Obituaries

Aug 9, 2015

Junior Isaac passed away Sunday, August 9, 2015 at 9:25 PM in his Pierceton, Indiana home. Junior was born March 9, 1946 in Hall, Kentucky to Pearlie Isaac. He and Barbara J. McCool were married March 7, 1986 in Prestonsburg, Kentucky. She survives. He was a laborer for Winona Powder Coating, LLC for 15 years and retired in 2005. Junior...

Aug 8, 2015

Dorothy Elizabeth “Dottie” Hoffer, 85, passed away Saturday, August 8, 2015 at 4:06 PM in the Visiting Nurse and Hospice Home in Fort Wayne, Indiana On February 17, 1930, Dottie was born in Atwood, Indiana to John E. and Virginia J. (Sensibaugh) Hershberger. Dorothy, a 1948 graduate of Mentone High School, was married August 13, 1949 to Frank Devon Hoffer...

Aug 6, 2015

Gretchen Watkins Manthey Bumbaugh passed away Thursday, August 6, 2015 at 5:10 AM at her home in the Grace Village Assisted Living Community, Winona Lake, Indiana. She was 82. Gretchen was born in Niagara Falls, New York to Henry W. and Lenora M. (Schreiber) Seiffert. She was a 1950 graduate of Warsaw High School, Warsaw, Indiana. On June 10, 1950...

Aug 6, 2015

Daniel Lee Graff, 62, passed away Thursday, August 6, 2015 at 11:47 AM in Indiana University Goshen Hospital, Goshen, Indiana. Daniel was born January 19, 1953 in Goshen to Stanley and Virginia (Downing) Graff. Living in Syracuse, Indiana, he was a commercial truck driver for 40 years who enjoyed collecting antique cars. Daniel is survived by his mother: Virginia Graff,...

Aug 1, 2015

Merrilee R. Wagner, 76, passed away Saturday, August 1, 2015 at 2:12 AM in Millers Merry Manor, Warsaw, Indiana. Merrilee was born January 25, 1939 in Huntington, Indiana to Raymond and Arlena (McDaniel) Sands. She first was married Harold Campbell on May 10, 1958. He survives as the father of her children. On June 11, 1983 she and William H....

Aug 1, 2015

Suzanne Arlene (Coy) Hanna, 74, of Bloomington (formerly of North Webster, IN ) passed away at IU Health-Bloomington Hospital on Saturday, August 1, 2015.

Suzanne was born on April 28, 1941, the daughter of Tillman “Junior” Coy and Eula (Killian) Coy.  She was married to Warren G. Hanna who preceded her in death on August 5, 2013. ...

Jul 31, 2015

Ernest Lamar “Ernie” Knight, 75, of Syracuse, IN was called home by our heavenly Father at 2:15 p.m. on Friday, July 31, 2015 at Courtyard Healthcare in Goshen, IN following a 6 month illness. He was born on June 12, 1940 in Goshen, IN to James Edward Trainor & Lucille Daisy Knight.

He attended Goshen public...

Jul 29, 2015

Betty Rose Coughlin 90, of Albion, IN passed away at 6:20 p.m. on Wednesday, July 29, 2015 at North Ridge Village Nursing home in Albion.  She was born on August 10, 1924, in Etna, IN, to Cletus C. and Thelma E. (Wheeler) Stump.

She lived most of her life in Whitley, Noble, and Kosciusko Counties, attended Washington...

Jul 28, 2015

Beulah M. Wentz passed away Tuesday, July 28, 2015 at 7:30 PM in Millers Merry Manor, Warsaw, Indiana on her 94th birthday. She was born July 28, 1921 in Livingston, Kentucky to Harrison B. and Lula (Perciful) Cope. On June 2, 1950 in New Paris, Ohio, Beulah became the bride of Harold H. Wentz. They moved to Warsaw in 1961....

Jul 27, 2015

Jeffrey Scott Kawsh, 50, of North Webster, IN passed away on Monday, July 27, 2015 in Lexington, TN from injuries suffered in a vehicle / pedestrian accident. He was born on May 6, 1965 in Chicago, IL to Frank T. & Priscilla J. (Peshek) Kawsh.

