Obituaries

Apr 1, 2009

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Sharon Ann (Sleeper) Terry, 60, of Stroh died Wednesday, April 1, 2009, in Parkview Hospital, Fort Wayne.

Mrs. Terry, a lifetime area resident, was a graduate of Prairie Heights High School. She retired from Kraft Foods in Kendallville.

She was an avid bingo player. She dearly loved her grandchildren, and enjoyed attending their sporting...

Mar 31, 2009

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Virginia R. "Granny" Conley, 83, of LaGrange died Tuesday, March 31, 2009, at 3:27 p.m. in her residence.

Mrs. Conley, a lifetime area resident, was a homemaker. She graduated from LaGrange High School, and attended the Ontario Congregational Church.

She was born October 7, 1925, in LaGrange to Lewis and Jane (Dunnafin) Hart.

Mar 27, 2009

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Louise R. (Rockwell) Button, 96, of Kendallville died Friday, March 27, 2009, at 5:25 p.m. in Shepherd of the Hill, Kendallville.

Mrs. Button attended Pelham Memorial High School in New York. She was a graduate of Syracuse University in 1933 and Columbia University. She was an English teacher in Schaghticoke, New York. Upon moving to Kendallville...

Mar 26, 2009

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Nannie Mcpherson, 56, of LaGrange, died Thursday, March 26, 2009, at 5 a.m. in her residence following a year long battle with cancer.

Mrs. Mcpherson has lived in this area since the age of four, coming from Kentucky. She was a homemaker, and attended World Harvest Family Worship Center in Garrett.

She enjoyed family...

Mar 26, 2009

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June L. Minar, 94, Rome City died Thursday, March 26, 2009, at 5:05 p.m. in Northridge Village Nursing Home, Albion.

Mrs. Minar was a 1932 graduate of Kendallville High School. She has lived in Rome City since 1939. She had worked at Swartzlander's Jewelry Store in Kendallville, and was a homemaker.

She was a...

Mar 25, 2009

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Bethel I. Patterson, 79, of Rome City died Wednesday, March 25, 2009, at 6:05 a.m. in Shepherd of the Hill, Kendallville.

Mrs. Patterson has lived in Rome City since 1965, coming from Kentucky. She retired from Rome City School as a preschool teacher. She also cared for children in her home for a number of years....

Mar 14, 2009

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Ruth Elaine (DePew) Weirich Berryhill, 84, of Avilla died Saturday, March 14, 2009, at 9:45 p.m. in her home following an extended illness.

Mrs. Berryhill has lived in Avilla since 2004, coming from Kendallville. She had worked at Firestone in Kendallville, Community State Bank in Avilla, and along with her husband, Arnold, owned and operated A...

Mar 9, 2009

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Clayton H. Slone, Sr., 76, of Wolcottville died Monday, March 9, 2009, in Parkview Hospital, Fort Wayne.

Mr. Slone retired after working at the Lane Foundry and Newnam (now Dalton) Foundry in Kendallville for a total of 34 years. He had also worked 8 years at Walkers in Ligonier. He was a member of the Salem...

Mar 8, 2009

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Jeffrey D. Lawhorn, 45, of Topeka died Sunday, March 8, 2009, at 2:00 p.m. in Parkview Hospital, Fort Wayne.

Mr. Lawhorn came to Indiana at the age of four. He was raised in Elkhart, and has lived in Topeka for the last 17 years.

He was born March 29, 1963, in Charleston, West Virginia,...

Feb 28, 2009

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Beverly Ann Cornett, 65, of Bloomfield, Indiana, died at 8:35 p.m. Saturday, February 28, 2009, in Greene County General Hospital in Linton, Indiana.

Mrs. Cornett grew up in Brighton. She and her husband had lived in the Kendallville and Rome City area for several years.

She was born October 7, 1943 in Sturgis, Michigan,...

Feb 20, 2009

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Kerry B. Spradlin, 39, of Greenwood, died on Friday, February 20, 2009, after a courageous battle with cancer.

Kerry was a graduate of Westview High School in LaGrange County and attended Florida Southern College, where she attained a bachelor's degree in communications in 1991. She was a registered lobbyist in the banking industry and served as...

Feb 19, 2009

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John Ramey, 82, of Wolcottville died Thursday, February 19, 2009, at 2:18 a.m. in his residence. He had been in failing health for nine months.

Mr. Ramey worked as a coal miner in Kentucky. In 1964, he moved to Wolcottville and retired from the Starcraft Boat Factory in Wolcottville. He was a member of the Church...

Feb 19, 2009

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Lula Storey, 77, of Kendallville died Thursday, February 19, 2009, in Parkview Hospital, Fort Wayne.

Mrs. Storey has lived in Kendallville since 1951, coming from Kentucky. She had worked at Flint & Walling Manufacturing in Kendallville for 18 years.

She was born June 14, 1931, in Handshoe, Kentucky, to William and Polly (Handshoe) Smith....

Feb 17, 2009

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Loretta Mary Theresa Demske, 93, of Wolcottville died Tuesday, February 17, 2009, at 3:35 p.m. in Parkview Noble Hospital, Kendallville.

Mrs. Demske had resided in the Wolcottville area since 1947. Most recently she resided at Provena Sacred Heart Home in Avilla. She was a 1934 Ashley High School graduate. She was a member of St. Gaspar...

Feb 16, 2009

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Nina V. Fausett, 92, of Toledo, Ohio, and formerly of LaGrange died Monday, February 16, 2009, at the home of her daughter in Toledo.

Mrs. Fausett had lived in Toledo for ten years, coming from LaGrange where she had resided for 70 years. She was a 1934 graduate of Waterloo High School where she was salutatorian...

Feb 13, 2009

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Ralph J. Rupert, Jr., 71, of Kendallville died Friday, February 13, 2009, in Parkview Hospital, Fort Wayne following surgery.

Mr. Rupert retired from International Harvester, working with them in Fort Wayne and Springfield, Ohio. He was a U.S. Navy veteran

He was born January 11, 1938, in Fort Wayne to Ralph J. and Irene...

Feb 11, 2009

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Helen M. Stacy, 82, of Wolcottville died Wednesday, February 11, 2009, in Parkview Hospital, Fort Wayne.

Mrs. Stacy has lived in this area for 48 years, coming from Kentucky. She had worked at Flint & Walling Mfg. in Kendallville, the LaGrange County Hospital, and Starcraft in Topeka. She was a member of the Wolcottville Baptist Church...

Feb 10, 2009

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Jack Edward Spillner, 64, of South Bend died Tuesday, February 10, 2009, at 2:10 a.m. in the St. Joseph Regional Medical Center in South Bend.

Mr. Spillner grew up in Wolcottville. He resided in the Fort Wayne State School for a number of years. For the last 15 years he resided at the Dungarvin Twyckenham Group...

Feb 7, 2009

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Hannah Louise Sheley, 82, of Kendallville and formerly of Ashley and Ligonier died Saturday, February 7, 2009, in Courtyard Healthcare Center, Goshen.

Mrs. Sheley moved to Kendallville from Ashley in 1994. In 2004, she moved to Ligonier. Then in 2007, she moved to Goshen. For several years she had a paper route, delivering for the News-Sun...

Jan 24, 2009

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Patricia Ann "Patty" Sturgill, 69, of Hindman, Kentucky, died Saturday, January 24, 2009, in the home of her daughter in Clay City, Kentucky.

Mrs. Sturgill had lived in LaPorte, Indiana, for 22 years prior to moving to Kentucky. She was a homemaker.

She was born November 20, 1939, in Dwarf, Kentucky, to Woots and...