All Obituaries

Russell Claude Gagnon Jr., 80, North Manchester passed away July 1, 2020 at 6:08 a.m. at his residence. On January 5, 1940, Russell was born in Silver Lake, Indiana to Russel C. and Sara Annabelle (Hamilton) Gagnon Sr. Russell earned his high school diploma through the military graduating in 1962. Russell served in the United States Marines Corps from 1958 to 1962. Russell’s first wife, Iris Trout passed away in 1968. He later married Lois Bolinger on February 21, 1987. The two were...

Martin Bloom Sacks, 73, Warsaw, Indiana formerly of Sidney, Indiana passed away June 30, 2020 at 2:20 p.m. at Mason Health and Rehabilitation Center, Warsaw. Martin was an only child born to Henry Martin and Lena (Bloom) Sacks on March 27, 1947. Martin married Bonnie Lu Furnas in 1971. The two were married for thirteen years and had one son, Daniel Martin Sacks. Martin graduated from Warsaw High School in 1965 and earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering from Purdue Fort Wayne in...

James “Jim” W. Carpenter, 91, North Manchester, Indiana, passed away June 28, 2020 at 7:25 a.m. at Peabody Healthcare Center, North Manchester. The first son of Lee and Mildred (Mortensen) Carpenter, Jim was born October 13, 1928 in Amboy, Illinois. He was later joined by younger brother Robert.  As a child Jim enjoyed visiting and spending time at his grandparents’ home. Jim graduated from Senn High School in Chicago, Illinois in 1946. Before moving to Chicago, he...

Betty I. Leffel, 94, North Manchester, passed away June 22, 2020 at Peabody Healthcare Center, North Manchester. On August 8, 1925, Betty was born in Dalton, Ohio at her cousin’s home. Although Betty was an only child, her parents Ralph M. and Mayme (Huntsberger) Garn were a foster home to many children over the years. A graduate from Smithville High School, Ohio in 1943, Betty went on to graduate from Manchester College in 1947 and continued her education at St. Francis University,...

Susan “Sue” E. Clark, 72, Silver Lake, Indiana, passed away June 20, 2020 at 5:27 a.m. She was born in Warsaw, Indiana, on November 4, 1947, to Robert and Leona (Winger) Leckrone. She was raised on a farm in southern Kosciusko County. Sue attended Sidney School until it closed and then transferred to South Whitley High School, graduating in 1966. She graduated from International Business College in Fort Wayne, Indiana, in 1968. After graduating from college with an...

Jesse Leroy “J.L.” Trickle, 75, Huntington, Indiana, passed away June 16, 2020 at 2:00 a.m. at Miller’s Merry Manor, Huntington, Indiana. J.L. was born May 25, 1945 in Wabash, Indiana, to Jesse E. and Phyllis (Flack) Trickle. J.L. graduated from Manchester High School class of 1963, then went on to further his education at International Business College. He earned an Associate’s Degree in General Business in 1965. On August 22, 1970, J.L. married Mary Ann Hegerfeld....

Evelyn Mullett Niswander, 102, North Manchester, Indiana, passed away June 15, 2020 at Timbercrest Healthcare Center, North Manchester. Evelyn was born in Mishawaka, Indiana, October 1, 1917, to Ezra and Anna Mullett.  They had one other daughter, Anna Ruth Mullett and a son, J. Lorrel Mullett.  Evelyn had many memories of going to County Fairs and of 4-H activities with her family and also loved to visit extended family.  She and her cousins would sometimes put together...

John R. Graham, 90, North Manchester passed away on June 3, 2020 at Peabody Retirement Community, North Manchester at 6:35 p.m. John was born in Kokomo, Indiana on September 28, 1929 to Charles and Bertha (Zimmerman) Graham and was one of eleven children. John served in the United States Army during the Korean War, then was a member and past post commander of the American Legion Post #286 and the Fifth District vice Commander of the American Legion. He was a life member of the VFW Rochester...

Alice Nadine Andrews Baldwin Newcomer, 91, North Manchester, Indiana, passed away peacefully June 3, 2020 at 6:05 p.m. Alice was born March 1, 1929 in Modesto, California to Loren and Gladys (Joyce) Andrews; however, her father died when she was almost two years old. When Alice was six, her mother married J.F. Baldwin, a Church of the Brethren pastor. In 1944, at the beginning of her eleventh grade, she moved to Indiana to help her aunt, who was ill, and her family. Alice took her junior...

Randel E. “Randy” Workman, 61, Lagro, Indiana, passed away May 23, 2020 at Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Born June 10, 1958 in Kokomo, Indiana, Randy was one of two children born to Grant and Mary Alice (Baker) Workman. Two years after graduating from Bluffton High School in the class of 1976, Randy married Lisa Kern on September 9, 1978. The two were wed for forty-one years and had three children. During their time together, Randy worked as a plumber...