Richard Wagner
Oct 12, 2012
Richard H. Wagner, 82, a resident of rural Huntertown, passed away at 7:08 a. m. on Friday, October 12, 2012, at the Provena Sacred Heart Home in Avilla.e He had been a patient there for the past six months. Mr. Wagner was born on January 25, 1930 in Kendallville, the only child of Maurice G. and Ada M. (Koenig) Wagner.e...
Roy Greener
Oct 11, 2012
Roy S. Greener, 88, a resident of rural Fort Wayne and widely acquainted Lake Township farmer, passed away at 3:14 p. m. on Thursday, October 11, 2012, at Parkview Regional Medical Center. Mr. Greener was born on September 28, 1924 in Lake Township, a son of Otto and Anna (McCormick) Greener, and was a lifelong resident of rural Allen County,...
Harvey Lahr
Oct 10, 2012
Harvey Eugene "Gene" Lahr, 80, a resident of rural Churubusco in Allen County, passed away at 6:00 a. m. on Wednesday, October 10, 2012, at the family residence in Eel River Township.e He had been in declining health for some time, but his death was unexpected. Mr. Lahr was born on June 3, 1932 in Fort Wayne, a son of...
Robert Thomas
Sep 28, 2012
Robert J. Thomas, 69, a resident of rural Churubusco in Allen County, passed awaye on Friday, September 28, 2012 at 10:55 p. m., at the family residence in Eel River Township following an extended illness. Mr. Thomas was born on May 5, 1943 in Fort Wayne, a son of Joseph and Eileen (Spuhler) Thomas, and graduated from Huntertown High School...
Walter Bower
Sep 28, 2012
Walter L. Bower, 74, a resident of rural Churubusco in Allen County, passed away on Friday, September 28, 2012. Mr. Bower was born in Fort Wayne on April 15, 1938, a son of Charles N. and Martha Lois (Jackson) Bower, and graduated from Huntertown High School in 1956.e He was a U. S. Army veteran, and retired from Peter Eckrich...
Donald Allen
Sep 26, 2012
Donald F. Allen, 91, a resident of Williams Lake near Albion, passed away at 12:15 p. m. on Wednesday, September 26, 2012, at the home of his daughter in Gahanna, Ohio with his family by his side. Mr. Allen was born in Fort Wayne on July 7, 1921, a son of Charles T. and Irma (Schroeder) Allen, and as a...
Jay Adams
Sep 20, 2012
Jay H. Adams, 72, a former resident of Fort Wayne and more recently of rural Columbia City, passed away at 7:10 a. m. on Thursday, September 20, 2012, at his residence in Noble County. He had been seriously ill for the past month. Mr. Adams was born on May 6, 1940 in Fort Wayne, a son of Paulus and Ressie...
Robert Bell
Sep 18, 2012
Robert Paul Bell, 88, a former resident of Churubusco and Lake Township in Allen County, passed away at 4:45 p. m. on Tuesday, September 18, 2012, at the Summit City Nursing Home in Fort Wayne.e He had been a patient there for the past two years. Mr. Bell was born on July 21, 1924 in Warren, a son of William...
Edna Akers
Sep 17, 2012
Edna Mae "Eddie" Akers, 86, a resident of Green Township and wife of Charles Eugene Akers, passed away at 11:59 p. m. on Monday, September 17, 2012, at the family residence following an extended illness. Mrs. Akers was born on April 17, 1926 near Convoy, Ohio, a daughter of Homer and Lucy (Ingmire) Murphy, and spent her formative years in...
Frieda Whan
Sep 8, 2012
Frieda E. Whan, 97, a resident of Huntertown, passed away at 7:45 p. m. on Saturday, September 8, 2012, at the Towne House Retirement Community in Fort Wayne where she had been a patient for the past six weeks. Frieda was born on September 18, 1914 in Huntertown, a daughter of Dainel and Hulda (Stauffer) Steiner.e She spent her formative...
