Charles E. Latchaw
Nov 19, 2011
Obituary
Charles E. Latchaw, 73, of Kendallville died Saturday, November 19, 2011, at 6:04 p.m. in Parkview Noble Hospital, Kendallville.
Mr. Latchaw graduated from Defiance High School in Defiance, Ohio. He attended Tri-State College in Angola, General Motors Institute in Detroit, and Defiance College in Defiance, Ohio.
He retired from sales and management with 27...
Orville Huff
Nov 18, 2011
Obituary
Orville Huff, 80, of Wawaka, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Friday, November 18, 2011, at 12:45 p.m. in Parkview Noble Hospital, Kendallville.
He had lived in the area since 1958, coming from Michigan. He was a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, serving from 1952 to 1954.
He retired from...
Earl D. Getts
Nov 14, 2011
Obituary
Earl D. Getts, 75, of Kendallville died Monday, November 14, 2011, at 10:05 a.m. in Kendallville Manor HealthCare Center.
Mr. Getts was a lifetime area resident. He was a 1954 graduate of Kendallville High School.
He retired from King Seeley in Kendallville where he had worked as a shipping and receiving clerk for many...
Lucenia Combs
Nov 12, 2011
Obituary
Lucenia (Moore) Combs, 74, of Wolcottville went to be with Jesus Saturday, November 12, 2011, at 9:35 a.m. in her home with her family at her side.
She worked at Miller's Merry Manor in LaGrange as a nurse's aide for 11 years. She also worked at the LaGrange Community Hospital in LaGrange as a nurse's aid...
Janice G. Paul
Nov 9, 2011
Obituary
Janice Gail (McCall) Paul, 73, of Garrett died Wednesday, November 09, 2011, in the emergency room at DeKalb Health in Auburn.
She was a 1956 graduate of Central High School in Fort Wayne.
She moved to Garrett from Fort Wayne in April, 2008.
Janice was a seamstress. She retired in 2004 from...
Martha A. Cobbs
Nov 8, 2011
Obituary
Martha A. Cobbs, 87, of Wolcottville died Tuesday, November 8, 2011, in Parkview Hospital, Fort Wayne.
Mrs. Cobbs was a graduate of Kendallville High School and a lifetime resident of Wolcottville and LaGrange County.
She had worked at General Electric in Fort Wayne for five years. She then worked in the office of Dr....
Ayden Edward Charles
Nov 4, 2011
Obituary
Ayden Edward Charles, 4, of Wolcottville died Friday, November 4, 2011, at 11:53 a.m. in Peyton Manning Children's Hospital, Indianapolis, Indiana.
He was born May 30, 2007, in LaGrange to David A. and Candice (Nicole) Charles. His parents survive in Wolcottville.
Also surviving are two brothers, David J. Charles and Connor D. Charles, both...
Nancy M. Chandler Bassett
Oct 25, 2011
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Nancy M. Chandler Bassett, 96, of Fort Wayne and formerly of Wolcottville died Tuesday, October 25, 2011, in Canterbury Nursing and Rehab in Fort Wayne.
Mrs. Chandler Bassett moved from Wolcottville to Fort Wayne in 1979. She was a homemaker and a seamstress.
She was born March 20, 1915, in Woodruff to Harold and...
Charles N. Smith
Oct 21, 2011
Obituary
Charles Newton "Bud" Smith, 91 of Kendallville died Friday, October 21, 2011, in Provena Sacred Heart Home in Avilla where he had resided since Monday.
Mr. Smith was a lifetime area resident.
He was the sales manager for Coffey Oldsmobile in Kendallville from 1952 to 1967. He and his wife owned and operated the...
Richard H. Brown
Oct 19, 2011
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Richard H. "Dick" Brown, 77, of Auburn passed away on Wednesday, October 19, 2011, at home.
He was born in Kearny, New Jersey, on February 2, 1934, to the late William Terry and Clara Mae (Rupp) Brown.
After graduating in 1952 from North Arlington, New Jersey High School, Mr. Brown entered the U.S. Navy...
