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Cynthia Crooks
Apr 22, 2011
Cynthia Anne Crooks, 69, a resident of Churubusco and wife of David L. Crooks, passed away at 4:41 p.m. on Friday April 22, 2011, at Parkview Hospital after a short illness. Mrs. Crooks was born in Fort Wayne July 23, 1941, a daughter to Howard W. and Margaret (Neher) Wilson. She spent her formative years in Churubusco where she graduated...
Deette Duncan
Apr 21, 2011
Dee Duncan, 54, a resident of rural Churubusco and wife of widely acquainted Churubusco businessman Dale E. Duncan, passed away at 12:15 a. m. on Thursday, April 21, 2011, at the family residence in Smith Township following an illnesse over three years.e Mrs. Duncan was born in Dallas, Texas on April 30, 1956, a daughter of David E. and Barbara...
Michael Campbell
Apr 19, 2011
Michael Scott "Mike" Campbell, 47, a resident of Fort Wayne, passed away at 3:04 a. m. on Tuesday, April 19, 2011 at Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne following an extended illness. Mr. Campbell was born in Fort Wayne on December 10, 1963, a son of Robert M. and Janet L. (Redden) Campbell, and was a lifelong resident of Allen County.e...
Donald Pressler
Apr 12, 2011
Donald J. "Tod" Pressler, 81, a resident of Churubusco, passed away unexpectedly at 10:05 a. m. on Tuesday, April 12, 2011, at the family residence from the results of an apparent heart attack. Mr. Pressler was born on July 8, 1929 in Thorncreek Township in Whitley County, a son of Riley and Lola (Gause) Pressler.e He spent his formative years...
Terry Miller
Apr 7, 2011
Terry R. Miller, 53, a resident of Churubusco, passed away unexpectedly at 4:52 a. m. on Thursday, April 7, 2011 at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne. Mr. Miller was born in Fort Wayne on May 7, 1957. He was a graduate of Carroll High School in 1975, and he then earned an Associateeaas degree from Ivy Tech in engineering. He...
Betty Pence
Apr 3, 2011
Betty M. Pence, 88, a resident of rural Churubusco and widow of Roger L. Pence, passed away at 12:04 p. m. on Sunday, April 3, 2011, at the Provena Sacred Heart Home in Avilla following a lengthy illness. Mrs. Pence was born in Huntertown on November 9, 1922, a daughter of Hugh and Geneva Ruth (Lochner) Drake.e She spent most...
Michael Downs
Apr 3, 2011
Michael R. Downs, 65, a resident of rural Churubusco and formerly of the Huntertown-area, passed away at 12:43 a. m. on Sunday, April 3, 2011, at Parkview Whitley Hospital in Columbia City shortly after admission. e He had been in failing health for some time. Mr. Downs was born on November 3, 1945 in Fort Wayne, a son of Archie...
William Kimmel
Apr 2, 2011
William L. Kimmel, 80, a resident of rural Churubusco in Allen County, passed away early on Saturday, April 2, 2011, in the emergency room at DeKalb Memorial Hospital in Auburn.e He had been taken there from Miller's Merry Manor in Garrett, where he had been a patient since August. Mr. Kimmel was born in Noble County on May 14, 1930,...
Eleanor Galliger
Apr 2, 2011
Eleanor E. Galligher, 83, a former resident near Wolf Lake and widow of Kenneth H. "Bud" Galligher, passed away at 1:10 a m. on Saturday, April 2, 2011, at the Provena Sacred Heart Home in Avilla.e She had been a patient there for nearly two years. Mrs. Galligher was born in Fort Wayne on July 29, 1927, a daughter of...
Michael Hazen
Mar 31, 2011
Michael E. ("Mick" or "Mike") Hazen, 70, a lifelong resident of Whitley County, died on Thursday, March 31, 2011. Mr. Hazen was born on June 21, 1940 to Chalmers and Mildred Hazen.e For 38 1/2-plus years he was employed at the General Electric Company in Fort Wayne. During his lifetime he was an active citizen in both Whitley County and...
