Myra Loraine Graham
Jul 16, 2007
Myra Loraine Graham, 32, of Goshen, died Monday, July 16, 2007, at her apartment. She was born September 6, 1974, in Miami, Florida, to Duane Graham of Three Rivers, Michigan, and the late Marianne (Lazzaro) Graham. A Goshen resident since November 4, 2006, she is survived by a daughter, Alexis Marie Graham-Pons, at home; her father, Duane Graham; a...
Krisann Chaffee
Jul 14, 2007
Krisann Chaffee, 53, of Goshen, died Saturday morning, July 14, 2007, at Goshen General Hospital after an extended illness. She was born in Toledo, Ohio, on February 21, 1954, to the late Edwin R. Kaczmarek and Martina (Dlugiewicz) Kaczmarek of Sylvania, Ohio. She married Tony Chaffee on October 24, 2003 in Goshen. He survives. A 1972 graduate of Central...
John A. Aust
Jul 13, 2007
John A. Aust, 76, of Goshen, died unexpectely at his home on Friday morning, July 13, 2007. He was born in Goshen, on March 6, 1931, to Charles P. and Helen (Jackson) Aust, Sr. A lifelong Goshen resident, except for ten years in Phoenix, Arizona, he graduated from Goshen High School and shortly thereafter enlisted and served in the...
William M. Scott
Jul 13, 2007
William M. Scott, Sr., 85, of Cookeville, Tennessee, and formerly of Goshen, died early Friday morning, July 13, 2007, at the home of his son where he had been living. He was born in Mishawaka, Indiana, on December 4, 1921, to Benjamin H. and Stella Ruby (Lancaster) Scott. He married Harriett E. Tepper on September 28, 1940, in Mishawaka. ...
Ronald James Dueck
Jul 11, 2007
Ronald James Dueck, 61, of Goshen, died Wednesday afternoon, July 11, 2007, at Goshen General Hospital. He had been ill since June 15. He was born in Rosthern, Saskatchewan, Canada, on July 4, 1946, to the late Arthur W. Dueck and Alice (Roth) Dyck of Rosthern, Canada. He married Deloris Schwartz on August 2, 1969, in Pretty Prairie, Kansas. ...
Jack Benton Shaffer
Jul 10, 2007
Jack Benton Shaffer, 72, of Goshen, died Tuesday evening, July 10, 2007, at his home. He had been ill since January of this year. He was born in Salem, Illinois, to Eura and Reta (Denham) Shaffer on December 1, 1934. He married Virginia M. Schmidt on December 25, 1955. She preceded him on April 15, 1998. He then married...
Robert L. Kropf
Jul 10, 2007
Robert L. Kropf, 72, of Goshen, died Tuesday evening, July 10, 2007, at Goshen General Hospital after a seven year battle with cancer. He was born in Goshen, on September 5, 1934, to Solomon J. and Sylvia (Kauffman) Kropf. He married Dorothy I. Simmons on May 29, 1952, in Louisville, Kentucky. She survives. A lifetime resident of the area,...
Raymond W. Fleck
Jul 10, 2007
Raymond W. Fleck, 92, of Goshen, died early Tuesday morning, July 20, 2007, at Miller’s Merry Manor, Syracuse. He was born on April 24, 1915, in Goshen, to Ora and Gladys Rose (Blough) Fleck. A lifetime Goshen resident, Mr. Fleck worked as a Quality Control Inspector for more than 40 years at (Penn) Johnson Controls. He retired in 1980. ...
Rosemary C. Lantz
Jul 4, 2007
Rosemary C. Lantz, 88, of Goshen, died Wednesday morning, July 4, 2007, at Elkhart General Hospital. She had been ill since Friday. She was born in Goshen on October 23, 1918, to Alfred Frederick Beech and Louise Elizabeth (Alexander) Martin. She married Wayne S. Lantz on July 4, 1937, at the Goshen City Church of the Brethren parsonage. Rev....
Lavon Lucille Steward
Jul 3, 2007
LaVon Lucille Steward, 96, of Wakarusa, and formerly of Goshen, died early Tuesday morning, July 3, 2007, at Miller’s Merry Manor where she had lived the past four years. She was born in New Paris on July 5, 1910, to Charles and Laura (Coy) Lutes. She married Paul J. Steward on August 22, 1953, in Goshen. He preceded her...
