Obituaries

Nov 4, 2020

Regeina Kay De Smet, known to most as “Reggie” or “Kay,” went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, November 4, 2020. Age 72, she passed in her Warsaw home, surrounded by her loving family at 8:20 p.m Reggie was born on December 2, 1947 in Barlow, Kentucky to the late Orval Glennard and Senora Alberta (Shemwell) Purcell. She grew...

Nov 3, 2020

Daniel D. Brubaker, Jr., age 29 of Knoxville, TN and of Warsaw, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, November 3, 2020 just after 2 p.m. in Warsaw. The son of Daniel Brubaker, Sr. and Brandi (Moore) Tharp, he was born in Rochester on March 31, 1991. He attended Tippecanoe Valley High School, graduating in 2009 and was an honorably discharged veteran...

Nov 3, 2020

Robert D. "Bob" Hornbeck, 82, of Silver Lake, IN passed away at 10:50 p.m. on Tuesday, November 3, 2020 at his residence, surrounded by his loving family, after a 12-year battle with Alzheimer’s disease.

Bob was born on March 31, 1938 in Decatur, IL. His loving parents, Harold and Lucille (Morrison) Hornbeck raised him in Mattoon, IL...

Nov 2, 2020

Gloria J. Miller passed away on November 2, 2020 after a sudden and brief illness. She was 96 years young. The daughter of Glen and Sylvia Witmer, she spent her childhood in the greater North Webster community and graduated from North Webster High School in the summer of 1942. She worked for a time during the war in the...

Oct 30, 2020

Terry David McGill, 57, formerly of Syracuse, IN passed away at 4:37 a.m. on Friday, October 30, 2020 at Avalon Village Healthcare in Ligonier, IN. He was born on February 14, 1963 in Goshen, IN to Vernon L. & Iona Ruth (Kline) McGill.

He was a lifetime Syracuse area resident and graduated in 1982 from Fairfield High...

Oct 27, 2020

Joseph Wildermuth, 98, passed away on Tuesday, October 27, 2020 at Hickory Creek Health Care in Rochester, IN. He was born on September 2, 1922 on the family farm near Millark, IN, the son of Solomon Ray and Iona Rae (Blacketor) Wildermuth.

In 1944 he married Garnet Wright and she passed away in 1995. In 1998 he...

Oct 27, 2020

Nancy Lorraine Wood, 66, of Milford, IN passed away at 8:25 a.m. on Tuesday, October 27, 2020 at Avalon Village Healthcare in Ligonier, IN. She was born on March 30, 1954 to Arthur Eugene & Lorraine Annie (Urban) Collins.

She grew up in Bourbon, graduated in 1972 from Triton High School, and lived most of her life...

Oct 26, 2020

Lenord E. Nicholson, Sr., age 78 of Warsaw, passed away at 9:55 a.m. on Monday October 26, 2020 in Warsaw at Kosciusko Community Hospital. Born to Frank O.S. and Dorothea A. (Christensen) Nicholson on July 9, 1942 in Sicklerville, New Jersey, Lenord spent much of his early life on the east coast. He spent many years as a volunteer firefighter...

Oct 26, 2020

K. Roger Smith, age 90 and a longtime Warsaw area resident, passed away peacefully at 4:48 a.m. on Monday, October 26, 2020 from Miller’s Merry Manor, Warsaw. He was born on June 15, 1930 in Wabash, the son of Russell and Helen (Coblentz) Smith. Roger was kind, giving and very intelligent. He was born blind but, true to his tenacious...

Oct 25, 2020

Drew Alec Smith, 30, of Warsaw, IN passed away at 7:45 p.m. on Sunday, October 25, 2020 at his home. He was born on January 25, 1990 in Goshen, IN to Teia A. Smith & Troy Workman.

He graduated in 2008 from high school in Star Valley, WY and moved to the Warsaw in 2009. He was...

