Olive Tonkel
Aug 21, 2011
Olive M. Tonkel, 87, a former resident of Collins and widow of Charles Merl Tonkel, Sr., passed away at 9:23 p. m. on Sunday, August 21, 2011, at The Oaks in Columbia City.e She had been in declining health for some time, and had been a patient at the nursing home for the past six years. Mrs. Tonkel was born...
Gladys Durham
Aug 21, 2011
Gladys O. Durham, 90, a former resident of Avilla, passed away at 12:00 a. m. on Sunday, August 21, 2011, at North Ridge Village Nursing Home in Albion.e She had been in failing health for some time, and had been a patient at the nursing home since March, 2010. Mrs. Durham was a Kentucky native, born on January 10, 1921...
Doris King
Aug 14, 2011
Doris King, 86, a resident of Carmel and mother of Churubusco resident Jeanine Childs, passed away at 1:30 a. m. on Sunday, August 14, 2011, at her home following a lengthy illness. Mrs. King was born on October 2, 1924 in Herrin, Illinois, the daughter of James and Flora (Armstrong) Stubblefield, and spent her formative years there.e She graduated from...
Diane Kahlenbeck
Aug 9, 2011
Diane Sue Kahlenbeck, 60, a resident of Green Township in Noble County and wife of Ned W. Kahlenbeck, passed away on Tuesday, August 9, 2011, at 12:50 p. m. at Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne.e She had been in declining health since November, and had been a patient at the hospital for the past two weeks. Mrs. Kahlenbeck was born...
Donald Gumm
Aug 5, 2011
Donald E. Gumm, 75, a resident of Shriner Lake near Columbia City and a former resident of Churubusco, passed away on Friday, August 5, 2011. Mr. Gumm was born in Salem, Indiana on April 12, 1936, a son of Bleve J. and Katherine (Seals) Gumm.e On April 8, 1955 he was married in Hamilton, Ohio to Shirley J. Kent.e The...
Majorie Bennett
Aug 4, 2011
Marjorie E. Bennett, 84, a former resident of Collins and more recently of rural Cromwell, passed away at 8:01 a. m. on Thursday, August 4, 2011, at Miller's Merry Manor in Syracuse.e She had been a patient there for the past three months. Mrs. Bennett was born in Eel River Township in Allen County on September 10, 1926, a daughter...
Toni Wood
Aug 2, 2011
Toni J. Wood, 30, passed away at 3:20 a.m. on August 2, 2011 at Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne, after a lifelong e illness. Ms. Wood was born in Fort Wayne on November 18, 1980, a daughter of Ronald D. Wood and Judith (Minton) Wheeler. She spent her life in Fort Wayne. She enjoyed her family and singing Surviving relatives...
Miranda Lewellyn
Jul 31, 2011
Miranda Lewellyn, 16, a resident of rural LaOtto, passed away unexpectedly at 5:00 a. m. on Sunday, July 31, 2011 at the family residence in Noble County. Miranda was born on April 26, 1995 in Fort Wayne, a daughter of John M. and Tracie M. (Campbell) Lewellyn, and was a lifelong resident of this area.e As a young girl she...
Grace Keister
Jul 31, 2011
Grace L. Keister, a resident of rural Albion and wife of Lester "Pete" Keister, passed away at 1:15 p. m. on Sunday, July 31, 2011, at Parkview Whitley Hospital in Columbia City.e She had been a patient there for the past five days. Mrs. Keister was born in Churubusco on November 26, 1930, a daughter of Ralph and Effie (Tarlton)...
Edith Ritchie
Jul 29, 2011
Edith M. (McCreery) Ritchie, 98, a resident of rural Gaston and widow of prominent Harrison Township farmer Otis P. Ritchie, went home to be with her Lord on Friday morning, July 29, 2011, at Indiana University Health Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie. Mrs. Ritchie was born in Gaston on December 4, 1912, a daughter of Lloyd and Winona (Manring) McCreery,...
