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Donna Misener
May 7, 2013
Donna J. Misener, 57, a resident of Fort Wayne and a native of Lake Township, passed away at 4:30 p. m. on Tuesday, May 7, 2013, at Covington Manor in Fort Wayne. She had been in failing health since November. Ms. Misener was born on October 14, 1955 in Fort Wayne, a daughter of George R. and Beatrice (Benson) Misener,...
Roger Schiefelbein
May 2, 2013
Roger K. Schiefelbein, 78, a resident of rural Columbia City, passed away on Thursday morning, May 2, 2013, at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne. Mr. Schiefelbein was born on August 3, 1934 in Shawano, Wisconsin, a son of William C. and Ruth M. (Thompson) Schiefelbein.e He spent his formative years in Wisconsin where he graduated from high school...
Thomas Papenbrock
Apr 30, 2013
Thomas E. Papenbrock, Sr., 74, a resident of Churubusco, passed away at 12:08 a. m. on Tuesday, April 30, 2013, at his home.e Although he had been in failing health, his death was unexpected. Mr. Papenbrock was born on March 18, 1939 in Churubusco, a son of Ervin H. and Mary E. (Nestel) Papenbrock, and spent his formative years there.e...
Kathy Greenawalt
Apr 28, 2013
Kathy L. Greenawalt, 53, a resident of rural Churubusco in Noble County, passed away at 10:40 a. m. on Sunday, April 28, 2013 at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne. Mrs. Greenawalt was born on February 14, 1960 in Conneaut, Ohio, a daughter of Gerald and Deanna (Campbell) Braden, and spent her formative years in Knox, Indiana. She graduated...
Joseph Younis
Apr 27, 2013
Joseph C. Younis, 76, of Green Center, passed away at 7:52 pm on Saturday, April 27, 2013 at his home. Mr. Younis was born on July 25, 1936 in Green Center, Noble County, a son of Charley and Mary (Nomoura) Younis. He spent his formative years in Green Center, and graduated from Albion High School. After his service in the...
Nancy Maggert
Apr 20, 2013
N. Diane Maggert, 81, a resident of Churubusco and widow of Wellington N.e "Wink" Maggert, passed away at 1:38 p. m. on Saturday, April 20, 2013, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne following a brief illness. Mrs. Maggert was born on August 31, 1931 in Washington Twp. in Allen County, a daughter of Merle and Laura (Heffelfinger) Amstutz, and spent...
Lenora Geiger
Apr 20, 2013
Lenora Ellen Geiger, 95, a former resident of Green Township in Noble County and widow of R. Franklin Geiger, passed away at 9:58 p. m. on Saturday, April 20, 2013 at North Ridge Village in Albion.e She had been a resident there since 2007. Mrs. Geiger was born on March 22, 1918 in Eel River Township in Allen County, a...
John Addis
Apr 15, 2013
John Franklin Addis, Jr., 76, a resident of rural Churubusco, passed away at 5:53 p. m. on Monday, April 15, 2013 at the family residence in Smith Township.e He had been seriously ill since January. Mr. Addis was born in Green Township in Noble County on November 22, 1936, a son of John and Marie Estella (Claxton) Addis, Sr., and...
Jason Gnagey
Apr 14, 2013
Jason Samuel Gnagey, 27, a native of Churubusco and more recently of Fort Wayne, passed away at 2:35 a. m. on Sunday, April 14, 2013 in downtown Fort Wayne as the result of a motorcycle and motor vehicle accident. Jason was born on June 5, 1985 in Fort Wayne, a son of J. Samuel and Mary-Beth (Pearson) Gnagey, and spent...
Norman Doud
Apr 11, 2013
Norman D. Doud, 84, of rural Columbia City, passed away at 10:50 pm on Thursday, April 11, 2013 at his residence at Tri Lakes. Mr. Doud was born on November 24, 1928 in Fort Wayne, a son of Hubert and Nora (Goings) Doud, and spent his formative years there. On January 12, 1968 he was married in Fort Wayne to...
