Obituaries
Elkhart, Indiana Obituaries
Arthur Wayne Maness
May 6, 2009
ELKHART -- Arthur Wayne Maness, 43, of Elkhart, died at 4:55 p.m. Wednesday (May 6, 2009) in Elkhart General Hospital of complications from emphysema.
He was born Feb. 23, 1966, in Columbus, Ohio, to Joseph and Virginia (Garland) Maness.
His wife, Cheryl Head, survives along with two daughters, Veronica M. Maness at home and Michelle...
Colin J Hendrie
May 5, 2009
June 14, 1988 - May 5, 2009
BRISTOL -- Colin Jon Hendrie, 20, of Bristol, died at 4:23 p.m. Tuesday (May 5, 2009) in his home.
He was born June 14, 1988, in Elkhart to Scott L. and Stacey B. (Le Van) Hendrie.
He is survived by his mother, Stacey (Tom)...
Russell J. Mann
May 2, 2009
ELKHART -- Russell J. Mann, 78, of Elkhart, died at 12:22 p.m. Sunday (May 2, 2009) in his home.
He was born Dec. 8, 1930, in Elkhart to Russell and Mildred (Parcell) Mann. On Oct. 20, 1951, he married Barbara M. Hayes in Bronx, N.Y.
She survives along with two sons, Russell M....
Viola Estella Thorpe
May 1, 2009
Oct. 4, 1916 - May 1, 2009
ELKHART -- Viola Estella Thorpe, 92, of Elkhart, died at 1:25 a.m. Friday (May 1, 2009) at Riverside Village Healthcare Center in Elkhart, of natural causes.
She was born Oct.. 4, 1916, in Elkhart to Leroy and Pearl (Molebush) Gay. On May 11, 1932, she married...
Rex M Ellis
Apr 28, 2009
ELKHART-- Rex Marlin "Beeper" Ellis, 43, of Elkhart, died Tuesday morning (April 28, 2009) at his home.
He was born June 27, 1965, to Rex M. and Patricia (Haessig) Riefel in Vicksburg, Mich. On Oct. 15, 1994, he married Julie Marie Fahlbeck in Elkhart.
He is survived by his wife, Julie M. Ellis;...
Nolberto Aguirre
Apr 27, 2009
April 7, 1970 - April 27, 2009
BRISTOL -- Nolberto Aguirre, 39, of Bristol, died unexpectedly Monday (April 27, 2009) in his home.
He was born April 7, 1970, in Durango, Santiago, Mexico, to Teodoro and Sofia (Aguirre) Quintero.
They survive in Bristol along with two sisters, Rosa Garcia...
Annie Mccreary
Apr 26, 2009
Sept. 25, 1923 - April 26, 2009
ELKHART -- Annie McCreary, 85, of Elkhart, died at 4:46 a.m. Sunday (April 26, 2009) at Valley View Health Care Center after an extended illness.
She was born Sept. 25, 1923, to Joseph and Emily (Garland) Hampton in Manchester, Ky. She married Lawrence McCreary in Manchester, Tenn. He...
Elimira Cain
Apr 21, 2009
Aug. 6, 1925 - April 21, 2009
ELKHART -- Elmira Cain, 83, of Elkhart, died at 2:06 a.m. Tuesday (April 21, 2009) in Elkhart General Hospital.
She was born Aug. 6, 1925, in Butler County, Mo., to Willie and Fannie (McCauley) Cain. In the late 1940s she married Ira Hooper in Poplar Bluff,...
Carl Albert Mcdonald
Apr 19, 2009
Aug. 8, 1938 - April 19, 2009
UNION, Mich. -- Carl Albert "Butch" McDonald, aged 70, of Union, passed away on Sunday, April 19, 2009, in Elkhart General Hospital.
Butch was born on Aug. 8, 1938, in Elkhart, Ind., to the late Albert Wesley and Marilyn Wave (Monroe) McDonald.
Carl was...
Donald Joseph Holtz Sr.
Apr 16, 2009
Dec. 25, 1925 - April 16, 2009
UNION, Mich. -- Donald Joseph Holtz Sr., 83, of Union, died at 7 p.m. Thursday (April 16, 2009) in his daughter's Elkhart home.
He was born Dec. 25, 1925, in Elkhart to Frederick A. and Pearl (Kalb) Holtz.
