Obituaries

Jan 19, 2017

Joanne Vera Holbrook passed away in Kosciusko Community Hospital in the early hours of Thursday, January 19, 2017. She was 86 years old. Born on September 24, 1930, she was born to Dale Babcock and Vera Cartwright in Warsaw, Indiana. It was here, in Warsaw, where she would spend most of her adult life and where she would marry Richard...

Jan 19, 2017

Samuel Walter “Sam” Israel, 51, of Warsaw, IN passed away on Thursday, January 19, 2017 at his home. He was born on January 27, 1965 in Linwood, Ca to Billy Gene & R. Leigh (Price) Israel.

He graduated from high school in Orange County, CA, College of the Desert in Palm Desert, CA, and California State in...

Jan 19, 2017

Call to Order Flowers by Phone 1-877-212-3610 Code: 2003273P Jean Ann Hopkins passed away on Thursday, January 19, 2017 at 6:16 AM in Fort Wayne’s Lutheran Hospital of Indiana. She was 50 years old. Born on January 11, 1967, Jean was the daughter of John Stump, Sr. and Carol (Teeple) Stump. She was a 1985 graduate of Wawasee High School...

Jan 18, 2017

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Robert David Kissell born on May 8, 1935 in South Bend, IN passed peacefully, surrounded by his family, to arrive for his next tee time in joining the Lord’s foursome in Heaven on January 18, 2017. Robert “The Rock” was preceded in death by his parents Herbert and Genevieve Kissell and his brothers Jack...

Jan 18, 2017

Neva Lucille O’Connor, 58, of Fort Wayne, IN (formerly of Syracuse & North Webster) passed away at 3:50 p.m. on Wednesday, January 18, 2017 at Parkview Randalia Hospital in Fort Wayne, IN. She was born on November 11, 1958 in Columbia City, IN to Maurice R. & Donna L (Rockwell) Snyder.

She graduated in 1977 from Wawasee...

Jan 17, 2017

Marjorie M. Kleinknight Cox, 99, of Goshen, IN (formerly of Syracuse, IN) passed away at 12:55 a.m. on Tuesday, January 17, 2017 at Greencroft Healthcare in Goshen. She was born on May 2, 1917 in Uniondale, IN to Van A. & Clellah (Cupp) Barrick.

She grew up in Ossian, IN and graduated in 1935 from Ossian High...

Jan 16, 2017

Biography Gloria L. Bradway, 87, passed away Monday, January 16, 2017 at 2:15 p.m. in her Warsaw, Indiana home. Gloria, the daughter of Francis “Woodie” and Opal Ruth (Highlen) Woods, was born September 22, 1929 in Marion, Indiana. She was a 1947 graduate of Warsaw High School. On March 21, 1948, she and Dale Bradway were joined in marriage in...

Jan 14, 2017

Billy R. Osborne passed away on Saturday, January 14, 2017 at 9:28 in Lakeland Regional Medical Center, Lakeland, Florida. He was 76 years old. Born on October 8, 1940 in Prestonsburg, Kentucky, he was the son of Dewy Osborne and Julia (Tussey) Osborne. Both have preceded him in passing. Billy served in both the United States Coast Guard and the...

Jan 14, 2017

Jeannette L. Cripe Lee, 90, of Goshen, IN (formerly of Syracuse, IN) passed away at 6:15 a.m. on Saturday, January 14, 2017 at Courtyard Healthcare Center in Goshen. She was born on December 29, 1926 in Syracuse, IN to Gideon Olen & Chloie (Hoover) LeCount.

She was a lifetime Syracuse / New Paris area resident, attended Hex...

Jan 13, 2017

Jan 13, 2017

Obituary for Edith Neer (Julius) Edith A. Neer passed away Friday, January 13, 2017 in Majestic Oaks Rehabilitation, Orange City, Florida. She was 95. Edith, the daughter of Richard Fred and Mary Jane (Julius) Davis, was a 1940 graduate of Claypool High School. She and Harold Neer were joined in marriage January 1, 1942 in Warsaw, Indiana. They were married...

Jan 12, 2017

Otto Burchett passed away on Thursday, January 12, 2017 in Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne, Indiana. He was surrounded by his loving family at the time of his passing at 81 years old. Otto was born on the 26th of February, 1935 in Prestonsburg, Kentucky. He was raised by his mother, Alta Miller and eventually moved to Ohio before...

Jan 12, 2017

Send Flowers Nolan Thomas Miller January 12, 2017 Infant Nolan Thomas Miller was stillborn January 12, 2017 at 10:39 p.m. at Kosciusko Community Hospital, Warsaw, Indiana. His mommy and daddy are Joshua Miller and Taylor Garringer of Warsaw. Also surviving are maternal grandparents: Misty and Thomas Hudson of Akron, Indiana; maternal grandfather: Sherman Garringer of Huntington, Indiana; paternal grandparents: Thomas...

Jan 12, 2017

James M. “Jim” Hile, 77, of Warsaw, IN passed away on Thursday, January 12, 2017 at his home. He was born on January 7, 1940 in Warsaw, IN to Robert H. & Mabel N. (Goering) Hile.

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

Jan 10, 2017

Biography John Alan Groat, a lifetime resident of Warsaw, Indiana, passed away on Tuesday, January 10, 2017 in his home. He was 67 at the time of his passing. John was the son of John R. and Ethel L. (Anderson) Groat. He was a 1967 graduate of Warsaw Community High School. John was married to Joyce E. Easterday on June...

Jan 9, 2017

Thomas August Kuemmel, 73, of Syracuse, IN passed away at 1:50 a.m. on Monday, January 9, 2017 at Lakeland Health & Rehab in Milford, IN. He was born on May 28, 1943 in Sandusky, OH to August Oliver & Beulah Ann (Luberger) Kuemmel.

He attended Perkin High School in Sandusky and moved to the Ligonier area in...

Jan 9, 2017

Douglas D. “Doug” Bowser Sr. 80, of North Webster, IN passed away at 7:25 a.m. on Monday, January 9, 2017 at Miller’s Merry Manor in Syracuse, IN. He was born on April 19, 1936 in Pierceton, IN to George Deverl & Evelyn L. (Lewellan) Bowser.

He lived most of his life in the North Webster area and...

Jan 8, 2017

Jan 6, 2017

Richard W. “Rick” Wagner of Pierceton, Indiana passed away Friday, January 6, 2017 at 11:14 a.m. in Parkview Regional Hospital, Fort Wayne, Indiana. He was 68. Rick was born July 12, 1948 in Fairmont, Minnesota to Kenneth and Kathryn (Huemoller) Wagner. He was a 1966 graduate of Owatonna High School, Owatonna, Minnesota. He earned his BA from the University of...

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...