Melvin Hinrichs
Jul 24, 2011
Melvin J. Hinrichs (aka Nevaeh Blue), 44, a resident of Fort Wayne, passed away unexpectedly at 12:42 a.m. on July 24, 2011, at St. Joe Hospital. Melvin was born on July 14, 1967 in Whitley County, a son of James and Pam (Wilson) Hinrichs. He spent his youth in Churubusco graduating from Churubusco High School in 1987. He belonged to...
Elaine Krider
Jul 23, 2011
Elaine Carol Krider, 64, a resident of rural Churubusco in Allen County and wife of David R. Krider, passed away at 12:50 a.m. on Saturday, July 23, 2011, at the Visiting Nurse & Hospice Home in Fort Wayne, after a brief illness. Elaine was born on November 20, 1946, in Decatur, a daughter to Marcus and Marcella (Gehres) Reidenbach. She...
Donna Dowell
Jul 18, 2011
Donna Gordon Dowell, 89, a resident of Churubusco, passed away at 6:35 a. m. on Monday, July 18, 2011, at Parkview Whitley Hospital in Columbia City.e She had been a patient at The Oaks in Columbia City, and was taken to the hospital one week ago. Donna was born on September 8, 1921 in Allen County, a daughter of William...
William Steffey
Jul 15, 2011
William W. Steffey, 85, a resident of rural Avilla and long-time Noble County farmer, passed away at 7:50 a. m. on Friday, July 15, 2011, at Visiting Nurse & Hospice Home in Fort Wayne. Mr. Steffey was born on April 17, 1926 in Mankato, Minnesota, a son of Vern J. and Maude (Neuhouser) Steffey, and moved to Noble County as...
Ray Mcneal
Jul 14, 2011
Ray W. McNeal, 78, a resident of Wolf Lake, passed away at 9:00 p. m. on Thursday, July 14, 2011, at North Ridge Village Nursing Home in Albion.e He had been in failing health since earlier this year. Mr. McNeal was born on May 11, 1933 in Green Township in Noble County, a son of Ernest E. and Mable (Kichler)...
Judith Kellogg
Jul 12, 2011
Judith J. Kellogg, 70, passed away at 6:52 p.m. on Tuesday July 12, 2011, at her residence. She had been in decline health since March 26, 2011 Mrs. Kellogg was a daughter of Eric and Dorothy (Branstrator) Lindquist, born in Fort Wayne on August 19, 1940, and graduated from South Side High School. On September 1, 1959 in Nashville, TN....
Anna Fulk
Jul 9, 2011
Anna Belle Fulk, 84, a resident of Kendallville for the past 11 years and formerly of Green Township in Noble County, passed away at 10:30 a. m. on Saturday, July 9, 2011, at her home.e She had been in failing health for the past month. Mrs. Fulk was born in Noble County on November 6, 1926.e She was raised by...
Phillip Mattingly
Jul 5, 2011
Phillip E. Mattingly,e Sr., a resident of Fort Wayne, passed away at 8:20 p .m. on July 5, 2011, at his residence, after a brief illness. He was born to James and Eunice Mattingly on January 7, 1934 in Lexington, Kentucky, and spent his formative years in Lexington. He served his country during the Korean Conflict serving in the U....
Shirley Gumm
Jul 5, 2011
Shirley J. Gumm, 74, wife of Donald E. Gumm and a resident of Shriner Lakee near Columbia City and formerly of Churubusco, passed away July 5, 2011 at 10:22 a.m., at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne, where she had been a patient since June 24. Mrs. Gumm was born in Hampton, Georgia on December 17, 1936, a daughter of Esco...
Evelyn Short
Jul 3, 2011
Evelyn Annette Short, 84, of Columbia City and formerly of Churubusco, passed away at 7:05 p.m. on July 3, 2011, at Millers Merry Manor in Columbia City, after a long illness. A daughter of Hobart Murphy and Zella (Newberry) Murphy, she was born on June 3, 1927 in Clinchco, Virgina, ande spent her formative years in West Virginia. On February...
