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...
Tina Marie Jones-Winkler
Apr 22, 2007
Tina Marie Jones-Winkler, 28, of Goshen, died Sunday, April 22, 2007, as a result of a single car accident. She was born August 6, 1978, in Elkhart, to the late John E. Jones and Sharon (Leonard) Rogers of Marion, formerly of Goshen. She married Kylan Winkler on August 7, 2005, at Prairieview Missionary Church, Goshen. He survives. A 1997...
Paul D. Van Scoik
Apr 22, 2007
Paul D. VanScoik, 75, of Warsaw, died early Sunday morning, April 22, 2007, at his home. He had been ill since January. He was born November 13, 1931, in Fulton County, Rochester, Indiana, to Berlin and Fay (Hiatt) Van Scoik. He married Betty Jean Barth on December 11, 1948, in Edwardsburg, Michigan. She survives. A Warsaw resident since 1998,...
Cherry Lee Troyer
Apr 21, 2007
Cherry Lee Troyer, 61, of Goshen, died early Saturday morning, April 21, 2007, at Hospice House, South Bend. She was born in Wolf Lake, Indiana, on January 4, 1946, to Leo and Ilene (Pippenger) Owen. She married Marc Troyer in Goshen on July 1, 1989. He survives. Mrs. Troyer worked at Elkhart GeneralHospital in housekeeping and had also worked...
Robert T. Butler
Apr 21, 2007
Robert T. Butler, 75, Punta Gorda, FL, died Saturday, April 21, 2007, at Fawcette Memorial Hospital, Port Charlotte, FL. He was born May 31, 1931, in Goshen, to Robert T. and Lucile (Cripe) Butler. On December 25, 1952, he married Betty Jane Zakis. She survives. A 1949 graduate of Goshen High School and a 1951 graduate of Embry Riddle...
Maxine E. Cripe
Apr 21, 2007
Maxine E. Cripe, 89, of Goshen, died late Saturday night, April 21, 2007, at Greencroft Healthcare. She had been ill the past ten years. She was born on November 17, 1917, in Goshen, to Earl and Mabel (Horner) Bickel. She married Frederick Cripe Jr., on September 2, 1939, in Louisville, Kentucky. He died October 24, 1990. A lifetime resident...
William Dalton Looney
Apr 19, 2007
William Dalton Looney, 79, of Rome City, Indiana, died Thursday afternoon, April 19, 2007, at Parkview Hospital, Fort Wayne, where he had been a patient for six days. He was born December 27, 1927, in Limestone County, Alabama, to Edgar R. and Lillie Lee (Collins) Looney. He married Elizabeth Miller on October 1, 1988, in LaGrange, Indiana. She survives. ...
Thelma Lyndon
Apr 18, 2007
Thelma Lyndon, 92, of Goshen, died early Wednesday morning, April 18, 2007, at Greencroft Healthcare. She was born on November 20, 1914, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, to H. Stanley and Maude (Reade) Vaughan. She married Robert C. Lyndon in Dexter, Michigan, on June 12, 1937. He preceded her in death on October 10, 1999. A resident of the area...
John Jacob Borkholder
Apr 17, 2007
John Jacob Borkholder, 44, of Goshen, died Tuesday afternoon, April 17, 2007, at Memorial Hospital in South Bend. He was born in Cuyahoga, Ohio, on December 30, 1962, to the late Jake Borkholder and Catherine (Byler) Borkholder, of Goshen. A longtime member of the community, Mr. Borkholder worked as a line foreman at Supreme Corporation in Goshen. He was...
Ronald Lee Beasley
Apr 15, 2007
Ronald Lee Beasley, 67, of Syracuse, died Sunday, April 15, 2007. He became ill while playing golf and was pronounced dead at Goshen General Hospital. He was born in Bedford, Indiana, on January 10, 1940, to Augustus and Dorothy (Hensley) Beasley. He married Kenya Steffey on November 24, 1973. She survives. A 1962 graduate of Ball State University where...
