Obituaries

May 26, 2022

Charles “Gail” Freel, 74, of North Webster, Indiana, passed away at 9:59 p.m. on Thursday, May 26, 2022, at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He was born on March 27, 1948, in Huntington, Indiana, to Charles and Rosemary (Huston) Freel.

Gail grew up in Huntington, Indiana, with six brothers and sisters before moving to...

May 25, 2022

Michael K. Buell, known to most as “Mike,” passed away quietly on Wednesday, May 25, 2022 at Kosciusko Community Hospital, Warsaw. He was a lifetime Warsaw resident.

Born on May 13, 1950, Mike recently celebrated his 72nd birthday. He was born in Warsaw, the son of Charles and Marvel (Galloway) Buell, both of whom preceded him in passing. He was...

May 23, 2022

Leo Cronkhite Jr., age 92 and a longtime resident of Warsaw, passed away quietly on Monday, May 23, 2022 at 2:54 a.m. in Paddock Springs Health Center, Warsaw.

The son of the late Leo Cronkhite and Daisy Belle (Reynolds) Cronkhite, Leo was born on May 16, 1930 in West Lebanon, IN. He attended schools locally and entered service with the...

May 21, 2022

Kevin M. Hunter, of Warsaw, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, May 21, 2022 at the age of 63. Arrangements are pending with Titus Funeral Home and Cremation Services. Please check back for an updated obituary.

May 17, 2022

John Robert Stauffer (Johnny Bob to his friends and family) was born June 28, 1929 in North Manchester, Indiana, to Robert and Irene Stauffer.  He had two sisters, Barbara and Anne.  John was a small-town guy, an athlete who loved basketball and baseball (his mother kept statistics and newspaper clippings from every game he ever participated in his youth). But,...

May 17, 2022

George A. Bullock IV, 85, of Warsaw, IN passed away at 7:55 a.m. on Tuesday, May 17, 2022 at Paddock Springs Healthcare in Warsaw, IN. He was born on September 17, 1936 in Goshen, IN to George A. & Dorothy H. (Warstler) Bullock III.

He graduated in 1954 from Elkhart High School, attended Purdue University, and served...

May 16, 2022

Verna Marie Herr, 80, of Kendallville, IN (formerly of Goshen & Syracuse, IN) passed away at 3:45 a.m. on Monday, May 16, 2022 at Lutheran Life Villages in Kendallville, IN. She was born on July 26, 1941 in Goshen, IN to Warren E. & Edna M. (Eby) Risser.

She grew up in Goshen and graduated from Goshen...

May 15, 2022

Karen L. Boddiger, 65, of Cromwell, IN passed away at 9:03 a.m. on Sunday, May 15, 2022 at Mason Health & Rehab in Warsaw, IN. She was born on June 27, 1956 in Warsaw, IN to Elwood J. & Maxine (Redden) Foster Sr.

She grew up in Goshen, graduated in 1975 from Goshen High School, and lived...

May 15, 2022

David M. “Dave” Walker, 79, of Pierceton, IN passed away at 8:30 p.m. on Sunday, May 15, 2022 at his home. He was born on December 4, 1942 in Hartford City, IN to Jay & Violet (Scott) Walker.

He attended Muncie Central High School and was married on April 21, 1962 in Muncie, IN to Nancy Ann...

May 14, 2022

Dennis L. Carter, 77, of Syracuse, IN passed away at 4:28 p.m. on Saturday, May 14, 2022 at Miller’s Merry Manor in Syracuse, IN. He was born on July 3, 1944 in Fort Wayne, IN to David E. & Phyllis K. (Bonar) Carter.

He graduated from Albion Jefferson High School, attended Tri-State College in Angola, and served...

May 14, 2022

Jeremy Ray Weaver, 41, of Milford, IN passed away at 3:45 p.m. on Saturday, May 14, 2022 near Syracuse, IN as the result of an automobile accident. He was born on June 7, 1980 in Inverness, FL to Raymond Joseph & Debra L. (Thomas) Weaver.

He lived in Florida before moving to the Milford area and attended...

May 13, 2022

Willis Michael “Willie” Newby, 67, of Pierceton, IN passed away at 8:10 a.m. on Friday, May 13, 2022 at his home. He was born on January 3, 1955 in Muncie, IN to Willis & Annabelle (McColley) Newby.

He moved to the North Webster / Pierceton area in the late 1960’s from Muncie, IN and graduated from Wawasee...

May 11, 2022

Beverly Reid, a resident of Dallas, Georgia and a longtime Pierceton, Indiana resident, passed away quietly at her son’s home on Wednesday, May 11, 2022, ten days shy of her 84th birthday.

Beverly was born in Leesburg, Indiana and was the daughter of Paul and Pearl Delight Rathbun. She was a graduate of Leesburg High School and went on to...

May 10, 2022

  Pastor W. Dean Ealey, co-founder and longtime pastor of Early Apostolic Bible Training Center (EABTC), took the hand of the Lord on Tuesday, May 10, 2022 at 4:17 p.m. She was 69 years old and would’ve preferred that this paragraph read “Pastor Dean has left the building!”

A play on words, Dean often compared the body to a building,...

May 10, 2022

May 9, 2022

Judy K. Coplen, 74, of Ft. Wayne, passed away on Monday, May 9, 2022 at Stillwater Hospice Home, Fort Wayne.

Judy was the daughter of F. Dean and Martha Decker of Atwood, Indiana, born on August 30, 1947.  She graduated from Mentone High School and received a degree in computer programming from IUPU Fort Wayne.  She spent her career at...

May 6, 2022

Mary Beth Minoletti, a resident of Warsaw and previously of California, passed away unexpectedly at home on Friday, May 6, 2022. She was 53 years old.

 

Mary Beth was born in Hartford, Connecticut on April 15, 1969. She spent her formative years there and was a graduate of Mercy High School in Middletown, CT. Professionally she spent many years...

May 6, 2022

 

Jose A. Rodriguez, of Warsaw, passed away unexpectedly at Kosciusko Community Hospital on Friday, May 6, 2022, at the age of 66.

 

Born in New York on July 20, 1955, he was the son of Radame Soto Alvarado and Maria Tejera Rios. On June 7, 2015, he married his love, Blanca Sanchez. True to his hardworking nature, Jose...

May 6, 2022

Mitchell A. “Mitch” Albaugh, 62, of Warsaw, IN (formerly of Cromwell, IN) passed away at 6:35 a.m. on Friday, May 6, 2022 at Kosciusko Community Hospital in Warsaw, IN. He was born on November 17, 1959 in Angola, IN to David A. & Sarah (Ostrander) Albaugh.

He grew up in Goshen, attended Goshen High School, and moved...

May 5, 2022

Lewis H. Scherer, of Graceville, FL and formally of Silver Lake, IN, passed away at Southeast Health Medical Center in Dothan, AL at the age of 88.

Lewis was born on April 12, 1934 in Silver Lake, IN, the son of LeRoy and Viola (McGowen) Scherer. A hard worker, he earned his bachelor's degree and worked for NASA as an...