Donald E. Landis
Sep 25, 2007
Donald E. Landis, 89, of Indianapolis and formerly of Goshen, died at Casselton Healthcare in Indianapolis, early on Tuesday afternoon, September 25, 2007. He was born in Elkhart, Indiana on March 17, 1918, to Menno and Orpha (Hostetler) Landis. He married Caroline M. “Sally” Magalhaes on March 16, 1943 in New York City. She survives. A life long area...
Catherine M. Froh
Sep 23, 2007
Catherine M. Froh, 92, of Goshen, died Sunday morning, September 23, 2007, at Greencroft Healthcare. She was born on April 4, 1915, in Kosciusko County, to Fred and Ada (Tatman) Froh. Miss Froh moved to Goshen in 1982, coming from Haiti, where she was a missionary for 37 years. She taught Bible classes and had also taught school in...
Dorothy M. Stringfellow
Sep 22, 2007
Dorothy M. Stringfellow, 88, of Elkhart and formerly of Goshen, died Saturday evening, September 22, 2007, at Beverly Living Center, Elkhart. She had been ill the past three years. She was born June 21, 1919, in Argos, Indiana, to William and Mary Alice (Beam) LaTurner. She married Russell R. Stringfellow in Goshen on May 27, 1949. He preceded her...
Sandra K. Ibarra
Sep 22, 2007
Sandra K. Ibarra, 68, of Goshen, died Saturday night, September 22, 2007, at Goshen General Hospital. She was born in Anderson, Indiana, on December 25, 1938, to James R. and Mildred (Hensely) Scott. A homemaker, she is survived by a daughter, Pamela (Stephen) Miller of Goshen; a son, Thomas A. McGuffy of Muncie, Indiana; five grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and...
Nancy Jo Dills
Sep 22, 2007
Nancy Jo Dills, 65, of Goshen, died Saturday evening, September 22, 2007, in the emergency room at Elkhart General Hospital. She had been ill the past six months. She was born in Wakarusa on March 10, 1942, to Paul Richard and Geraldine (Truex) Null. She married Michael D. Dills on March 3, 1958, in Goshen. He survives. A 1958...
William A. "Bill" Gingerich
Sep 21, 2007
William A. “Bill” Gingerich, 88, of Goshen, died Friday afternoon, September 21, 2007, at Greencroft Healthcare. He had been in declining health the past eight and half years since suffering a stroke. He was born in Buda, Illinois, on January 5, 1919, to Albert and Josephine (Miller) Gingerich. He married Marian J. Foster, on September 21, 1940, 67 years...
Raymond M. Taylor
Sep 19, 2007
Raymond M. Taylor, 63, of Goshen, died Wednesday morning, September 19, 2007, at Goshen General Hospital. He was born in Peru, Indiana, on May 2, 1944, to Charles H. and Chole Belle Randolph Taylor. He married Joyce F. Springer in Goshen on November 13, 1962. She survives. A lifetime resident of the area, Mr. Taylor was a fork lift...
Helen L. Grise
Sep 18, 2007
Helen L. Grise, 87, of Goshen, died peacefully at her home on Tuesday morning, September 18, 2007, following complications of long term diabetes. She was born on January 8, 1920, in Ashley, Indiana, to Oscar Patterson and Ella Mae (LaMunyon) Howard. Mrs. Grise worked for many years in a number of local retail and restaurant establishments in the great...
Kelly Jo Aker
Sep 15, 2007
Kelly Jo Aker, 44, of Goshen, died Saturday evening, September 15, 2007. She had been ill the past few years. She was born March 16, 1963, in Goshen, to the late James Aker and Donna (Schalliol) Aker of Goshen. A 1982 graduate of Goshen High School, Ms. Aker worked as a travel agent after graduating from Missouri Travel School. ...
Helen Luella Hershberger
Sep 14, 2007
Helen Luella Hershberger, 73, of Goshen, died Friday evening, September 14, 2007, at Goshen General Hospital. She was born in Allen County, Indiana, on August 2, 1934, to the late Peter and Caroline (Lengacher) DeLagrange. She married Paul Hershberger in the Pleasant Grove Mennonite Church, Goshen, on July 28, 1956. He survives. A homemaker and longtime Goshen resident, Mrs....