Oct 25, 2020

Roger William Peterson, 65, of Syracuse, IN passed away at 8:07 p.m. on Sunday, October 25, 2020 at Goshen Hospital. He was born on August 15, 1955 in LaGrange, IN to Robert William & Nancy Lou (Whetten) Peterson.

He graduated in 1973 from Wawasee High School in Syracuse and lived most of his life in the Syracuse...

Oct 22, 2020

Dawn E. Randall, age 65, of Pierceton, IN, passed away surrounded by her family on Thursday morning, October 22, 2020. Dawn was born on January 11, 1955 in Jasper, IN. She was the daughter of the late Ezra Jones and Maridean (Kraft) Jones. She was a graduate of Goshen High School. On September 17, 1983, she married the love...

Oct 21, 2020

Rex Schilling, Claypool, passed away at 4:40 p.m. on October 21, 2020, at Lutheran Hospital in Ft. Wayne, after suffering a stroke.  He was born on October 30, 1930, to Clarence and Laura (Schrock) Schilling in Bippus, Indiana.  He grew up on the family dairy and pony farm surrounded by five brothers and one sister.

After graduating...

Oct 20, 2020

Ronnie Cornett, 77, of Syracuse, IN passed away at 11:07 a.m. on Tuesday, October 20, 2020 at Miller’s Merry Manor in Syracuse. He was born on April 11, 1943 in Carrie, KY to Lawrence & Dallie (Salients) Cornett.

He grew up in Kentucky and attend public schools there. He was married on March 20, 1965 to Beverly...

Oct 18, 2020

Clayton Michael "Mike" Varney Jr., 51, of Colon, MI (formerly of Syracuse, IN) passed away on Sunday, October 18, 2020 at his home. He was born on July 4, 1969 in Elgin, IL to Clayton Michael & Julia A. (Radke) Varney Sr.

He grew up in Illinois, attended Cambridge Academy in Illinois, and lived in Syracuse for...

Oct 16, 2020

Ricky Ray Gibson, age 59 of Kuhn Lake, passed away after battling cancer on Friday, October 16, 2020 at 12:46 a.m. in his home. Born in Knoxville, TN, Ricky was the son of Alfred Bogan Ellerbe, Sr. and Joyce (Hatcher) Ellerbe. He spent his formative years in Florida, later moving to Kosciusko County where he attended Warsaw Community High School....

Oct 15, 2020

Richard Lloyd "Dick" Tillman, 83, of Syracuse, IN & Merritt Island, FL passed away at 6:47 a.m. on Thursday, October 15, 2020 at his home in Syracuse. He was born on November 27, 1936 in Elkhart, IN to Lloyd E. & Josephine (Butler) Tillman.

He graduated in 1954 from Elkhart High School, was a Class of 1958...

Oct 13, 2020

Mona Belle Byrd, 98, formerly of Syracuse, IN passed away at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 13, 2020 at Mason Health & Rehab in Warsaw, IN. She was born on October 22, 1921 in North Webster, IN to Ray & Nora (Mock) Firestone.

She was a lifetime Syracuse / North Webster area resident and graduated in 1940...

Oct 13, 2020

Richard A. Dobbs “Dobbs” age 91 of Warsaw, Indiana, passed away October 13, 2020. Beloved husband of the late Nancy. Loving father of Deborah Horanic (Louis Mastrianni), Christine (Dan) Kierpaul, Kurt (Mary), and the late Richard (Liz). Dear grandfather of Courtney (Eric), DJ (Marlanea), Austin, Taylor, Kyle, Katelynn (Logan), Lora, Chloe, Ella and Lexi. Proud great grandfather of Jackson, Sadie...

Oct 13, 2020

Daniel D. “Dan” Van Lue, 61, of Milford, IN passed away at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, October 13, 2020 at Goshen Hospital. He was born on May 14, 1959 in Adair Co., MO to Jack & Katheryn N. (Wright) VanLue.

He grew up in Wakarusa, graduated in 1978 from Northwood High School in Nappanee and lived most...