Obituaries

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...

Wilbur F. "Casey" Anglemyer                                    Wilbur F. “Casey” Anglemyer, 92, of Goshen, died early Thursday morning, December 14, 2006, at Goshen General Hospital where he had been admitted on Saturday, December 9.   He was born in Nappanee, Indiana, to Wilbur and Ethel (Slabaugh) Anglemyer, on March 22, 1914.  He married Cora M. Zimmerman on November 11, 1938, in Southwest.  She...

Erma M. Davis Munson, 91, of Goshen, died Sunday, March 6, 2011, at IU Health Goshen Hospital from complications from congestive heart failure. She was born in Goshen on March 11, 1919, to the late Martin and Mabel (Berkey) Lehman. She married Alva Davis on June 7, 1947, in Goshen.  He died July 26, 1953.  On October 22, 1955,...

Mildred A. Stark, 85, of Goshen, died Tuesday morning, December 6, 2005, at Goshen General Hospital where she had been a patient one day.   She was born July 9, 1920, in Elkhart County, Indiana, to Anton and Esther (Hoffman) Michel.  She married Robert L. Stark on September 29, 1940.  He died March 10, 1988.   Mrs. Stark worked at Markley...

Duane Lamar Howard, 59, of Lansing, Michigan, died early Thursday morning, November 10, 2005, at his home following a long illness. He was born September 29, 1946, in Goshen, to Russell E. and Ann (Culp) Howard.  Mr. Howard served in the U.S. Army in Viet Nam and the Army National Guard for 16 months.  He was an avid ham...

Ralph E. Juday                                                                                        Ralph E. Juday, 87, of Goshen, died early Saturday morning, April 22, 2006, at Goshen General Hospital.  He had been ill since December.   He was born July 25, 1918, in Goshen, Indiana, to Russell and Goldie (Mishler) Juday.  On September 14, 1940, in Goshen, he married Geraldine A. Thomas.  She survives.   A 1937 graduate of Goshen...

Mary Jane Pestow, 88, of Goshen, died at her home Wednesday morning, April 13, 2011, of natural causes, surrounded by her family. She was born in Toledo, Ohio, on October 24, 1922 to the late Harold H. and Myrtle V. (Glickert) Thomas.  She married George Albert Pestow on February 3, 1945 in Goshen at St. John’s Catholic Church.  He...

Fred V. Hartsough, 84, of Shipshewana, died early Friday morning, April 7, 2006, at Goshen General Hospital where he had been a patient since February 24.  He had been in failing health for several years.   He was born January 19, 1922, in Millersburg to Lloyd Melvin and Mamie Ruth (Lohrei) Hartsough.  On May 1, 1948, in Nappanee, he married...

Robert A. Groh, 51, of Goshen, died Saturday morning, November 4, 2006, at Greencroft Healthcare.  He had been ill since spring 2004.   He was born on August 24, 1955 to the late Lewis and Gertrude Groh.  On July 3, 1997, he married Gail Rice Morgan in Goshen.  She survives.   Mr. Groh, a 20 year resident of Goshen, worked as...

Wayne "Sonny" Brown Wayne "Sonny" Brown, 70, of Goshen, died Wednesday afternoon, September 13, 2006, at his home.  He had been ill the past year. He was born January 1, 1936, in Goshen, to Kenneth and Rosalind (Watts) Brown.  He married Wanda Coy on February 14, 1959, in Goshen.  She survives. Mr. Brown, a lifetime resident of Goshen, worked...

Arliss J. Stump, 84, of Goshen, died Friday morning, February 17, 2006, at Goshen General Hospital after an extended illness.   She was born February 2, 1922, in Goshen, to Pierre W. and Alta (Houk) Cripe.  On August 17, 1941, at Goshen City Church of the Brethren, she married Robert M. Stump.  He survives.   Mrs. Stump, a 1940 Goshen High...

Carl E. Reiner, 78, of Goshen, died late Friday afternoon, December 15, 2006. at Goshen General Hospital where he had been ten days.   He was born in Elkhart, Indiana, on May 2, 1928, to John and Marie (Helbling) Reiner.  He married Patricia A. Miller in Muncie, Indiana, on December 29, 1951.  She survives.   A 1946 graduate of Concord High...