Ruth Ann (Knudson) Jones
Sep 12, 2007
Ruth Ann (Knudson) Jones, 53, of Fort Wayne, died late Wednesday night, September 12, 2007, at Goshen General Hospital after an extended illness with cancer. She was born March 26, 1954, in Fort Wayne, Indiana, to the late William A. and JoAnn (Downing) Knudson. A 1972 graduate of Northside High School in Fort Wayne, she attended Payne Church of...
Harriet Lapp Burkholder
Sep 6, 2007
Harriet Lapp Burkholder, 92, of Goshen, died Thursday afternoon, September 6, 2007, at Greencroft Healthcare. She was born March 31, 1915, in Calcutta, India, to George and Esther (Ebersole) Lapp. She married J. Lawrence Burkholder in Manheim, Pennsylvania, on August 20, 1939. He survives. A 1935 graduate of Goshen College, Mrs. Burkholder was a member of the College Mennonite...
Joann B. Sheley
Sep 5, 2007
JoAnn B. Sheley, 86, of Goshen, died at her home early Wednesday morning, September 5, 2007. She was born in Detroit, Michigan, on July 20, 1921, to Merl and Anna (Eaton) Hannah. She married Howard Sheley on August 3, 1946 in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania. He died October 1, 1966. A retired librarian, Mrs. Sheley worked at both the Elkhart...
Elton A. Gunden
Sep 4, 2007
Elton A. Gunden, 86, of Naples, Florida, died Tuesday afternoon, September 4, 2007, at Hospice of Naples. He was born in Flannigan, Illinois, on June 8, 1921, to Christian J. and Agnes (Albrecht) Gunden. He married Marjorie Nafziger on August 2, 1947 in Hopedale, Illinois. She survives. A 1939 graduate of Goshen High School, Mr. Gunden also graduated from...
Walter Edward Harroff
Sep 3, 2007
Walter Edward Harroff, 89, of Goshen, died early Monday morning, September 3, 2007, at Greencroft Healthcare after a short illness. He was born in Noble County, Indiana, on September 21, 1917, to Wilbur B. and Caroline Juanita (Miltenberger) Harroff. He married Elma Lucile Bowers in 1940. She preceded him. A member of the Creekside Church of the Brethren, Mr....
Margaret Joan Mcintire
Sep 3, 2007
Margaret Joan McIntire, 79, of Elkhart, died Monday evening, September 3, 2007, at Hubbard Hill Estates after a brief illness. She was born on June 28, 1928, in Logan County, Ohio, to Lott Emanuel and Nelle Grace (McQueen) Hatcher. She married Harold Phillip McIntire on April 5, 1947, in Richmond, Indiana. He preceded her in death on July 15,...
Jane A. Huser
Sep 1, 2007
Jane A. Huser, 82, died Saturday evening, September 1, 2007, at Courtyard Healthcare Center where she had been a resident since May 2007. She was born in Goshen on August 4, 1925, to Clair and Louise (Schmitt) Bigler. She married John G. Huser of May 22, 1946, in Goshen. He preceded her on December 6, 2005. A 1943 graduate...
Mildred J. Chaney
Aug 30, 2007
Mildred J. Chaney, 93, of Goshen, died early Thursday morning, August 30, 2007, at her home. She was born in Paldon, Missouri, on August 27, 1914, to the late Oscar and Laura (Dalton) Nuckols. She married Clay William Chaney on February 8, 1930. He preceded her on January 27, 1978. A homemaker and a member of the Goshen United...
Emma Irene Nipper
Aug 29, 2007
Emma Irene Nipper, 85, of Goshen, died late Wednesday afternoon, August 29, 2007, at Courtyard Healthcare after a short illness She was born in Glomawr, Kentucky, on August 12, 1922, to Chester and Beulah (Elam) Mullins. She married Gilbert R. Nipper on April 1, 1963, in Grassy Creek, Kentucky. He died February 15, 1992. A Goshen resident since 1955,...
Ira A. Bickel, Jr.
Aug 29, 2007
Ira A. Bickel, Jr., 90, of Three Rivers, Michigan, died Wednesday August 29, 2007, at Heartland Healthcare in Three Rivers. He was born January 15, 1917, in Goshen, to Ithe late Ira Bickel, Sr. and Beulah (Schrock) Bickel. He married Florence (Jones) Rink in December of 1954 in Angola, Indiana. She died October 15, 2005. Mr. Bickel was a...
