Raymond Mettert
Mar 12, 2008
Raymond Gene Mettert, 73, a resident of Churubusco, died at 8:16 p. m. on Wednesday, March 12, 2008, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne. He had battled a heart condition for many years, and had been hospitalized since March 1. Mr. Mettert was born on November 21, 1934 in Fort Wayne, a son of Alvey Kenneth and Mabel (Worman) Mettert,...
Paul Spoerke
Mar 11, 2008
Paul Howard Spoerke, 65, a resident of rural Columbia City and retired Columbia City postal clerk, died at 5:15 p. m. on Tuesday, March 11, 2008, at Visiting Nurse & Hospice Home in Fort Wayne. He had been in failing health since November. Mr. Spoerke was born in Canton, Ohio on February 4, 1943, a son of Clarence J. and...
Richard Knotts
Mar 6, 2008
Richard P. Knotts, 68, a former resident of rural Churubusco in Allen County and more recently a resident of Harlan, was surrounded by his loving family when he left for Heaven on Thursday, March 6, 2008 at 11:24 a. m. at his residence. He had been valiantly fighting cancer since November. Mr. Knotts was born on November 26, 1939 in...
Anna Long
Mar 5, 2008
Anna Lynn Long, infant daughter of Josie M. Long and Henry Gibson was stillborn on Wednesday March 5, 2008 in the DeKalb Memorial Hospital in Auburn. Survivors include her mother Josie M. Long of Churubusco; father Henry Gibson of Garrett; loving grandparents Douglas and Margie Long of Churubusco, and Art and Sally Gibson of Waterloo; maternal great-grandmother Pat Buckler of...
Ruby Bailey
Mar 1, 2008
Ruby B. Bailey, 88, a resident of rural Huntertown and wife of Eldon W. Bailey, died at 5:32 p. m. on Saturday, March 1, 2008, at her residence.e She had been in declining health since November. Mrs. Bailey was born in Eel River Township on January 30, 1920, a daughter of James Franklin and Goldie (Hewen) Arnold.e She spent her...
George Swinehart
Feb 29, 2008
George Robert "Bob" Swinehart, 81, a resident of rural Churubusco, died at 2:45 p. m. Friday, February 29, 2008, at Bethlehem Woods Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Fort Wayne after an extended illness. Mr. Swinehart was born in Noble County on August 7, 1926, a son of Walter C. and Wilma Elizabeth (Slagle) Swinehart. As a young man he served...
Velma Kiester
Feb 27, 2008
Velma Kiester, 89, a resident of rural Kimmell and widow of Max J. Kiester, died at 1:43 p. m. on Wednesday, February 27, 2008, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne following a brief illness. Mrs. Kiester was born in Green Township in Noble County on October 14, 1918, a daughter of Fred and Clara (Diffendarfer) Owen, and spent her formative...
Jossie Long
Feb 26, 2008
Jossie L. Long, 90, a former resident of Churubusco, died at 7:30 a. m. on Tuesday, February 26, 2008, at Parkview Noble Hospital in Kendallville. She had been in declining health for several years, and had been a patient at the hospital for the past 16 days. Mrs. Long was born in Bluefield, West Virginia on May 7, 1917, a...
Robert Conwell
Feb 26, 2008
Robert E. Conwell, 61, a resident of rural Churubusco, died at 12:26 a. m. on Tuesday, February 26, 2008, at Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne. He had been in failing health for some time, and had been hospitalized for the past eight days. Mr. Conwell was born in Muncie on June 8, 1946, a son of Harry and Neva (Bright)...
Edna Bangs
Feb 24, 2008
Jane Bangs, 95, a long-time resident of Churubusco and widow of widely acquainted Churubusco businessman Rex D. Bangs, died at 9:35 a. m. on Sunday, February 24, 2008, at the Provena Sacred Heart Home in Avilla following a lengthy illness. Mrs. Bangs was born on June 20, 1912 in Bluffton, a daughter of A. N. and Jessie Jane (Martz) Plessinger,...
