Elizabeth Sprague
May 24, 2009
Elizabeth (Betty Joseph) Sprague, 81, formerly of Fort Wayne and Columbia City, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, May 24, 2009.e Her family is thankful that she is now at peace. She was born in Napfor, Kentucky, the daughter of the late Rome and Catherine (Strong) Campbell, and lived in Fort Wayne until moving to Columbia City in...
Matthew Miller
May 2, 2009
Matthew Wayne Miller, 41, a resident of Huntertown, died unexpectedly at 2:55 p. m. on Saturday, May 2, 2009, at the family residence.e Born in Kendallville on May 27, 1967, he was the son of Jerry W. and Charsie L. (Stewart) Miller.e He spent most of his life in Huntertown, and graduated from Carroll High School in 1986. Surviving besides...
Betty Waltenburg
May 1, 2009
Betty L. Waltenburg, 71, a resident of New Haven, died at 4:25 a. m. on Friday, May 1, 2009, at Visiting Nurse & Hospice Home in Fort Wayne.e She had been in failing health since November. Ms. Waltenburg was born on December 5, 1937 in Burr Oak, Michigan, a daughter of Donald D. and Harriet E. (Cork) Wiard.e She moved...
Edna Goodyear
Apr 30, 2009
Edna E. Goodyear, 91, a former resident of the Churubusco-area and widow of Leston E. Goodyear, died at 8:50 a. m. on Thursday, April 30, 2009, at The Cedars in Leo.e She had resided at the nursing home for the past six years.e Mrs. Goodyear was born on February 22, 1918 in Fulton County, a daughter of Charles E. and...
Hobert Winebrenner
Apr 25, 2009
Hobert Winebrenner, 88, a resident of Merriam, passed away at 8:45 a. m. on Saturday, April 25, 2009, at Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne after an extended illness.e He was born on April 14, 1921 to the late Opal Ressler.e His pride and joy was his family.e He is survived by his wife of 64 years Marian (Poppele) Winebrenner; children...
Jack Smith
Apr 23, 2009
Jack Smith, 88, a resident of Fort Wayne, died at 7:25 a. m. on Thursday, April 23, 2009, at Visiting Nurse & Hospice Home in Fort Wayne.e He had been in failing health for some time and had entered the hospice home 13 days ago. Mr. Smith was born in Ocone County, South Carolina one October 5, 1920, a son...
Margaret Heckman
Apr 23, 2009
Margaret A. "Marge" Heckman, 64, a resident of rural Albion, died at 6:00 p. m. on Thursday, April 23, 2009 at the family residence north of Wolf Lake. She had been in failing health for the past two years, and had been seriously ill for the past month. Mrs. Heckman was born in Salamanca, New York on March 2, 1945,...
Robert Fry
Apr 20, 2009
Robert L. Fry, 91, a resident of Churubusco, died at 1:52 a. m. on Monday, April 20, 2009, at Visiting Nurse & Hospice Home in Fort Wayne.e He had been in failing health for the past three months. Mr. Fry was born in Fort Wayne on December 11, 1917, a son of James M. and Emilie (Fuelling) Fry.e He spent...
Ada Pankop
Apr 8, 2009
Ada Louise Pankop, 80, a resident of Churubusco, died at 12:50 a. m. on Wednesday, April 8, 2009, at her home following an extended illness. Mrs. Pankop was born in Auburn on September 25, 1928, a daughter of John Andrew and Mable Vianna (Shambaugh) Englert.e She spent her formative years in DeKalb County and graduated from Auburn High School in...
Wilbur Rekeweg
Apr 4, 2009
Wilbur D. Rekeweg, age 90, a resident of High Lake in rural Albion,e died Saturday April 4, 2009 in the Parkview Whitley Hospital in Columbia City following an extended illness. Wilbur was born October 25, 1918 in Woodburn, a son of the late Arthur and Tena (Gerbers) Rekeweg. He spent his formative years on the family farm and was united...
