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...
Marilyn Owen
Jan 14, 2013
Marilyn E. Owen, 90, a resident of Churubusco and formerly of Green Township, passed away at 11:15 a. m. on Monday, January 14, 2013, at Parkview Whitley Hospital in Columbia City. She had been taken to the hospital from her home on Friday. Mrs. Owen was born in Churubusco on June 21, 1922, a daughter of Chester E. and Bertha...
James Guiff
Jan 11, 2013
James L. Guiff, 101, a resident of rural Churubusco and widely acquainted Eel River Township farmer, passed away at 4:22 a. m.. on Friday, January 11, 2013 at his home with his family by his side. Mr. Guiff was born on September 23, 1911 in Eel River Township, a son of John and Elizabeth (Fulk) Guiff.e He spent his formative...
Doris Craig
Jan 9, 2013
Doris W. Craig, 79, a resident of rural Churubusco and widow of Donald E. Craig, passed away at 4:09 am on Wednesday, January 9, 2013 ate Parkview Whitley Hospital in Columbia City shortly after admission.e She had been taken to the hospital after becoming ill at Miller's Merry Manor in Columbia City. Mrs. Craig was born on July 21, 1933...
Henry Cook
Dec 30, 2012
H. George "Jerry" Cook, 77, of Fort Wayne, passed away at 8:25 p.m. on Sunday, December 30, 2012 at Visiting Nurse and Hospice Home in Fort Wayne. Mr. Cook was born on June 11, 1935 in Indianapolis, a son of Henry George and Anna (Hart) Cook. He spent his formative years in Indianapolis, and graduated from Arsenal Technical High School...
Beverly Polston
Dec 28, 2012
Beverly Polston , 75, of Churubusco, passed away at 1:40 pm on Friday, December 28, 2012 at Miller's Merry Manor in Fort Wayne. Mrs. Polston was born on September 7, 1937 in Bluffton, a daughter of Ray and Martha (Foreman) Liggett. She spent her formative years in Bluffton. On November 20, 1954 she was married in Markle to Kirby D....
Flossie Bush
Dec 23, 2012
Marie Bush, 77, of Churubusco, passed away at 6:05 am on Sunday, December 23, 2012 at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne. Mrs. Bush was born on August 24, 1935 in Manson, Tennessee, a daughter of Oscar W. and Eva (Hoover) Smith. She was married to J. T. Bush, and moved from Muncie to Churubusco where she had lived...
Jessie Clouse
Dec 21, 2012
Jessie A. Clouse, 99, a former resident of rural Albion in Green Township and widow of Fred L. Clouse, passed away at 9:30 a. m. on Friday, December 21, 2012, at the Provena Sacred Heart Home in Avilla.e She had been a resident there since 2004. Mrs. Clouse was born in York Township in Noble County on October 12, 1913,...
Laurell Leitch
Dec 12, 2012
Laurell E. "Tuney" Leitch, 82, a resident of rural LaOtto and a lifelong resident of Green Township, passed away at 12:32 p. m. on Wednesday, December 12, 2012, at Dupont Hospital in Fort Wayne following an extended illness.e He had been admitted to the hospital on Tuesday. Mr. Leitch was born on December 15, 1929 in Kendallville, a son of...
Mary Bitting
Dec 10, 2012
M. Emeline Bitting, 96, a resident of Albion and widow of Ford Ze Bitting, passed away at 1:45 p. m. on Monday, December 10, 2012 at North Ridge Village Nursing Home in Albion following an extended illness. Mrs. Bitting was born in Noble County on November 24, 1916.e She was raised by John and Gertrude (Grawcock) Thorn, attended the Etna...
Almetta Green
Dec 2, 2012
Almetta Green, 91, a resident of rural Churubusco and widow of John W. "Bill" Green, passed away at 3:05 p. m. on Sunday, December 2, 2012, at the family residence following a lengthy illness. Mrs. Green was born on September 29, 1921 in Van Buren Township in Grant County, a daughter of Wilbur and Millie (Corey) Nelson.e She spent her...
