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Ruby Mccoy
Jan 13, 2010
Ruby McCoy, 83, a resident of rural Avilla and widow of Raymond J. "Gene" McCoy, passed away at 12:45 p. m. on Wednesday, January 13, 2010, at the residence of her daughter in Albion.e She had been in failing health for some time, but her death was unexpected. Mrs. McCoy was born in Rockfork, Kentucky on August 2, 1926, a...
Thomas Fletcher
Jan 13, 2010
Thomas L. Fletcher, 57, a resident of Churubusco, died at 8:45 p. m. on Wednesday, January 13, 2010, at Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne.e He had been hospitalized since last Thursday after suffering an apparent brain aneurysm. Mr. Fletcher was born on November 23, 1952 in Fort Wayne, a son of Jasper S. "Pete" and Mary T. (Gadomski) Fletcher.e A...
Annabelle Shively
Jan 10, 2010
Annabelle L. Shively, 81, a resident of Churubusco and wife of Joe Shively, passed away at 8:35 a. m. on Sunday, January 10, 2010, at Parkview Whitley Hospital in Columbia City. She had been in failing health for some time, and had entered the hospital on Friday. Mrs. Shively was born on September 18, 1928 in Columbia City, a daughter...
Kenneth Beachler
Jan 5, 2010
Kenneth E. Beachler, 68, a resident of rural Churubusco, passed away at 6:05 p. m. on Tuesday, January 5, 2010, at the family residence in Green Township.e He had been in declining health for the past three years. Mr. Beachler was born in Wabash on September 27, 1941, a son of the late Ernie and Flora E. (Renicker) Beachler, and...
Mary Didion
Jan 4, 2010
Mary Catherine Didion, 54, a resident of Round Lake, passed away at 8:14 p. m. on Monday, January 4, 2010, at the Visiting Nurse & Hospice Home in Fort Wayne following a lengthy illness. Born in Fort Wayne on June 2, 1955, she was the daughter of John Paul and Mary Ellen (Clemmer) Wisniewski.e She spent her formative years in...
Aiden Rossi
Dec 29, 2009
Aiden Anthony Rossi, infant son of Brandon L. Rossi and Kasey Sue Streby of Churubusco, was stillborn at 7:15 p. m. on Tuesday, December 29, 2009, at Parkview North Hospital in Fort Wayne. Surviving in addition to the parents are maternal grandparents James and Kimberly Streby of Churubusco and Anthony, Sr. and Shari Rossi of Fort Wayne; and great-grandparents Tony...
Joseph Bailey
Dec 27, 2009
Joseph F. Bailey, 92, a resident of Blue Lake near Churubusco, died at 5:09 a. m. on Sunday, December 27, 2009 at Parkview Whitley Hospital in Columbia City.e He had been a patient there since Saturday. Mr. Bailey was born on April 23, 1917 in Huntington, a son of Charles and Cressie (Folk) Bailey.e He graduated from Southside High School...
Glen Ott
Dec 24, 2009
Glen D. Ott, 82, a resident of rural Churubusco, died at 7:57 p. m. on Thursday, December 24, 2009, at Parkview Noble Hospital in Kendallville following an extended illness.e He had been taken to the hospital on Tuesday from the North Ridge Village Nursing & Rehab Center in Albion. Mr. Ott was born on August 6, 1927 in Eel River...
Evelyn Eytcheson
Dec 13, 2009
Evelyn M. Eytcheson, 89, a former resident of Eel River Township near Churubusco and more recently of Columbia City, died at 7:45 p. m. on Sunday, December 13, 2009, at the residence of her daughter in Columbia City.e She had been in declining health since June. Mrs. Eytcheson was born on March 22, 1920 in Huntington, a daughter of David...
Ella Fick
Dec 4, 2009
Ella Louise Fick, 102, a former resident of Lake Township, went to her Heavenly Home on Friday, December 4, 2009, at Kingston Care Center in Fort Wayne.e She had resided there for the past one and one-half years. Mrs. Fick was born on June 5, 1907 in Lake Township in Allen County, a daughter of Henry and Minnie (Stahlhut) Thiele.e...