Magdalene Brandt
Mar 30, 2011
Magdalene W. Brandt, 87, a former resident of Walkerton and South Bend, and widow of Carl Brandt, Sr., passed away at 6:45 a. m. on Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at Parkview Noble Hospital in Kendallville following an extended illness. Mrs. Brandt was born in Clay City on March 14, 1924, a daughter of Charles and Hester (Kendall) Staley, and was...
Joseph Fulk
Mar 27, 2011
Joseph M. Fulk, 91, a former resident of Churubusco, passed away at 7:30 a. m. on Sunday, March 27, 2011, at the home of his son in New Haven following a lengthy illness. Mr. Fulk was born on May 11, 1919 in Mattoon, Illinois, the son of Joseph William and Lilly Leota (Johnson) Fulk, and spent his formative years there....
Thelma Leitch
Mar 22, 2011
Thelma J. Leitch, 101, a resident of Churubusco and widow of long-time Churubusco businessman Daniel Devoyd Leitch, passed away at 8:45 p. m. on Tuesday, March 22, 2011, at her home following a lengthy illness. Mrs. Leitch was born in Avilla on July 4, 1909, a daughter of Thomas and Ethel (Owen) Cramer, and spent her formative years in that...
Deloris Gaff
Mar 22, 2011
Deloris M. Gaff, 85, a resident of rural Churubusco and widow of Herman L. Gaff, passed away at 12:46 p. m. on Tuesday, March 22, 2011, at Lutheran Hospital after suffering from apparent congestive heart failure.e She had been hospitalized since Friday. Mrs. Gaff was born on September 6, 1925 in Kosciusko County, a daughter of Charles and Flossie Ellen...
Nora Bair
Mar 17, 2011
Nora Jane Bair, 90, a former resident of Green Township in Noble County, passed away at 4:30 p. m. on Thursday, March 17, 2011, at North Ridge Village Nursing Home in Albion following an extended illness. Ms. Bair was born on February 8, 1921 in Noble County, a daughter of Ebony E. and Ada (Haney) Bair. A 1939 graduate of...
June Hadley
Mar 15, 2011
June Pauline (Leiter) Hadley, 86, a resident of rural LaOtto and widow of Vaughan A. Hadley, passed away at 2:55 p. m. on Tuesday, March 15, 2011, at Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne.e She had been a patient there since Wednesday after suffering an apparent stroke. Mrs. Hadley was born on June 3, 1924 in Noble County, a daughter of...
Jeanne Short
Mar 9, 2011
Jeanne A. Short, 68, a resident of Fort Wayne, passed away at 3:58 p. m. on Wednesday, March 9, 2011, at Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne.e She had been in failing health since December. Ms. Short was born on April 20, 1942 in Connersville, a daughter of Kenneth R. and Catherine (Lunsford) Klein.e She graduated from North Side High School...
Sally Gardner
Mar 6, 2011
Sally (Gilbert) Gardner, 75, a native of Churubusco and more recently of Winona Lake, passed away unexpectedly at 4:05 p. m. on Sunday, March 6, 2011, at Grace Village Assisted Living in Winona Lake, where she had been a resident for the past 19 years. Mrs. Gardner was born in Churubusco on August 10, 1935, a daughter of Jasper L....
Pauline Mcguire
Mar 1, 2011
Pauline McGuire, 90, a resident of rural Churubusco and wife of Carl McGuire, passed away at 6:00 p. m. on Tuesday, March 1, 2011, at the family residence in Smith Township following a lengthy illness. Mrs. McGuire was born in Churubusco on May 9, 1920, a daughter of Charles and Alice (Wappes) Weidman, and spent all of her life in...
Lucy Ickes
Feb 26, 2011
Lucy L. "Sis" Ickes, 93, a resident of Churubusco and widow of Churubusco businessman Eugene V. Ickes, passed away at 12:55 a. m. on Saturday, February 26, 2011 at her home.e Although she had been in declining health, her death was unexpected. Mrs. Ickes was born on August 26, 1917 in LaOtto, a daughter of Peter Charles and Bessie Ann...

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