Obituaries

Jan 11, 2006

Othny L. Miller, 95, of Goshen, died Wednesday evening, January 11, 2006, at Greencroft Healthcare where she had been a resident since June 2003.    She was born April 26, 1919 in Middlebury Township, Elkhart County, Indiana, to Harry and Millie (Miller) Kalb.  On June 24, 1931 she married Virgil W. Miller.  He died December 22, 1993.   Mrs. Miller was...

Jan 10, 2006

Stanley C. Zimmerman, 85, of Goshen, died Tuesday evening, January 10, 2006, at Elkhart General Hospital.   He was born October 25, 1920, in Monticello, Indiana, to Edwin R. and Elsie L. (Kepp) Zimmerman.  On December 18, 1943, in Riverside, Illinois, he married Jessie Adams Brown.  She survives.   He moved from Chicago to Bristol in 1979 and then to Greencroft...

Jan 9, 2006

Mary Jane Yoder, 81, of Goshen, died Monday afternoon, January 9, 2006, at Greencroft Healthcare.   She was born August 8, 1924, in Eden Township, LaGrange County, Indiana, to Tobias and Mattie (Christner) Yoder.  On November 1, 1942, at the Pleasant View Church, Goshen, she married Henry N. Yoder.  He died April 17, 1992.   Mrs. Yoder was a member of...

Jan 7, 2006

Ben J. Miller, 83, of Goshen, died unexpectedly Saturday afternoon, January 7, 2006, in the emergency room at Goshen General Hospital.   He was born September 5, 1922, in Dodge City, Kansas, to Joe B. and Lydia (Troyer) Miller.  On October 28, 1951, in Goshen, he married Nadine Bontrager.  She died April 26, 2005.   Mr. Miller has lived in the...

Jan 2, 2006

Roscoe M. Myers, of Goshen, died Monday afternoon, January 2, 2006 on his 95th birthday, at Americare, Goshen.   He was born January 2, 1911, in Nappanee, Indiana, to Aaron and Clara (Weldy) Myers.  On January 30, 1932, he married Ruby Ellen Keyser in Warsaw.  She died April 17, 1991.   Mr. Myers was a lifelong resident of Elkhart County.  He...

Jan 1, 2006

John C. Mast, 51, of Goshen, died Sunday afternoon, January 1, 2006, at Elkhart General Hospital, where he had been a patient for about a week.   He was born September 24, 1954, in Goshen, Indiana, to Owen C. Mast and Viola (Walter) (Mast) Holmes.  He was a lifelong resident of the Goshen area.   He had worked as a custodian...

Dec 30, 2005

Rosemary W. Vorhis, 80, of Goshen, died Friday evening, December 30, 2005, at Linda’s Home Care where she had been a resident since June 2004.   She was born September 20, 1925, in Goshen, Indiana, to Harvey and Lydia (Hochstetler) Harshberger.  On June 21, 1946, in Goshen, she married Emory O. Vorhis.  He died April 25, 1998.   Mrs. Vorhis was...

Dec 28, 2005

Erma Elva Yoder, 89, of Goshen, died Wednesday afternoon, December 28, 2005, at Greencroft. She was born January 31, 1916, in White Pigeon, Michigan, to D. Dallas and Montez M. (Evans) Sigler.  On December 5, 1936, she married Harold A. Yoder in Benton.  He survives.   Mrs. Yoder was a homemaker.  She was a member of First Mennonite Church, Middlebury. ...

Dec 12, 2005

Sylvia J. Yoder, 90, formerly of Milllersburg, died Monday morning, December 12, 2005, at Americare Living Center where she had been a resident the past four and a half years.   She was born December 21, 1914, in Charm, Ohio, to Jacob and Martha (Hershberger) Schlabach.  On October 27, 1940, in LaGrange, Indiana, she married Bishop William J. Yoder.  He...

