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...
Margaret H. Foss
Jan 20, 2011
Obituary
Margaret Helen Foss, 81, of Kendallville died Thursday, January 20, 2011, in Lutheran Life Villages, Kendallville.
Mrs. Foss had resided in Kendallville for 13 years, coming from Bluffton. She retired after 25 years at the Caylor-Nickle Clinic in Bluffton. She had previously worked at the Wells Community Hospital in Bluffton for ten years.
She...
Gertie J. Whitt
Jan 19, 2011
Obituary
Gertie Jean Whitt, 42, of Squire, West Virginia, died Wednesday, January 19, 2011, in Parkview Hospital, Fort Wayne following an unexpected illness.
Mrs. Whitt was a homemaker.
She was born July 11, 1968, in Kendallville to Milton and Bessie (Hicks) Handshoe. On July 23, 1990 in Kendallville she married Lee J. Whitt. He survives...
N. Dean Butter) Beverly
Jan 17, 2011
Obituary
N. Dean "Duck Butter" Beverly, 53, of LaGrange died Monday, January 17, 2011, at 2:27 p.m. in Parkview Hospital, Fort Wayne following a lengthy illness.
Mr. Beverly was a lifetime area resident. He was a truck driver owner and operator.
He was born October 18, 1957, in Bryan, Ohio, to Bill and Colleen (Beattie)...
Homer I. Shultz
Jan 15, 2011
Obituary
Local businessman, Homer I. Shultz, 87, of Wolcottville died unexpectedly Saturday, January 15, 2011, in his residence. Mr. Shultz, a lifetime area resident, was the owner and operator of the Wolcottville Grain Company in Wolcottville for 65 years.
He was a member of the Wolcottville Lions Club and attended Woodruff Grove United Methodist Church. He obtained...
B. Darlene Dixon
Jan 15, 2011
Obituary
God received another angel on Saturday, January 15, 2011.
B. Darlene Dixon, 69, of Kendallville passed away at Parkview Memorial Hospital in Fort Wayne.
Mrs. Dixon was a homemaker. She was a well-loved member of the Little Flossie Old Regular Baptist Church, Lisbon. She dearly enjoyed her grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Darlene...
Joyce A. Hicks
Jan 9, 2011
Obituary
Joyce Ann Hicks, 48, of Ligonier died unexpectedly Sunday, January 9, 2011, at Parkview Noble Hospital in Kendallville.
Mrs. Hicks was a homemaker, and had previously worked at Parker Hannifin in Ligonier. She was baptized in the Lighthouse Tabernacle in Kimmell.
She was born March 9, 1962, in Floyd County, Kentucky, to Ed and...
Antonio Caez
Dec 30, 2010
Obituary
Antonio "Tony" Caez, 71, of Kendallville died Thursday, December 30, 2010, in his residence.
Mr. Caez has lived in this area since 2002, coming from Chicago.
Among his survivors, include his wife, Delorez Gilliam-Caez of Kendallville; two sons and two daughters.
Burial will be in San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico. There will be...
