Herbert Sutton
Jun 27, 2011
Herbert K. Sutton, 86, a resident of rural Huntertown and widely acquainted DeKalb County farmer, passed away at 3:45 p. m. on Monday, June 27, 2011, at the family residence in Butler Township. He had been in failing health for the past month. Mr. Sutton was born in Fort Wayne on November 7, 1924, a son of Charles and Mary...
Christopher Hardacre
Jun 20, 2011
Christopher J. Hardacre, 54, of Columbia City, passed away at 2:50 a.m. on June 20, 2011, at Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne, after entering the hospital on Tuesday. Mr. Hardacre was born March 31, 1957 a son of John Richard & Ruth E. (Miller) Hardacre, in Casper, Wyoming. He spent his child hood in Churubusco, moving to Columbia City just...
Cordelia Swoverland
Jun 13, 2011
Kathleen eaA"Katieea Swoverland, 94, of Churubusco, passed away at 6:06 p.m. on June 13, 2011, at Heritage Park Nursing Home, after a long illness. She was born to Clarence and Clara (Dodson) Carriger on August 30, 1916 in Churubusco, where she spent her formative years. Following her graduation for Indianapolis Methodist College she spent her career working at several different...
Arthur Lamle
Jun 11, 2011
Arthur R. Lamle, 95, a resident of rural Fort Wayne and long-time Eel River Township farmer, passed away on Saturday, June 11, 2011 at 1:05 a. m. at the Hamilton House in Fort Wayne where he had been residing for the past year due to declining health. Mr. Lamle was born on February 8, 1916 in Eel River Township, a...
Debra Reimund
Jun 6, 2011
Debra L. Reimund, 57, a resident of Blue Lake near Churubusco, passed away unexpectedly at 5:50 a. m. on Monday, June 6, 2011 in the emergency room at Parkview Whitley Hospital in Columbia City after becoming suddenly ill at her home. Ms. Reimund was born on December 12, 1953 in Fort Wayne, a daughter of Herbert E. and Blanche (Smith)...
Larry Lieberenz
Jun 5, 2011
Larry Lieberenz, 66, of Kimmell, passed away at 1:10 a.m. on June 5, 2011, at Parkview Hospital. Mr. Lieberenz was born to Joe & Gladis (Mower) Lieberenz on July 4, 1944 in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He spent most of his formative years in Fort Wayne before moving to Cromwell. He settled in the Wolf Lake area in 1978 where he...
John Cramar
Jun 3, 2011
John M. "Jake" Cramar, 79, a resident of rural Churubusco, passed away at 9:30 p. m. on Friday, June 3, 2011, at his home.e He had been in declining health for the past four years, and had returned to his home from the hospital on Tuesday. Mr. Cramar was born in Fort Wayne on April 3, 1932, a son of...
Mary Melkus
Jun 3, 2011
Mary Lortie Melkus, 62, of Churubusco, passed away at 10:40 p. m. on Friday, June 3, 2011, at Lutheran Hospital. She had been declining in health but her passing was unexpected. Ms. Melkus was born in Goshen on March 26, 1949, a daughter of Gerald and Eleanor (Middaugh) Kistler. e She spent her formative years in Elkhart County where she...
Oscar Lawson
Jun 2, 2011
Leroy Lawson, 85, a resident of Churubusco, passed away at 3:45 a. m. on Thursday, June 2, 2011, at his home.e He had been in failing health since April, and had returned home two days ago after being hospitalized. Mr. Lawson was born in Wolf Lake on May 11, 1926, a son of Homer and Blanche (Reed) Lawson, and spent...
Gregory Taylor
May 29, 2011
Gregory D. Taylor, 49, of Fort Wayne, passed away 10:48 a.m. May 29, 2011, at Lutheran Hospital, after a brief Illness. Mr. Taylor was born to David V. & Joan (Marquart) Taylor on April 30, 1962, In Fort Wayne, where he spent his formative years. He married Robin (Perry) May 16, 2011. He worked for YRC Glen Moore as a...
