Leonard Hazen
Jul 10, 2010
Leonard N. Hazen, 76, a resident of Churubusco and well-known accountant and community leader, passed away at 9:24 p. m. on Saturday, July 10, 2010, at the family residence in Smith Township following an extended illness. Mr. Hazen was born on October 24, 1933 in Smith Township, a son of Chalmer M. and Mildred I. (Linvill) Hazen, and graduated from...
Robert Wheaton
Jul 9, 2010
Robert L. Wheaton, 71, a resident of rural Churubusco, passed away at 11:02 a. m. on Friday, July 9, 2010, at his residence in Smith Township.e He had been in failing health since 1996. Mr. Wheaton was born in Fort Wayne on July 12, 1938, a son of Russell and Lexie (Hughes) Wheaton, and as a young man served with...
J Egolf
Jul 6, 2010
J D "Sonny" Egolf, 87, a resident of Thorncreek Township and widely acquainted Whitley County farmer and grain dealer, passed away at 3:25 a. m. on Tuesday, July 6, 2010, at Parkview Noble Hospital in Kendallville following an extended illness.e He had been taken to the hospital on Thursday from North Ridge Village in Albion, where he had resided for...
Ruth Herron
Jun 28, 2010
Ruth A. Herron, 88, a resident of Churubusco and widow of Arthur L. Herron, passed away at 4:30 a. m. on Monday, June 28, 2010, at the Laurels of DeKalb in Butler following a lengthy illness. Mrs. Herron was born on August 27, 1921 in DeKalb County, a daughter of Leroy C. and Florence Ethel (Musser) Hodges.e She moved to...
Lewis Brown
Jun 27, 2010
Lewis W. Brown, 92, a resident of Columbia City, passed away at 8:40 p. m. on Sunday, June 27, 2010, at Miller's Merry Manor in Columbia City following an extended illness.e He had been a patient there for the past eleven months. Mr. Brown was born in Richland Township on September 6, 1917, a son of Ernest V. and Erma...
Paul Zeigler
Jun 19, 2010
Paul B. Zeigler, 68, a resident of rural Albion, passed away on Saturday, June 19, 2010 at 3:41 p. m. at his home in Noble Township following an extended illness. Mr. Zeigler was born in Fort Wayne on March 17, 1942, a son of Joseph "Ben" and Edith B. (Porter) Zeigler.e He spent his formative years in Lake Township, and...
Charles Miller
Jun 19, 2010
Charles A. Miller, 86, a resident of rural Columbia City and long-time Churubusco rural mail carrier, passed away at 11:20 a. m. on Saturday, June 19, 2010 at the North Ridge Village Nursing Home in Albion.e He had been in failing health for some time and had been a patient there for the past three weeks. Mr. Miller was born...
Bryan Tiede
Jun 18, 2010
Bryan C. Tiede, 49, a resident of Churubusco, was pronounced dead on arrival in the emergency room at Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne on Friday, June 18, 2010, at 3 p. m. Mr. Tiede was born in Tecumseh, Michigan on October 18, 1960, a son of Max N. and Lela J. (Strong) Tiede.e He spent his formative years in Holgate,...
James Bearman
Jun 17, 2010
James A. "Jim" Bearman, 68, a resident of rural Churubusco, passed away at 12:55 p. m. on Thursday, June 17, 2010, at Parkview North Hospital in Fort Wayne. He had been in declining health since April. Mr. Bearman was born in Fort Wayne on August 1, 1941, a son of Walter Louis and Dorothy Irene (Oehler) Bearman, and graduated from...
Charles Leffers
Jun 15, 2010
Charles D. Leffers, 63, a resident of rural Churubusco in Allen County, passed away on Tuesday afternoon, June 15, 2010, from the results of a two-vehicle accident on U. S. 33, south of Churubusco. Mr. Leffers was born in Fort Wayne on June 27, 1946, a son of Edward G. and Bertha C. (Buettner) Leffers. He spent his formative years...
