Obituaries

Nov 2, 2016

Allen E. Kuhn, 67, passed away Wednesday, November 2, 2016 at 12:58 p.m. in Kosciusko Community Hospital, Warsaw, Indiana. The son of Richard and Doris (Atchison) Kuhn, Sr. was born July 1, 1949 in Warsaw, Indiana. He was a 1967 graduate of Knightstown High School, Knightstown, Indiana. Allen served his country with the United States Army. He was a Warsaw...

Nov 1, 2016

Biography Tiffany Christine Roberts passed away Tuesday, November 1, 2016 in her Palestine Lake home. Tiffany was born January 14, 1985 in Warsaw, Indiana to Terry and Tracy (Kline) Bartley. She attended Warsaw Community High School and Armada High School (Michigan). On July 19, 2014, she and Freddy Roberts were married in Plymouth, Indiana. Tiffany was a homemaker who enjoyed...

Oct 31, 2016

Ricky Lee Groves passed away at 8:30 am on Monday, October 31, 2016 in his Leesburg, Indiana home. He was 53 at the time of his death. He spent most of his life in the Warsaw and Leesburg areas and was the son of Leland Herbert “Lee” and Mary Ann (Birtwhistle) Groves. He was born in Warsaw on December 1,...

Oct 31, 2016

James A. “Jim” Priser passed away unexpectedly while surrounded by his family Monday, October 31, 2016, at 1:32 p.m. in Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Jim was born January 13, 1955 in Warsaw, Indiana to James M. and Shirley (Harmon) Priser. He would live in Warsaw his entire life. Jim was a 1973 graduate of Warsaw Community High School and...

Oct 28, 2016

Biography Loretta Y. Walls, age 78, passed away on Friday, October 28, 2016 in Port Charlotte, Florida. She was one of two daughters born to Edward M. and Lois J. (Kyle) Conaway. Loretta was a 1956 graduate of Warsaw High School in Warsaw Indiana. It was here that she spent most of her lifetime except for the past 12 winters...

Oct 28, 2016

Frank Knez Sr., 88, of Leesburg, IN passed away at 6:00 p.m. on Friday, October 28, 2016 at Kosciusko Community Hospital in Warsaw, IN. He was born on February 12, 1928 in Zeigler, IL to George & Elizabeth (Kalavaric) Knez.

He graduated in 1947 from Zeigler High School and was a United States Army veteran. He was...

Oct 25, 2016

Mary Catherine (Hensinger) Gunkel, 59, of Leesburg, IN passed away at 8:41 p.m. on Tuesday, October 25, 2016 at her residence. She was born on December 15, 1956 in Fort Wayne, IN to Daniel J. & Dorothy M. (Litchfield) Hensinger.

She graduated in 1975 from Bishop Dwenger High School in Fort Wayne and on July 25, 1975,...

Oct 24, 2016

Betty Joy Horne, age 84, passed away on Monday, October 24, 2016 at 4:52 pm in Fort Wayne’s Lutheran Hospital of Indiana. She was born on October 7, 1932 in Port Huron, Michigan. She was the daughter of Nelson and Beatrice (Hillis) Rankin. It was in Port Huron where she would marry Robert M. Horne. Together they began family and...

Oct 16, 2016

Mary L. Pozorski, 59, of Warsaw, IN passed away at 6:30 a.m. on Sunday, October 16, 2016 at her home. She was born on November 7, 1956 in Milwaukee, WI to LeRoy M. & Alice Y. (Katczka) Beilke.

She graduated from North High School in Evansville and attended the University of Evansville. She was married in 1989...

Oct 12, 2016

Biography Lutie Ellen Beatty, known to most simply as “Granny,” passed away Wednesday, October 12th, 2016 at 11:26 am in Lutheran Hospital of Indiana, Fort Wayne. She was 87 years old. Lutie was born on February 20, 1929 in Warsaw, Indiana. She was the daughter of Artie and Florence (Ryan) Long. She spent her lifetime in the Warsaw and Leesburg...