He grew up in Chicago and attended Foreman High School in Chicago and...

Jul 24, 2015

Alley W. Dile, 85, passed away Friday, July 24, 2015 at 8:45 AM in Pierceton, Indiana home while surrounded by her children. Alley was born October 27, 1929 in Springfield, Kentucky to Thomas Jefferson and Flossie Mae (Harden) Coulter. She was a graduate of Mackville High School, Mackville, Kentucky. She and Leslie J. Dile were married July 6, 1946. He...

Jul 24, 2015

Sharon L. Masterson passed away Friday, July 24, 2015 at 3:03 PM in Kosciusko Community Hospital, Warsaw, Indiana at the age of 71. A twin daughter of Clarence and Shebea King, Sharon was born in Lakeville, Indiana on January 3, 1944. She and Donald Masterson were joined in marriage November 7, 1967 in LaPaz, Indiana and would share 47 years...

Jul 22, 2015

Nong Y. Fulk, 64, of Syracuse, IN passed away on Wednesday, July 22, 2015 at 12:30 a.m. in St. Joseph Regional Medical Center in Mishawaka, IN. She was born on January 6, 1951 in Bangkok, Thailand to Bill & Norm Toopwong.

She attended public school in Thailand and moved to the United States 44 years ago from...

Jul 19, 2015

Edna M. “Marie” Mock, 87, of Syracuse, IN passed away at 6:31 p.m. on Sunday, July 19, 2015 at Avalon Village Nursing Home in Ligonier, IN. She was born on December 21, 1927 in Leesburg (Clunette), IN to Leroy S. & Mary Ruth (Goodman) Bennett.

She was a lifetime Kosciusko County area resident and attended Atwood High...

Jul 17, 2015

Lois J. Stone, 69, passed away Friday, July 17, 2015 at 7:45 PM in Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Lois was born November 30, 1945 in Flint, Michigan to Amos and Ora M. (Stiltner) Stone. A Claypool, Indiana resident, Lois was an industrial sewer for Da-Lite Screen and had been in their employment for 43 years until the time of...

Jul 15, 2015

Biography Harold J. VanCleve, 84, passed away Wednesday, July 15, 2015 at 6:15 PM in his Warsaw, Indiana home. Harold was born to Hiram and Lois (McCandless) VanCleve August 21, 1930 in North Liberty, Pennsylvania. He was a 1948 graduate of Wilkensburg High School, Wilkensburg, Pennsylvania. He entered the United States Army where he served as an MP during the...

Jul 15, 2015

Christine R. “Chris” Bitting, 53, of Syracuse, IN passed away at 6:50 p.m. on Wednesday, July 15, 2015 at her home. She was born on March 3, 1962 in Springfield, OH to H. Stanley & H. Marie (Beamer) Gardner.

She attended Goshen High School, graduated in 1980 from Wawasee High School and then attended Lutheran Nursing School...

Jul 13, 2015

Neva Jeanette Gross, 98, passed away Monday, July 13, 2015 at 11:23 PM in Grace Village Assisted Living facility, Winona Lake, Indiana. The oldest of seven children belonging to Earl and Katie Pearl (Ropp) Gross, Neva was born May 24, 1917 in the Old McDonald Hospital, Warsaw, Indiana. She was the salutatorian of the 1936 graduating class of Warsaw High...

Jul 10, 2015

Viola M. “Vi” Weicht, 86, of Blairstown, NJ (formerly of Pierceton, IN) passed away at 8:10 a.m. on Friday, July 10, 2015 at the home of her daughter in Blairstown, NJ. She was born on April 6, 1929 in Noble County, IN to Cecil Edward & Vicie Gladys (Howell) Knapp.

She graduated in 1948 from Wolf Lake High...

Jul 9, 2015

Biography Robert “Bob” J. Bledsoe, 41, passed away Thursday, July 9, 2015 at 11:18 a.m. while holding his wife’s hand in Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, Illinois. Bob, born September 25, 1973 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, was the son of James “Timm” and Susan M. (Gresso) Bledsoe. He was a 1992 graduate of Northridge High School in Middlebury, Indiana....