Eleanor Swinehart
Aug 26, 2013
Eleanor J. Swinehart, 82, a resident of rural Churubusco and widow of George R. Swinehart, passed away on Monday afternoon, August 26, 2013 in Lewisville, Texas. She had become unexpectedly ill in February while visiting her daughter in Lantana, Texas. Mrs. Swinehart was born in Fort Wayne on August 17, 1931, a daughter of Eli and Alice (Lochner) Nicolet. She...
Janet Campbell
Aug 17, 2013
Janet G. (Craft) Campbell, 44, a resident of Camby in Marion County and wife of rural Avilla native Joseph C. Campbell, passed away at 4:49 p. m. on Saturday, August 17, 2013, at St. Francis Hospital in Indianapolis after becoming unexpectedly ill on Wednesday. Mrs. Campbell was born in Winamac on May 18, 1969, a daughter of Woodrow and Goldie...
Madison Casey
Aug 16, 2013
Madison Noel Casey, infant daughter of Jon E. and Jessica K. (Moss) Casey of Fort Wayne, was stillborn at 12:30 p. m. on Friday, August 16, 2013 at Parkview Randallia Hospital. Surviving in addition to her parents are grandparents Kathryn and James Bolling of Auburn, John Moss of Fort Wayne, and Randall and Julie Garraghty of Lynchburg, Va; great-grandparents David...
Carrie Pippenger
Aug 16, 2013
Carrie Lee (Craft) Pippenger, 91, of Fort Wayne and formerly of rural Avilla, passed away on August 16, 2013, at 12:53 a. m. She was born on February 9, 1922 in Breathitt, Kentucky, to Elliot and Lona (Fletcher) Craft. She married Everett R. Pippenger on September 8, 1938. They lived many years in the Green Center area and Avilla. She...
Harold May
Aug 11, 2013
Harold Kenneth May, Sr., 94, of Bennington, Oklahoma, and formally of rural Churubusco, passed away at 2:33 p. m. on Sunday, August 11, 2013 at Texoma Medical Center in Denison, Texas. Mr. May was born on December 3, 1918 in Greenville, South Carolina, a son of Elzie R.and Nettie (Hames) May. He spent his formative years in Greenville, SC., and...
Richard Tuck
Aug 9, 2013
Richard H. Tuck, 65, a former resident of Churubusco and more recently of rural LaOtto, passed away at 5:35 a. m. on Friday, August 9, 2013 at his home in Swan Township following a two year battle with brain cancer. Mr. Tuck was born on February 13, 1948 in Roanoke, Virginia, a son of William H. and Dorothy (Sheppard) Tuck,...
Joan Williams
Aug 5, 2013
Joan U. Williams, 84, of Noblesville, formally of Milton and Cambridge City, passed away at 9:34 pm on Monday, August 5, 2013 at Miller's Merry Manor in Tipton. Mrs. Williams was born on September 2, 1928 in Connersville, a daughter of Kenneth "Pat" and Eula (Fields) Null. She spent her formative years in Milton were she attended school. On July...
Thomas Schultis
Aug 3, 2013
Thomas E. Schultis, 73, a resident of rural Churubusco near Blue Lake, passed away on Saturday afternoon, August 3, 2013, from the results of a two vehicle accident on State Road 205 near LaOtto in DeKalb County. Mr. Schultis was born on August 2, 1940 in Cleveland, Ohio, a son of Earl Vincent and Florence Catherine (Conner) Schultis. He moved...
John Bianski
Aug 2, 2013
John A. Bianski, 57, a resident of rural LaOtto, passed away at 1:40 p. m. on Friday, August 2, 2013 at his home in Ege following a two year battle with cancer. Mr. Bianski was born on December 5, 1955 in Fort Wayne, a son of Ralph F. and Mary Louise "Suzy" (Happel) Bianski. He was a lifelong resident of...
Jessie Scheurich
Jul 31, 2013
Jessie A. Scheurich, 102, a former resident of Churubusco and Green Township, and widow of Howard Scheurich, passed away at 3:10 a. m. on Wednesday, July 31, 2013 at Miller's Merry Manor in Garrett after a brief illness. Mrs. Scheurich was born on June 9, 1911 in Noble County, a daughter of Jacob and Utokia (Ragan) Snell. She spent her...
