Obituaries

Sep 11, 2015

Roger Allen Paysen, 69, walked into the waiting arms of Jesus, Friday, September 11, 2015 at 7:24 PM at his Silver Lake, Indiana home. Roger was born to Harold and Elnora (Fleming) Paysen May 11, 1946 in Celina, Ohio. He was a 1964 graduate of Celina High School. He entered the United States Navy March15, 1966 in Lima, Ohio and...

Sep 8, 2015

Rosella M. “Rosie” Hardy, 90, of Leesburg, IN passed away at 3:45 p.m. on Tuesday, September 8, 2015 at I.U. Goshen Hospital in Goshen, IN. She was born on January 7, 1925 in Warsaw, IN to Edward E. and Mamie F. (Roberts) Black.

She was raised in North Webster and graduated in 1942 from North Webster High...

Sep 7, 2015

Walter Roy “Walt” Steffen, 87, of Syracuse, IN passed away at 7:02 p.m. on Monday, September 7, 2015 at Greencroft Health Care in Goshen, IN. He was born on March 6, 1928 in Elgin, IL to Theophile E. & Mabel M. (Wewetzer) Steffen.

He attended Elgin High School in Elgin, IL and on June 4, 1950 in...

Sep 7, 2015

Terese G. DeYoung, 76, of Warsaw, IN passed away at 2:12 a.m. on Monday, September 7, 2015 at Lutheran Hospital of Indiana in Fort Wayne, IN. She was born on April 14, 1939 in Chicago, IL to Edward & Antoinette (Potenza) Stack.

She graduated from Evergreen Park High School and attended University of Illinois in Urbana, IL....

Sep 6, 2015

Inez B. Caywood, 89, of Syracuse, IN passed away at 12:28 a.m. on Sunday, September 6, 2015 at I.U. Goshen Hospital in Goshen, IN. She was born on February 19, 1926 in Churubusco, IN to Edward E. & Mabel Ann (Geiger) Gordon.

She lived most of her life in North Webster/ Syracuse area and graduated in 1944...

Sep 6, 2015

Sandra Jean (Denton) Young, 72, of Syracuse, Indiana lost her battle with cancer on Sunday, September 6, 2015.

“Sandi” was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana on July 25, 1943. She attended Central High School and remained a resident of Fort Wayne until 1982. Sandi worked various office jobs as a young woman and eventually worked...

Sep 2, 2015

Edward A. Hoffman, 83, passed away Wednesday, September 2, 2015 at 10:55 AM in Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Edward was born May 16, 1932 in Fulton County, Indiana to William Foster and Eathel (Drudge) Hoffman. He served with the Army Air Force at Lackland Air Force Base. He lived most of his life in the Claypool, Indiana...

Sep 1, 2015

Mary Ellen Johnson, 94, passed away Tuesday, September 1, 2015 at 1:10 AM in her Warsaw, Indiana home while surrounded by her loving family. Mary Ellen was born June 16, 1921 in Huntington, Indiana to Carl C. and Virginia Mae (Dowler) Robinson. She graduated from Huntington High School with the class of 1939. Mary Ellen would marry the love her...

Aug 29, 2015

Helen Eloise Smith, 93, of Warsaw, IN passed away at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, August 29, 2015 at Kosciusko Community Hospital in Warsaw following a short illness surrounded by her family. Helen was born on December 14, 1921 in Warsaw to James O. & Nellie (Devenney) Tuttle.

She graduated in 1940 from Larwill High School and was...

Aug 23, 2015

Tammy L. Martin, 40, of North Webster, IN passed away at 7:45 a.m. on Sunday, August 23, 2015 at I.U. Goshen Hospital in Goshen, IN. She was born on September 3, 1974 in Frankfort, MI to Kathleen “Pat” (Weaver) Turner.

She attended Triton High School in Bourbon, IN, graduated in 1993 from Wawasee High School in Syracuse,...

Aug 22, 2015

Jeffrey D. "Jeff" Smith, 56, of North Webster, IN passed away at 6:48 p.m. on Saturday, August 22, 2015 at Parkview Regional Hospital in Fort Wayne, IN following a motorcycle accident in Elkhart County. He was born on February 16, 1959 in Anderson, IN to Henry D. & Barbara Ellen (McCarty) Smith.

He graduated in 1977 from...

Aug 21, 2015

M. Margene Clase, 74, passed away unexpectedly in her Warsaw, Indiana home Friday morning, August 21, 2015 at 7:35. Margene was born November 6, 1940 in Warsaw to Raymond and Marie (Priser) Haines. A lifetime Kosciusko County resident, she had been a sales representative at CVS for 12 years. Margene was a past president of Senior’s Our Night Out. Left...

Aug 21, 2015

Janet A. Perzee, 68, of Pierceton, IN passed away at 2:30 a.m. on Friday, August 21, 2015 at I.U. Goshen Hospital in Goshen, IN. She was born on June 2, 1947 in Pontiac, IL to Gilbert & Ferne (Stalter) Yordy.

She graduated in 1965 from Eureka High School in Eureka, IL, in 1969 from Northern...

Aug 21, 2015

Mrs. Mildred Nicolai, 102, of Syracuse, passed away at 10:08 a.m., on Friday, August 21, at Goshen Hospital.

Mildred was born February 28, 1913, to Jesse and Maude Miller.   Except for an early childhood move where she and her family homesteaded on the plains of Montana, Mildred made her home and life in Syracuse.  It was there...

Aug 21, 2015

Biography Linda Lou Yeiter, 75, passed away Friday, August 21, 2015 in Peabody Retirement Community, North Manchester, Indiana. The daughter of Dwayne and Maxine (Wideman) Horn, Linda was born November 13, 1939 in Warsaw, Indiana. On July 21, 1956, she and Larry Yeiter were married in Atwood, Indiana. He survives. Linda, a farmer's wife and homemaker, she was a member...

Aug 18, 2015

Aug 17, 2015

Alfred M. Crook, 75, of Cromwell, IN passed away at 10:46 a.m. on Monday, August 17, 2015 as the result of an automobile accident near Ligonier, IN. He was born on January 27, 1940 in Nashville, TN to Henry Alfred & Mary Emeline (Kenneth) Crook.

He grew in in Tennessee and attended public school there. He was...

Aug 16, 2015

Frances “Fran” Shively, a lifetime Claypool, Indiana resident, passed away Sunday, August 16, 2015 at 11:25 p.m. at Millers Merry Manor in Warsaw, Indiana. Fran was born in Warsaw on April 18, 1921 to Royal and Lucile (Valentine) Neff. She was a 1939 graduate of Claypool High School. She and Donald Shively were joined in marriage February 14, 1944 in...

Aug 13, 2015

Dolores E. “Dee” Gerber, 72, of Syracuse, IN passed away at 12:06 p.m. on Thursday, August 13, 2015 at Lutheran Hospital of Indiana in Fort Wayne, IN.  She was born on February 5, 1943 in Goshen, In to James Edward & Martha Mildred (Richcreek) Hapner.

She was a lifetime Syracuse area resident and attended Syracuse High School....

Aug 9, 2015

Jack William Klinefelter, 84, passed away unexpectedly Sunday, August 9, 2015 at 8:26 AM in Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Jack was born in Arcola, Indiana to Jacob M. and Gladys Marie (Hill) Klinefelter on February 19, 1930. He and Marilyn R. Kitchen were married January 14, 1956 in Columbia City, Indiana. She survives. A Warsaw, Indiana resident, Jack was...