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Sharon Minton
Dec 26, 2010
Sharon M. Minton, age 64, a resident of Fort Wayne, Indiana died early Sunday morning December 26, 2010 in her residence following a brief illness.e She was the wife of Ronald G. "Ike" Minton. Sharon was born on October 26, 1946 in Fort Wayne a daughter of the late Harold and Grace (Wells) Pranger. As a young girl she graduated...
Virginia Owen
Dec 22, 2010
Virginia Owen, 93, a resident of Albion and widow of Clarence Owen, passed away at 5:15 a. m. on Wednesday, December 22, 2010, at Parkview Noble Hospital in Kendallville. Mrs. Owen was born on September 20, 1917 in Whitley County, a daughter of Frank and Clara (Gebert) Deutsch, and moved as a child with her parents to Collins.e She attended...
Denise Craig
Dec 22, 2010
Denise M. Craig, 53, a resident of rural Churubusco and wife of Gary E. Craig, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Wednesday, December 22, 2010 at Visiting Nurse & Hospice Home in Fort Wayne where she had been a patient for the past three months. Mrs. Craig was born on April 12, 1957 in Wolf Lake, a...
Robert Geiger
Dec 22, 2010
Franklin Geiger, 96, a lifelong farmer in Green Township in Noble County, passed away at 2:32 a. m. on Wednesday, December 22, 2010 following a brief illness. Mr. Geiger was born on March 2, 1914 in Noble County, a son of Herschel and Leona (Eberly) Geiger.e He and his wife Lenora Ellen (Fulk) Geiger would have been married 70 years...
Robert Hohn
Dec 7, 2010
Robert D. Hohn, 52, a former resident of Kaiserslautern, Germany and more recently of Churubusco, passed away at 7:05 p. m. on Tuesday, December 7, 2010, at Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne, where he had been a patient for the past two weeks. Mr. Hohn was born in Helena, Montana on June 5, 1958, a son of Vincient J. and...
Joe Krider
Dec 3, 2010
Joe W. Krider, 94, a resident of rural Churubusco in Allen County, passed away at 7:40 a. m. on Friday, December 3, 2010, at his residence in Eel River Township following a lengthy illness. Mr. Krider was born on April 25, 1916 in Smith Township, south of Collins, a son of Ralph and Vida (Smith) Krider, and was a lifelong...
Cameron Amber
Dec 2, 2010
Cameron Robert Amber, 20, a resident of Churubusco, passed away at 6:35 p. m. on Thursday, December 2, 2010, from the results of a two vehicle accident on U. S. 33, south of Churubusco. Cameron was born on February 5, 1990 in Columbia City, a son of Robert C. and Marna (Friskney) Amber, and was a lifelong resident of Churubusco.e...
Madeline Bordine
Nov 28, 2010
Madeline Mary Bordine, age 86, a resident ofe Miller's Merry Manor in Columbia City since 2006, died there at 2:05 p. m. on Sunday November 28, 2010.e She formerly lived in Churubusco since 1998. Madeline was born on May 5, 1924 in Detroit, Michigan, a daughter of the late Paul William and Celia (Kowalski) Bloom.e She grew up in Detroit...
Dorothy Easterday
Nov 24, 2010
Dorothy L. Easterday, age 65, a resident at the Northridge Village Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Albion for the past several years, past away there onWednesday November 24, 2010 following an extended illness. She had previously lived on North Orange Street in Albion and prior to that in Butler. Dorothy was born on June 16, 1945 in Hammond, a daughter...
Hulda Duncan
Oct 31, 2010
Hulda L. Duncan, 88, a resident of rural Churubusco and widow of Earnest A. Duncan, passed away at 4:30 p. m. on Sunday, October 31, 2010, at the Provena Sacred Heart Home in Avilla.e She had been in declining health for the past seven years. Mrs. Duncan was born on January 29, 1922 in Fort Wayne, a daughter of William...
