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Richard Brockhaus
Mar 23, 2018
Richard "Rick" Brockhaus, 59, of Churubusco, passed away at 10:10 a.m. on Friday, March 23, 2018, surrounded by his family. Born on May 13, 1958, in Fort Wayne, to Edward and Dorothy (Lipp) Brockhaus. He spent his formative years in Allen County and graduated from Carroll High School in 1976. Rick was married to his one true love, Penny, for...
Marilyn Felger
Mar 20, 2018
Marilyn Felger, 81, of Fort Wayne, passed away on Tuesday, March 20, 2018, at Lutheran Life Village of Pine Valley. Born on May 29, 1936, in Allen County, a daughter of William and Emma (Roehrs) Benzinger. She spent her formative years near Hoagland. After high school, Marilyn graduated from Ravenscroft Beauty School. She was married on July 10, 1960, to...
Gene Geiger
Mar 18, 2018
Gene L. Geiger, 86, of Columbia City, formerly of Churubusco, passed away on March 18, 2018, in Fort Wayne. Born on March 12, 1932, in Churubusco, to Emanuel "Snick" and Mabel (Cotton) Geiger. He graduated from Churubusco in 1950. Gene was married on April 11, 1953, to Evelyn G. Brendel. She preceded him in death on December 14, 2005. He...
William "Bill" Wade
Mar 9, 2018
Bill Wade, 48, of Fort Wayne, formerly of Churubusco, passed away on March 9, 2018, at his home. Born in Whitley County on June 15, 1969, the only son of Hilda M. Wade. Bill spent his formative years in Churubusco and graduated from Churubusco High School in 1987. He was employed at Trelleborg in New Haven for 23 years. He...
Albert "Al" Newman
Mar 7, 2018
Albert "Al" "Sonny" Newman, 71, of Churubusco, passed away at 7:57 p.m. on Wednesday, March 7, 2018, at Parkview Regional Medical Center. Born on May 14, 1946 in Fort Wayne, he was the only son of Albert & Dortha (Gocke) Newman. He spent his formative years in Fort Wayne and graduated from Concordia High School in 1964. After high school...
William Schaubschlager
Mar 6, 2018
William "Bill" P. Schaubschlager, 70, formerly of Churubusco, passed away at 1:25 a.m. on Tuesday, March 6, 2018 in Angola. Born in Seattle, Washington on December 13, 1947, he was the only son of William and Ruth (Anderson) Schaubschlager. He spent his formative years in Seattle. After his time served in the United States Army, he met his soon to...
Georgia Schenher
Mar 5, 2018
Georgia C. Schenher, 76, of Ege, passed away at 3:10 p.m. on Monday, March 5, 2018, at her home surrounded by her family. Born on August 6, 1941, in Kokomo, a daughter of Wayne and Naomi (Phillips) Byrd. She spent her formative years in Churubusco and graduated from Churubusco High School in 1959. Georgia was married on April 10, 1959,...
Constance "Connie" Leffers
Feb 24, 2018
Connie (Foster-Sharp) Leffers, 72, of Churubusco, passed away at 11:54 a.m. on Saturday, February 24, 2018 at Visiting Nurse and Hospice Home. Born on August 2, 1945 in Fort Wayne she was a daughter of John and Betty (Hambrock) Sharp. She spent her formative years in Fort Wayne and graduated from Northside High School. Connie was married on April 11,...
Jacqueline "Jackie" Mullen
Feb 22, 2018
Jacqueline Y. "Jackie" Mullen, 78, of Churubusco, passed away at 2:36pm on Thursday, February 22, 2018 at Grey Stone Health and Rehabilitation Center in Fort Wayne. Born October 28, 1939 in Duluth, MN. She was a daughter of the late Clement and Loyola (Plourde) DeRoche. Jackie spent her formative years in Duluth, MN and graduated from St. Jeans high school...
Leonard Gross
Feb 22, 2018
Leonard L Gross, 84, of Fort Wayne, passed away at 4:20 a.m. on Thursday, February 22, 2018 at Lutheran Hospital. He was born on April 24, 1933 in Lake Township, Allen County, the only son of Jasper and Laura (Longsworth) Gross. He spent his formative years in the Arcola area. Leonard served in the United States Army and was involved...