Dec 4, 2005

Alvin E. Miller, 82, of New Paris, died at his home on Sunday evening, December 4, 2005.  He had been in declining health for several years.   He was born in Middlebury, Indiana, on December 13, 1922, to Harvey and Amanda (Miller) Miller.  On June 9, 1946, he married Esther Swarzentruber.  She died January 1, 1957.  He then married Elva...

Nov 16, 2005

Elaine S. Yoder, 87, of Elkhart, died early Wednesday morning, November 16, 2005, at Elkhart General Hospital where she had been a patient since Sunday. She was born June 29, 1918, in Goshen, to John and Olive (Nafziger) Plank.  On October 7, 1939, at Eighth Street Mennonite Church, she married Mark E. Yoder.  He survives.   Mrs. Yoder was a...

Jan 1, 1957

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Jul 2, 1914

Audrey M. Butt, 93, of Englewood, Florida, formerly of Syracuse, Indiana, died July 2, 2014 in Florida. She was born Jan. 1, 1921 in Benton to Kaleel and Laura (Hapner) Juday. On Nov. 7, 1942 she married L.James Butt. He died in 1993. Survivors include two children, Steve (Beverly) Butt, of Rotonda West, Florida, and Toni (Michael) Rhode, of...

Helen R. Bowman, 90, of Goshen, died early Tuesday morning, February 15, 2011, at IU Health Goshen Hospital where she had been three days. She was born in Goshen on July 11, 1920 to the late Homer and Helen (Peterson) Kelsey.  She married Paul Warren Bowman on September 26, 1959.  He died September 4, 2006. She is survived by...

Robert C. Fields, 87, of Elkhart, died Wednesday evening, June 21, 2006, at Goshen General Hospital.   He was born June 7, 1919, in Mount Hood, Oregon, to Charles and Clara (Keck) Fields.  He graduated from Wolcottville High School in 1937.  On February 15, 1941 he married Myrtle Pauline Christner.  She died in May of 1962.  He then married Laurabelle...

Donald E. Trainer, 79, of Goshen, died early Friday morning, May 12, 2006, at Goshen GeneralHospital, following an extended illness.   He was born November 9, 1926, in Springfield, Illinois, to Edward and Elvira (Lewis) Trainer.  On June 20, 1976, he married Charlene R. Knafel Mahler in Ligonier at the TrinityLutheranChurch.  She survives.   A lifelong resident of the area, Mr....

Diane Kay Stringfellow, 66, of White Pigeon, Michigan, died Monday, March 14, 2011,at Bronson Hospital, Kalamazoo. She was born on September 1, 1944, in Goshen to the late Robert H. and Dorothy (Raymer) Stringfellow. Ms. Stringfellow is survived by a daughter, Erin (Bill) Clewell of Constantine, Michigan, four grandchildren, Billy, Jenny, Shanon, and Brandi Clewell; a great-granddaughter, Camilla Clewell;...

Sandra “Sandy” F. Rohn, 65, died at 3:00 pm Friday, March 4, at the home of her daughter, Kelly Brown. She had been ill for a few weeks. She was born in Detroit to the late James M. and Martha A. Sexton Belcher. She married Gerald “Rohnnie”  Rohn, July 2, 1962 in Goshen. He died February 17 of this...

Benjamin I. Seidner, 74, of Goshen, died early Wednesday morning, March 8, 2006, at Goshen General Hospital.   He was born in Fulton County, Ohio, on November 14, 1931, to the late Arthur and Opal (Miller) Seidner.  He had lived in the area most of his life.   Mr. Seidner had worked at Starcraft and Smoker Craft.  He was affiliated with...

Marvel S. Benson                                                                                        Flowers? Marvel S. Benson, 102, of Goshen, died Saturday afternoon, November 19, 2005, at Greencroft Healthcare.  She had been in failing health the past three years. She was born February 28, 1903, in Forest City, Iowa, to Alson and Adella A. (Schader) Secor.  On April 2, 1927 she married Orma N. Smith.  He died July 12,...