Lillian Butler
Feb 23, 2008
Lillian F. Butler, 83, a former resident of rural Fort Wayne, died at 6:00 p. m. on Saturday, February 23, 2008, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne. She had been taken there from Byron Health Center on Wednesday. Mrs. Butler was born at Merom in Sullivan County, Indiana on June 20, 1924, a daughter of Leonard and Gertrude (Harris) Thompson....
Carolyn Wright
Feb 23, 2008
Carolyn J. Wright, 77, a resident of Churubusco and wife of retired Churubusco banker Garold F. "Gary" Wright, died at 10:40 p. m. Saturday, February 23, 2008, at the family residence following an extended illness. Mrs. Wright was born on August 25, 1930 in South Bend, a daughter of Charles Dewey and Ella May (Tuley) Estep. She spent her formative...
Bernice Buchanan
Feb 23, 2008
Bernice M. Buchanan, age 92, died Saturday afternoon February 23, 2008 in the Parkview Whitley Hospital in Columbia City, Indiana following a brief illness. she was a former resident of Blue Lake, Churubusco, Indiana since 1946 and was a patient at the Oaks in Columbia City, Indiana since April of 2007. Bernice was born November 28, 1915 in Kokomo, Indiana...
Richard Conner
Feb 20, 2008
Richard Lee Conner, age 68, a resident of West Washington Street Churubuco, Indiana died Wednesday morning February 20, 2008 in the emergency room of the Parkview Whitley Hospital in Columbia City, Indiana following a sudden illness. Mr. Conner was born November 16, 1939 in Churubusco, Indiana a son of the late Howard and Leila M. (Krieger) Conner.e He spent his...
Rodney Lansaw
Feb 18, 2008
Rodney Lansaw, 86, a resident of Churubusco, died at 8:10 p. m. on Monday, February 18, 2008, at Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne. Mr. Lansaw was born in Breathitt County, Kentucky on January 14, 1922, a son of Taylor and Gracie Alma (Lockard) Lansaw, and attended Jackson High School in Jackson, Kentucy. He moved to the Churubusco area as a...
Dorothy Sollars
Feb 16, 2008
Dorothy F. Sollars, a resident of Gaston and widow of Joseph P. Sollars, died at 10:04 p. m. Saturday, February 16, 2008 in the emergency room at Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie. She had been in declining health for some time, and was taken to the hospital from Muncie Health & Rehabilitation Center, where she had been a patient since...
Frederick Born
Feb 12, 2008
Frederick E. Born, 76, a resident of Churubusco, died at 1:03 a. m. Tuesday, February 12, 2008, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne. He had been in declining health for the past three years, and had entered the hospital on Monday. Mr. Born was born in Columbia City on May 23, 1931, a son of Joseph E. and Louella (Richey)...
Leona Gross
Feb 11, 2008
Leona M. Gross, 91, a resident of Churubusco and widow of prominent Smith Township farmer Herbert L. Gross, died at 2:00 a. m. Monday, February 11, 2008, at Regency Place in Fort Wayne following a lengthy illness. Mrs. Gross was born on July 18, 1916 in Green Township in Noble County at the old Green Center Store, which her parents-John...
Dale Jackson
Feb 11, 2008
Dale "Max" Jackson, age 77, a resident of High Lake nearAlbion died Monday evening February 11, 2008 in the Parkview Whitley Hospital in Columbia City following a brief illness. He was born July 11, 1930 in Fort Wayne, a son of the late Elga Siefert and Gladys (Rottger) Jackson. As a young man living in Fort Wayne he attended and...
Deloris Melvin
Feb 7, 2008
Deloris A. Melvin, 95, a resident of Gaston and widow of Gerald O. Melvin, died at 4:11 p. m. Thursday, February 7, 2008, at Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie. She had been a patient there since Sunday. Mrs. Melvin was born on June 11, 1912 in Muncie, a daughter of James L. and Elta May (Garner) Clendenin. She spent her...
