Lotchie Conley
Apr 8, 2011
Obituary
Lotchie Conley, 78, of Wolcottville died Friday, April 08, 2011, in his residence with his family at his side.
Mr. Conley moved to this area in 1943 from Kentucky. He was self-employed as a truck driver for most of his life, and has been in every state except Hawaii. He retired from Tenneco Automotive in Ligonier....
Joanne A. Galloway
Apr 2, 2011
Obituary
Joanne A. Galloway. 73, of Kendallville died Saturday, April 02, 2011, at 1:45 a.m. in Provena Sacred Heart Home, Avilla.
Mrs. Galloway moved to this area in 1974. She retired from Dana in Kendallville.
She was born June 11, 1937, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Mr. & Mrs. Giraud Wesley and Alwyne A. (Shilling) Campbell....
Margaret A. Logan
Apr 1, 2011
Obituary
Margaret Logan, 87, of Kendallville died Friday, April 1, 2011, in Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis, where she had been a patient since Monday.
Mrs. Logan graduated from Rome City High School. She was a lifetime area resident and a homemaker.
She was active in the Orange Township Homemaker's Club, the Settler's in Fort...
Roger W. Newman
Mar 27, 2011
Obituary
Roger W. Newman, 78, of Steinbarger Lake, Wawaka passed away Sunday, March 27, 2011, at 9 p.m. in his residence following a short illness.
Mr. Newman, a lifetime area resident, graduated from Kendallville High School in 1951.
He honorably served his country in the U.S. Navy. Upon his return from the service, he worked...
Anna M. Stadick
Mar 20, 2011
Obituary
Anna Marie Stadick, 72, of Kendallville died Sunday, March 20, 2011, at 5 p.m. in her residence.
She moved to this area in 1995, coming from Chicago. She worked as a file clerk for the Meat Cutters Union, as a clerk in grocery stores, and did factory work while living in Chicago.
Anna enjoyed...
Marcia L. Thayer
Mar 19, 2011
Obituary
Marcia Lynn (Adams) Thayer, 62, of Fort Wayne died Saturday, March 19, 2011 at 1:40 p.m. in Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne.
She lived in Fort Wayne seven years, coming from Kendallville where she lived for 11 years. She was a teacher and a homemaker.
Marcia graduated in 1968 from Concordia Junior College in Ann...
Mary Jane Handshoe
Mar 17, 2011
Obituary
Mary Jane Handshoe, 85, of Wawaka died Thursday, March 17, 2011, at 5:15 p.m. in Parkview Hospital, Fort Wayne.
Mrs. Handshoe was a lifetime area resident. She worked at Lyle Electric for a year. She then worked at Essex Wire in Ligonier and retired from there after 22 years.
She enjoyed fishing, gardening, and...
Bertha Kauffman
Mar 15, 2011
Obituary
Bertha Kauffman, 88, of Kendallville and formerly of Rome City died Tuesday, March 15, 2011, at 5:15 a.m. in Lutheran Life Villages, Kendallville.
Mrs. Kauffman has been an area resident since 1959, coming from Illinois. She was a homemaker, and enjoyed cross stitching, quilting, and campfires with her family.
She was a longtime member...
Mary B. Kline
Mar 5, 2011
Obituary
Mary B. (Wirick) Kline, 89 of South Milford died on March 5, 2011 at 4:06 p.m. in Parkview Noble Hospital, Kendallville.
Mrs. Kline was a lifetime area resident of Noble and LaGrange counties. She was a homemaker. She enjoyed baking, sewing, camping, and being with family.
She was born Janaury 1, 1922, in Noble...
Hilda Hanes Gibbons
Mar 5, 2011
Obituary
Hilda Hanes Gibbons, 101, of Avilla died Saturday, March 5, 2011, at 5:45 a.m. in Provena Sacred Heart Home, Avilla.
Hilda was born on September 2nd, 1909 in Helmer (Steuben County) Indiana to Jacob and Alma Cox. She attended grade school in Helmer, later graduating from Kendallville High School in 1927. She was trained as a...