Nellie Diffendarfer
Apr 5, 2013
Irene Diffendarfer, 90, a native of Noble County and formerly of Fort Wayne, passed away at 5:59 a. m. on Friday, April 5, 2013 in Waxhaw, North Carolina. Mrs. Diffendarfer was born on February 17, 1923 in Noble County, a daughter of James and Chloe (Owen) Herron. She spent her formative years near Churubusco, and was married in Churubusco on...
Gregory Dahms
Mar 31, 2013
Gregory W. Dahms, 65, a resident of rural Churubusco, passed away at 5:43 a. m. on Sunday, March 31, 2013, at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne.e He had been in declining health for some time and had been a patient at the hospital for the past week. Mr. Dahms was born in Fort Wayne on December 12, 1947,...
Mary Hooten
Mar 29, 2013
Mary Hooten, 88, a former resident of Churubusco and widow of Burdette Hooten, was received into the arms of her Lord at 11:26 p. m. on Friday, March 29, 2013 at North Ridge Village Nursing Home in Albion with her family by her side. Mrs. Hooten was born in Andrew, Alberta, Canada on January 2, 1925, a daughter of Alec...
Ricki Tulley
Mar 28, 2013
Rick Tulley, 60, a resident of Tri-Lakes, passed away at 6:20 p. m. on Thursday, March 28, 2013 at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne. He had been in failing health for the past two years. Mr. Tulley was born in Wolf Lake on September 19, 1952, a son of Gloyd and Edna (Fisher) Tulley. He spent all of...
Fae Carter
Mar 26, 2013
Fae Elizabeth Carter, 92, a resident of Columbia City and widow of Ralph B. Carter, Sr., passed away at 12:30 a. m. on Tuesday, March 26, 2013, at Miller's Merry Manor in Columbia City.e She had been a patient there for the past two years. Mrs. Carter was born in Fort Wayne on April 27, 1920, a daughter of Ruben...
Jamin Winebrenner
Mar 14, 2013
Jamin Micah Winebrenner, 29, a resident of Churubusco, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday morning, March 14, 2013 at his home. Jamin was born on January 30, 1984 in Columbia City, a son of Steven and Cindy (Herendeen) Winebrenner, was educated at Smith-Green Community Schools, and was a lifelong resident of Churubusco. He had been employed for several years as a...
John Gillespie
Mar 2, 2013
John V. Gillespie, 90, of Albion, passed away at 5:05 am on Saturday, March 2, 2013 at St. Joseph Hospital in Fort Wayne. Mr. Gillespie was born on June 5, 1922 in Kendallville, a son of Vern H. and Dorothy (Lash) Gillespie. On May 6, 1942 he was married in Knox, Indiana to Leila V. Campbell. He was employed at...
Marjorie Wetzel
Feb 23, 2013
Marjorie June Wetzel, 85, formally of rural Smith Township in Whitley County, passed away at 11:05 p. m.e on Saturday, February 23, 2013 at Renaissance Village in Fort Wayne. Ms. Wetzel was born on October 29, 1927 in Fort Wayne, a daughter of Millard and Lucy (Bilcer) McClintock.e She spent her formative years in Fort Wayne, and graduated from Southside...
Michael Tartaglia
Feb 23, 2013
Michael John Tartaglia, 85, a resident of rural Columbia City in Smith Township, passed away at 6:04 a. m. on Saturday, February 23, 2013 at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne.e Although he had been hospitalized recently, his death was unexpected. Mr. Tartaglia was born in Chicago on June 2, 1927, a son of Guseippe and Maria (Coppola) Tartaglia,...
Lavelda Mccoy
Feb 9, 2013
LaVelda K. McCoy, 94, a former resident of Green Township in Noble County and widow of Dale F. McCoy, passed away at 1:55 a. m. on Saturday, February 9, 2013 at North Ridge Village Nursing Home in Albion.e She had been a patient there since 2010. Mrs. McCoy was born in Green Township on January 18, 1919, a daughter of...

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