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Bette Owen
May 7, 2015
Bette Jean Owen, 80, a resident of rural Albion and widow of Dale F. Owen, passed away at 5:47 p. m. on Thursday, May 7, 2015 at Parkview Noble Hospital in Kendallville. She had been in declining health for the past one and one-half years. Mrs. Owen was born in Noble County on June 8, 1934, a daughter of Fred...
Bobbie Poynter
May 4, 2015
Bobbie M. Poynter, 80, of Albion, passed away at 5:50 p.m. on Monday, May 4, 2015 at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne. Mr. Poynter was born on December 8, 1934 in Alexandria, a son of Roy and Fontella (Garman) Poynter. He spent his formative years in Alexandria. He was retired from Ormsby Trucking, but drove for several company's...
Ronald Anderson
May 1, 2015
Ronald Lee Anderson, 61, of Churubusco, passed away at 2:18 p.m. on Friday, May 1, 2015 at his home in Eel River Township. Mr. Anderson was born on May 25, 1953 in Garrett, a son of William O. and Esther (Pippenger) Anderson. He spent his formative years in Eel River Township, and graduated from Carroll High School in 1971. He...
Floyd Boland
Apr 28, 2015
Floyd K. Boland, 76, of rural Columbia City, passed away on Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at his home in Smith Township. Mr. Boland was born on January 12, 1939 in Columbia City, a son of Roy F. and Anna (Bauermeister) Boland. He spent his formative years in Columbia City. He was employed at Falstaff Brewery Co., and retired in 1990...
Cynthia Mcbride
Apr 28, 2015
Cynthia S. McBride, 57, a resident of rural Albion and wife of George Hayes McBride, passed away at 11:20 p. m. on Tuesday, April 28, 2015, at her home. She had been in declining health since September. Mrs. McBride was born in Columbia City on January 28, 1958, a daughter of Paul T. and Verdonna "Tootie" (O'Connell) Konger. She spent...
Harold Feighner
Apr 22, 2015
Harold R. Feighner, 89, a former resident of Thorncreek Township and rural Fort Wayne, passed away at 10:20 a. m. on Wednesday, April 22, 2015, at Miller's at Oak Pointe in Columbia City. He had been a patient there since July. Mr. Feighner was born on November 16, 1925 in Roanoke, a son of Russell A. and Mary E. (Shatzer)...
Phylis Zolman
Apr 20, 2015
Phylis M. Zolman, 87, a former resident of Churubusco and wife of Robert Zolman, passed away on Monday, April 20, 2015, at 4:20 a. m. at the Presence Sacred Heart Home in Avilla, with her family by her side. Mrs. Zolman was born in Churubusco on July 29, 1927, a daughter of Merl and Fanny (Hossinger) Leitch. She spent her...
John Geese
Apr 19, 2015
John R. Geese, 72, a resident of Churubusco, passed away on Sunday, April 19, 2015 at 11:21 a. m. at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne. He had been taken there earlier in the day after suffering an apparent heart attack at his home. Mr. Geese was born in Hilliard, Ohio on August 30, 1942, a son of James...
Hilma Tackett
Apr 18, 2015
Hilma L. Tackett, 88, a former resident of rural LaOtto and widow of Edmund "Ed" Tackett, passed away at 2:15 a. m. on Saturday, April 18, 2015 at Miller's Merry Manor in Garrett. She had been a patient there for over six years. Mrs. Tackett was born in Fredericktown, Missouri on July 21, 1926, a daughter of John and Grace...
Eva Ramsey
Apr 16, 2015
Eva Elizabeth Ramsey, 80, of Churubusco, passed away at 1:08 p.m. on Thursday, April 16, 2015 at her home in Churubusco. Ms. Ramsey was born on May 27, 1934 in Fort Wayne, a daughter of Andrew and Ilo (Davis) Ramsey. She spent her formative years in Fort Wayne, and graduated from Central Catholic. On July 5, 1953 she was married...
