Charles Gudakunst
Jun 6, 2015
Charles L. "Chuck" Gudakunst, 72, a resident of Columbia City and formerly of rural Churubusco in Noble County, passed away at 6:48 p. m. on Saturday, June 6, 2015, at Visiting Nurse & Hospice Home in Fort Wayne. He had entered the hospice home on Thursday evening, but had been in failing health for the past six months. Mr. Gudakunst...
James Streby
May 31, 2015
James "Jim" W. Streby Sr., 48, of Columbia City, passed away at 3:42 pm on Sunday, May 31, 2015 at his home. Mr. Streby was born on March 6, 1967 in Fort Wayne, a son of Kenneth Streby and Linda (Lambert) Kuehner. He spent his formative years in Fort Wayne, and graduated from South Side High School in 1986. After...
Charles Rollins
May 31, 2015
Charles F. Rollins, 81, of Churubusco, passed away at 6:46 p.m. on Sunday, May 31, 2015 at Parkview Hospital Randallia in Fort Wayne. Mr. Rollins was born on February 5, 1934 in Churubusco, a son of Marvin and Florence (Deck) Rollins. On June 29, 1984 he was married in Allen County to Betty (Heffelfinger) Geiger. Following high school Mr. Rollins...
M. Bailey
May 28, 2015
Charlene (Fuhrman) Bailey, 99, a former resident of Churubusco and more recently of Syracuse, passed away on Thursday, May 28, 2015, at Miller's Merry Manor in Syracuse. She had been a patient there for over five years. Mrs. Bailey was born on April 28, 1916 near Marion, a daughter of Charles and Faye (Smith) Barnhouse. As a youth she moved...
Barbara Courtney
May 24, 2015
Barbara Lee Courtney, 49, of Avilla, passed away at 8:30 a.m. on Sunday, May 24, 2015 at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne. Mrs. Courtney was born on November 25, 1965 in Gary, Indiana, a daughter of Jerry L. Griffin and Janet (Harper) Ihnat. She spent her formative years in Chesterton, and graduated from Chesterton Senior High School in...
Martha Bushong
May 19, 2015
Martha (Tomlinson) Bushong, 88, of Albion, passed away at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 19, 2015 at Northridge Village Nursing Home in Albion. Mrs. Bushong was born on November 2, 1926 in Hillsdale County, Michigan, a daughter of Charles Mory and Mary (Tucker) Wilkins. She spent her formative years in Churubusco, and graduated from Churubusco High School on April 24,...
Evelyn Digregory
May 13, 2015
Evelyn Maxine DiGregory, 96, a resident of rural Churubusco and wife of Alfred DiGregory, passed away at Wednesday, May 13, 2015, at Miller's Merry Manor at Oak Pointe in Columbia City following a lengthy illness. Mrs. DiGregory was born on August 31, 1918 in Thorncreek Township in Whitley County, a daughter of LeVerr (Gaff) Shanabarger, and was educated in the...
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...
