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...
Bernard Whaley
Feb 26, 2011
Ralph Whaley, 80, a resident of rural Albion, passed away at 9:42 a. m. on Saturday, February 26, 2011, at Visiting Nurse & Hospice Home in Fort Wayne. Mr. Whaley was born on March 22, 1930 in Toledo, Ohio, and spent his formative years there. e As a young man he served with the U. S. Army, and later reenlisted...
Edwina Feighner
Feb 25, 2011
Edwina L. Feighner, 80, a former resident of Thorncreek Township and more recently of Fort Wayne, passed away at 11:50 a. m. on Friday, February 25, 2011, at Renaissance Village.e She had been a patient there for the past two years. Mrs. Feighner was born near New Haven on September 8, 1930, a daughter of Howard E. and Emma Lucille...
Alicia Newby
Feb 24, 2011
Alicia M. Newby, 35, a resident of Churubusco, passed away on Thursday afternoon, February 24, 2011, at Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne from injuries suffered in an auto accident near Churubusco last week. Ms. Newby was born on January 3, 1976 in Fort Wayne, and graduated from Peru High School in 1994. The surviving relatives include her children Dacoda Hughes...
Pauline Bair
Feb 20, 2011
Pauline Bair, 89, a resident of rural Churubusco and widow of Ralph L. Bair, passed away at 6:50 p. m. on Sunday, February 20, 2011, at her home following an extended illness. Mrs. Bair was born near Merriam on April 17, 1921, a daughter of Tonda and Millie (Winebrenner) Keister.e She spent her formative years in that area, and graduated...
Arthur Ramsey
Feb 18, 2011
Arthur L. Ramsey, 75, a resident of Blue Lake near Churubusco and well-known area businessman, passed away at 7:05 a. m. on Friday, February 18, 2011, at Kingston Care Center in Fort Wayne.e He had been in declining health for some time, and had entered the nursing home in January. Mr. Ramsey was born in Fort Wayne on March 25,...
Neva Writesel
Feb 5, 2011
Neva B. Writesel, 92, a native of Noble County and a former resident of Fort Wayne, passed away at 6:30 p. m. on Saturday, February 5, 2011, at Lutheran Medical Center in Wheat Ridge, Colorado.e She had been taken there from the Ashley Manor Care Center in Wheat Ridge, where she had resided for the past year. Mrs. Writesel was...
Marcia Adams
Feb 5, 2011
Marcia Grabill Sicard Adams, age 75, of Fort Wayne, died on Saturday, February 5, 2011 at Lutheran Hospital. Born April 12, 1935 in Columbia City; she was the daughter of Merle and Esther (Manahan) Grabill. In her early childhood she lived for a time in Angola and later on the family farm near Flint, Indiana. After graduation from Orland High...
Bryce Fitch
Feb 1, 2011
Bryce G. Fitch, 83, a former resident of Huntertown, passed away at 12:10 p. m. on Tuesday, February 1, 2011, at Life Care Center in Fort Wayne following an extended illness. Mr. Fitch was born in Huntertown on March 27, 1927, a son of Maurice Keith and Lois Marie (Byerley) Fitch, and graduated from Huntertown High School in 1946. A...
Marie Diffendarfer
Jan 24, 2011
Marie A. Diffendarfer, 84, a resident of Churubusco and widow of Homer A. Diffendarfer, passed away at 11:00 p. m. on Monday, January 24, 2011, at Visiting Nurse & Hospice Home in Fort Wayne.e e She had suffered an apparent brain hemorrhage on Thursday, and had been hospitalized since that time. Mrs. Diffendarfer was born in Smith Township on August...
Sharon Roberson
Jan 16, 2011
Sharon Kay Roberson, 61, a resident of rural Churubusco in Allen County, passed away at 1:50 a. m. on Sunday, January 16, 2011, at Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne.e She had been seriously ill for the past two weeks. Ms. Roberson was born in Wolf Lake on December 24, 1949, a daughter of Ralph and Madeline (Rosenogle) Roberson.e She was...
