Verna E. Hartman
Oct 21, 2007
Verna E. Hartman, 86, of Goshen, died early Sunday morning, October 21, 2007, at her home. She had been in failing health the past five years. She was born December 18, 1920 in Foraker, Indiana, to Joel and Emma (Lehman) Weaver. She married Ray Hartman on June 28, 1939. He preceded her on September 28, 1960. A lifelong resident...
Richard Vicary
Oct 21, 2007
Richard Vicary Richard Vicary, 87, of Elkhart and formerly of Goshen, died early Sunday evening, October 21, 2007, at Elkhart General Hospital. He was born in Jackson, Michigan, on November 7, 1919, to Walter and Laura (Marquardt) Vicary. He married Margaret Ackerson on June 17, 1945 in Waterloo, Michigan. She survives. A farmer, Mr. Vicary also worked at Goshen...
Kenneth R. Cline
Oct 20, 2007
Kenneth R. Cline, 45, of Kendallville, died Saturday afternoon, October 20, 2007, at his home. He was born in York, Pennyslvania, on October 15, 1962, to James R. and Linda L. (Zollinger) Cline of Goshen. Mr. Cline had lived in Kendallville the past year, moving from White Pigeon, Michigan. He had worked most of his life in a variety...
Vincent S. Snyder
Oct 17, 2007
Vincent S. Snyder, 81, of Goshen, died Wednesday evening, October 17, 2007, at his home. He was born April 18, 1926, in Ashley, Michigan, to Vernon and Mamie (Smith) Snyder. He married Ruby Yoder on December 29, 1950 in Allensville, Pennsylvania. She survives. A Goshen resident since 1961, Mr. Snyder was a member of the North Goshen Mennonite Church. ...
Rose A. Matousek
Oct 17, 2007
Rose A. Matousek, 84, of Goshen, died late Wednesday evening, October 17, 2007, at Goshen General Hospital following a brief illness. She was born in Chicago, Illinois, on May 6, 1923, to Johann and Theresia (Schmidt) Pahr. She married James V. Matousek on November 1, 1947, in Chicago. He survives. Mrs. Matousek moved to Goshen 29 years ago from...
Opal Shepard
Oct 15, 2007
Opal Shepard, 90, of Goshen, died late Monday morning, October 15, 2007, at Courtyard Healthcare where she had been a resident since April 2003. She was born in Shipshewana on August 5, 1917, to Levi and Loretta Fern (Miller) Berkey. She married Howard Berkeypile on March 10, 1947 in Goshen. He died March 6, 1976. On July 6, 1976,...
Tim Emily
Oct 15, 2007
Tim Emily, 58, of Goshen, died in a work related accident Monday afternoon, October 15, 2007, at CVG Concepts, Inc. in New Paris. He was born in Seymour, Indiana, on November 12, 1949, to Clarence Emily and Pauline McClellan. A resident of Goshen since 1974, he enjoyed playing video games and working on family genealogy. He is survived by...
Curtis Junior Carter
Oct 12, 2007
Curtis Junior Carter, 55, of Goshen, died early Friday morning, October 12, 2007, at his home following an extended illness. He was born in Connersville, Indiana, on November 25, 1951, to Curtis and Thelma (Anthony) Carter. He married Kris Myers in 1976 and then Sandra (Hodge) Thompson on October 16, 1989 in Goshen. She survives. A resident of the...
Pastor Paul J. Hershberger
Oct 9, 2007
Pastor Paul J. Hershberger, 72, of Goshen, died Tuesday evening, October 9, 2007, as the result of an auto accident. He was born February 27, 1935, in Wayne County, Ohio, to John J. and Sarah (Schlabach) Hershberger. He married Helen Luella DeLagrange on July 28, 1956 at the Pleasant Grove Mennonite Church, Goshen. She died September 14, 2007. Mr....
Obera Nichols
Oct 8, 2007
Obera Nichols, 78, of Goshen, died late Monday afternoon, October 8, 2007, at Elkhart General Hospital. She was born in Prentiss County, Mississippi, to James A. and Verna (Owens) Tennison, on August 14, 1929. She married Daniel B. “Dan” Nichols on October 12, 1949. He survives. A homemaker, Mrs. Nichols worked for three years at First National Bank, Richardson...