Janice Rapp
Mar 29, 2009
Janice F. Rapp, 82, a resident of Churubusco and wife of Dick A. Rapp, died at 5:46 p. m. on Sunday, March 29, 2009, in the emergency room at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne after suffering an apparent stroke at the family residence.e e Although she had been in declining health for the past nine days, her death was unexpected....
Stephan Belot
Mar 22, 2009
Stephan J. Belot, 67, a resident of rural Leo and lifelong resident of Allen County , died at 9:50 a. m. on Sunday, March 22, 2009 at his residence in Perry Township.e He had been in failing health for the past month. Mr. Belot was born on March 26, 1941 in Fort Wayne.e He graduated from Central Catholic High School...
Wanda Chapman
Mar 18, 2009
Wanda L. Chapman, 86, a former resident of rural Churubusco and more recently a resident of Snow Lake near Fremont, died Wednesday morning, March 18, 2009, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne. Mrs. Chapman was born in Smith Township on May 17, 1922, a daughter of Orval and Aria Etta (Gaff) Ramsey, and graduated from Churubusco High School in 1940.e...
Josephine Fudge
Mar 13, 2009
Josephine I. Fudge, 88, a resident of Lake Township in Allen County and wife of Robert A. Fudge, died at 6:42 a. m. on Friday, March 13, 2009, at Heritage Park Nursing Home in Fort Wayne.e Although she had been in failing health for some time, her death was unexpected. Mrs. Fudge was born on May 12, 1920 in Allen...
Gaynel Graft
Mar 9, 2009
Gaynel Catherine "Sue" Graft, age 82, died Monday, March 9, 2009 at her home. She was a lifelong resident of Lake Township in Allen County, growing up on her family's dairy farm and later being an integral part of Graft Milk Transport with her husband and sons for 64 years. Gaynel, "Sue" was born September 14, 1926, a daughter of...
Jennie Reid
Mar 8, 2009
Juanita Reid, age 93, a life long resident of Allen County, died Sunday March 8, 2009 at the Kingston Care Center in Fort Wayne where she had been a patient since May of 2008. She formerly lived on Fritz Road for many years.Juanita was born June 6, 1915 in Perry Twp. Allen County, a daughter of the late Cecil and...
Loren Stahlhut
Mar 8, 2009
Loren G. "Zeb" Stahlhut, age 74, a resident of rural Churubusco, died Sunday morning March 8, 2009 at his residence. He had been in ill health but his death was unexpected. Zeb was the third generatione born on the family farm near Arcolae settled by his great-grandfather in the 1860s.e He was borne December 4, 1934 in Lake Twp. Allen...
Tommy Fulk
Mar 1, 2009
Tom L. Fulk, 71, a resident of rural Churubusco, died at 4:00 p. m. on Sunday, March 1, 2009, at his residence north of Churubusco. Although he had been in declining health, his death was unexpected. Mr. Fulk was born in Green Township on October 28, 1937, a son of Jess L. and Clara A. (Boggs) Fulk. He spent his...
Michelle Miller
Mar 1, 2009
Michelle Burget Miller, 40, a resident of Huntertown, died at 12:57 p. m. on Sunday, March 1, 2009, at the Indiana University Hospital in Indianapolis. Michelle was born on October 28, 1968 in Columbia City, a daughter of Delbert F. and Troas E. (Sinnigen) Burget, and spent her formative years in the Arcola area.e She graduated from Carroll High School...
Betty Whaley
Feb 25, 2009
Betty J. Whaley, 76, a resident of rural Albion and wife of Ralph Whaley, died at 9:10 a. m. on Wednesday, February 25, 2009, at the family residence in Noble Township following an extended illness. Mrs. Whaley was born in Angola on December 12, 1932, a daughter of Cecil and Mildred (Morrison) Kime.e She spent her formative years in Williams...