Ina Irene Clark
Jul 3, 2007
Ina Irene Clark, 87, of Goshen, died late Tuesday night, July 3, 2007, at her home after an extended illness. She was born June 14, 1920, in Westphalia, Kansas, to John Marion and Elizabeth (Filburn) Nead. She married Raymond Freeman Clark on April 14, 1943, in Menomonie, Wisconsin. He died May 1989. A homemaker and long time area resident,...
Winnie Ann Covington
Jul 2, 2007
Winnie Ann Covington, 71, of Goshen, died early Monday morning, July 2, 2007, at her home after a two year battle with cancer. She was born in St. Martinsville, Louisiana, to Samuel and Corine (LeBlanc) Melancon, on March 30, 1936. She married Robert Covington on February 8, 1956 in Orange, Texas. He survives. A Goshen resident since 1960, Mrs....
Myra Carolyn Christensen
Jun 30, 2007
Myra Carolyn Christensen, 83, of Mashantucket, Connecticut, died Saturday, June 30, 2007, at Mary Elizabeth Nursing Home in Mystic, Connecticut, after a long battle with cancer. She was born in Groton Bank, Connecticut on February 27, 1924, to John and Jennie (Williams) George. She married Parley P. Christensen of June 27, 1944. He died May 30, 1982. A member...
Willis A. "Jack" Pangburn
Jun 29, 2007
Willis A. “Jack” Pangburn, 88, of Goshen, died Friday afternoon, June 29, 2007, at The Maples at the Crossing in Goshen. He was born in Mystic, Iowa, on September 3, 1918, to Alvin and Georgia (Miller) Pangburn. He married Rosemary Hunter on June 15, 1940, in Goshen. She died March 9, 1985. A Mystic High School graduate, Mr. Pangburn,...
James B. Drummond
Jun 29, 2007
James B. Drummond, 76, of Goshen, died early Friday morning, June 29, 2007, at his home. He had been ill since December. He was born on January 31, 1931, in Goshen, to James M.B. and Marjorie (Artley) Drummond. He married Rhonda S. Penrose on October 8, 1994 at St. Mark’s United Methodist Church in Goshen. She survives. A lifetime...
Dodnavon Hartzler
Jun 27, 2007
Donavon Hartzler, 91, of Goshen, died Wednesday evening, June 27, 2007, at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. He was born in Middlebury, on March 9, 1916. He married Ellen M. VanderReyden on August 14, 1938, in Goshen. She died May 15, 2007. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, Goshen. He is survived by two sons,...
Diane R. Benton
Jun 27, 2007
Diane R. Benton, 67, of Goshen, died early Wednesday afternoon, June 27, 2007 at The Maples at Waterford, after a nine month illness. She was born in Goshen on November 20, 1939, to Robert and Jane (LaRue) Garringer. Ms. Benton worked as a nurse at Goshen General Hospital and Elkhart General Hospital. She is survived by a daughter, Debra...
Keith Elwin Mast
Jun 26, 2007
Keith Elwyn Mast. 72, of Corvallis, Oregon, and formerly of Goshen, died at his home on Tuesday, June 26, 2007, after fighting cancer since 2002. He was born in Goshen on May 2, 1935, to Gerald E. and Bernice (Kauffman) Mast. He married Rhonda Holderman on August 18, 1963, in Goshen. She survives. A lifelong Goshen resident until 2005,...
Shirley Jean Lapree
Jun 23, 2007
Shirley Jean LaPree, 71, of Elkhart, died Saturday afternoon, June 23, 2007, at East Lake Nursing Center and Rehabilitation. She was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, on July 10, 1935, to Ernest and Hesster Pfaff. On January 17, 1960, she married Warren E. LaPree in New Castle, Indiana. He died December 16, 1995. A member of the Northside Church of...
Charlynn Savage
Jun 22, 2007
Charlynn Savage, 60, of Goshen, died late Friday night, June 22, 2007, at Courtyard Healthcare Center, Goshen. She was born on January 9, 1947, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Lynn and Charlotte (Matnzer) Dodd. On March 13, 1982, she married James Savage, Sr., in Bensalem, Pennyslvania. He survives. A homemaker and a licensed nurse, Mrs. Savage, had lived in Goshen...
