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Mary Nichter
Aug 17, 2016
Mary L. Nichter, 92, of Churubusco, passed away at 10:15 a.m. on Wednesday, August 17, 2016 at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne. Mrs. Nichter was born on February 28, 1924 in Defiance, Ohio, a daughter of James and Grace (Cole) Easterday. On November 22, 1941 she was married in Ege, to Herb Nichter. She was employed at Fort...
Marion Erwin
Aug 17, 2016
Marion Erwin, 87, of Churubusco, passed away at 3:10 p.m. on Wednesday, August 17, 2016 in Albion. Mrs. Erwin was born on March 21, 1929 in Boston, Massachusetts, a daughter of Forrest and Nelda (Guy) Loomis. She spent her formative years in Davis, California, and graduated from Davis Joint Union High School in 1947. On April 23, 1949 she was...
Robert Pearson
Aug 13, 2016
Max Pearson, 81, of Columbia City, formerly of Churubusco, passed away at 5:10 p.m. on Saturday, August 13, 2016 at his home in Columbia City. Mr. Pearson was born on December 29, 1934 in Lafayette, a son of Lloyd A. and Buford (Wright) Pearson. He spent his formative years in Lafayette, and graduated from Buck Creek High School in 1952....
Mary Norford
Aug 10, 2016
Mary A. Norford, 96, of Fort Wayne, passed away at 10:03 p.m. on Wednesday, August 10, 2016 at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne. Mrs. Norford was born on September 28, 1919 in Huntertown, a daughter of August and Margaret (Kugler) Bracht. She spent her formative years in Huntertown, and graduated from Huntertown High School. On October 21, 1939...
Michele Bailey
Aug 2, 2016
Michele Bailey, 49, of Churubusco, passed away at 7:50 a.m. on Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne. She was born on September 28, 1966 in Fort Wayne, a daughter of Larry and Jerri (Moss) Cooney. She spent her formative years in Minnesota, and moved back to Fort Wayne after graduation. She enjoyed art and...
Arthur Resler
Aug 1, 2016
Arthur L. Resler, 78, of rural Churubusco, passed away at 8:11 a.m. on Monday, August 1, 2016 at North Ridge Villiage in Albion. Mr. Resler was born on January 18, 1938 in Green Twp, Noble County, a son of Kenneth J. and Fannie (Roberson) Resler. He spent his formative years in Green Twp, and graduated from Churubusco High School in...
Robert Ostrander
Jul 20, 2016
Robert Lee Ostrander, 87, of Fort Wayne, passed away at 9:09 p.m. on Wednesday, July 20, 2016 at St. Joseph Hospital in Fort Wayne. Robert was born on June 10, 1929 in Ligonier, a son of Lymon Earl and Minnie (Merriman) Ostrander. He served his country in the Unites States Army, in Germany and Korea. On November 9, 1952 he...
Edward Fick
Jul 19, 2016
Margaret A. Fick, 88, of rural Fort Wayne, passed away on Monday, July 11, 2016 at the family farm in Lake Township. Edward L. Fick, 88, of Fort Wayne, passed away at 11:09 a.m. on Tuesday, July 19, 2016 at St. Joseph Hospital in Fort Wayne. Mrs. Fick was born on September 13, 1927 in St. Joe Township., Allen County,...
John Cochran
Jul 18, 2016
John Cochran, 53, of Huntertown, passed away at 5:39 a.m. on Monday, July 18, 2016 at his home, Surrounded by his family. Mr. Cochran was born on November 15, 1962 in Fort Wayne, a son of Donald and Marsha (Lawrence) Cochran. He spent his formative years in Fort Wayne, and graduated from Homestead High School in 1981. On September 1,...
Kenton Buesching
Jul 17, 2016
Kenton F. Buesching, 79, a resident of rural Fort Wayne and widely acquainted Lake Township farmer and businessman, passed away at 2:46 a.m. on Sunday, July 17, 2016, at Lutheran Life Villages at Pine Valley following an extended illness. Mr. Buesching was born on May 28, 1937 in Fort Wayne, a son of Frederick G. and Olga (Paschka) Buesching, and...
