William Kessler
Feb 2, 2008
William "Bill" Kessler, 84, a resident of Churubusco, died at 8:47 a. m. on Saturday, February 2, 2008, at The Oaks in Columbia City. He had been in failing health for several months, and had entered the nursing home two weeks ago. Mr. Kessler was born in Auburn on March 22, 1923, a son of William and Mary May (Lippincott)...
Donald Pranger
Jan 28, 2008
Donald M. Pranger, 78, a resident of rural Churubusco, died unexpectedly at 8:20 a. m. on Monday, January 28, 2008, at Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne. He had entered the hospital on Sunday after becoming ill. Mr. Pranger was born in Allen County near Huntertown on May 11, 1929, a son of Frank H. and Elizabeth (Pepe) Pranger. He spent...
Chad Mcguire
Jan 27, 2008
Chad J. McGuire, 37, a resident of rural Columbia City near Collins, died at 3:24 a. m. on Sunday, January 27, 2008 from injuries sustained in at ATV accident at his residence in Smith Township. Mr. McGuire was born on February 8, 1970 in Columbia City, a son of Jerry and Sue (Dirr) McGuire. He spent his formative years in...
Edward Tipton
Jan 23, 2008
Edward D. Tipton, 77, a resident of Churubusco, died at 6:30 a. m. on Wednesday, January 23, 2008, at the family residence. He had been in declining health since November. Mr. Tipton was born in Albion on May 29, 1930, a son of Edward C. and Ogden (Morr) Tipton, and spent his formative years there. He graduated from Albion High...
Shirley Linn
Jan 16, 2008
Shirley Virginia Linn, age 80, a resident of South Main Street in Churubusco, Indiana died Wednesday January 16, 2008 in the Fort Wayne, Parkview North Hospital (Hospice) following an extended illness. Mrs. Linn was born November 25, 1927 in Chicago, Illinois a daughter of the late Albert and Olive (Wilson) Fritz. She spent most of her adult life in the...
Ruth Troyer
Jan 16, 2008
Ruth Naomi (Leitch) Troyer, 92, a former resident of Green Township and widow of Allen R. Troyer, died at 1:55 a. m. Wednesday, January 16, 2008, at The Oaks in Columbia City. She had been in declining health for some time, and had been a resident at the nursing home for over two years. Mrs. Troyer was born on January...
Jimmy Geiger
Jan 16, 2008
Jimmy R. Geiger, 64, former Churubusco businessman and a resident of rural Churubusco, was pronounced dead on arrival at 1:24 a. m. on Wednesday, January 16, 2008, at Parkview Whitley Hospital in Columbia City, after collapsing unexpectedly at the family residence in Green Township. Mr. Geiger was born on April 19, 1943 in Green Township in Noble County, a son...
Bertha Lewis
Dec 31, 2007
Bertha I. (Kumley) Lewis, 89, a former resident of Huntertown and more recently of Merriam, went to her Heavenly Home at 7:10 p. m. on Monday, December 31, at Visiting Nurse & Hospice Home in Fort Wayne following a recent hospitalization. She had been at the hospice home since Wednesday. Mrs. Lewis was born in Lagro in Wabash County on...
Clark Bradley
Dec 30, 2007
Clark L. Bradley, 54, a resident of Fort Wayne, passed away unexpectedly and was found at his residence on Sunday afternoon, December 30, 2007. Mr. Bradley was born in Fort Wayne on May 26, 1953, a son of John C. II and Martha E. (Bowers) Bradley. He graduated from Northside High School in 1971, and was a lifelong resident of...
Gerald Ford
Dec 30, 2007
Gerald L. "Jerry" Ford, 64, a resident of rural Churubusco, died at 8:05 p. m. on Sunday, December 30, 2007, at Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne. He had suffered complications after submitting to heart surgery in November. Mr. Ford was born on July 8, 1943 in Randolph County near Farmland, a son of Henry Harlon and Helen Louise (Cleek) Ford....
