Obituaries

Dec 13, 2013

Ethel D. Johnson, 75, passed away Friday, December 13, 2013 at 10:35 AM in Miller's Merry Manor, Warsaw, Indiana. The daughter of Amos Lester and Gladys (Prater) Dotson, Ethel was born April 13, 1938 in Prestonsburg, Kentucky. She and Henry Johnson, Jr. were joined in marriage February 5, 1984 in Prestonsburg. In 2007 they moved and made their home in...

Dec 11, 2013

David Frank Mayhew, 73, passed away Wednesday, December 11, 2013 at 5:30 PM in his Warsaw, Indiana home. David was born September 19, 1940 in Gary, Indiana to Edward W. and Ruth Rowena (Torbet) Mayhew. He was a 1958 graduate of Gilead High School. He lived most of his life in the Warsaw area. It was in Warsaw on July...

Dec 10, 2013

Janet E. DeVittorio, 78, of North Webster, IN passed away at 2:55 p.m. on Tuesday, December 10, 2013 at her home. She was born on March 14, 1935 in Cleveland, OH to Murray G. & Margaret (Barnes) Hawk. She graduated from Brush High School in Lyndhurst, Ohio and from Allegheny College in Meadville, PA. She grew up in Ohio and...

Dec 8, 2013

Stephen L. Porter, 72, of North Webster, IN passed away at 10:02 p.m. on Sunday December 8, 2013 at Grace Village Health Care in Winona Lake, IN. He was born on August 19, 1941 in Ironton, OH to Paul W. Porter Sr. & Maxine Hill Porter. He graduated from Ironton High School and was a United States Army veteran. He...

Dec 8, 2013

Frank Joseph Winters, 74, of North Webster, IN passed away at 11:15 p.m. on Sunday, December 8, 2013 at St. Joseph Hospital in Fort Wayne, IN. He was born on January 2, 1939 in Huntington, W. VA to Mike & Sophie (Kurtz) Winters. He grew up in West Virginia, attended public school there, and in 1979 received his GED from...

Dec 2, 2013

Kenneth E. Menzie, 73, passed away unexpectedly Monday, December 2, 2013 at 6:05 PM in the home of his daughter, Darlene, where he had lived for the past 4 years. He was born December 21, 1939 to Kenneth and Elsie (Kirkpatrick) Menzie in South Bend, Indiana - where he lived most of his life. Ken was a 1958 graduate of...

Nov 27, 2013

Mary Ann Albert, 75, passed away Wednesday, November 27, 2013 at 6:15 AM in Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Mary Ann was born April 1, 1938 in Pontiac, Michigan to Arthur and Ida (Stafford) Hicks. Mary Ann attended and graduated from Kentucky Mountain Bible Institute in Jackson, Kentucky. She earned her Bachelor's Degree from Marion College (now Indiana...

Nov 27, 2013

Virginia B. "Ginger" Smith, 79, passed away Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 9:42 PM in her Winona Lake, IN home. Ginger was born May 17, 1934 to Harold and Irene (Torell) Bergstrom in Plainfield, NJ. She was a graduate of Van Wert High School; earned a BS in Education, MS in Guidance and Counseling and Certification in School Psychology. On...

Nov 26, 2013

Mildred L. Cronkhite, 86, of Warsaw, Indiana passed away Tuesday, November 26, 2013 in Grace Village Healthcare, Winona Lake, Indiana at 11:48 PM. The daughter of Ernest E. and Ethel (Watkins) Unruh, Mildred was born October 21, 1927 in Warsaw. She was a lifetime Warsaw resident, Mildred was a telephone operator with Embarq aka United and Sprint) ro 40 years...

Nov 24, 2013

Dennis L. "Den" Applegate, 49, passed away Sunday, November 24, 2013 at 11:52 AM in Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Den, a lifetime Warsaw, Indiana resident was born March 7, 1964 and was a graduate of Warsaw Community High School. He had been employed in management by NIA in Nappanee, Indiana. He was a member of Warsaw Community Church, Warsaw...

Nov 23, 2013

Thomas Allen “Tom or Butch” Sterling II, 53, of Fort Wayne, IN (formerly of Syracuse, IN) passed away on Saturday, November 23, 2013 at his home. He was born on July 6, 1960 in Wayne County, IN to Thomas & Juanita (Foster) Sterling. He lived most of his life in the Syracuse area and graduated in 1979 from Wawasee High...

Nov 19, 2013

David Edgar Salisbury, 62, of Indianapolis, IN passed away on Tuesday, November 19, 2013 at his home. He was born on February 4, 1951 in New Albany, IN to Eugene & Elizabeth (Hank) Salisbury. He grew up in Elizabeth, IN, graduated in 1970 from South Central High School in Elizabeth and was a United States Army Veteran. He received his...

Nov 15, 2013

Kristine M. “Kris” Jaskutis, 51, of Syracuse, IN passed away at 1:53 a.m. on Friday, November 15, 2013 at Lutheran Hospital of Indiana in Fort Wayne, IN. She was born on January 2, 1962 in Hammond, IN to Robert L. & Marlene S. (Rumbut) McMahan. She grew up in Hammond, attended Morton High School in Hammond and was employed at...

Nov 15, 2013

Donna D. Harman, 74, passed away Friday, November 15, 2013 at 5:10 PM in Wabash County Hospital, Wabash, Indiana. Donna, daughter of Clarence and Mildred (Rickel) Hartman, was born February 20, 1939 in Warsaw, Indiana. Formerly of Warsaw, she Moved to Wabash 11 years ago. Donna's simple joys in life were people, music, animals, family and her group home family...

Nov 14, 2013

Richard D. King, 83, passed away Thursday, November 14, 2013 at 2:20 PM in his Warsaw, Indiana home while surrounded by his family. He was born September 7, 1930 in Mentone, Indiana to George and Freda (Wagner) King. On June 24, 1950 in Mentone, he and Joan Bowser were joined in marriage. Over a period of 54 years he drove...

Nov 14, 2013

Zachaery Jay “Zach” Cox, 19, of Pierceton, IN passed away on Thursday, November 14, 2013. He was born on March 20, 1994 in Nampa, Idaho to Nicholas J. “Nick” & Michelle L. (Minnick) Cox. He lived most of his life in the Kosciusko County area, having moved here from Idaho when he was 3 and graduated in 2013 from Whitko...

Nov 9, 2013

Marilyn Ruth Litton, 90, passed away Sunday, November 9, 2013 at 7:30 PM in Munster, Indiana while surrounded by family. Marilyn was born April 7, 1923 in Hammond, Indiana to Roy and Ruth F. (Miner) Mattix. She was a 1941 graduate of Hammond High School. Then the year following on July 10, 1942, also in Hammond, she married Kenneth A....

Nov 8, 2013

Biography Robert E. "Bobby" Sherrard, Jr., 42, was called to his final resting place Friday, November 8, 2013 at 4:04 PM in Parkview Hospital, Fort Wayne, Indiana with his family by his side. Bobby was born January 10, 1971 in Dalton, Georgia to Robert E. and Diane (Buhrmaster) Sherrard, Sr. He attended Whitko High School, South Whitley, Indiana. He lived...

Nov 8, 2013

Inez Pearl Barrett, 97, passed away Friday, November 8, 2013 at 10:10 AM in Grace Village Healthcare, Winona Lake, Indiana. She was born Inez Pearl Early July 12, 1916 in Scott Township, Kosciusko County, Indiana to John LaMont and Annie Alta (Eaton) Early. She and Herschel Wayne Dinkledine were married February 20, 1938 in Milford, Indiana. He would pass away...

Nov 7, 2013