Keith Wallace
Oct 19, 2011
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Keith Erin Wallace, 46, of LaGrange died Wednesday, October 19, 2011, at 11:24 p.m. in his rural LaGrange County residence. He had been ill for eight weeks.
He was employed at Champion Homes in Topeka for over 15 years.
Keith loved the outdoors. He was an avid hunter and fisherman. He was known by...
Emily Lynn Jordan
Oct 18, 2011
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Emily Lynn Jordan, 13, of LaGrange went home to be with the Lord Tuesday, October 18, 2011, at 10:20 a.m. in her residence.
She had attended Wolcott Mills School in Wolcottville. She also attended Vineyard Christian Fellowship in Rome City.
Emily was born March 7, 1998, in LaGrange to Jeffery and Traci (Miller) Jordan....
Ellis J. Crum
Oct 17, 2011
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Ellis J. Crum, 83, of Kendallville died Monday, October 17, 2011, at 8:15 p.m. in Lutheran Life Villages, Kendallville.
Mr. Crum had lived in this area since 1958.
Ellis was an evangelist, serving in churches in Connecticut, California, Windsor Canada, and Kendallville. He was also a publisher of Sacred Selections. He was a missionary...
Johnie Conley
Oct 12, 2011
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Johnie Conley, 65, of Rome City died Wednesday, October 12, 2011, at his son's home in Burr Oak, Michigan.
Mr. Conley retired as a truck driver.
He was born March 28, 1946, in Floyd County, Kentucky. On August 22, 1966, in Shelby, Ohio, he married Shirley A. Couch.
Surviving are his wife,...
Fredericka Crandell
Oct 11, 2011
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Fredericka (Owen) Crandell, 94, of Kendallville died Tuesday, October 11, 2011, at 4:38 p.m. in Lutheran Life Villages, Kendallville.
Mrs. Crandell was born June 9, 1917, in Washington, D.C. to Richard B. and Fredericka (Smith) Owen. She was a graduate of Western High School and Strayer College. She married James Lerch Crandell in Washington, D.C. in...
Gloria Trier-Simonton
Oct 7, 2011
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Gloria Trier-Simonton, 66, of Wolcottville died Friday, October 07, 2011, at 3:45 a.m. in her residence on Big Long Lake surrounded by her family.
She was a 1963 graduate of Kendallville High School. She received a degree as an LPN from Ivy Tech in Fort Wayne and a bachelor's degree as an RN from The University...
Stephanie Nicole Fugate
Oct 4, 2011
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Stephanie Nicole Fugate, 18, of Garrett died Tuesday, October 04, 2011, as a result of an auto accident near Garrett.
She was a Senior at Garrett High School. She loved playing basketball and enjoyed music.
She was born July 23, 1993, in Kendallville to Sonny and Crystal (Hunter) Fugate. Her parents survive in Garrett....
Palmer D. Smith, Sr.
Sep 25, 2011
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Palmer D. "PD" Smith, Sr., 65, of South Milford was carried home to be with the Lord by angels on Sunday, September 25, 2011, at Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne after battling a short fight with cancer.
He graduated from North Caroline High School in Greensboro, Maryland, in 1965 and went on to serve his country...
Robert H. Spillner
Sep 18, 2011
Obituary
Robert H. Spillner, 81, of Kendallville died Sunday, September 18, 2011 at 9:47 p.m. in Provena Sacred Heart Home in Avilla.
Mr. Spillner was a graduate of Salem Center High School. He served honorably in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. Robert was a member of the Moose Lodge No. 1301 for 62 years, Eagles...
Claudine L. Wise
Sep 17, 2011
Obituary
Claudine L. Wise, 71, of Kendallville, Indiana died Saturday, September 17, 2011 at 12:45 a.m. at Parkview Noble Hospital of Kendallville.
Claudine was a homemaker, and resided most of her life in the Kendallville area.
She was born on May 21, 1940 in Noble County, Indiana to Claud C. and Dorothy I. (Conrad) Kline....