Junine Reed
Sep 1, 2012
Junine E. Reed , 66, of Avilla, passed away at 8:20 am on Saturday, September 1, 2012 at her home in Avilla. Mrs. Reed was born on March 16, 1946 in Fort Wayne, a daughter of Thomas M. and Agatha (Ditmars) Gibson. She spent her formative years in Fort Wayne, and graduated from North Side High School in 1964. On...
Margaret Geiger
Aug 16, 2012
Margaret A. Geiger, 84, a resident of Churubusco and widow of M. Duane Geiger, passed away at 6:00 a. m. on Thursday, August 16, 2012, at the residence of her daughter, where she had resided for the past five years. Mrs. Geiger was born in Churubusco on December 22, 1927, a daughter of Joseph W. and Gertrude (Campbell) Overly. As...
Arthur Baron
Aug 14, 2012
Arthur Adam Baron, 56, of Columbia City, passed away at 9:40 am on Tuesday, August 14, 2012 at Visiting Nurse & Hospice Home in Fort Wayne. Mr. Baron was born on January 19, 1956 in Fort Wayne, a son of Earland and Marjorie (Collins) Baron. On July 1, 1977 he was married in Fort Wayne to Rebecca Imbody, and moved...
Samuel Morgan
Aug 14, 2012
S. Charles "Chuck" Morgan , 73, of Churubusco, passed away at 7:29 am on Tuesday, August 14, 2012 at his home. Mr. Morgan was born on August 3, 1939 in Baltimore , MD., a son of S. C. and Genevieve (Bethke) Morgan. On October 14, 1983 he was married at Green Center Church to Judy Bayless, and moved from Fort...
Robert Childs
Aug 5, 2012
Robert C. Childs, 93, formerly of Fairmount, passed away at 8:45 p. m. on Sunday, August 5, 2012, at Heritage Pointe in Warren following an extended illness. Mr. Childs was born in Matthews on August 16, 1918, a son of Oliver Morton and Junietta Ruth (Morris) Childs. He spent his formative years in Matthews, attended Matthews School, and graduated from...
Genevieve Lehman
Aug 5, 2012
Genevieve Anne (Warner) Lehman, 90, a former resident of Topeka and widow of Dr. Kenneth M. Lehman,e died at 7:05 a. m. on Sunday, August 5, 2012, at her home in Indianapolis. A long-time resident of Topeka, she was born to DeMain and Hazel (Keim) Warner in Goshen on October 18, 1921, and graduated from Goshen High School in 1938.e...
Grace Sade
Aug 3, 2012
Grace Lucille Sade, 80, a resident of Churubusco and widow of Boyce R. Sade, passed away 12:38 a. m. on Friday, August 3, 2012, at her home. Born on January 28, 1932 in Cave City, Arkansas, she was the daughter of William Harrison and Virgie Mae (Brewer) Pinkston.e She moved to Indiana in 1950 and was employed as an operator...
Janice Holmes
Jul 29, 2012
Janice "Mama" Sue Holmes, 71, wife of Timothy A. Holmes and long-time Churubusco restaurant owner and operator, passed away at 9:40 p. m. on Sunday, July 29, 2012, at her summer home at Blue Lake near Churubusco following a lengthy illness. Mrs. Holmes was born in Elkhart on October 24, 1940, a daughter of Lemuel Carl and Zaylia Bonnie (Girten)...
Joyce Gibson
Jul 25, 2012
Joycee Gibson, 65, of Churubusco, passed away at 4:00 am on Wednesday, July 25, 2012 at her home in Churubusco. Ms. Gibson was born on March 14, 1947 in Kendallville, a daughter of Edward and Audra (Porter) King. She spent her formative years in Kendallville, and graduated frome Kendallville High School. She made and sold jewelry until she became ill....
Olga Buesching
Jul 15, 2012
Olga Martha (Paschka) Buesching, 98, who lived a long, industrious and eventful life, journeyed to Heaven on Sunday, July 15, 2012.e She was reunited with her devoted husband Fred "Fritz" Buesching, and her recently departed daughter Nancy Tucker and son-in-law Bob Tucker. Born on January 3, 1914 in Fort Wayne to Theodore and Anna (Schlink) Paschka, she graduated from Luther...
