Clifford Bitting
Jul 29, 2022
Clifford J. Bitting, 81, of Albion, passed away peacefully on Friday, July 29, 2022, at his Albion residence. He was born on September 29, 1940, in Whitley County. He was the son of the late Ford and Emeline (Beezley-Thorn) Bitting. Cliff grew up in Merriam and attended Wolf Lake High School, graduating in 1958. He married Charla Sherman on October...
Carol Mettert
Jul 29, 2022
Carol Mettert, 86, of Churubusco, passed away on Friday, July 29, 2022, at Lutheran Life Villages, Kendallville. She was born on September 19, 1935, in Fort Wayne, to the late Elmer and Dorothy (Mosshamer) Lamley. She spent her formative years in Fort Wayne and attended Central Catholic High School. On June 12, 1954, she was married in Fort Wayne to...
Sharon Herron
Jul 28, 2022
Sharon K. Herron, 79, of Churubusco, passed away on Thursday, July 28, 2022, at Stillwater Hospice. She was born on September 24, 1942, in Fort Wayne, to the late Orval and Virginia (Erickson) McBride. She spent her formative years in Churubusco and graduated from Churubusco High School in 1960. In 1961, she graduated from International Business College. Sharon was married...
Connie Nestel Teghtmeyer
Jul 27, 2022
Connie (Gross) Nestel Teghtmeyer, 85, of Churubusco, passed away on Wednesday, July 27, 2022, at Parkview Randellia Hospital. She was born on August 8, 1936, in Whitley County, to the late Guy and Lois (McGuire) Gross. She spent her formative years in Churubusco, graduating from Churubusco High School. Connie was married in Churubusco to Roger Lee Nestel on October 3,...
Lois Grim
Jul 24, 2022
Lois Edith Grim, 91, of Fort Wayne, passed away on Sunday, July 24, 2022, at Bright Star Senior Living. She was born on October 9, 1930, in Lake Township, Allen County, Indiana, to the late Paul and Edith (Felger) Holt. She spent her formative years in Lake Township. Lois was married to Maurice "Morry" Grim on January 20, 1952. He...
Paul Garvison
Jul 22, 2022
Paul S. Garvison, 66, of Fort Wayne, passed away on Friday, July 22, 2022, at his home surrounded by his family. He was born on February 24, 1956, in Fort Wayne, to the late Clifford and Iva Lucille (Orr) Garvison. Paul was married to Mary Ann on July 14, 2016. Paul was a member of the Fort Wayne Beagle Club...
Doris Baker
Jul 16, 2022
Doris E. Baker, 93, of Garrett, passed away on Saturday, July 16, 2022, at her home. She was born on June 21, 1929, in Fort Wayne, to the late Ferman and Marian (Cross) Bloom. She spent her formative years in Allen County. Doris was married to Vernon Baker on July 22, 1947. He preceded her in death on December 30,...
Karen Vongunten
Jul 15, 2022
Karen Jane (Malcolm) Von Gunten, of Greenfield, IN, passed away on Friday, July 15, 2022, at IU Methodist Hospital, in Indianapolis. Born in Fort Wayne on January 5, 1948, to the late John H. "Hank" and Phyllis Maxine (Sible) Malcolm, Karen spent her formative years in the Churubusco area and graduated from Huntertown High School. Karen was married to John...
Randall Slone
Jul 13, 2022
Randall Slone, 65, of Churubusco, passed away at his residence, on Tuesday, July 12, 2022. Randall was born on December 18, 1956, in Knott County, KY, to the late John L. and Ethel (Caudill) Slone. He spent his formative years in Noble County and graduated from West Noble High School in 1975. He worked in the frame repair department at...
Jacqueline Hand
Jul 5, 2022
Jacqueline Sue Hand, 72, of Garrett, passed Tuesday, July 5, 2022, at Lutheran Hospital. She was born in Garrett, on September 15, 1949, to the late Robert and Donna (Buchanan) Cartwright. She graduated from East Noble High School in 1967. After high school, she graduated from IPFW where she earned her degree in nursing in 1982. Jacque married Jesse M....