Judith Brown
May 22, 2011
Judith A. Brown, 67, a resident of Fort Wayne and formerly of rural Churubusco, passed away at 2:05 p. m. on Sunday, May 22, 2011, at Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne. Although she had been admitted to the hospital on Friday, her death was unexpected. Mrs. Brown was born in Springfield, Ohio on October 18,1 943, a daughter of Richard...
Fay Johnson
May 15, 2011
Fay A. Johnson, 69 of Urbana, passed away, Sunday, May 15, 2011 in Mercy Memorial Hospital Urbana, Ohio. He was born February 12, 1942 in Allen County, IN the son of Oscar Lee and Leah M. (Smith) Johnson. Fay retired from Navistar after 47 years of service.e He was a 20 + year member of the Abundant Life Church Springfield,...
Rosetta Mercer
May 8, 2011
Rosetta B. Mercer, 90, a resident of Fort Wayne, passed away at 9:34 a. m. on Sunday, May 8, 2011 at Visiting Nurse & Hospice Home in Fort Wayne.e She had been taken there last Wednesday from Byron Health Center where she had resided for the past 20 years. Mrs. Mercer was born in Hartford City on November 4, 1920,...
Lowell Schaefer
May 6, 2011
Lowell A. Schaefer, 55, a native of Fort Wayne and formerly of Boulder, Colorado, passed away at 9:20 p. m. on Friday, May 6, 2011 at Regency Place in Fort Wayne.e He had been in failing health since January. Mr. Schaefer was born in Fort Wayne on May 10, 1955, a son of Marvin F. and Mildred (Gerbers) Schaefer, and...
Dean Ayres
May 5, 2011
Dean L. Ayers, 92, a long-time resident of Churubusco, passed away at 10:16 p. m. on Thursday, May 5, 2011, surrounded by his loving family. Dean was born in Lowell on June 1, 1918, a son of Arthur and Carrie (Hathaway) Ayers, and as a child moved to Roanoke with his parents and two brothers. On April 18, 1944 he...
Linda Weatherholt
May 1, 2011
Linda Lothamer Weatherholt, 60, a resident of Blue Lake near Churubusco and wife of Larry W. Weatherholt, passed away at 11:37 p. m.e on Sunday, May 1, 2011 at Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne where she had been a patient for one day.e Although she had been experiencing some health problems, her death was unexpected. Mrs. Weatherholt was born on...
Robert Haynes
Apr 30, 2011
Robert E. Haynes, 75, a resident of Churubusco, passed away at 2:20 a. m. on Saturday, April 30, 2011 at Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne.e He had suffered an apparent brain hemorrhage on Thursday. Mr. Haynes was born on June 26, 1935 in Garrett, a son of Morris and Cleatus (Thompson) Haynes, and as a young man served with the...
Robert Sloffer
Apr 29, 2011
Robert J. Sloffer, 88, a resident of Churubusco and widely acquainted Churubusco businessman and community leader, passed away at 3:30 p. m. on Friday, April 29, 2011 at the family residence following an extended illness. Mr. Sloffer was born in Huntertown on June 7, 1922, a son of Milo and Bertha (Dunten) Sloffer, and spent his formative years in that...
Beverly Lewis
Apr 27, 2011
Beverly M. Lewis, 83, a resident of Fort Wayne and widow of Jack L. Lewis, passed away at 3:40 p. m. on Wednesday, April 27, 2011 at Bethlehem Woods Nursing Home in Fort Wayne following a lengthy illness. Mrs. Lewis was born on March 15, 1928 in Fort Wayne, a daughter of Lloyd and Bernice (Brown) Reynolds, and graduated from...
John Dambra
Apr 26, 2011
John Guy Dambra Jr., 67, of Fort Wayne, passed away at 3:00p.m., on April 26, 2011, at Parkview North Hospital following complications to cancer treatments. He was born in Ipswich Mass. on August 8, 1942 to John Guy and Laura C. (Piecuch) Dambra Sr. e He is a graduate of Ipswich High School. Following graduation he joined the United States...