Sharon Diffendarfer
Apr 10, 2015
Sharon A. Diffendarfer, 73, a resident of rural Churubusco, passed away at 3:20 p. m. on Friday, April 10, 2015 at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne. She had been in declining health since July and had entered the hospital on Tuesday. Sharon was born on June 13, 1941, a daughter of John Henry and Eileen (Kilgus) Boggess, and...
Wanda Howell
Apr 4, 2015
Wanda C. Howell, 74, a resident of rural Columbia City and wife of Earl R. Howell, passed away at 10:43 a. m. on Saturday, April 4, 2015 at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne where she had been a patient for the past two weeks. Mrs. Howell was born on July 15, 1940 in Fort Wayne, a daughter of Hubert and...
David Neuhouser
Apr 1, 2015
David L. Neuhouser, 82, long-time Taylor University professor and a former resident of Upland, passed away unexpectedly at 4:40 p. m. on Wednesday, April 1, 2015 at his home in Hartford City. Dr. Neuhouser was born on March 28, 1933 in Cedar Creek Township in Allen County, a son of Joseph S. and Hattie K. (Tonkel) Neuhouser, and graduated from...
Frederick Ramsey
Mar 30, 2015
Frederick R. Ramsey Jr., 67, of rural Avilla, passed away at 12:13 a.m. on Monday, March 30, 2015 at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne. Mr. Ramsey was born on April 9, 1947 in Fort Wayne, a son of Frederick R. and Alice (Porter) Ramsey. He spent his formative years in Huntertown, and graduated from Huntertown High School in...
Larry Teague
Mar 20, 2015
Larry M. Teague, 59, a resident of Churubusco, passed away early Friday morning, March 20, 2015, at his home. Although he had been in declining health for the past two years, his death was unexpected. Mr. Teague was born in Fort Wayne on March 5, 1956, a son of Ben L. and Victoria (Partin) Teague. He attended Smith-Green Community Schools...
Bernadine Gutierrez
Mar 16, 2015
Bernadine Alice Gutierrez, 83, of Fort Wayne, passed away at 11:42 am on Monday, March 16, 2015 at Covington Manor in Fort Wayne. She was born on November 22, 1931 in Fort Wayne, a daughter of Alton and Virginia (Fritz) Malone. She spent her formative years in Fort Wayne. She was a homemaker, she dedicated her life to her family,...
David Bratten
Mar 7, 2015
David L. Bratten, 77, of Francesville, passed away at 4:10 a.m. on Saturday, March 7, 2015 at Parkview Haven in Franceville, Indiana. Mr. Bratten was born on April 29, 1937 in, Fort Wayne, a son of Isham and Pauline (Case) Bratten. He spent his formative years in Daleville and Graduated from Daleville High School. He was employed at Kraft Foods...
Pauline Dorman
Mar 3, 2015
Pauline F. Dorman, 95, of Fort Wayne, passed away at 9:10 am on Tuesday, March 3, 2015 at Canterbury Nursing and Rehab in Fort Wayne. Mrs. Dorman was born on May 2, 1919 in Fort Wayne, a daughter of Earl and Eva (Truman) Shoda. On June 11, 1937 she was married in to Raymond Dorman, and the couple made their...
James Egolf
Feb 25, 2015
James D. Egolf, 84, of Kimmell, passed away on Wednesday, February 25, 2015 at 4:10 p.m. at Presence Sacred Heart, Avillia where he had resided since November of 2014. Jim was born on April 15, 1930 in Allen County, Indiana and was the son of Milo and Lois (Deem) Egolf. He spent his formative years in Smith Township and graduated...
Virginia Bulmer
Feb 21, 2015
Virginia L. Bulmer, 82, a former resident of Churubusco and widow of Herbert M. Bulmer, passed away at 12:03 a. m. on Saturday, February 21, 2015, at St. Joseph Medical Center in Fort Wayne. She had been in declining health for some time, and had entered the hospital earlier in the day after suffering an apparent heart attack. Mrs. Bulmer...

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