Zondra Hull
Feb 19, 2018
Zondra L. Hull, 62, of Fort Wayne, passed away at 4:03 a.m. on Monday, February 19, 2018 at Parkview Whitley. Born on October 7, 1955 at Lucky Hospital in Wolf Lake. She was a daughter of Dale and Lois (Roberson) Hull. She spent her formative years in Northwest Allen County and graduated from Carroll High School in 1974. Later, she...
Mark Beaupre
Feb 19, 2018
Mark Edward Beaupre, 57, of Churubusco, passed away at 10:31 p.m. on February 19, 2018, at his home surrounded by his family. Born in Detroit, Michigan, on August 16, 1960, to Gerald and Patricia (Doyle) Beaupre. He spent his formative years in Allen County and graduated from Bishop Dwenger High School. Mark was married on November 4, 1995, in Fort...
Barbara Horstmeyer
Feb 13, 2018
Barbara Ann Horstmeyer, 91, of Fort Wayne, passed away on February 13, 2018 in Evansville, IN. Born on October 11, 1926 in Fort Wayne, she was a daughter of the late William and Frances (Alterkruse) Huber. Barbara was married to Richard Horstmeyer, who preceded her in death on October 26, 2011. She was a beautician and an active choir member...
Peggy Campbell
Feb 12, 2018
Peggy A Campbell, 81, of Albion, passed away at 12:38 a.m. on Monday, February 12, 2018 in Fort Wayne. Born in Decatur on December 26,1936, to Walter and Theo (Bauer) Frauhiger. She spent her formative years in Wells County and graduated from Lancaster Central High School in 1954. Peggy was married in 1983 to James D. Campbell. He preceded her...
Steven Holloway
Feb 11, 2018
Steven Joe Holloway, 59, of Fort Wayne, died February 11, 2018, at Saint Joseph Hospital Fort Wayne. He was born June 29, 1958, in Fort Wayne, to the late John Everett and Phyllis A. (Claymiller) Holloway. Steve was an US Air Force veteran and was an Engineer at Norfolk Southern Railway. He is survived by two sons, Brian (April) Holloway...
Donna Green
Feb 1, 2018
Donna J. (Zelt) Green, of rural Churubusco, returned in spirit to her Lord and Maker on February 1, 2018 after a lengthy struggle with health issues. She was born in Fort Wayne to the late Rudolph F. and Martha B. (Fuchshuber) Zelt. She graduated from Southside High School. She obtained her undergraduate degree at Ball State University and then a...
Gerald Fleetwood
Jan 28, 2018
Gerald C. Fleetwood, 94, of Churubusco, passed away at 9:15 a.m. on Sunday, January 28, 2018 The Hearth at Sycamore Village in Fort Wayne. He was born to the late Rev. Clarence and Ethel (Haines) Fleetwood on February 21, 1923 in Berne. His teen years were spent in Churubusco. Gerald graduated from Churubusco High School in 1939. After high school...
June Hults
Jan 26, 2018
June Rosemary Hults, 92, of Churubusco, passed away on Friday, January 26, 2018 in Fort Wayne. Born in April 29, 1925 in Noble County to John and Alta (Windle) Trumbull. She spent her formative years in Noble County and graduated from Churubusco High School in 1943. She was married on November 24, 1946 to Ted M. Hill. He tragically preceded...
Helen Sipe
Jan 25, 2018
Helen L. Sipe, 101, of New Haven, passed away on Thursday, January 25, 2018 at Woodview Assisted Living in Fort Wayne. Born on September 11, 1916 in Noble County she was a daughter of the late Howard and Cora (Moore) Foster. She spent her formative years in Noble County and graduated from Albion High School. She later graduated from Indiana...
Doris Rigsby
Jan 24, 2018
D. Eldora Rigsby, 92, a resident of Fort Wayne formerly of Churubusco passed away at 6:03 a.m. on Wednesday, January 24, 2018 at Parkview Randallia. Born on December 19, 1925 in Rome City. She was the only daughter of Rollo and Gladys (Conley) Eagleson. She spent her formative years in Rome City and graduated from Wolcottville High School. She was...

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