Robert Wells
Apr 30, 2017
Robert C. Wells, Jr., 62, of Fort Wayne, passed away at 2:20 p.m. on April 30, 2017 in Fort Wayne. Born in Fort Wayne on July 15, 1954, a son of Wilson and Elizabeth (Kohlenberg) Wells. He spent his formative years in Allen County and graduated from Carroll High School in 1972. Robert engaged in farming all his life and...
Beverly Grote
Apr 29, 2017
Beverly N. Grote, 87, a resident of St. Joe, passed away at 12:56 p.m. on April 29, 2017 at Parkview regional Medical Center. Born in Fort Wayne on April 25, 1930, she was a daughter of William and Thelma (Carnes) Barnes. She spent her formative years in Fort Wayne graduating from South Side High School. She belonged to the Fort...
Paul Buchanan
Apr 28, 2017
Paul A. Buchanan Sr., 77, of Churubusco, passed away at 2:18 p.m. on April 28, 2017 at his Blue Lake home. Born on September 13, 1939 in Indianapolis, he was a son of Herschel "Red" and Bernice (Troyer) Buchanan. He spent his formative years in Churubusco and graduated from Churubusco in 1959. Paul served in the United States Army. He...
Rollin Miller
Apr 20, 2017
Rollin L. Miller, 94, of Coldwater, MI, passed away on April 20, 2017 at Grand Strand Medical Center in Myrtle Beach, SC. He was born on April 9, 1923 in Kokomo, a son of the late Roy and Nettie (Mast) Miller. He spent his formative years in Lagrange county and graduated from Topeka High School in 1941. Rollin served his...
Roger Kostielney
Apr 19, 2017
Roger Joseph Kostielney, 75, of Indianapolis, passed away April 19, 2017 at Community Hospital North. Born in Indianapolis on November 19, 1941, he was the son of the late Anthony and Helen (Bianski) Kostielney, he spent his formative years in Indianapolis and graduated from Scecina High School in 1959. After high school he served in the United States and Force....
Leone Gross
Apr 15, 2017
W. Leone Gross, 91, a resident of rural Churubusco in Allen County and widow of Gerald L. Gross, passed away at 1:45 a.m. on Saturday, April 15, 2017 at Lutheran Life Villages at Pine Valley. Mrs. Gross was born on January 15, 1926 in Churubusco, the only child of Everence and Mabel (Green) Bonar, and graduated from Churubusco High School...
Robert Felger
Apr 4, 2017
Robert L. Felger, 82, a resident of rural Fort Wayne and prominent Lake Township farmer, passed away at 9:20 a.m. on Tuesday, April 4, 2017, at Kingston Residence of Fort Wayne following a long battle with cancer. Mr. Felger was born on March 22, 1935 in Fort Wayne, a son of Charles J. and Helen M. (Byerley) Felger, and spent...
Leona Bracht
Mar 28, 2017
Leona M Bracht, 87, of Huntertown, passed away at 11:05 a.m. on Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at Lutheran Life Villages at Pine Valley. Born on November 26 ,1929 in Perry Township, Allen County, she was a daughter of the late Versil and Mary (Rhodes) Hatch. She Spent her formative years in Huntertown and graduated from Huntertown High School in 1948....
Donald Lothamer
Mar 24, 2017
Donald Francis Lothamer, 90, of LaOtto, passed away at 10:15 p.m. on March 24, 2017 in Fort Wayne. Born on February 7, 1927 in Fort Wayne a son of Cletus and Anna (Lucas) Lothamer. He spent his formative years in Fort Wayne and graduated from Central Catholic High School. After high school, he served his country in the United States...
Basil Shaffer
Mar 17, 2017
Basil Leroy Shaffer, 81, a resident of Churubusco, passed away on March 17, 2017 at Miller' Merry Manor in Columbia City. Born in Marion on August 27, 1935, a son of John and Nellie (Southerly) Shaffer. He spent his formative years in Huntington County and graduated from Lancaster High School in 1953. He was married on July 3, 1954 to...