Agnes Hartman
Oct 24, 2010
Agnes I. Hartman, 84, a former resident of Merriam and more recently of Fort Wayne, passed away at 5:23 a. m. on Sunday, October 24, 2010, at Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne following a lengthy illness. She was born in Merriam, May 3, 1926, to Olen and Mary Shaffer. She accepted Christ and was baptized at Merriam Christiane Chapel. Throughout...
Charles Gilbert
Oct 22, 2010
Charles E. "Charlie" Gilbert, 58, a former resident of Churubusco and more recently of Warsaw, was found dead at 1:02 p. m. on Friday, October 22, 2010 at his home.e Although he had suffered some health problems, his death was unexpected. Mr. Gilbert was born in Columbia City on December 2, 1951, a son of Edward E. and Freda E....
Patricia Clark
Oct 21, 2010
Patricia A. "Pat" Clark, 80, a long-time resident of Churubusco, passed away at 5:50 a. m. on Thursday, October 21, 2010, at the residence of her daughter in Noble County.e She had been in failing health for the past three months. Mrs. Clark was born in Fort Wayne on February 2, 1930, a daughter of James A. and Margaret E....
Mildred Harreld
Oct 19, 2010
Mildred Pauline Harreld, 95, a former resident of Ege and more recently ofe Snellville, Georgia, passed away at 8:24 a. m. on Tuesday, October 19, 2010 at Golden Living-Medical Arts in Lawrenceville, Georgia following a lengthy illness. Mrs. Harreld was born on June 3, 1915 in Marion, a daughter of Paul and Mildred (Smith) Dooley.e She spent her formative years...
Ilene Baker
Oct 18, 2010
Ilene E. Baker, 97, a resident of rural Churubusco and widow of James A. "Mike" Baker, passed away peacefully at 11:05 a. m. on Monday, October 18, 2010, at her home in Smith Township following an extended illness. Mrs. Baker was born on December 25, 1912 in Smith Township, a daughter of James W. and Ollie (Yates) McGuire. She spent...
Martha Wallace
Oct 18, 2010
Martha Jean Wallace, 88, a resident of Fort Wayne and widow of Herbert Wallace, passed away at 11:10 a. m. on Monday, October 18, 2010, at St. Joseph Hospital in Fort Wayne.e She had been in declining health since July. Mrs. Wallace was born on September 5, 1922 in Bluffton, a daughter of John and Joeanna (Burdg) Mendenhall, and moved...
Jeffery Morris
Oct 17, 2010
Jeffery L. Morris, 53, a resident of rural Churubusco, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, October 17, 2010, at his home. Mr. Morris was born in Columbia City on September 25, 1957, the oldest son of Ronald E. and Marna (Smolek) Morris.e He was a lifelong resident of the Churubusco community, and graduated from Churubusco High School in 1976. For the...
Martha Land
Oct 13, 2010
Martha "Mrs. Cecil" Land, 88, a resident of Fort Wayne and a native of Noble County, passed away at 11:22 p. m. on Wednesday, October 13, 2010, at Lutheran Hospital following a lengthy battle with Alzheimer's Disease. Mrs. Land was born in Merriam on November 5, 1921, a daughter of Nicholas and Etta May (Addis) Herron.e She spent her formative...
Gerald Shank
Oct 12, 2010
Gerald G. "Bud" Shank, 73, a resident of rural Huntertown, passed away at 5:35 p. m. on Tuesday, October 12, 2010, at his home surrounded by his loving family. Mr. Shank was born in Auburn on July 23, 1937, a son of Glenn A. and Velma L. (Tooman) Shank, and spent his formative years in the Huntertown-area.e He graduated from...
William Davis
Sep 29, 2010
William H. Davis, 74, a resident of Garrett and formerly of Avilla, passed away at 10:42 a. m. on Wednesday, September 29, 2010, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne.e He had been in failing health for the past month. Mr. Davis was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on April 22, 1936, a son of Henry William and Izola (Clark) Davis. A...

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