Obituaries

Jan 6, 2017

Mary E. Snodgress, 83, of Warsaw, IN passed away at 12:00 noon on Friday, January 6, 2017 at Center for Hospice House in Elkhart, IN. She was born on May 27, 1933 in Fort Wayne, IN to Everett Kenneth & Doris Evelyn (Tutterow) Ditton.

She grew up in the Chicago, IL area and graduated from Calumet High...

Jan 5, 2017

Heath W. Cripe, 38, of Warsaw, IN passed away on Thursday, January 5, 2017 at his home. He was born on February 24, 1978 in Elkhart, IN to Dennis W. “Denny” & Rozella E. “Sandi” (Rohn) Cripe.

He was a lifetime North Webster / Warsaw area resident and graduated in 1996 from Wawasee High School in Syracuse,...

Jan 4, 2017

Austin D. Hauth, 85 passed away peacefully Wednesday, January 4, 2017 at 11:04 a.m. in Warsaw Meadows Care Center, Warsaw, Indiana. Austin, son of Roy E. and Thelma M. (Dunn) Hauth, Sr. was born May 7, 1931 in Warsaw. He was a 1951 graduate of Warsaw High School. On October 3, 1954, he took Patty J. Gordon to be his...

Dec 27, 2016

Isaac Charles Robert Crow, 27, of Syracuse, IN passed away at 2:40 a.m. on Tuesday, December 27, 2016 at Goshen Hospital in Goshen, IN. He was born on March 25, 1989 in Columbia City, IN to Jay D. & Carol (Blair) Crow.

He grew up in Columbia City, graduated in 2007 from Columbia City High School and...

Dec 26, 2016

Reverend Robert M. Horne of Winona Lake passed away on Monday, December 26, 2016 shortly after 6 PM in Kosciusko Community Hospital. He was 84 years old. Born on April 13, 1932 in Boston, Massachusetts, Robert was the son of Charles and Dora (Melbourne) Horne. He was one of two children born into the Horne family. In 1955 Robert was...

Dec 21, 2016

Jeffrey “Jeff” Rostochak, 56, of Leesburg, IN passed away at 1:01 p.m. on Wednesday, December 21, 2016 at his home. He was born on July 22, 1960 in Columbia City, IN to Michael T. & Wilma I. (Werstler) Rostochak.

He graduated in 1978 from Whitko High School in South Whitley, IN and in 1982 from Huntington College in Huntington,...

Dec 21, 2016

Evelyn K. Clay, 81, passed away Wednesday, December 21, 2016 at 3:50 a.m. in Peabody Retirement Community, North Manchester, Indiana. Evelyn was born June 29, 1935 in Danville, Illinois to Walter and Zola (Horn) Green. She had lived in the Warsaw, Indiana area for the past 25 years. She was a nurse’s aide for Mason Healthcare and Rehabilitation in Warsaw...

Dec 19, 2016

Dana L. Arthur, 68, of Syracuse, IN passed away at 12:45 a.m. on Monday, December 19, 2016 in the Holmes Regional Medical Center in Melbourne, FL. She was born on December 29, 1947 in Las Cruces, NM to Roy M. & Martha J. (Bragg) Durbin.

She graduated in 1965 from Lee L. Driver High School in Winchester,...

Dec 19, 2016

Mary Jo Hite Seitner passed away on Monday, December 19, 2016 in Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne, Indiana. She was 82 years old. Mary was born on February 9, 1934 in Grantsville, West Virginia to her first parents, Lee and Merrell McCartney. She was later adopted and raised by Charles and Mildred Johnson. She spent most of her lifetime...

Dec 18, 2016

Jay M. Berkey, 67, of Minster, OH (formerly of Warsaw, IN) passed away at 3:42 p.m. on Sunday, December 18, 2016 at his home. He was born on September 22, 1949 in Warsaw, IN to John R. & Esther L (Matthews) Berkey.

He graduated in 1968 from Warsaw High School, received a degree in welding, and was...

Dec 17, 2016

Donnabelle Zimmer passed away quietly on Saturday, December 17, 2016 in her home at Miller’s Merry Manor, Assisted Living in Warsaw, Indiana. She was 89 years old. Donnabelle was born on July 13, 1927 in Warsaw. She was the only child of Samuel S. and Ethel L. (Godfrey) Smith and was a 1945 graduate of South Side High School in...

Dec 17, 2016

Melissa K. Roberts, known by many simply as “Missy,” passed away on Saturday, December 17, 2016 as the result of a car accident near her home in Albany, Indiana. Melissa was born on May 20, 1970 to Ward T. and Sally M. (Williams) Ladd. She was a native of Kosciusko County, having graduated from Tippecanoe Valley High School in 1988....

Dec 17, 2016

Priscilla A. Woods was called home on Saturday, December 17, 2016 from her Warsaw, Indiana residence. She was 76 years old at the time of her passing. Priscilla was born on March 26, 1940 to J. LeRoy Anderson and Annie (Jones) Ryan in Roanoke, Virginia. She would graduate in Roanoke from Lucy Addison High School but spent much of her...

Dec 15, 2016

Martha J. Colbert, 80, of Cromwell, IN passed away at 11:13 a.m. on Thursday, December 15, 2016 at Kosciusko Community Hospital in Warsaw, IN. She was born on September 28, 1936 to Edward M. & Norma (Bartholomew) Cornelius.

She graduated from High School and was married on November 17, 1967 in Peru, IN to Samuel L. “Sam”...

Dec 15, 2016

Biography Kathryn Irene Bouse, known to most at “Katy,” passed away on Thursday, December 15, 2016 in her Warsaw, Indiana home. She was 91 years old. Katy was born on July 6, 1925 in Warsaw to Robert L. and Lillie (McSherry) Chinworth. She spent most of her lifetime in Warsaw and graduated from Warsaw High School with the class of...

Dec 14, 2016

Sally L. Baker, 71, of Milford, IN passed away at 12:40 a.m. on Wednesday, December 14, 2016 at Goshen Hospital in Goshen, IN. She was born on May 26, 1945 in Warsaw, IN to Ralph E. & Gladys Marie (Hollar) Berkeypile.

She was a lifetime Milford area resident and graduated in 1963 from Milford High School. She was...

Dec 11, 2016

Dec 11, 2016

Marjorie E. Morgan passed away on Sunday, December 11, 2016 at Kosciusko Community Hospital in Warsaw, Indiana. She was 97 at the time of her passing. Born on April 8, 1919 in Eaton, Ohio, Marjorie was the daughter of Lester and Elsie (Clark) Martz. Between 1941 and 1943, Marjorie had worked for the US War Department in the Pentagon. She...

Dec 10, 2016

Stephen B. “Diff” Diffendarfer, 69, of Leesburg, IN passed away at 1:10 p.m. on Saturday, December 10, 2016 at Mason Health & Rehab in Warsaw, IN. He was born on May 11, 1947 in Wolf Lake, IN to David B. & Garnet E. (Walker) Diffendarfer.

He grew up in Columbia City, IN, graduated in 1965 from Columbia...

Dec 9, 2016

Tal Stewart Smith passed away on Friday, December 9, 2016 in his Indianapolis, Indiana home. He was 63 at the time of his passing. He was born on May 15, 1953 in McDonald Hospital, Warsaw, Indiana and was the son of Jerry L. and Wylan (Titus) Smith. Tal graduated from Warsaw High School with the class of 1971 and grew...