Obituaries

May 29, 2018

Ray R. "Rick" Smith Jr., 63, of Syracuse, IN passed away at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, May 29, 2018 at his home. He was born on January 2, 1955 in Heidelberg, Germany to Ray R. & Emma L. (Lehman) Smith Sr.

He grew up in Michigan, graduated from Waterford Kettering High School in Waterford, MI, and attended...

May 27, 2018

Eddie Lee Kuhn, 76, of North Webster, IN passed away at 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 27, 2018 at his home. He was born on August 2, 1941 in Wolf Lake, IN to Marvin Earl & Betty Rose (Stump) Kuhn.

He was a Lifetime North Webster / Cromwell area resident and attended North Webster High School. He...

May 26, 2018

Patrick L. "Pat" Miller, 60, of Warsaw, IN passed away at 8:40 p.m. on Saturday, May 26, 2018 at Lakeland Rehab & Healthcare in Milford, IN. He was born on October 27, 1957 in Grand Haven, MI to Boyd L. & Esther L. (Johnson) Miller.

He grew up in Michigan where he attended high school, lived in...

May 26, 2018

Cayle L. Woodard, 61, of Milford, IN passed away at 7:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 26, 2018 at his home. He was born on July 21, 1956 in St. John, MI to Lester & Dorine (Taber) Woodard.

Cayle graduated in 1975 from Ovid-Elsie High School in Ovid, MI, and in 1979 from Central Michigan University with a...

May 25, 2018

Obituary for Robert D. Lozier Robert D. Lozier, known to many as “Bob,” was called Home on Friday, May 25th from his Warsaw residence. He passed away at 10:30 a.m. at the age of 90. He was the son of Harry and Bertha (Snell) Lozier. He graduated from Leesburg High School with the class of 1946 and spent his lifetime...

May 24, 2018

Robert F. “Bob” Mueller, 73, of Pierceton, IN passed away at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 24, 2018 at Parkview Whitley Hospital in Columbia City, IN. He was born on July 26, 1944 in Chicago, IL to Robert Frank & Mary (Olenich) Mueller.

He graduated from Kelly High School in Chicago, attended Illinois State University, and graduated...

May 23, 2018

Dennis R. Maulsby, 83, of Warsaw, IN passed away at 2:46 p.m. on Wednesday, May 23, 2018 at his daughter’s home in Warsaw, IN. He was born on February 22, 1935 in Des Moines, IA to Clarence Russell & Arlene Evelyn (Brod) Maulsby.

He graduated from high school and attended 2 years of college and was married...

May 22, 2018

Danny J. Richardson, 66, of Syracuse, IN passed away at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, May 22, 2018 at his home. He was born on July 23, 1951 in Warsaw IN to Jesse J. & Wanda M. (Haas) Richardson.

He was a lifetime Pierceton / Syracuse area resident and attended Pierceton High School. He was married on August 16, 1969...

May 19, 2018

Patricia J. "Pat" Sattison, 81, of Warsaw, IN passed away at 12:41 pm. on Saturday, May 19, 2018 at Lutheran Hospital of Indiana in Fort Wayne, IN. She was born on May 15, 1937 in Ferndale, MI to Carl David & Velva Irene (Burgess) Willard.

She graduated in 1956 from Lincoln High School in Ferndale, MI and...

May 17, 2018

Kathy A. Barrett, 63, of North Webster, IN passed away at 1:13 a.m. on Thursday, May 17, 2018 at the Kosciusko Community Hospital in Warsaw, IN. She was born January 14, 1955 to Steven & Edythe (Kinkaid) Rusnak in Cleveland, OH and moved to Anderson, IN at age 9.  She resided in Anderson until 2004 when she moved to...

May 17, 2018

Avis E. "Elaine" Madden, 73, of Leesburg, IN passed away at 9:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 17, 2018 at her home. She was born on May 2, 1945 in South Charleston, W. VA to Arlie B. & Delpha (Belcher) Payne.

She graduated from DuPont High School in DuPont City, W. VA and was married on April 20, 1970...

May 17, 2018

Peggy Sue Worsham, 79, of Warsaw, IN passed away at 2:12 p.m. on Thursday, May 17, 2018 in Milford, IN.  She was born on March 27, 1939 in Wayland, KY to Taylor Ray & Dorothy Virginia (Miles) Horne.

She grew up in Kentucky and moved to the Warsaw area from Kenton, OH in 1965.  She was married...

May 17, 2018

Delta Marie Shipley, 90, of Warsaw, IN passed away at 8:30 p.m. on Thursday May 17, 2018 at Lake City Place in Warsaw, IN. She was born on July 2, 1927 in Silver Lake, IN to George Peter & Elta Cleo (Parker) Baker.

She graduated in 1945 from Claypool High School and on July 5, 1946 in...

May 14, 2018

Patricia Ann “Pat” Kaiser, 82, of North Webster, IN passed away at 1:31 p.m. on Monday, May 14, 2018 at Parkview Hospital Randallia in Fort Wayne, IN. She was born on August 31, 1935 in Merrill, MI to Lewis and Beatrice (Bernath) Vedrode.

She graduated from Sacred Heart Parish School in Merrill, MI and on June 14,...

May 14, 2018

Obituary for Bennie Ousley Sr. Bennie Raymond, Ousley, Sr., age 67 and a resident of Macy, IN, passed away on Monday, May 14th at 7:20 p.m. in his home. He was surrounded by his loving wife, children and grandchildren at the time of his death. Bennie was born on May 20, 1950 in Prestonsburg, Kentucky. He was the son of...

May 13, 2018

Obituary for Frank Poe Frank A. Poe, age 69, passed away on Sunday, May 13th in Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne. He was a longtime area resident, born in Prestonsburg, Kentucky on January 27, 1949. Frank worked for Phend and Brown as a crew foreman. He was a hard worker and enjoyed being outdoors. When he wasn’t working, he enjoyed fishing,...

May 11, 2018

Virginia L. “Ginny” Keller, 74, of North Webster, IN passed away at 6:00 p.m. on Friday, May 11, 2018 at Kosciusko Community Hospital in Warsaw, IN. She was born on November 18, 1943 to Fred “Fritz” & Jean (Hopper) Siedlarz.

She graduated in 1963 from Mt. Assisi in Lemont, IL and formerly worked at Corn Products in...

May 11, 2018

Mervin A. Mages, age 93, of Warsaw passed away on Friday, May 11, 2018 at 2:05 a.m. in Warsaw's Millers Merry Manor. He was born on December 27, 1924, to the late Isadore and Gitel Mages in Harrisburg, PA. Mervin was the retired manager of the Spectroscopy Laboratory at Zimmer. He was an avid coin and stamp collector, who loved...

May 11, 2018

Janet “Jan” Weaver, 81, of North Webster, IN passed away at 6:42 a.m. on Friday, May 11, 2018 at her home. She was born on July 18, 1936 in Tipton, CA to John & Carolina (Manning) MacMillan.

She graduated from Tulare Union High School in California and attended the College of the Sequoias. She was married on...

May 11, 2018

Kenneth J. “Kenny John” Simmons, 37, of Fort Wayne, IN passed away on Friday, May 11, 2018 at his residence.  He was born on February 5, 1981 in Providence, RI to Kenneth J. and Linda S. (Ford) Simmons.

He graduated from East Providence High School in East Providence, RI and served in the United States Army for...