Oct 8, 2016

Phillip E. “Phil” Hartley, 83, of Syracuse, IN joined Jesus & God in heaven at 6:15 a.m. on Saturday, October 8, 2016 at his home. His journey with cancer was long and hard but Phil knew his Lord was with him which gave him peace. He was born on November 13, 1932 in Muncie, IN to Harry & Velma...

Oct 8, 2016

Marie E. Cripe, age 88, of Spoonbill Street North, Jacksonville, Florida and formally of Warsaw, Indiana, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, October 8, 2016. She was born November 3, 1927 in Avilla, Indiana to Wilmer P. and Alma (Diederich) Weimer. On February 14, 1947 she married Norman Jay Cripe who proceeded her in death on October 24,...

Oct 6, 2016

Nathan David Bowerman, 29, of Port Saint Lucie, FL (former summer resident of Black’s Landing on Tippecanoe Lake), passed away October 6, 2016 after a three year battle with cancer. He was born in Kokomo, IN on March 15, 1987 to David & Joni (Black) Bowerman.

He graduated from Port Saint Lucie High School and...

Oct 4, 2016

Sandra Lynn Sullivan, age 67, of Plymouth, IN passed away at home on Tuesday, October 4, 2016, after a long illness.  She was born on September 10, 1949 in Elkhart, IN to Robert and Bea Everly Jr. After earning a degree in Education from Purdue University in 1971, Sandy moved to Alaska where she taught for 3 1/2 years. ...

Oct 2, 2016

Larry S. Bowers of Warsaw, Indiana, passed away on Sunday, October 2, 2016 surrounded by the love of his family. Seventy-seven years old at the time of his passing, Larry had lived many years in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan. He and his wife moved to Warsaw in 2013 to be nearer their family. Larry was born on November 27, 1938 in...

Oct 1, 2016

Frederick H. “Butch” Grisso, 75, of Warsaw, IN passed away at 7:35 p.m. on Saturday, October 1, 2016 at Mason Health & Rehab in Warsaw. He was born on May 7, 1941 in Warsaw, IN to Warren H. & Ruby J. (Miller) Grisso.

He was a lifetime Warsaw area resident and graduated in 1959 from Warsaw High...

Sep 30, 2016

Laura Shepherd, 63 years old, passed away on Friday, September 30, 2016 in Lakeland Regional Medical Center, Lakeland, Florida at 2:04 pm. A resident of Lakeland for the past 11 years, she had spent most of her lifetime in the Warsaw, Indiana area. Laura was born on June 28, 1953 in Prestonsburg, Kentucky. She was the daughter of Ershell and...

Sep 24, 2016

Patricia G. “Pat” Stewart, 76, of Syracuse, IN passed away at 2:52 p.m. on Saturday, September 24, 2016 at I.U. Goshen Hospital in Goshen, IN. She was born on March 6, 1940 in Indianapolis, IN to Elmer & Louise (Gaskins) Gebhardt.

She graduated in 1958 from Thomas Carr Howe High School in Indianapolis and attended Indiana University in...

Sep 22, 2016

Jack Nelson Powell, 87, passed away on September 22, 2016, at his home in Warsaw, IN. He was born December 9, 1928, in Clunette, IN to Graydon Powell and Mildred (Miller) Powell. On April 18, 1948 he married Virginia May Smith in Atwood, Indiana. Virginia proceeded him in death in 2014; they had been married 66 years. He was a...

Sep 16, 2016

Sharon Kay Shepherd crossed over to her Heavenly Home on Friday, September 16, 2016 at Peabody Retirement Community in North Manchester, Indiana. She was 64 years old at the time of her death and was surrounded by her loving family. Sharon Kay was given by God to parents, Clyde and Emma Jean (Adams) Shepherd on November 2, 1951 in Warsaw,...