Dennis Disler
Jun 11, 2010
Dennis L. Disler, age 63, a resident of McComb Road in rural Churubusco,e died unexpectedly at his residence on Friday June 11, 2010.e He was a life long resident of the community. Dennis was born December 23, 1946 in Fort Wayne a son of the late Roger E. and Hilda Jayne (Knafel) Disler.e As a young man he graduated from...
Charles Childs
Jun 10, 2010
Charles E. Childs, 88, a former resident of Gaston and widely acquainted Gaston businessman and community leader, passed away at 4:15 a. m. on Thursday, June 10, 2010, at the St. Anne Home in Fort Wayne. He had been in decliing health for some time, and had been a resident there since December 2008. Mr. Childs was born in Matthews...
Hildreth Frazier
Jun 9, 2010
H. Naomi Frazier, 91, a resident of rural Churubusco in Allen County, passed away at 12:15 p. m. on Wednesday, June 9, 2010 at Visiting Nurse & Hospice Home in Fort Wayne. She had been a patient there for the past two weeks. Born on October 20, 1918 in Whitley County, she was a daughter of Charles and Dollie (Crabill)...
John Green
Jun 6, 2010
John W. "Bill" Green, 90, a resident of rural Churubusco and widely acquainted Smith Township farmer, passed away on Sunday, June 6, 2010 at 10:07 p. m., at the family residence.e He had been in declining health for some time, but had only been seriously ill for the past two weeks. Mr. Green was born in Wells County in July...
Donna Stanford
May 22, 2010
Donna Jean Stanford, 71, a resident of Fort Wayne and widow of Michael Patrick Stanford, passed away at 4:20 p. m. on Saturday, May 22, 2010 at the St. Anne Home in Fort Wayne following an extended illness. Mrs. Stanford was born in Fort Wayne on November 7, 1938, a daughter of Orvel W.e and Viola B. (Drewery)e Puryear.e She...
Lee Brumbaugh
May 15, 2010
Lee A. Brumbaugh, 49, a native of Arcola and a resident of Fort Wayne, passed away at 2:20 p. m. on Saturday, May 15, 2010 at the Canterbury Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Fort Wayne following an extended illness. Mr. Brumbaugh was born in Arcola on January 31, 1961, a son of Arnold and Marjorie (Gross) Brumbaugh.e He graduated from...
Merle Paul
May 6, 2010
Merle A. Paul, 86, a former resident of rural Churubusco near Ari and more recently of rural Roann, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday morning, May 6, 2010, at her home in Miami County. Mrs. Paul was born on February 13, 1924 in Akron, a daughter of Granvil E. and Esther G. (Harris) Dawson, and was united in marriage in Woodburn...
Evelyn Young
Apr 19, 2010
Evelyn Young, 92, a former resident of Albion and more recently a resident of Crawfordsville, passed away at 2:15 p. m. on Monday, April 19, 2010, at the St. Clare Medical Center in Crawfordsville following an illness of two weeks. Mrs. Young was born in Albion on February 21, 1918, a daughter of Rollin and Orpha (Lindsey) McGuire.e She spent...
Karen Rapp
Apr 16, 2010
Karen Salesman Rapp, 57, a native of Churubusco and wife of Daryl B. Rapp, passed away at 6:50 p. m. on Friday, April 16, 2010, at the family residence in Smith Township following a lengthy illness. Mrs. Rapp was born in Wolf Lake on November 28, 1952, a daughter of Richard L. "Dick" and Dorothy (Hyndman) Salesman, and spent her...
Debra Maus
Apr 15, 2010
Debra L. Maus, 50, a resident of Fort Wayne and well known financial adviser, passed away at 4:08 p. m. on Thursday, April 15, 2010 at Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne with her loved ones by her side. Mrs. Maus was born in Harrodsburg, Kentucky on August 2, 1959, the daughter of Maurice and Pearl (Berryman) Gritton.e She spent her...