Mary Bojrab
Jun 27, 2022
Mary L. Bojrab, 93, of Fort Wayne, went to be with her Lord and Savior, on Monday, June 27, 2022. Mary was born on June 7, 1929, in Fort Wayne, to the late Samuel and Libby (Slyby) Bojrab. She grew up on her parent's farm raising many different types of vegetables that were sold at the Barr Street Market and...
Mary Stolte
Jun 24, 2022
Mary Lou Stolte, 91, of Albion, passed away on Friday, June 24, 2022, at Parkview Noble Hospital. She was born in Whitley County, on January 10, 1931, to the late Oscar and Icellee (Winebrenner) Gilbert. She spent her formative years in Churubusco and attended Churubusco High School. Mary was married to Woodward Owen on January 31, 1948. He preceded her...
David Pancake
Jun 22, 2022
David W. Pancake, 59, of Churubusco, passed away at his residence, on Monday, June 22, 2022. David was born on April 20, 1963, in Fort Wayne, to the late James and Patricia (Oswalt) Pancake. He worked at BRC Rubber in Churubusco for many years. David is survived by a sister Pam Geiger and a brother James Pancake Jr. Celebration of...
Reva Smith
Jun 19, 2022
Reva Mae Smith, 80, of Fort Wayne, passed away of natural causes, June 19, 2022, at Parkview Regional Medical Center. She was born in Angola on January 16, 1942, to the late Willard and Ina Mae (Barker) Muncie. Reva was married to James J. Smith on July 20, 1957. She worked at Byron Health Center for over 20 years. Reva...
Aureus Randall
Jun 16, 2022
Aureus Drake Randall, 31, of Churubusco passed away unexpectedly on Friday, June 17, 2022. He was born in Miami, Florida, on March 24, 1991, to Drake and Tammy (Gillenwater) Randall. He spent his formative years in Churubusco and graduated from Churubusco High School. Aureus was engaged to Camarie Elliott on December 26, 2017. He had previously worked for Greycraft Signs...
Dorothy Salesman
Jun 11, 2022
Dorothy A. Salesman, 92, of Churubusco, passed away on Saturday, June 11, 2022, at her home. She was born in Allen County on October 11, 1929, to the late Roscoe and Hannah M. (Felger) Hyndman. She spent her formative years in Churubusco and graduated from Churubusco High School in 1947. Dorothy was married to Richard Salesman on June 5, 1948,...
Dewenia Miller
Jun 9, 2022
Dewenia E. (Andrews) Miller, 88, was released from this earth on Thursday, June 9, 2022, to join her Heavenly Father, her beloved husband Robert, legendary parents Austin and Nellie Andrews, and two siblings Donald and Robert Andrews. She was born on July 30, 1933, in Alexandria, IN. She graduated from Alexandria High School in 1951. She worked for Bell Telephone...
Lester Keister
Jun 7, 2022
Lester "Pete" T. Keister, 91, a longtime resident of rural Albion, passed away at 6:30 a.m. on June 7, 2022, at Waterford Crossing Healthcare in Goshen, after a ten-day stay at Goshen Health Hospital. Mr. Keister was born on September 26, 1930, in Noble County, to the late Thurlo and Venis (Winebrenner) Keister. He graduated from Wolf Lake High School...
Ruth Leitch
Jun 7, 2022
Ruth E. Leitch, 92, of Churubusco, passed away on June 7, 2022, at Lutheran Life Villages. Ruth was born in Fort Wayne, on October 6, 1929, to the late Herman and Emma C. (Fuchshuber) Miller. She graduated from Southside High School in 1947. Then she earned her bachelor's degree from Ball State Teacher's College in 1951 and later went on...
Harold Troyer
Jun 1, 2022
Harold Allen Troyer, 85, of LaOtto, passed away, on Wednesday, June 1, 2022, at his home. Harold was born in Noble County, on November 13, 1936, to the late Allen and Ruth (Leitch) Troyer. He spent his formative years on the farm in Noble County and graduated from Churubusco High School in 1954. Harold was married to Joan Conrad, on...