Marner Miller
Oct 7, 2007
Marner Miller, 93, of Goshen, died early Sunday morning October 7, 2007, at Greencroft Healthcare. He was born in Brandon, Colorado on June 24, 1914, to Abraham and Lena (Marner) Miller. He married Lala M. Hoschstetler in Kalona, Iowa on February 16, 1936. She survives. A Goshen resident since 1946, Mr. Miller owned E-Z Gas and several R.V. and...
Hudsin Scott Chupp
Oct 6, 2007
Hudsin Scott Chupp, infant son of Scott and Angela (Cummins) Chupp of Millersburg was stillborn on Saturday morning, October 6, 2007, at Goshen General Hospital. He is survived by a sister, Kennidy Chupp at home; grandparents, David and Debra Cummins of Cedar Lake and Richard and Wanda Chupp of Millersburg; and great-grandmother, Katheryn (Mitchell Dudlack) Hoover of Cedar Lake....
Terrance Michael Baker
Oct 6, 2007
Terrance Michael Baker, 4, of Goshen, died Saturday afternoon, October 6, 2007, at Camelot Care Center, Logansport. He had been ill since April 26, 2007. He was born in Elkhart on February 17, 2003. He is survived by his parents, Teresa Lanham and Michael Baker, both of Goshen; a half-sister, Rayanna Lanham of Goshen; grandparents, Terry and Valerie Lanham...
Fannie M. Martin Simison
Oct 5, 2007
Fannie M. Martin Simison, 83, of Shipshewana, died late Friday morning, October 5, 2007 at Goshen General Hospital. She had been ill six weeks. She was born in Kokomo, Indiana, on November 17, 1923, to Fred and Nora (Bontrager) Otto. She married Dale Avery Martin on January 11, 1947. He died December 16, 1973. She then married Jack Dudley...
Mae V. Von Blon
Oct 4, 2007
Mae V. Von Blon, 97, of Goshen, died Thursday evening, October 4, 2007, at Goshen General Hospital where she had been a patient one day. She was born on August 2, 1910, in Middlebury, to William L. and Beulah (Eldridge) Bloss. On January 10, 1943, she married Paul R. Von Blon in St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Middlebury. She preceded...
Mary Elizabeth Shaver
Oct 2, 2007
Mary Elizabeth Shaver, 90, of Wakarusa and formerly of New Paris, died early Tuesday morning, October 2, 2007, at Miller’s Merry Manor. She had been in failing health since 1999. She was born in Goshen on July 21, 1917, to Maurice and Edith Ethel (Cripe) Fryman. She married Harry James Shaver on July 20, 1938 in Goshen. He survives....
Rachel Maxine (Whitehead) Mast
Sep 30, 2007
Rachel Maxine (Whitehead) Mast, 81, of Goshen, died early Sunday afternoon, September 30, 2007, at her home after battling cancer. She was born in Topeka, Indiana, on March 1, 1926, to LeRoy and Mary (Sherck) Mishler. She married Wendell M. Whitehead on Novermber 28, 1942 in Warsaw. He died October 25, 1991. She married Harley Mast in Goshen on...
Jack Wray Myers
Sep 26, 2007
Jack Wray Myers, 66, of Elkhart, died Wednesday morning, September 26, 2007, at his home. He was born June 3, 1941, in Goshen, to Kenneth and Laura B. (Wray) Myers. He married Patsy Thompson who preceded him in death. A long time resident of the Dunlap/Elkhart area, Mr. Myers worked fro Western Rubber for more than 30 years. He...
Patrick Brian Morgan
Sep 26, 2007
Patrick Brian Morgan, 40, of Goshen, died early Wednesday morning, September 26, 2007, as the result of a motorcycle accident on SR 120. He was born June 15, 1967, in Muskegon, Michigan, to Gilbert A. and Mary E. (Whitlock) Morgan of Middlebury. He married Brandie Mershon on April 22, 2006, at the Greene Road Church, Goshen. She survives. He...
Phyllis Marie Sowers
Sep 25, 2007
Phyllis Marie Sowers, 72, of Goshen, died Tuesday morning, September 25, 2007, at her home after a two year illness. She was born in Elkhart County on December 11, 1934, to Clifford R. and Leona R. (Miller) Welty. She married Russell Sowers, Jr., on February 6, 1973 in Goshen. He preceded her on November 1, 1990. She retired from...
