Duane Barth
Jan 7, 2015
Duane M. Barth, 68, a resident of rural Columbia City, passed away at 1:03 p. m. on Wednesday, January 7, 2015 at Parkview Whitley Hospital in Columbia City. He had been in declining health for the past two years. Mr. Barth was born on July 5, 1946 in Fort Wayne, a son of Robert and Margaret (Downend) Barth. He spent...
Ralph Deck
Jan 2, 2015
Ralph Eugene Deck Sr., 85, of Albion, passed away at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, January 2, 2015 at his home south of Wolf Lake. Mr. Deck was born on May 25, 1929 in Oakwood, Ohio, a son of George G. and Elmira (Rollins) Deck. After high school Ralph joined the United States Air Force and served his county for 17...
Ralph Perry
Dec 29, 2014
Ralph E. "Butch" Perry, 74, of Fort Wayne, passed away at 9:08 a.m. on Monday, December 29, 2014 at his home. Mr. Perry was born on May 31, 1940 in Fort Wayne, a son of Sidney and Valleta (Oberholtzer) Perry, Sr. He spent his formative years in Fort Wayne. After high school he serviced in the United States Army. On...
Edith Colpean
Dec 24, 2014
Edith L. Colpean, 83, of Saginaw, Michigan, passed away at 5:25 pm on Wednesday, December 24, 2014 at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne. Mrs. Colpean was born on September 10, 1931 in Kiel, Germany, a daughter of Wilhelm and Elisabeth (Clausen) Mohr. She spent her formative years in Kiel, and Emigrated to Toranto, Canada in 1954. In June,...
Floyd Herdman
Dec 23, 2014
Floyd E. Herdman, 90, of Huntertown, passed away peacefully at 5:00 pm on Tuesday, December 23, 2014 at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne surrounded by his loving family and the Lord, Jesus Christ. Mr. Herdman was born on February 28, 1924 in Fort Wayne, a son of Clarence and Blanche (Gebert) Herdman. He spent his formative years in...
Barbara Gensheimer
Dec 23, 2014
Barbara Gensheimer, 70, of Churubusco, passed away at 3:00 am on Tuesday, December 23, 2014 at Miller's Merry Manor in Columbia City. Ms. Gensheimer was born on November 26, 1944 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, a daughter of Joe and Lucille (Durnell) Roach. She spent her formative years in Fort Wayne, and graduated from New Haven High School in 1963. She...
Ralph Mittendorf
Dec 21, 2014
Ralph Mittendorf, Jr., 88, of Huntertown, passed away at 4:02 pm on Sunday, December 21, 2014 at Ashton Creek in Fort Wayne. Mr. Mittendorf was born on January 5, 1926 in Madison County, Indiana, a son of Ralph and Ruth (Painter) Mittendorf. He spent his formative years in Madison County, and graduated from Summitville High School in 1943. On February...
Robert Butts
Dec 13, 2014
Robert E. Butts, Sr., 98, a resident of rural Wolcottville and formerly of Fort Wayne and Churubusco, passed away at 8:05 p. m. on Saturday, December 13, 2014 at Lutheran Life Villages in Kendallville following a brief illness. Mr. Butts was born in Fort Wayne on February 2, 1916, a son of Carl E. and Helen (Lutz) Butts. He spent...
Jonathan Arehart
Dec 10, 2014
Jonathan Rawson Arehart, 58, of rural Churubusco in Noble County, passed away at 7:15 pm on Wednesday, December 10, 2014 at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne. Mr. Arehart was born on April 26, 1956 in Bitburg, Germany, a son of Phillip L and Ruth (Fulk) Arehart. He spent his formative years in Green Township and spent most of...
Martha Englehart
Dec 10, 2014
Martha Engelhart, 99, of Clearwater, Florida, passed away at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, December 10, 2014 in Churubusco. Mrs. Engelhart was born on June 30, 1915 in Bainbridge, Indiana, a daughter of Fred and Myrtle (Hennon) Boatman. She spent her formative years in Bainbridge. After high school she attended Central Normal College in Danville, Indiana, where she received her teachers...
