Mary Carol King
May 2, 2008
Mary “Carol” King, 65, of Elkhart died early Friday morning, May 2, 2008, in the emergency room at Elkhart General Hospital. She was born on July 1, 1942, in Louisville, Kentucky, to Wallace Gordon and Mary Ruth (Davis) Jones. On June 18, 1969 in Dowagiac, Michigan she married Clarence "Rick" King. He died June 3, 1999. A graduate of...
George R. Henkler, Jr.
Apr 30, 2008
George R. Henkler, Jr., 75, of Goshen, died early Wednesday morning, April 30, 2008, at his home. He was born in Chicago, Illinois on February 22, 1933 to George R. and Marguerite (Seifer) Henkler, Sr. He married Mary M. Walker Parrott on March 25, 1995 in Mishawaka. She survives. Mr. Henkler graduated as salutatorian of the Jimtown High School...
J Marvin Nafziger
Apr 29, 2008
J. Marvin Nafziger, 84, of Goshen, died Tuesday morning, April 29, 2008, at his home. He was born in Chenoa, Illinois, on March 3, 1924, to John M. and Anna E. (Litwiller) Nafziger. He married Edith E. Swartzendruber on August 31, 1946 in Hopedale, Illinois. She survives. A resident of the area since 1948, Mr. Nafziger was a Social...
James Lamar Wise
Apr 28, 2008
James Lamar Wise, 58, of Shipshewana, died Monday morning, April 28, 2008, at his home. He had been ill since August 2007. He was born in Mishawaka, Indiana, on November 3, 1949, to Lowell and Maryann (Sime) Wise. He married Gretchen (Kuiper) Goss on January 28, 2006. She survives. Mr. Wise retired after 29 years in 2000 from ATT...
Ruth Wilden Miller
Apr 27, 2008
Ruth Wilden Miller, 89, of Cassopolis, Michigan, died unexpectedly late Sunday night, April 27, 2008, at South Bend Memorial Hospital. She was born in Goshen on December 8, 1918, to Thad and Lucretia (Nusbaum) Wilden. She married Robert D. Miller in Albion, Indiana, on April 19, 1937. He survives. Mrs. Miller lived in the Goshen area most of her...
Ned Ralph Livergood
Apr 25, 2008
Ned R. Livergood, 90, of South Bend, died Friday afternoon, April 25, 2008, at the home of his daughter. He was born January 15, 1918 in Goshen to Raymond Rosco and Hazel (Garnet) Livergood. He married Virginia Lois Boucher on June 22, 1941, in Mishawaka. She survives. A member of the First Church of God, Goshen, Mr. Livergood worked...
Yuth Men
Apr 23, 2008
Yuth Men, 88, of Bristol, died late Wednesday evening, April 23, 2008, at Goshen General Hospital. She was born on May 3, 1919, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. She married Pel Pon in Cambodia. Mrs. Men, a homemaker, has lived in the area since 1982. She is survived by two sons, Kimpha (Many) Choung of St. Lucia, Florida, and Sophal...
Kenneth W. Letherman
Apr 22, 2008
Kenneth W. Letherman, 79, of New Paris, died early Tuesday morning, April 22, 2008, at Goshen General Hospital after a short illness. He was born in the family home in St. Joseph County, Indiana, on September 29, 1928, to Roscoe and Candace (Beehler) Letherman. He married Pauline Ummel on February 5, 1949, in the Wakarusa Missionary Church. She survives....
Mary Kathleen "Kate" Lamb
Apr 22, 2008
Mary Kathleen “Kate” Lamb, 81, of Goshen, was found at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, April 22, 2008, at her home. She had been ill since January 2008. She was born in Goshen on November 8, 1926, to Jesse and Sylvia Mae (Chadwell) McKee. She graduated from Goshen High School in 1944. Ms. Lamb worked as a head bookkeeper for Landmark...
Alta L. Young
Apr 21, 2008
Alta L. Young, 94, of Goshen, died early Monday afternoon, April 21, 2008, at Greencroft Healthcare. She was born in Goshen on August 12, 1913, to Orlando and Lydia (Cripe) Manges. She married Everett Young on May 21, 1936, in Warsaw. He preceded her in death on January 10, 2001. A lifetime resident of the Goshen and Millersburg area,...
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...
