Obituaries

Patricia Brown Rhude, 73, of Goshen, died Thursday evening, December 6, 2007, at Goshen General Hospital.   She was born May 3, 1934 in Bristol, Indiana, to Robert Earl Brown and Mary Kenagy Hay.  She married Donald Delano Rhude on August 13, 1952 in Goshen.  He preceded her on July 4, 2002. A homemaker, Mrs. Rhude was a member of...

Joseph H. Boyd                                                                                         Flowers? Joseph H. Boyd, 66, of Sturgis, Michigan, died Saturday evening, January 28, 2006, at Elkhart General Hospital where he had been a patient since January 24.   He was born June 7, 1939, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Robert and Lillian (Jensen) Boyd.  On May 31, 1969, in Gwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania, he married Margaret “Margie” Matheson.  She...

Janice K. Gawthrop, 68, of Goshen, died as the result of a two car accident on Saturday evening, June 3, 2006.   She was born April 22, 1938 in Warsaw, to Delford and Dorothy (Herring) Nelson.  On June 6, 1959, in Mentone, Indiana, she married James E. Gawthrop.  He survives.   A 1956 graduate of Mentone High School and a 1960...

Imogene Ellen Ulrich                                                         Imogene E. Ulrich, 83, of Goshen, died Friday morning, December 22, 2006, at her home.   She was born in Middlebury Township on June 30, 1923, to Noble and Mildred (Williams) Williams.  She married Charles M. Ulrich in Medford, Oregon on December 15, 1942.  He survives.   A lifetime resident of the area, Mrs. Ulrich was a homemaker...

Sharon S. Tucker, 57, of Elkhart, died Monday afternoon, May 15, 2006, at Miller’s Merry Manor in Wakarusa where she had been a patient since December 16, 2005.   She was born in Chambersburg, Illinois, to the late Raymond Secrist and Anna (Planson) Vest.    A lifelong resident of the ElkhartCounty, Ms. Tucker worked as an inspector for Bayer, Inc. in...

Kenneth D. McDonald, 57, of Goshen, died unexpectedly Tuesday afternoon, January 17, 2006, in the emergency room at Goshen General Hospital. He was born April 7, 1948, in Cass County to Robert L. and Bertha L. (Sparrow) McDonald.  On August 27, 2000, he married Sue Morrison in Goshen.  She survives.   Mr. McDonald moved to Goshen five years ago from...

Earl Ray Smothers, Sr., 76, of Goshen, died Friday afternoon, October 13, 2006, at Courtyard of Goshen Nursing Center where he had been a resident since 1994.   He was born on March 4, 1930 in Lebanon, Kentucky, to James Thomas and Della Mae (Cox) Smothers.   Mr. Smothers worked at Proof Company, Goshen Churn and Ladder, and as a mechanic...

Pearl Marie Snoke, 90, of Goshen, died early Friday morning, December 2, 2005, at her home.   She was born March 28, 1915, in Goshen, to Jesse and Dora (Greer) Anglemyer.  On February 4, 1938, in Goshen, she married Clarence W. Snoke.  He died August 26, 1987.   Mrs. Snoke lived in Goshen until 1976 when she moved to Florida.  She...

Noble K. Sink, 100, died Tuesday morning, January 11, 2011, at Miller's Merry Manor, Wakarusa.  He had been in failing health the past two years. He was born in Owen County, Indiana, on October 24, 1910, to Thomas and Iva (Kaylor) Sink.  He married Mary R. Workman in South Bend on April 16, 1931.  She died March 24, 1995....

Lucile Sechrist, 100, of Goshen, died Sunday afternoon, March 5, 2006, at Americare of Goshen.   She was born December 13, 1905, in New Paris, Indiana, to Milo and Ermma (Fuller) Troup.  On April 13, 1934, in Elkhart, she married Vern Sechrist.  He died in April 1981.   A 1924 graduate of New Paris High School, Mrs. Sechrist, had worked as...