Thelma Lehman
Dec 6, 2014
Thelma J. Lehman, 82, a former resident of Lake Township in Allen County and widow of Ora D. Lehman, passed away at 12:05 a. m. on Saturday, December 6, 2014 at Renaissance Village. She had been a patient there for seven and one-half years. Mrs. Lehman was born in Wells County on August 19, 1932, a daughter of Franklin and...
Vivian Gunder
Dec 5, 2014
Vivian Corrine Gunder, 77, of Sacramento, Ca. was returned to the Lord on Friday, December 5, 2014 while she slept. Mrs. Gunder was born on May 12, 1937 in Bristol, Indiana, a daughter of Dorsey A. and Nila Jean (Hartman) Arnold. On February 11, 1956 she was married in Albion to Paul K. Gunder, the couple spent their married life...
Adam Ross
Dec 2, 2014
Adam P. Ross, 29, a former resident of Churubusco and more recently of Fort Wayne, passed away at 10:44 p. m. on Tuesday, December 2, 2014, at his home following an extended illness. Adam was born on May 14, 1985, a son of Terry L. and Candace (Traxler) Ross, and spent all of his formative years in Churubusco. He graduated...
Thomas Martin
Nov 28, 2014
Thomas L. "Tom" Martin, 53, a resident of Churubusco, passed away peacefully at his home on Friday, November 28, 2014 at 10:04 p. m., surrounded by his loving family. He had been in declining health since October. Mr. Martin was born in Huntington on September 12, 1961, a son of James Lee and Nina (King) Martin. He spent his early...
Karen Emrich
Nov 26, 2014
Karen L. Emrich, 71, a resident of rural Huntertown and wife of James A. Emrich, passed away at 4:10 a. m. on Wednesday, November 26, 2014 at Kingston Care Center. She had been in declining health for some time and had been a patient there for the past three months. Mrs. Emrich was born on June 5, 1943 in Fort...
William Sobasky
Nov 21, 2014
William A. "Bill" Sobasky, 71, a resident of rural LaOtto, passed away at 11:35 a. m. on Friday, November 21, 2014 at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne. He had been in declining health since September and had entered the hospital on Wednesday. Mr. Sobasky was born on October 8, 1943 in Fort Wayne, and son of Joseph and...
Connie Miller
Nov 15, 2014
Connie J. Miller, 68, a resident of Churubusco and wife of Richard N. Miller, passed away at 8:15 a. m. on Saturday, November 15, 2014 at her residence. Although she had been in declining health, her death was unexpected. Mrs. Miller was born in Fort Wayne on August 11, 1946, a daughter of Phil and Betty (Garrison) Miller, and spent...
Gerald Mascho
Nov 10, 2014
Gerald A. "Jerry" Mascho, 70, a resident of rural Churubusco, passed away at 6:25 p. m. on Monday, November 10, 2014 at Visiting Nurse & Hospice Home in Fort Wayne, where he had been a patient for the past week. Mr. Mascho was born on November 16, 1943 in Jackson, Michigan, and had lived in this area since 1987. A...
Vera Lepper
Nov 9, 2014
Vera M. Lepper, 81, of Kimmell, passed away at 12:20 p.m. on Sunday, November 9, 2014 at her home in Kimmell. Mrs. Lepper was born on January 7, 1933 in Fort Wayne, a daughter of Ralph C. and Mae (Dell) Walker. She spent her formative years in Fort Wayne. On she was married in 1962 to Robert W. Lepper, and...
Walter Mills
Oct 29, 2014
Walter R. Mills, 81, a resident of rural Columbia City at Tri-Lakes, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday morning, October 29, 2014 at the family residence on Shriner Lake. Mr. Mills was born in 1933 in Detroit, a son of Harold and Mary (Falba) Mills. He moved to Fort Wayne as a child with his parents, and was a U. S....
