Oathel Yant
Jul 14, 2008
Oathel S. Yant, 82, a resident of Fort Wayne, died at 10:26 p. m. on Monday, July 14, 2008, at his residence following an extended illness. Mr. Yant was born on December 3, 1925 in Peru, a son of Charles S. and Lida Mae (Clark) Yant, and was a lifelong resident of Fort Wayne. As a young man he served...
Ralph Palmer
Jul 13, 2008
Ralph L. Palmer, 52, a resident of Columbia City, died at 5:55 p. m. on Sunday, July 13, 2008, at The Oaks in Columbia City. He had been in failing health for the past several months. Mr. Palmer was born on July 9, 1956 in Columbia City, a son of Ray Edward and Ilah M. (Warner) Palmer. He attended the...
George Greenwell
Jun 26, 2008
George Greenwell, Jr. age 81, a former long time resident of Bear Lake near Albion, died Thursday morning June 26, 2008 at Miller's Merry Manor Nursing Home in Columbia City. He had been a patient in the facility since 2004. George was born May 7, 1927 in Eel River Twp. Allen County, a son of the late George and Orpha...
Marcella Schaefer
Jun 26, 2008
Marcella M. Schaefer, 80, a resident of rural Washington Township in Allen County and wife of Elmer H. Schaefer, died at 4:55 p. m. on Thursday, June 26, 2008, at Visiting Nurse & Hospice Home in Fort Wayne. She had been in failing health for the past two years, and had been a patient at the hospice home for the...
Archie Downs
Jun 19, 2008
Archie O. Downs, 88, a resident of rural LaOtto, died Thursday morning, June 19, 2008, at his home. He had been in declining health for some time, but his death was unexpected. Mr. Downs was born on December 24, 1919 in New Haven, a son of Frank and Goldie (Bieber) Downs, and spent his formative years in New Haven and...
Beverly Gordon
Jun 17, 2008
Beverly J. (Romine) Gordon, 62, a resident of Knapp Lake and a native of Churubusco, died at 12:10 a. m. on Tuesday, June 17, 2008, at Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne. She had submitted to surgery, and had been in failing health for nearly eight months. Mrs. Gordon was born on October 25, 1945 in Kendallville, a daughter of Leo...
Lonnie King
Jun 12, 2008
Lonnie A. King, age 33, a resident of Orchard Lane in Churubusco, Indiana lost his courageous fight against cancer on Thursday afternoon June 12, 2008 at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne. He has been in failing health for nearly two years. Lonnie was born November 16, 1974 in Fort Wayne, a son of Robert D. and Arlene M. (Crabill) King....
Gladys Barnhart
Jun 5, 2008
Gladys Lucile Barnhart, 88, a former resident of rural Churubusco in Noble County and widow of widely acquainted Noble County farmer and auctioneer Clarence A. Barnhart, died at 12:12 p. m. on Thursday, June 5, 2008, at the residence of her daughter in Elkhart. She had resided in an assisted living facility and later in a nursing facility in Fort...
Richard Bianski
Jun 3, 2008
Richard "Paul" Bianski, agee 81,e passed awaye Tuesday June 3, 2008 in Mission, Texas. He was born December 1, 1926 in South Bend, Indiana a son of the late Frank Joseph and Leona (Richards) Bianski. He enlisted in the Navy in 1943 and served one submarine tour. He served as a Commander of the Churubusco American Legion Post #e 157....
Everett Powell
May 27, 2008
Rev. E. Vaughn Powell, 85, widely acquainted resident of Churubusco and pastor emeritus of Churubusco United Methodist Church, died at 2:15 a. m. on Tuesday, May 27, 2008, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne. He had been in declining health for the past several months. Rev. Powell was born on September 12, 1922 in Linneus, Missouri, a son of Alonzo...
Karen Brinkley
May 25, 2008
Karen D. Brinkley, 45, a resident of Noblesville and formerly of Fort Wayne and Churubusco, died at 6:45 p. m. on Sunday, May 25, 2008, at St. Vincent's Hospice Home in Indianapolis. She had been in declining health for the past two years. Ms. Brinkley was born on April 5, 1963 in St. Louis, Missouri, a daughter of Thomas and...
Lucy Christlieb
May 25, 2008
Lucy "Marie" Christlieb, 93, a resident of Garrett and widow of Milton W. Christlieb, died at 1:53 p. m. on Sunday, May 25, 2008, at DeKalb Memorial Hospital in Auburn. She had been in failing health since November. Mrs. Christlieb was born in Etna-Troy Township near Lorraine in Whitley County on July 23, 1914, a daughter of Alan Edward and...
Iva Gorsuch
May 24, 2008
Iva M. Gorsuch, 92, a resident of Churubusco and widow of Dean W. Gorsuch, died at 11:45 p. m. on Saturday, May 24, 2008, at Parkview Noble Hospital in Kendallville. She had been taken there on Friday from the Provena Sacred Heart Home in Avilla, where she had been a patient for the past six weeks. Mrs. Gorsuch was born...
Warren Lopshire
May 15, 2008
Warren R. Lopshire, 91, a resident of Churubusco and formerly of Allen County, died at 2:10 p. m. on Thursday, May 15, 2008, at The Oaks in Columbia City. He had been a patient there for the past four months. Mr. Lopshire was born in Wayne Township in Allen County on October 30, 1916, a son of G. Herbert and...
Jesse Fulk
May 10, 2008
Jesse H. Fulk, age 92, a resident of rural LaOtto, died Saturday May 10, 2008 at his residence in DeKalb County. Jesse was born February 19, 1916 in Ege, a son of the late Frank and Bertha (Eberly) Fulk. He lived his entire life in the Ege and LaOtto areas. A 1934 graduate of the LaOtto High School, as a...
Betty Rollins
May 3, 2008
Betty I. Rollins, 64, a resident of Churubusco and wife of Charles F. Rollins, died at 3:10 a. m. on Saturday, May 3, 2008, at her residence. She had been in failing health for nearly two years. Mrs. Rollins was born in Allen County on June 28, 1943, a daughter of Jeremiah Michael and Mary Lucile (Guilliam) Heffelfinger. On January...
Richard Thiel
May 2, 2008
Richard L. "Rick" Thiel, 56, a resident of Fort Wayne, died at 5:07 p. m. on Friday, May 2, 2008, at the family residence in Eel River Township. He had been in declining health since October. Mr. Thiel was born in Fort Wayne on July 31, 1951, a son of Lewis and Valera (Lohman) Thiel. He spent his formative years...
Linda Clark
Apr 26, 2008
Linda L. Clark, 61, a resident of rural Churubusco in Allen County, died at 2:28 a. m. on Saturday, April 26, 2008, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne. She had been ill since September, but her death was unexpected. Mrs. Clark was born in Fort Wayne on September 3, 1946, a daughter of Robert W. and Helen F. (Sakowicz) Warner....
Edith Addis
Apr 17, 2008
Edith Irene Addis, 67, a resident of Churubusco and wife of Roger L. Addis, died at 1:30 a. m. on Thursday, April 17, 2008, at the family residence. She had been in failing health for the past 15 months. Mrs. Addis was born in Fort Wayne on September 4, 1940, a daughter of Carl and Louise (Johnson) Ditton, and spent...
Walter Queitsch
Apr 13, 2008
Walter "Wally" Queitsch, 20, a former resident of Green Township in Noble County and more recently of Columbia City, was found dead early Sunday, April 13, 2008, at his home, apparently of natural causes. Born on September 17, 1987 in Columbia City, Wally was the son of Paul R. and Teri (Selvin) Queitsch, and spent all of his formative years...