Dale C. Henderson, 76, of Goshen, died early Thursday afternoon, July 20, 2006, at Goshen General Hospital after an extended illness.   He was born August 3, 1029, in Saltville, Virginia, to Wayne and Anna (Snead) Henderson.  He served in the US Air Force from 1946 to 1949.  On March 14, 1953, he married Nancy L. DeBord, in Marion, Virginia. ...

Gladys M. Burkhart                                                                                         Flowers? Gladys M. Burkhart, 95, of Goshen, died Tuesday morning, November 15, 2005, at Greencroft Healthcare.   She was born January 24, 1910, in Newton, Kansas, to Eli and Fannie (Bare) Burkhart.   Miss Burkhart was a member of College Mennonite Church.  She attended Goshen Academy and Lancaster Business College in Pennsylvania.  She worked as a secretary at...

Tony L. Swinehart, 55, of Millersburg, died early Sunday morning, March 19 2006, at Elkhart General Hospital. He was born April 10, 1950, in Goshen, Indiana, to Tony (Otis) and Martha (Bailey) Swinehart.  On March 23, 1968, in New Paris, he married Connie Wagner.  She survives.   Mr. Swinehart worked as a truck driver for Elkhart County Gravel.  He was...

Edna M. Marcum, 68, of Goshen, died Friday afternoon, May 12, 2006, at Goshen General Hospital.  She had been ill since February 23 with cancer. She was born March 11, 1938, in Queens, New York, to Russell and Edna (Harney) Gamsby.  She had lived in the Goshen area since 1990. Mrs. Marcum worked in production at Singer Controls, North...

Lorna Jean McCormick, 56, of Elkhart, died unexpectedly, Wednesday afternoon, July 8, 2009, at Elkhart General Hospital. She was born in Elkhart, on April 3, 1953, to Robert and Miriam (Bucher) Garver of Bristol.  She graduated from Elkhart Central High School in 1971. A longtime resident of the area, Ms. McCormick was a member of the Bristol United Methodist...

Jakob Svircovsky, 94, of Elkhart, died early Thursday morning, October 19, 2006, at Valley View Health Care Center.    He was born in Poltava, Ukraine on July 28, 1912.  He married Palaska Chemko in October 1935.  She died April 26, 1995.   Mr. Svircovsky retired from Kinder Manufacturing in Elkhart where he made furniture.  He did bookkeeping for the Holy Trinity...

Ralph H. Bower                                                                                         Ralph H. Bower, 90, of Goshen, died Friday evening, March 17, 2006, at Greencroft Healthcare.   He was born January 20, 1916, in Benton County, Indiana, to Frank W. and Lula (Hawkins) Bower.  On April 16, 1941, he married Mariellen Baldwin.  She died April 27, 1979.  On October 14, 1982 he married Phyllis Ackerson.  She survives.   A...

Delores M. (Gouker) Schrock, 80, of Bradenton, Florida, died Saturday afternoon, March 25, 2006 at Casa Mora Nursing Center in Bradenton, Florida.   Mrs. Schrock was born May 21, 1925, to Theodore and Mary (Maloney) Blough in Middlebury.  On December 26, 1943, she married Donald C. Gouker in Goshen. Mr. Gouker died August 11, 1968. She then married Eli S....

Roberta Blair Poscharscky, 85, of Goshen, died Thursday evening, January 13, 2011, at The Maples at Waterford Crossing where she had been since December 21. She was born December 4, 1925 in Latham, Tennessee, to the late Robert and Hattie (Griffith) Danner.  She is survived by three daughters, Gwen (Michael) Stutzman of Goshen, Mary (Frank) Rupe of Three Rivers,...

Karlee Lynn Byler, age 7 of Goshen, died from an accident that happened at her home on Friday, February 25, 2011.  Karlee was born October 30, 2003 at Elkhart General Hospital to Jay and Kelly (Greer) Byler, Goshen. She attended Zion Chapel and was a first grader at West Goshen Elementary School. Karlee is survived by her parents, and...