Earl Coppock Ii
Dec 4, 2009
Earl "Gene" Coppock, 31, a resident of Merriam, died early Friday, December 4, 2009, from the results of a one vehicle accident on County Road 900 East, north of Churubusco. Mr. Coppock was born in Marion on October 26, 1978, and graduated from Central Noble High School in 1997.e He worked as a mechanic. The surviving relatives include his daughter...
Larry Kennedy
Dec 4, 2009
Larry L. Kennedy, age 68, a resident of Manistee, Michigan for the past few years, died Friday December 4, 2009 in the Manistee County Medical Facility. He was born May 1, 1941 in South Bend, Indiana a son of the late John A. and Mary Jo (Egolf) Kennedy. As a youth he lived in the Fort Wayne, Indiana area and...
Lynn Bair
Dec 1, 2009
Lynn I. Bair, 73, a resident of rural Churubusco, died peacefully at 11:38 p. m. on Tuesday, December 1, 2009, at the family residence in Smith Township. Mr. Bair was born in Noble County on November 8, 1936, a son of Ebony and Ada (Haney) Bair, and graduated from Churubusco High School in 1954.e On December 31 of that year...
Mary Bojrab
Nov 29, 2009
Mary B. Bojrab, 85, a resident of Eel River Township in Allen County and wife of Norman Bojrab, Sr., died at 9:15 a. m. on Sunday, November 29, 2009, at her home.e Although she had been in failing health for some time, her death was unexpected. Mrs. Bojrab was born in Wilmington, Ohio on December 18, 1923, a daughter of...
Stanley Gregory
Nov 18, 2009
Stanley E. Gregory, 83, a resident of Fort Wayne, died unexpectedly at 10:30 a. m. on Wednesday, November 18, 2009, at the family residence from the result of an apparent heart attack. Mr. Gregory was born in Bloomington, Illinois on April 11, 1926, a son of Herbert W. and Lula Bell [Grubb] Gregory, and spent his formative years in Bryan...
Harold Eyer
Nov 5, 2009
Harold E. Eyer, 89, a long-time resident of Churubusco, died at 9:45 a. m. on Thursday, November 5, 2009, at The Oaks in Columbia City following a lengthy illness.e He had been a patient at the nursing home since 2004. Mr. Eyer was born near Leesburg on March 9, 1920, a son of John and Goldie [Smith] Eyer.e As a...
Delmar Fick
Nov 5, 2009
Delmar Dean Fick, 79, a resident of Fort Wayne, went to his heavenly home on Thursday, November 5, 2009, at Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne.e He had been taken there from the Bethlehem Woods Nursing Center. Mr. Fick was born in Arcola on April 12, 1930, the son of Ella [Thiele]Fick and the late Louis Fick.e Delmar was a 1948...
Amy Smith
Nov 3, 2009
Amy C. Smith, age 42, a former resident of Blue Lake, Churubusco,e died Tuesday November 3, 2009 at the Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne.e She had been ill for several years but her death was unexpected. Amy was born August 22, 1967 in Fort Wayne, a daughter of David and Jeanne (Klein) Short.e She spent her childhood years in Fort...
Ethan Burton
Oct 28, 2009
Ethan Lane Burton, infant son of Kenton L. and Victoria [Arnett] Burton of rural Churubusco in Eel River Township, was stillborn at 2:34 p. m. on Wednesday, October 28, 2009, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne. Other immediate survivors are the paternal grandparents Richard and Sue Burton of rural Fort Wayne; the maternal grandmother Carolyn Doty of Winamac; and a...
Doris Bailey
Oct 19, 2009
Doris G. Bailey, 82, a former resident of Churubusco and of Bear Lake, died at 3:50 p. m. on Monday, October 19, 2009, at Miller's Merry Manor in Columbia City.e She had been a patient there for over six years. Mrs. Bailey was born in Whitley County on November 18, 1926, a daughter of William Edward and Lucille A. [Tulley]...

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