Robert Smith
Dec 23, 2007
Robert Dale "Bob" Smith, 53, a resident of Churubusco, died at 11:00 p. m. on Sunday, December 23, 2007, at Miller's Merry Manor in Columbia City. He had been seriously ill for over a year, and had been a patient there since June. Mr. Smith was born in Columbia City on January 5, 1954, a son of Dale and Marlene...
Mary Hawk
Dec 22, 2007
Mary E. Hawk, 89, a resident of rural Ligonier and widow of Woodward J. "Woody" Hawk, died at 6:07 a. m. Saturday, December 22, 2007, in Elkhart where she had resided with her daughter for the past two years. Mrs. Hawk was born on a farm near Kimmell on May 3, 1918, a daughter of Orval and Marie (Piper) McLallin,...
Garree Ternet
Dec 18, 2007
Garree Elaine (Welch) Ternet, 58, a resident of Tri-Lakes and formerly of Churubusco, died at 5:20 p. m. Tuesday, December 18, 2007, at the family residence. She had been in declining health for over four years, and had been seriously ill for the past several months. Mrs. Ternet was born on March 3, 1949 in Wolf Lake, a daughter of...
Edith Hively
Dec 17, 2007
Edith Zeigler Hively, 87, a resident of Skinner Lake near Albion and formerly of rural Allen County, died at 1:40 p. m. on Monday, December 17, 2007, at the Provena Sacred Heart Home in Avilla following a lengthy illness. Mrs. Hively was born in Fort Wayne on January 30, 1920, a daughter of Paul and Edith (Sarber) Porter. She spent...
Loretta Geiger
Dec 16, 2007
Kay (Wakeman) Geiger, 66, a resident of Churubusco, died at 8:10 p. m. on Sunday December 16, 2007, at her residence following an extended illness. Mrs. Geiger was born on October 4, 1941 in Wolf Lake, a daughter of George and Alberta (Gongaware) Wakeman, and spent her early years on a farm west of Churubusco. As a youth she moved...
Juanita Irvin
Dec 6, 2007
Juanita G. Irvin, 87, a resident of rural Churubusco and formerly of Galatia, Illinois, died at 5:55 p. m. Thursday, December 6, 2007, at Parkview North Hospital in Fort Wayne. Mrs. Irvin was born on November 25, 1920 in Galatia, Illinois, a daughter of James L. and Reba (Evans) Garner, and spent her formative years there. She graduated from Galatia...
Helen Ashbaugh
Nov 30, 2007
Helen Margaret Ashbaugh, 83, a resident of Lake Township in Allen County and wife of Ray E. Ashbaugh, died at 6:10 a. m. Friday, November 30, 2007, at The Oaks in Columbia City. She had resided at the nursing home for just a brief time, but had been in failing health for over two years. Mrs. Ashbaugh was born on...
Okel Feagles
Nov 29, 2007
Maxine Feagles, 81, a resident of rural Churubusco in Noble County and widow of Howard E. Feagles, diedThursday afternoon, November 29, 2007, at her home in Green Township. Although she had been in declining health for some time, her death was unexpected. Mrs. Feagles was born on November 30, 1925 in Hersey, Michigan, a daughter of Delos M. and Inez...
Dorothy Solanik
Nov 22, 2007
Dorothy L. Solanik, age 66, a resident of San Antonio, Texas died early Thursday morning November 22, 2007 at the residence of her Niece in Churubusco, Indiana where she had resided since May of 2007. She had been in failing health since before coming to live with her loving family here. Dorothy was born August 25, 1941 in Bradford, England...
Catherine Cramer
Oct 30, 2007
Catherine L. Cramer, 91, a resident of Churubusco and widow of Wilbur L. Cramer, died at 5:43 a. m. on Tuesday, October 30, 2007, at the Provena Sacred Heart Home in Avilla following a lengthy illness. She had been a patient at the nursing home for the past four years. Mrs. Cramer was born in Fort Wayne on June 16,...