Raymond R. Kline
Mar 3, 2011
Obituary
Raymond R. Kline, 91, of Brimfield died Thursday, March 03, 2011, at 12:30 a.m. in his residence.
Mr. Kline, a lifetime area resident, was a truck driver for Kendallville Iron & Metal and Kendallville Foundry. He attended St. John Lutheran Church in Kendallville.
He was born February 20, 1920, in Kendallville to Carl and...
Curtis Conley
Mar 1, 2011
Obituary
Curtis Conley, 76, of Kendallville died Tuesday, March 1, 2011, at 11:34 p.m. in Lutheran Life Villages, Kendallville.
Mr. Conley graduated from Garrett High School, Garrett, Kentucky in 1952. He moved to this area in 1953, coming from Kentucky.
He was a pilot in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War.
...
Beatrice B. Vankleek
Feb 21, 2011
Obituary
Beatrice "Bea" VanKleek, 91, of Kendallville died Monday, February 21, 2011, in Parkview Hospital, Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Mrs. VanKleek graduated from Pontiac Senior High School, Pontiac, Michigan, in 1937. She retired from Community National Bank in Pontiac after 15 years. She moved to this area on September 30, 2001, coming from Pontiac, Michigan. She and her...
Vencil Ray Barker
Feb 9, 2011
Obituary
Vencil Ray Barker, 83, of South Milford, died Wednesday, February 09, 2011, at 5:10 a.m. in his residence.
Mr. Barker was a veteran of the U.S. Army. He retired as a supervisor after 42 years from Newnam Foundry in Kendallville. He was a volunteer for the South Milford Fire Department for many years.
Ray...
Wally H. Smith
Feb 8, 2011
Obituary
Wally Hubert Smith, 79, of Kendallville died Tuesday, February 08, 2011, at 10 a.m. at the residence of his friend, Rosemarie Lloyd in Kendallville.
Mr. Smith, a lifetime area resident, graduated from Kendallville High School in 1950. He was a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corp. for four years, serving during the Korean War. He also...
Audrey Stewart Downing
Feb 5, 2011
Obituary
Audrey Stewart Downing, 83, of Westler Lake, Wolcottville died Saturday, February 5, 2011, at 4:25 p.m. in Parkview Hospital, Fort Wayne.
Mrs. Downing had lived in Wolcottville since 1957, coming from St. Louis. She had worked at the Wilmark Detective Agency while living in St. Louis. She also worked 13 years at Essex Wire in Ligonier...
Sharon L. Stark
Feb 1, 2011
Obituary
Sharon Lee Stark, 80, of Kendallville, died Tuesday February 1, 2011, at Parkview Memorial Hospital in Ft. Wayne.
Born March 19, 1930, to Clare and Gwen (Freeman) Aldrich, Sharon was raised in Kendallville and graduated from Kendallville High School in 1948. She attended William Woods College in Fulton, Missouri, and graduated from Ball State University in...
Rosemary Hill
Jan 31, 2011
Obituary
Rosemary Hill, 73, of Albion died Monday, January 31, 2011 at 7:15 a.m. in Hickory Creek Nursing Home, Kendallville.
Mrs. Hill was a 1955 graduate of Albion Jefferson High School. She was a farm wife. She had also worked at the Kendallville Sears Store in the Credit Department and as a crew chief of catering at...
Barbara J. Hogan
Jan 29, 2011
Obituary
Barbara J. Hogan, 70, of Rome City died Saturday, January 29, 2011 at 11:35 p.m. in Parkview Noble Hospital, Kendallville.
Mrs. Hogan was a 1958 graduate of Central Catholic High School in Fort Wayne. In 2002, she retired from Campbell & Fetter Bank in Kendallville.
She was a member of St. Gaspar Catholic Church,...
M. Gene Mynhier
Jan 28, 2011
Obituary
Gene Mynhier, 79, of Wolcottville died unexpectedly Friday, January 28, 2011, at his residence.
Mr. Mynhier was a lifetime area resident. He graduated from Wolcottville High School. He served in the U.S. Army from 1953 to 1955, during the Korean War. He was a farmer and a carpenter. He was also the building inspector for LaGrange...