Donald Herron
Jul 15, 2016
Donald R Herron Sr., 79, of Churubusco, passed away at 9:15 p.m. on Friday, July 15, 2016 at his home, with family by his side.. Mr. Herron was born on August 16, 1936 in Fort Wayne, a son of Kenneth and Emily (Waters) Herron. He spent his formative years in northwest Allen county, and graduated from Churubusco High School in...
Goldie Eix
Jul 11, 2016
Goldie E. Eix, 88, of Fort Wayne, passed away at 10:50 p.m. on Monday, July 11, 2016 at Parkview Randallia Hospital in Fort Wayne. Mrs. Eix was born on July 29, 1927 in Adams County, Indiana, a son of Hugh J. and Vivian (Hart) Moyer. She spent her formative years in Berne, and graduated from Berne High School in 1945....
Martha Schlotterback
Jul 11, 2016
Martha M. Schlotterback, 80, of Albion, passed away at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, July 11, 2016 at her home in rural Albion. Mrs. Schlotterback was born on January 9, 1936 in Huntington, a daughter of Curtis and Edna (Weise) Lung. She spent her formative years in Albion, and graduated from Albion Jefferson in 1954. On June 12, 1954 she was...
Paul Byerley
Jul 11, 2016
Paul Blaine Byerley, 80, of Avilla, passed away at 8:30 a.m. on Monday, July 11, 2016 at Presence Sacred Heart Nursing Home in Avilla. Mr. Byerley was born on January 20, 1936 in Fort Wayne, a son of Albert and Evelyn (Couts) Byerley. On March 5, 1955 he was married to Loretta Bennett. He retired from International Harvester. Mr. Byerley...
Gale Pippenger
Jul 6, 2016
Gale Scott Pippenger, 64, of Albion, passed away at 10:15 a.m. on Wednesday, July 6, 2016 in Avilla surrounded by his closest friends and family. Mr. Pippenger was born on April 25, 1952 in Wolf Lake, a son of Paul T. and Mary JoAnn (LaRue) Pippenger. Pip served his country in the United States Marine Corp Mr. Pippenger was a...
Eunice Vinogradov
Jul 2, 2016
Eunice J. Vinogradov, 72, of Churubusco, passed away at 8:53 p.m. on Saturday, July 2, 2016 at Visiting Nurse and Hospice Home in Fort Wayne. Mrs. Vinogradov was born on August 14, 1943 in Pound, Virginia, a daughter of John Curdes and LouVerna (Gardner) Collier. She spent her formative years in Pound, Virgina, and graduated from Pound High School in...
Terry Warner
Jun 26, 2016
Terry L. Warner, 61, a resident of rural Churubusco in Allen County, passed away at 8:42 p.m. on Sunday, June 26, 2016 at his home. He had been in declining health since September. Terry was born in Cuba, New York on August 1, 1954, a son of Marvin and Marian (Linderman) Warner, and moved to the Woodburn-area as a child...
Margaret Dafforn
Jun 10, 2016
Margaret J. Dafforn, 96, a resident of Fort Wayne, passed away at 5:35 p.m. on Friday, June 10, 2016 at Miller's Merry Manor in Fort Wayne. She had been in declining health for a little over a month. Margaret was born in Fort Wayne on May 24, 1920, a daughter of William Franklin and Ollie J. (Frazier) Dafforn. She graduated...
Teegan Brumbaugh
Jun 9, 2016
Teegan Michael Brumbaugh, 20, a resident of Green Township, passed away at 4:51 p.m. on Thursday, June 9, 2016 from the results of an accident in rural Whitley County. Teegan was born in Fort Wayne on June 19, 1995, a son of Michael L. and Carla (Peterson) Brumbaugh, and was a lifelong resident of Green Township in Noble County. He...
James Addis
Jun 8, 2016
James A. Addis, 64, of Churubusco, passed away at 5:26 p.m. on Wednesday, June 8, 2016 at home in Green Township. Mr. Addis was born on June 2, 1952 in Wolf Lake, a son of John Franklin and Marie (Claxton) Addis, Sr.. He spent his formative years in Churubusco, and graduated from Churubusco High School in 1971. After high school...

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