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...
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....
