Obituaries
Sheets and Childs Funeral Home Obituaries
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones
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,...
Violet Scribner
Oct 26, 2007
Violet "Vi" S. Scribner, age 90, died Friday October 26, 2007 at the Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana. She had formerly lived in rural Churubusco, Indiana and at the Canterbury Health Care since January 2004. Vi was born May 20, 1917 in Egeland, North Dakota, a daughter of Berdon and Inga (Pederson) Grande. She was united in marriage on...
Christopher Minton
Oct 26, 2007
Christoper A. Minton, age 32, a lifelong resident of Fort Wayne, Indiana died early Friday morning October 26, 2007 at his residence following an extended illness. He was surrounded by his loving parents, and his most faithful friend, his collie Sallie.e Chris was a graduate of Northrop High School in Fort Wayne with the class of 1994. He enjoyed soccer,...
John Malcolm
Oct 23, 2007
John H. "Hank" Malcolm, 87, a former resident of Ari east of Churubusco, died at 9:10 p. m. on Tuesday, October 23, 2007, at the Byron Health Center in Fort Wayne following an extended illness. Mr. Malcolm was born north of Huntertown on December 3, 1919, a son of Morley and Edna (Pulver) Malcolm. He spent his formative years in...
Irene Guiff
Oct 22, 2007
Irene O'Connell Guiff, 90, a resident of rural Churubusco in Allen County, died at 4:08 a. m. on Monday, October 22, 2007 at Parkview Whitley Hospital in Columbia City following a lengthy illness. She had been in declining health for some time, and had been seriously ill for the past two weeks. Mrs. Guiff was born on June 16, 1917...
Clayton Gibson
Oct 22, 2007
Clayton L. Gibson, 70, a resident of rural Albion, died at 5:05 p. m. on Monday, October 22, 2007, at the family residence in Jefferson Township. He had been in failing health for the past two and one-half years. Mr. Gibson was born in Sandy Hook, Kentucky on August 15, 1937, a son of the late Tivis and Grace (Watson)...
Kenneth Ebert
Oct 12, 2007
Kenneth C. Ebert, 79, a resident of Churubusco and formerly of Green Township in Noble County, died unexpectedly at 11:09 a. m. Friday at his residence. Mr. Ebert was born on November 11, 1927 in Allen County, a son of Charles and Juanita (Hollopeter) Ebert.e He spent his formative years in Fort Wayne, and served with the U. S. Navy...
Martha Folken
Oct 6, 2007
Martha E. Folken, 79, a resident of Huntertown, died at 8:20 a. m. on Saturday, October 6, 2007, at the Canterbury Rehabilitation Center in Fort Wayne, where she was given not only excellent care, but the daily love and support of an extraordinarily compassionate staff. Ms. Folken was born in Huntertown on April 22, 1928, a daughter of Henry and...
James Messmann
Oct 5, 2007
James W. Messmann, 79, a resident of Huntertown, died at 11:55 a. m. on Friday, October 5, 2007, at the Provena Sacred Heart Home in Avilla. He had been in declining health for some time, and had been seriously ill since July. Mr. Messmann was born on January 17, 1928 in New Haven, a son of Edward and Mary Jane...
Tommy Hagerman
Oct 1, 2007
Tommy R. Hagerman, 68, a resident of rural Ligonier, died at 12:13 a. m. on Monday, October 1, 2007, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne. He had been a patient there since Thursday. Mr. Hagerman was born on May 25, 1939 in Jolo, West Virginia, a son of Rosevelt and LouVicy (Vance) Hagerman, and moved from Paynesville, West Virginia to...
Theodore Meyer
Sep 29, 2007
Theodore W. "Ted" Meyer, 77, a resident of rural Fort Wayne, died at 6:00 p. m. on Saturday, September 29, 2007, at his home in Lake Township. He had been in declining health for the past two years. Mr. Meyer was born on March 12, 1930 in Berne, a son of Harvey Earl and Elizabeth Marie (Hubner) Meyer, and lived...
Laverne Stroder
Sep 28, 2007
Laverne R. Stroder, 63, a resident of rural Churubusco, died at 2:00 a. m. on Friday, September 28, 2007, at Miller's Merry Manor in LaGrange following a brief illness. She had been a patient there for the past ten days. Ms. Stroder was born in St. Louis, Missouri on November 22, 1943, a daughter of Paul and Marie (Kernebeck) Gildehaus,...

A Year of Grief Support
Sign up for one year of weekly grief messages designed to provide strength and comfort during this challenging time.
Sheets and Childs Funeral Home
We post our collection of online obituaries for Churubusco and Huntertown, IN. With services throughout the Indiana that are updated regularly. Search for local obituaries in Churubusco and Huntertown, IN. Join us in celebrating memories and honoring lives and legacies.
Subscribe
Subscribe to receive an email when we add new obituaries to our website. Your email will not be used for any other purpose and will not be shared.
