Leon E. Mast
May 29, 2007
Leon E. Mast, 76, of Goshen, died Tuesday evening, May 29, 2007, at Goshen General Hospital. He had been ill for two months. He was born in Nappanee, Indiana, to Emery L. and Laura (Yoder) Mast, on January 7, 1931. He married Ruth Cole on August 9, 1952. She survives. The owner of General Construction Company for 30 years,...
Pearl Troyer
May 29, 2007
Pearl Troyer, 85, of Goshen, died Tuesday evening, May 29, 2007, at Tender House, Goshen. She was born on February 13, 1922, in Reno County, Kansas, to Fred and Becky (Schrock) Miller. Ms. Troyer moved to Goshen in 2001 coming from Sturgis, Michigan, where she had lived for 55 years. She worked on the assembly line at Kirsch Company...
Margie L. Pletcher
May 29, 2007
Margie L. Pletcher, 74, of Goshen, died Tuesday evening, May 29, 2007, at Greencroft Healthcare. She had been in failing health the past four years. She was born in Perryton, Texas, on November 13, 1932, to Byron Raikes and Gordie (Taliaferro) Pletcher. A 1954 Goshen College graduate and a 1964, University of Northern Colorado graduate, Miss Pletcher taught elementary...
Winnie Maxine Haney
May 29, 2007
Winnie Maxine Haney, 81, of Goshen, died early Tuesday morning, May 29, 2007, at Miller’s Merry Manor in Wakarusa. She was born October 8, 1925, in St. Joseph, Michigan, to Roy A. Ruth M. (Fulton) Ross. She married Worthie Bart Haney on November 24, 1946, in Buchanan, Michigan. He died November 26, 2001. A resident of Goshen since 1946,...
Ruth V. Roth
May 27, 2007
Ruth Verelda Roth, 82, of Goshen, died late Sunday afternoon, May 27, 2007, at her home after a two year illness. She was born September 12, 1924, in Eureka, Illinois, to Walter and Alvina (Wagner) Zook. She married Oscar Roth on August 12, 1950, in Eureka, Illinois. He survives. A 1950 graduate of Goshen College and a resident of...
Warren E. Mcginnis
May 25, 2007
Warren E. McGinnis, 91, of Elkhart, died at noon on Friday, May 25, 2007, at Beverly Living Center. He was born December 4, 1915, in Mason City, Iowa, to Everett and Rachel McGinnis. On May 1, 19179, he married Roxanna Risdon, in Elkhart. She died February 25, 2006. Mr. McGinnis worked in the switchyards for the railroad in Elkhart. ...
Gwendolyn E. Donat
May 24, 2007
Gwendolyn E. Donat, 77, of Elkhart and formerly of Goshen, died late Thursday evening, May 24, 2007, at Rosewood Terrace. She was born in Goshen on July 13, 1929, to Russell and Violet (Kettering) Cripe. She married Eugene Donat in New Paris on July 17, 1947. He died August 24, 2005. A homemaker and a lifetime Goshen resident, Mrs....
Ellen M. Hartzler
May 15, 2007
Ellen M. Hartzler, 91, of Goshen, died early Tuesday morning, May 15, 2007, at UPMC North Hills Passaucent Hospital in Pittsburg. She was born in Goshen on February 9, 1916, to Levi Cornelius and Beulah (Peffley) VanderReyden. On August 14, 1938, she married Donavon D. Hartzler in Goshen. He survives. A 1934 Goshen High School graduate, a homemaker and...
Maurice E. Royer
May 15, 2007
Maurice E. Royer, 89, of Goshen died early Tuesday morning, May 15, 2007, at The Maples at Waterford Crossing. He was born on April 22, 1918, in Altoona, Indiana, to Warren and Bessie (Comadoll) Royer. On September 10, 1969, in Ligonier, he married Ruth Irene Gates. She survives. Mr. Royer retired in 1982 as a truck driver for Kroger’s,...
Vesta C. Stroman
May 15, 2007
Vesta C. Stroman, 86, of Goshen, died early Tuesday morning, May 15, 2007, at Goshen General Hospital where she had been a patient the last week after suffering a heart attack. She was born in Goshen, on February 3, 1921, to Noble and Anna F. (Coffman-Kalb) Showalter. On May 22, 1948, in Goshen, she married Albert H. Stroman. He...
