bend, on July 9, 1924, to Guy and Lovey (Lowry) Welsh. He married Faye M. Plummer on December 24, 1943. She died July 13, 2003. A Goshen resident since 1957, Mr. Welsh owned...
Todd E. Cripe
Jun 14, 2008
Todd Cripe, 79, of Goshen, died early Saturday morning, June 14, 2008, at his home. He was born in Goshen, on March 9, 1929, to Everett Franklin and Dorothy May (Holcomb) Cripe. He married Catherine “Cathie” Ernst on May 5, 1975, in Goshen. She survives. Mr. Cripe, a manufacturing engineer, worked for Goshen Rubber for 41 years and as...
Helen M. Fidler
Jun 13, 2008
Helen M. Fidler, 84, of Union, Michigan, died early Friday morning, June 13, 2008, at The Maples at Waterford Crossing in Goshen. She was born March 27, 1924, in Elkhart, to Henry and Mae (Moore) Johnson. She married Russell Ray Fidler on April 2, 1943. He died October 6, 1982. A homemaker, Mrs. Fidler was a member of the...
Steven L. Hershberger
Jun 12, 2008
Steven L. Hershberger, 44, of Goshen, died Thursday, June 12, 2008, in Puerto Viejo de Limon, Costa Rica, while on a school trip with Fairfield High School students. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on March 17, 1964, to David R. and Miriam (Miller) Hershberger. Mr. Hershberger was an English teacher at Fairfield High School. He is survived...
Gail M. Stutz
Jun 11, 2008
Gail M. Stutz, 50, of New Paris, died Wednesday, June 11, 2008, at her home. She was born in Neenah, Wisconsin, on July 20, 1957, to the late Robert Gilbert and Donna Gilbert of Pierceton. She married Daniel M. Stutz on July 1, 1983, in Elkhart. He survives. Mrs. Stutz worked for 16 years at Mid-Tech Ambulance as a...
Virgil J. Brenneman
Jun 10, 2008
Virgil J. Brenneman, 86, of Goshen, died at his home on Tuesday morning, June 10, 2008. He had been in declining health since January. He was born in Kalona, Iowa, on November 27, 1921, to Ephraim and Anna (Christner) Brenneman. He married Helen Good on November 3, 1946 in Amsterdam, Holland. She preceded him in death on January 13,...
Allen L. Vance
Jun 10, 2008
Allen L. Vance, 87, of Goshen, died Tuesday morning, June 10, 2008, at The Maples where he had been the past 16 months. He was born in Millersburg on September 20, 1920, to Noble and Freda (Sheley) Vance. He married Neva I. Hoke, on September 29, 1940 in Goshen. She died January 20, 2008. Mr. Vance, a lifelong resident...
Larry E. Elliott
Jun 9, 2008
Larry E. Elliott, 70, of Goshen, died on Monday morning, June 9, 2008, at his home, a home that he built when he was 18 years old, after an extended illness. He was born in Lancaster, Ohio, on July 4, 1937, to Frederick and Lena (Saylor) Elliott. He married Lois Schroeder on February 17, 1960, in Warsaw. She survives....
Rebecca B. Saal
Jun 8, 2008
Rebecca B. Saal, 84, of Goshen, died Sunday evening, June 8, 2008, at The Maples at Waterford Crossing. She was born in Goshen on October 26, 1923 to Peter R. and Gladys M. (Place) White. She married Lewis R. Saal on January 23, 1942, in Goshen. He preceded her in death on December 1, 1994. A homemaker, Mrs. Saal...
Carol Ann Mcclanahan
Jun 6, 2008
Carol Ann McClanahan, 61, of Shipshewana, died early Friday afternoon, June 6, 2008, at Elkhart General Hospital. She was born in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, on June 16, 1946, to the late John and Catherine (Leonard) Blotzer. She married Mark “Les” McClanahan in Oakland, Maryland on August 17, 1987. He survives. A homemaker, Mrs. McClanahan graduated from Greensburg Central Catholic High...
Maxwell L. "Max" Bigler
Jun 6, 2008
Maxwell L. “Max” Bigler, 79, of Goshen died early Friday morning, June 6, 2008, at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center in South Bend. He had been ill about six years. He was born in Goshen on December 9, 1928, to Pierre Starr and Celeste (Johnson) Bigler. Mr. Bigler retired from the former Goshen Cushion and Body. He is survived...
Sarah Virginia Sanders
Jun 5, 2008
Sarah V. Sanders, 94, of Goshen, died Thursday night, June 5, 2008, at The Courtyard. She had been ill since September 2007. She was born April 22, 1914, in Speichersville, Indiana, to John F. and Leela M. (Hullinger) Murphy. She married Leon A. Drummond in 1935 in Elkhart. He died May 27, 1963. In 1969 she married Frank Sanders...
Geoffrey Clay Haas
Jun 5, 2008
Geoffrey Clay Haas, 31, of New Paris, died Thursday morning, June 5, 2008, in Stroh, Indiana. He was born July 8, 1976 in Goshen, to George M. (Susan) Haas of Millersburg and Susan (Larry) Clayton of Fort Worth, Texas. Mr. Haas graduated from Fairfield High School and had worked in the RV Industry, last at Godfrey Marine in Elkhart. ...
Phyllis L. Cole
Jun 2, 2008
Phyllis L. Cole, 64, of Goshen died Monday morning, June 2, 2008, at Goshen General Hospital. She was born in Goshen, on January 12, 1944 to Orville and Ruby (Sharp) Evans. She married Norman Stewart in Goshen. He died October 13, 1969. She then married Joseph Cole on August 31, 1987, in Goshen. He died November 27, 2004. A...
Kenneth L. Bobeck
Jun 1, 2008
Kenneth L. Bobeck, 70, of Goshen, died early Sunday afternoon, June 1, 2008, at his home after a three month illness. He was born in Topeka, Indiana, on April 30, 1938, to Karl and Nedra (Loy) Bobeck. He married Carole L. Drake on August 26, 1961, in West Liberty, Pennsylvania. She preceded him in death on February 24, 2001....
