Blanche Kumfer
Dec 4, 2008
Blanche Lucille Kumfer Kurtz, 91, a resident of Fort Wayne, died on Thursday, December 4, 2008 at 4:20 a. m.e at the Kingston Care Center in Fort Wayne.e Although she had been a patient there for over five years, her death was unexpected. Born on May 14, 1917 in Allen County near Huntertown, she was a daughter of Bert Julius...
Francis Weber
Nov 29, 2008
Francis "Fritz" R. Weber, age 87, a resident of Albion, Indiana died suddenly on Saturday November 29, 2008 in the North Ridge Village Nursing Home in Albion. Fritz was born July 6, 1921 in Jefferson, Ohio a son of the late Melvin Russell and Mytle (Hower) Weber. As a young child he moved with his family to Wolcottville, Indiana where...
Thomas Bare
Nov 21, 2008
Thomas L. Bare, 56, a resident of Warsaw and formerly of Noble County near Merriam, died at 2 p. m. on Friday, November 21, 2008 at Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne.e He had been a patient there since last Saturday after suffering an apparent heart attack at his residence. Mr. Bare was born on October 14, 1952 in Indianapolis, a...
Timothy Jefferies
Nov 21, 2008
Timothy Wayne Jefferies, 49, a resident of Churubusco, died Tuesday evening, November 18, 2008 at his home after suffering an apparent heart attack. Mr. Jefferies served for three years in the U. S. Marine Corps, and was formerly employed by Bosch Automotive Motor Systems in Albion. He adored his three children, loved to search for Native Indian artifacts, was an...
Lucy Shlater
Nov 14, 2008
Lucy L. Duncan Shlater, age 95, a former resident of Churubusco,e diede Friday November 14, 2008 at the Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne.e Lucy was born February 28, 1913 in Eel River Township Allen County, Indiana a daughter of the late David C. and Blendina (Grayless) Hyndman. She was a graduate of Churubusco High School with the class of 1930,...
Jerry Griffin
Nov 14, 2008
Jerry L. Griffin, age 66, a resident of Harborside Health Care Center in New Haven, Indiana for the past two years died Friday evening November 14, 2008 following an extended illness. Jerry was born February 2, 1942 in Rockwood, Tennessee a son of the late Fred L. and Ruth (Worley) Griffin. As a young man he graduated from the Portage...
Barbara Childs
Nov 14, 2008
Barbara A. Childs, 82, wife of Charles E. Childs and long-time Gaston businesswoman, died at 4:40 a. m. on Friday, November 14, 2008, at Muncie Health & Rehabilitation Center in Muncie. She had been in declining health after suffering a stroke over six years ago, and had been a patient there for over five years. Mrs. Childs was born at...
Nicole Johnson
Nov 11, 2008
Nicole M. Johnson, age 23,e a resident of Churubusco,e died early Tuesday morning November 11, 2008 following a traffic accident on U. S. 33 south of Churubusco. Nicole was born December 13, 1984 in Fort Wayne, Indiana a daughter of Bruce L. and Terri K. (Schlund) Johnson. She was a graduate of Churubusco High School with the class of 2003....
Madalene Gaff
Nov 8, 2008
Madalene A. Gaff, 93, a former resident of rural Churubusco and widow of Carl E. Gaff, died at 2:25 a. m. on Saturday, November 8, 2008, at the Provena Sacred Hearth Home in Avilla.e She had been in failing health for a number of years, and had been a resident there for the past six years. A native of Michigan,...
Max Gross
Nov 8, 2008
Max G. Gross, 81, a resident of rural Churubusco in Allen County, fell asleep in the arms of Jesus at 12:35 a. m. on Saturday, November 8, 2008, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne.e He had been in declining health, and had been seriously ill for the past five weeks. Mr. Gross was born in Noble County on August 12,...
Harriet Fisher
Nov 6, 2008
Harriet E. Fisher, 85, a resident of Churubusco and widow of Charles B. Fisher, died at 7:00 a. m. on Thursday, November 6, 2008, at Miller's Merry Manor in Columbia City.e She had been a patient there for the past month. Mrs. Fisher was born in Churubusco on May 21, 1923, a daughter of Chester and Bertha (Richards) Tulley, and...
Loren Brumbaugh
Oct 27, 2008
Loren J. "Jake" Brumbaugh, 72, widely-acquainted Noble County farmer and a resident of rural Albion, died at 3:23 p. m. on Monday, October 27, 2008, at the family residence in Green Township.e He had been in declining health for the past year. Mr. Brumbaugh was born in Green Township on April 7, 1936, a son of R. Geralde and Beth...
Harold Anderson
Oct 27, 2008
Harold G. "Hap" Anderson, 94, a resident of rural Churubusco in Allen County, died at 3:30 p. m. on Monday, October 27, 2008, at the North Ridge Village Nursing Home in Albion.e He had been in failing health for some time, and been a patient there since August. Mr. Anderson was born on June 19, 1914 in Eel River Township,...
Robert Marker
Oct 25, 2008
Robert L. Marker, 94, a resident of Naples, Fla. and formerly of Fishers and Churubusco, died at 6:54 p. m. on Saturday, October 25, 2008, at the Naples Community Hospital in Naples. Mr. Marker was born on August 8, 1914 in Eel River Township, a son of Oscar B. and Hattie (Geiger) Marker.e He spent his formative years in Churubusco,...
Dorothy Montgomery
Oct 22, 2008
Dorothy E. Montgomery, age 89, a former resident of Churubusco from 1971 to 1978, died Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at 9:45 p. m.e at the Bethlehem Woods Nursing Home in Fort Wayne where she had been a patient for the past two and a half years. Dorothy was born December 14, 1918 in Evansville, a daughter of the late Rev....
Savilla Green
Oct 15, 2008
Savilla I. "Sally" Green, 94, a resident of Eel River Township and widow of Chester R. Green, died at 9:40 p. m. on Wednesday, October 15, 2008, at Parkview North Hospital in Fort Wayne.e She had been in declining health for some time, and was taken to the hospital earlier in the evening after collapsing unexpectedly at the home of...
Sylvon Pulfer
Oct 2, 2008
Sylvon J. Pulfer, 89, a resident of Churubusco, died at 8:27 p. m. on Thursday, October 2, 2008, at the University Park Nursing Home in Fort Wayne.e He had been in declining health for some time, and had been a patient there since August. Mr. Pulfer was born in Wells County on November 15, 1918, a son of Ernest and...
Phyllis Johnston
Oct 1, 2008
Phyllis A. Johnston, age 73, a former resident of Churubusco, In. died Wednesday October 1, 2008 at her residence in Owens Cross Roads, Alabama. She had been ill for sometime and was under Hospice care. She was born March 13, 1935 in Anderson, In. a daughter of the late Samuel R. and Hazel F. (Carpenter) Peckinpaugh. She served as a...
Jesse Roberson
Sep 30, 2008
Jesse Howard Roberson, 94, a long-time resident of rural Churubusco in Eel River Township, woke up in the presence of Jesus and the waiting arms of Martha at 9:30 p. m. on Tuesday, September 30, 2008.e He had been in declining health for several years. Mr. Roberson was born in Eel River Township on January 11, 1914, a son of...
Albert Wauer
Sep 30, 2008
Albert Joe Wauer, 79, a resident of rural Churubusco, died at 5:21 a. m. on Tuesday, September 30, 2008, at Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne.e He had been in declining health for some time, and had been a patient there for the past nine days. Mr. Wauer was born on January 23, 1929 in Essex, Missouri, a son of Henry...
