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...
Douglas Lockwood
Feb 8, 2013
Douglas C. Lockwood, 78, a resident of rural Churubusco in Allen County, passed away at 11:00 p. m. on Friday, February 8, 2013, at the Kingston Care Center in Fort Wayne.e He had been in declining health since August. Mr. Lockwood was born on November 2, 1934 in Jackson Township in Elkhart County, a son of Orval L. and Orpha...
Sidney Perry
Feb 7, 2013
Sidney L. Perry, 77, a resident of Crooked Lake in Steuben County and formerly of Fort Wayne, passed away at 6:13 p. m. on Thursday, February 7, 2013, at The Laurels of DeKalb in Butler following a lengthy illness. Mr. Perry was born on March 29, 1935 in Fort Wayne, a son of Sidney and Valleta (Oberholtzer) Perry, Sr., and...
Larry Konger
Feb 6, 2013
Larry Konger, 57, a resident of Fort Wayne and formerly of Churubusco, e passed away at 6:54 p. m. on Wednesday, February 6, 2013 at his home. Mr. Konger was born on December 24, 1955 in Garrett, a son of James A. and Barbara (Raypole) Konger. He spent his formative years in Churubusco. After serving in the United States Marine...
Leona Uptgraft
Feb 6, 2013
Leona M. Uptgraft, 83, a resident of Merriam and widow of William A. Uptgraft, passed away at 8:20 a. m. on Wednesday, February 6, 2013 at Indiana University Health Goshen Hospital in Goshen.e Although she had been in declining health, she had only been seriously ill for a short time. Mrs. Uptgraft was born on April 20, 1929 in Perry...
Cheryl Targgart
Jan 29, 2013
Cheryl Marie Targgart, 63 a resident of Churubusco and wife of Dan Targgart, passed away at 5:35 p. m. on Tuesday, January 29, 2013, at the Indiana University Medical Center in Indianapolis. Mrs. Targgart was born on April 11, 1949 in Beech Grove, a daughter of the late Rev. Richard E. and Mabel V. (Morehead) Kistler, and lived all of...
Doris Jones
Jan 24, 2013
Doris J. (Christlieb) Jones, 68, a resident of Altona near Garrett, passed away on Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 10:13 a. m. at the Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne. She had been taken to the hospital on Friday after suffering an apparent heart attack at her home. Ms. Jones was born in Garrett on June 2, 1944, a...
Elmer Linnemeier
Jan 24, 2013
Elmer F. Linnemeier, 86, a resident of rural Fort Wayne and well known Lake Township farmer, passed away at 9:45 p. m. on Thursday, January 24, 2013. Mr. Linnemeier was born in Lake Township in Allen County on January 5, 1927, a son of Carl and Bertha (Stahlhut) Linnemeier, and was a lifelong resident there.e Engaged in farming all of...
Rosemarie Wright
Jan 17, 2013
Rosemarie C. (Magers) Wright, 91, a former resident of Churubusco and Fort Wayne, and widow of William C. Wright, passed away peacefully at 5:55 a. m. on Thursday, January 17, 2013 at Covington Manor in Fort Wayne following an extended illness. Mrs. Wright was born in Fort Wayne on May 23, 1921, a daughter of Joseph I. and Elizabeth A....
Noell League
Jan 17, 2013
Noell T. League, 52, a resident of Fort Wayne and wife of Dennis E. League, passed away unexpectedly at 11:35 p. m. on Thursday, January 17, 2013 at the Covington Manor Nursing Home in Fort Wayne.e She had been taken there earlier in the day after being hospitalized. Mrs. League was born in Beaufort, South Carolina on December 19, 1960,...
Mary Bueker
Jan 14, 2013
Mary K. Bueker, 92, a resident of Blue Lake near Churubusco and formerly of Avilla, passed away unexpectedly on Monday afternoon, January 14, 2013, at her residence. Mrs. Bueker was born on November 29, 1920 in Albion, a daughter of Ralph and Beulah (Webster) Schlotterback. She spent her formative years in Ligonier and Albion, and graduated from Albion High School...