Mr. Holtz is survived by eight sons, Donald...
Ronald E. Feller
Apr 14, 2009
ELKHART -- Ronald Eugene "Ronnie" Feller, 77, of Elkhart, died at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday (April 15, 2009) in Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne, of complications from heart surgery.
He was born Nov. 20, 1931, in Findlay, Ohio, to Irvan A. and Evelyn (Lape) Feller. On Sept. 6, 1957, he married Nancy May Eggleston in Goshen. She...
Evlyn Ruth Still
Apr 14, 2009
ELKHART -- Evlyn Ruth Still, 83, of Elkhart, formerly of Hammond, died at 5:30 a.m. Tuesday (April 14, 2009) in Valley View Health Care Center.
She was born Oct. 16, 1925, in Hammond to Frank and Mary Borman.
Mrs. Still is survived by one son, Henry Starks of Hammond, and one...
Nicholas Lee Berentz
Apr 14, 2009
ELKHART -- Nicholas Lee Berentz, infant son of Brian L. and Christina (Lee) Berentz, died at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday (April 14, 2009) in Memorial Hospital, South Bend, after being prematurely born.
He is survived by his sister, Kendra L. Berentz, at home, and his grandparents, Rose Lee of New Buffalo, Mich., Louis Lee II of...
Richard C Delanater
Apr 14, 2009
ELKHART -- Richard Charles "Dick" De Lanater, 81, of Elkhart, died at 5:30 a.m. Tuesday (April 14, 2009) in his home.
He was born June 25, 1927, in Vicksburg, Mich., to William and Beatrice De Lanater. On Jan. 24, 1953, he married Kathleen A. Bucklin Bane in South Bend.
She survives along with...
Gail Pixley
Apr 13, 2009
March 9, 1952 - April 13, 2009
ELKHART -- Gail Elizabeth Pixley, 57, of Elkhart, died at 12:58 p.m. Monday (April 13, 2009) in the emergency room at Elkhart General Hospital.
She was born March 9, 1952, in Elkhart to Hazen LeRoy and Patricia Mae (Fletcher) Pixley. They preceded her in...
Georgia Mae Williams
Apr 13, 2009
ELKHART -- Georgia Mae Williams, 79, of Elkhart, died at 12:15 a.m. Monday (April 13, 2009) in Elkhart General Hospital.
She was born May 6, 1929, in Potterville, Mich., to Conrad and Mary Jane (Sanborn) VonRicter.
Mrs. Williams was preceded in death by two husbands; three sons, Michael, Edward and Kerry Pugliese; one...
John Tony Jr.
Apr 10, 2009
March 9, 1926 - April 10, 2009
ELKHART -- John Fredrick Tony Jr., 83, of Elkhart, died at 7:20 a.m. Friday (April 10, 2009) in the Hospice House of Elkhart.
He was born March 9, 1926, in Fort Wayne to John Fredrick Sr. and Irene (Koby) Tony. On Jan. 1, 1949, he married...
Ronald R. Gilbert
Apr 9, 2009
GOSHEN -- Ronald Ralph "Ron" Gilbert, 65, of Goshen went home to be with his Lord and Savior at 8:10 p.m. Thursday (April 9, 2009) in Goshen General Hospital after an extended illness.
He was born on Dec. 15, 1943, in Goshen to Clifford and Naomi (Rice) Gilbert. He married Evelyn M. Brock on March...
Patricia A Hummel
Apr 9, 2009
ELKHART -- Patricia Anne Hummel, 55, of Elkhart, died at 9:45 a.m. Thursday (April 9, 2009) in her home.
She was born Nov. 6, 1953, in Elkhart to Frank and Irene (Replogle) Stephic.
Her mother survives along with three daughters, Stephanie Green of Elkhart, Stacy (Bill) Scarberry of Jones, Mich., and Nicolette Warren...
Miranda N. Hapner
Apr 8, 2009
ELKHART -- Miranda Nichole "Stick" Hapner, 22, of Elkhart, died at 3:27 p.m. Wednesday in Elkhart General Hospital, after a motor vehicle accident earlier this week.
She was born June 11, 1986, in Elkhart, to Jeffrey A. Denney and Lynette M. Perry.
They survive along with her fiancee, Darren C. Swoape, of Elkhart;...
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