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Jay Adams

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Darrell Hoot

Darrell Hoot

Jul 14, 2012

Darrell W. Hoot, 90, a resident of Huntertown, passed away peacefully at his home at 7:20 a. m. on Saturday, July 14, 2012. Mr. Hoot was born May 27, 1922, in Huntertown to Blake E. & Alla Mae (Emminger) Hoot,and was a lifelong resident of the Huntertown community. He served in the US Coast Guard and helped to form the...

Lloyd Young

Lloyd Young

Jul 13, 2012

Lloyd T. Young , 85, of Albion, passed away at 4:45 pm on Friday, July 13, 2012 at North Ridge Village Nursing Home in Albion. Mr. Young was born on July 21, 1926 in Green Township, Noble County, a son of Fred M. and Flossie (Heintzelman). He spent his formative years in Noble County. On September 15, 1946 he was...

Russell Sage

Russell Sage

Jul 12, 2012

Russell H. Sage, 91, a former resident of Eel River Township in Allen County, passed away at 12:40 a. m. on Thursday, July 12, 2012, at Emeritus Senior Living in Fort Wayne where he had resided for the past year. Mr. Sage was born on August 23, 1920 in Eel River Township, a son of Herbert and Sarah (Hand) Sage....

Dale Freeman

Dale Freeman

Jul 3, 2012

Dale E. Freeman, 70,e passed away on Tuesday, July 3, 2012.e Dale was born on October 16, 1941 in Fort Wayne, a son of Fred and Clara B. (Klopfenstein) Freeman.e He spent his formative years in Swan Township north of Huntertown, and graduated from Huntertown High School in 1959. He was engaged in farming, and was also the owner and...

Harry Thompson

Harry Thompson

Jul 2, 2012

Harry D. Thompson, 91, a resident of Fort Wayne and native of Churubusco, journeyed to Heaven to meet his Lord and Savior on Monday, July 2, 2012 at Woodview Health Care in Fort Wayne with his daughters by his side. Harry was born August 11, 1920 in Churubusco to Carl and Dora (Hanlon).e In 1927 the family moved to Fort...

Laura Tarney

Laura Tarney

Jun 30, 2012

Lauramae Tarney, 90, a resident of rural Churubusco in Noble County and wife of Ned J. Tarney, passed away at 1:10 p. m. on Saturday, June 30, 2012 at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne. Mrs. Tarney was born on June 4, 1922 in Independence, Kansas, a daughter of Ardell N. and Fern (Coldren) Arnold, and spent her formative...

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