Ora Lehman
Jul 29, 2013
Ora D. "Lee" Lehman, 91, a former resident of Fort Wayne and also Whitley County, passed away at 1:40 p. m. on Monday, July 29, 2013, at Renaissance Village near Fort Wayne following an extended illness. Mr. Lehman was born in DeKalb County near Corunna on May 6, 1922, a son of Otto R. and Anna (Hasselman) Lehman. He spent...
Rex Stangland
Jul 25, 2013
Rex Edward Stangland, 78, of rural Albion, passed away on Thursday, July 25, 2013 at his home, with family at his side, Following a long battle with multiple myeloma. Mr. Stangland was born on June 4, 1935 in Wolf Lake, a son of Jay and Mary (Starkey) Stangland. He spent his formative years in Wolf Lake, and graduated from Wolf...
Harold Lavachek
Jul 7, 2013
Harold L. Lavachek, 85, a resident of Huntertown, passed away at 6:29 a. m. on Sunday, July 7, 2013, at Parkview Hospital Randallia in Fort Wayne. Although he had been in declining health, his death was unexpected. Mr. Lavachek was born in Chicago on June 18, 1928, a son of James Wencle and Anna (Vek) Lavachek, but spent most of...
Doris Sheets
Jul 3, 2013
Doris R. Sheets, 83, retired co-owner of Sheets Funeral Home in Churubusco and wife of Lester K. Sheets, passed away at 6 a. m. on Wednesday, July 3, 2013 at her home in Columbia City following an extended illness. Mrs. Sheets was born on December 17, 1929 in Kosciusko County to Marvin H. and Cora A. (Weaver) Leedy. She spent...
Willodean Grawcock
Jul 2, 2013
Willodean Grawcock Hines, 88, a resident of Fort Wayne and a native of Churubusco, passed away at 12:45 a. m. on Tuesday, July 2, 2013, at Miller's Merry Manor in Syracuse. She had been in failing health since May and had entered the nursing home on Saturday. Willodean was born on August 17, 1924 in Churubusco, a daughter of Leslie...
Talmage "Bud" Campbell
Jun 23, 2013
Talmage G. "Bud" Campbell, 93, a resident of rural Huntertown, passed away at 7 a. m. on Sunday, June 23, 2013, at the family residence in Eel River Township following an extended illness. Mr. Campbell was born on June 2, 1920 in Stanley, New York, a son of Talmage and Lena (Gerould) Campbell, and spent his formative years in that...
Max Boxell
Jun 16, 2013
Max L. Boxell, 78, of Fort Wayne, passed away at 3:30 p. m. on Sunday, June 16, 2013, at his home. Surviving is his wife Marlene (Baumgardner) Boxell, to whom he was married for 57 years; a daughter Dedra Fisher of Fort Wayne; a son Brent A. (Shelly) Boxell of Bloomington, Ill; a sister Marilyn Bishop of South Whitley; six...
Danny Bowser
Jun 16, 2013
Danny K. Bowser, 62, of Churubusco, passed away at 8:00 am on Sunday, June 16, 2013 at the Visiting Nurse and Hospice Home in Fort Wayne. Mr. Bowser was born on February 11, 1951 in Auburn, a son of Wayne W. and Betty (Miller) Bowser. He spent his formative years in Churubusco. He was a proud veteran of the Vietnam...
James Eby
Jun 5, 2013
James L. Eby, 83, of Fort Wayne, passed away at 10:25 am on Wednesday, June 5, 2013 at Ashton Creek Health & Rehab in Fort Wayne.Mr. Eby was born on June 18, 1929 in Fort Wayne, a son of Louis and Ruth (Wehrly) Eby. He spent his formative years in Eel River Township, Allen County. On August 14, 1948 he...
Robert Fudge
May 27, 2013
Robert A. Fudge, 95, a resident of Lake Township in Allen County, went peacefully on the morning of Monday, May 27, 2013, at the Hamilton House in Fort Wayne. Mr. Fudge was born in Eel River Township on September 15, 1917, a son of Dean and Pearl (Arnold) Fudge, and graduated from Churubusco High School in 1935.e As a young...
