Dorothy "Dottie" Cripe
Jun 8, 2007
Dorothy “Dottie" Cripe, 81, of Goshen, died Fried afternoon, June 8, 2007, at Goshen General Hospital where she had been a patient since Monday. She was born in Leesburg, Indiana, on December 19, 1925, to Dale and Georgia (Booze) Tom. A member of the First Baptist Church, Goshen, she had worked at Greencroft Home Healthcare, Snider Jewelers, Goshen and...
Cheryl Lynn Young
Jun 2, 2007
Cheryl Lynn Young, 58, of Elkhart, died early Saturday morning, June 2, 2007, at the IU Medical Center in Indianapolis. She was born on November 12, 1948, in Paoli, Indiana, to Ollie and Ermal (Wagoner) Hardin. She married Thomas R. Young on March 8, 1980. He survives. Mrs. Young moved to Elkhart 28 years ago from French Lick, Indiana. ...
Sara Ann Bixler
May 31, 2007
Sara Ann Bixler Sara Ann Bixler, 71, of Orange Park, Florida, formerly of Goshen, died Thursday, May 31. 2007, at the Orange Park Medical Center in Orange Park, following an extended illness. She was born in Millersburg, Indiana, on June 7, 1935, to Osborn and Altha (Cobbum) Green. She married Lloyd “Pete” Bixler in November 1965 in Chicago. He...
Sarah E. "Peg" Olsen
May 30, 2007
Sarah E. "Peg" Olsen Sarah E. “Peg” Olsen, 88, of Goshen, died early Wednesday, May 30, 2007, at her home in Evergreen Place. She was born on July 26, 1918, in Syracuse, Indiana, to Howard and Cecil (Mullin) Watkins. She marred Edward J. Olsen on March 22, 1942, in Terre Haute, Indiana. He died December 16, 2002. A lifelong...
Ella L. Deboard
May 30, 2007
Ella L. DeBoard, 84, of Goshen died early Wednesday morning, May 30, 1007, at her home. She was born in Ronda, West Virginia, on January 1, 1923, to George and Minnie (Jarrett) Payne. On March 29, 1942, she married Gerald DeBoard in Charleston, West Virginia. He died in 1984. A Goshen resident since 1977, Mrs. DeBoard worked at Churn...
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...