Rick Lemish
Mar 15, 2017
Rick A. Lemish, 57, of Albion, passed away at 11:00 a.m. on March 15, 2017 at his home. Born on May 31, 1959 in Columbia City, a son of Richard and Peggy (Leazier) Lemish, he spent his formative years in Churubusco and graduated from Churubusco High School in 1977. He later received an associate's degree from Ivy Tech. He was...
Robert Davis
Mar 13, 2017
Robert Freeman Davis Jr., 49, of Fort Wayne, passed away on March 13, 2017 at Parkview Regional Medical Center. Born in Chicago on December 30, 1967, son of Robert F. and Dorothy M. (Patton) Davis, Sr. He spent his formative years traveling the county graduating from Glenbard North in Carol Stream, IL in 1987. After High School he served 7...
Robert Love
Mar 12, 2017
Robert L. Love, 87, a resident of Fort Wayne, passed away at 11:15 a.m. on March 12, 2017, at Kingston Care Center in Fort Wayne. Born in Valley City, Harrison County, Indiana on July 15, 1929, a son of Boyd and Ada (Bliss) Love. He spent his formative years in Corydon Indiana. He moved to Fort Wayne with his family...
John Weber
Mar 12, 2017
John M. Weber, 67, of Albion, passed away at 4:22 p.m. on March 12, 2017, at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne. Born on December 26, 1949 in Kendallville, he was a son of Fritz and Marydean (Hoover) Weber. He spent 44 years as a toolmaker and retired from BAE in 2012. John was a morning regular to the...
Doris Sloffer
Mar 11, 2017
Doris Maxine Sloffer, 94, of Churubusco, passed away at 8:00 p.m., on March 11, 2017 at her home. Born on April 18, 1922 in Whitley County, a daughter of Walter and Gladys (Stroh) Gordon. She spent her formative years in Churubusco and was the valedictorian of the 1940 graduating class. Doris was married on April 4, 1942 to Robert J....
Janet Coffey
Mar 9, 2017
Janet H Coffey, 87, of Fort Wayne, passed away on March 9, 2017, at Lutheran Life Villages in Fort Wayne. Born on May 7, 1929 in Cincinnati, Ohio, she was a daughter of Edward and Mary (Carrigan) Winter. She was married on December 18, 1948 to Patrick Coffey in Cincinnati, Ohio, The Couple move to Fort Wayne in 1962 and...
Bettie Shank
Mar 2, 2017
Bettie Shank, 92, a resident of LaOtto, passed away on March 2, 2017 in Fort Wayne. Born on October 24, 1924 in Garrett a daughter of Frank and Ethel (Cramer) Cobbs. She spent her formative years in LaOtto. She was married on June 26, 1945 in Churubusco to Thad Shank, he preceded her on July 28, 2014. Bettie was a...
Dean Barrett
Mar 2, 2017
Dean C. Barrett, 91, a lifelong Eel River Township farmer and a resident of rural Fort Wayne, passed away at 12:34 a.m. on Thursday, March 2, 2017, at Parkview Randallia Hospital in Fort Wayne as a result of a stroke. Mr. Barrett was born in Decatur, Illinois on February 4, 1926, a son of Ferre Charles and Sylvia Marie (Myers)...
James Shively
Feb 28, 2017
James Joseph "Joe" Shively, 92, a resident of Churubusco, passed away on February 28, 2017 at Visiting Nurse and Hospice Home, Fort Wayne. He had been in declining health since February 1st. Born in Smith Township on January 27, 1925, he was a son of Esli and Helen (Egolf) Shively. he attended school in Smith Township and Churubusco. He spent...
Jay Herendeen
Feb 24, 2017
Doug Herendeen, 71, a resident rural Churubusco, passed away on February 24, 2017 at IU Health University Hospital, Indianapolis. Born in Green Township, Noble County, on February 7, 1946, he was a son of Dallas and Beulah (Campbell) Herendeen. He spent his formative years in Noble County and graduated from Albion Jefferson High School in 1964. He was married on...