Carolyn Grace Riegsecker
May 14, 2007
Carolyn Grace Riegsecker, 57, of Goshen, died at her home early Monday morning, May 14, 2007, after a battle with cancer. She was born on July 8, 1949, in Wooster, Ohio, to Herman and Martha (Steiner) Geiser. She married Larry Riegsecker on August 2, 1975, at the Pleasant View Mennonite Church in North Lawrence, Ohio. He survives. A 1967...
Thelma Neal
May 13, 2007
Thelma Neal, 63, of Goshen, died Sunday morning, May 13, 2007, at Goshen General Hospital after a five month battle with cancer. She was born August 21, 1943, in Jane Lew, West Virginia, to Woodrow Wilson and Thelma Garnett (Goldsmith) Hitt. She married John Edward Brockleman in 1961 and they divorced. She then married Martin Lee Neal on December...
Jacob B. Gingerich
May 13, 2007
Jacob B. Gingerich, 88, of Williams, Minnesota, died Sunday afternoon, May 13, 2007, at the home of his daughter, Sharon Classen in Goshen after a two month illness. He was born in Loogootee, Indiana, on February 6, 1919, to William and Lizzie (Wagler) Gingerich. He married Amelia Yoder on December 19, 1943, in Loogootee, Indiana. She survives. A farmer,...
George Arthur Davis
May 13, 2007
George Arthur Davis, 61, of Jones, Michigan, died Sunday afternoon, May 13, 2007, at Eby Pines Campground, Bristol, where he worked in maintenance. He was born in Goshen, Indiana, on April 2, 1946, to Ernest George and Anna R. (Whirledge) Davis. In addition to working at Eby Pines Campground, Mr. Davis had also worked at Kinro Manufacturing, Holle’s Salvage...
Mary Carol Bender
May 5, 2007
Mary Carol Bender, 89, of Goshen, died early Saturday morning, May 5, 2007, at Greencroft Healthcare where she had been a patient since February 26. She was born in Nappanee, Indiana, on December 17, 1917, to Milton and Elizabeth (Stump) Miller. She married Carl F. Bender on December 18, 1938, in New Paris. He died May 2, 1997. A...
Anne Frances Gottbrath
May 4, 2007
Anne Frances Gottbrath, 60, of Wakarusa, died early Friday morning, May 4, 2007, at her home after a three and a half year illness. She was born December 28, 1946, in Louisville, Kentucky, to the late Clyde Harrison and Mary Frances (Ewen) Meadows of Louisville. On June 19, 1971, she married John Gottbrath in Louisville. He survives. A 35...
Jerilyn S. Tuck Mobley
May 2, 2007
Jerilyn S. Tuck, 40, of Goshen, died Wednesday morning, May 2, 2007, at Indiana University Hospital in Indianapolis. She had been ill since January 18, with leukemia. She was born in Goshen on December 23, 1966 to James and Janice (Sechrist) Boyer. She married Robert Mobley on February 8, 2002, in New Paris. He survives. A 1985 graduate of...
Lewis Edward Hartzler
Apr 29, 2007
Lewis Edward Hartzler, 65, of Angola, died early Sunday morning, April 29, 2007, at Elkhart Rehabilitation Center, Elkhart. He was born in Elkhart on December 11, 1941, to John L. and Catherine (Fisher) Hartzler. A 1959 graduate of Concord High School and a Goshen College graduate, Mr. Hartzler was a member of Lake Bethel Mennonite Church in LaGrange, Indiana....
Lloyd M. Bender
Apr 24, 2007
Lloyd M. Bender, 94, of Etna Green, died early Wednesday morning, April 25, 2007, at his home after a ten day illness. He was born July 28, 1912, in Flushing, Michigan, to Conrad and Elizabeth (Gascho) Bender. On April 27, 1949, he married Edna M. Swartz. She survives. A dairy farmer in the Au Gres, Michigan area, Mr. Bender,...
Ann Elizabeth Ames
Apr 23, 2007
Ann Elizabeth “Betty” Ames, 86, of Goshen, died early Monday morning, April 23, 2007, at Goshen General Hospital. She was born on a farm in LaPorte County, Indiana, on January 31, 1921, to Wesley and Leila (Sharp) Norris. On March 8, 1940, she married Kenneth C. Ames on March 8, 1940. He preceded her on May 1, 1990. A...
