All Obituaries

Wayne Edward Chandler, 48, North Manchester, Indiana, passed away suddenly from health complications on February 18, 2021 at his home.  Wayne was born on April 24, 1972 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, to the late James Wayne and Nancy (Turnbow) Chandler. When Wayne was seven months old, his mother Nancy passed away. His father later married Ruth (Springer), who Wayne considered a mother. An accomplished drywaller and painter, Wayne spent many years performing these skills before his health...

Robert Eugene Weber, son of Edward E. and Inez E. (Smith) Weber was born December 15, 1948 in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He was introduced to the Brethren while attending Manchester College. Appreciating the Brethren nonresistance stand, faithfulness in marriage, and other doctrinal practices he was baptized into the Old German Baptist Brethren Church on September 4, 1982 to which he remained faithful. He was a member of the Eel River Old German Baptist Brethren Church, Silver Lake, Indiana. On...

Patricia Louise “Pat” Wake, 79, North Manchester, Indiana, passed away February 8, 2021 at her home. Born in Clinton, Indiana, on July 14, 1941, Pat was the daughter of the late Ithal and Lillie (Carnahan) Wilson. After graduating from Clinton High School in 1959, Pat went on to attend Indiana State University. Pat began working for Indiana Lawrence Bank in North Manchester in the late 1970s, where she continued working for fifteen years as head teller. After leaving that role,...

John Leroy Price, 82, North Manchester, Indiana, passed away February 5, 2021 at Miller’s Merry Manor East, Wabash, Indiana. John was born on October 21, 1938 in North Manchester to the late Raymond Eugene “Bing” and Marjorie Evelyn (Bashore) Price. He was one of five children. Three years after graduating from Central High School in 1956, John married Sherry Lynn Harmeson on October 25, 1959. The two were wed for forty-three years before Sherry passed away on January 20,...

Dorothy Marie Cripe (Purdy) May, 91, was born July 23, 1929, and she went into Jesus arms on January 30, 2021. She was the daughter of Harold and Ethel (Michel) Cripe, both deceased. Her siblings were Keith Cripe, now deceased, and Ernest Cripe of Laketon, Indiana. She lived in North Manchester all her life, until retiring to Florida, and then returned to Timbercrest in North Manchester a year ago. Dorothy married her Chester High school Sweetheart, Joe Arthur Purdy, on October 31, 1947. He...

Judy Ann (Wittwer) Frederick, 73, Huntington, Indiana, passed away tragically in a car accident on January 29, 2021 in Huntington County. Judy was born on January 15, 1948 in Wabash, Indiana, to John and Marie R. (Metzger) Wittwer. At the age of eighteen, Judy’s father passed away, and Judy’s mother married Jean P. Ireland a few years later.  After graduating from Manchester High School in 1966, Judy married Thomas Frederick on December 22, 1967. The two were wed...

Jerry Clinton Crabb, 79, North Manchester, Indiana, passed away on January 25, 2021 at Peabody Healthcare Center, North Manchester. Born in Marion, Indiana, on October 7, 1941, Jerry was one of two children born to the late George O. and Ruth Louise (Elztroth) Crabb. In 1959 Jerry graduated from Marion High School, Marion, Indiana. He went on to further his education at Indiana University and graduated in 1963 with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration After graduating...

Lenora Fay Penn, 73, Silver Lake, Indiana, passed away on January 21, 2021 at Kosciusko Community Hospital, Warsaw, Indiana. Fay was born on June 20, 1947 in Lenore, West Virginia, to Sarah Elizabeth (Evans) Coburn. Fay’s father, Elijah Coburn, passed away before she was born. At age twenty-one, Fay married Earl Thomas Bertram and had two children, Tammy and Thelma. On May 20, 1980 Fay married David A. Penn. The two were wed for twenty-one years before David passed away on November...

Michael A. “Mike” Casper, 56, Rochester, Indiana, passed away unexpectedly on January 16, 2021 at Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne, Indiana. One of five children, Mike was born on November 22, 1964 in Wabash, Indiana, to Lawrence A. “Larry” and Sharon Kay (Cormany) Casper. After graduating from Manchester High School in 1983, Mike married Kimberly Kaye “Kim” Creager on August 23, 1986. The two began dating when Mike was eighteen and were wed for thirty-four...

Richard Eugene Lauderback, 87, Fort Wayne, Indiana, and formerly of North Liberty, Indiana, passed away while holding his daughters’ Robbie and Patty’s hands as they sang Jesus loves me on January 10, 2021 at Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne. Born in North Liberty on July 10, 1933, Richard was the son of the late Ralph Eugene and Silvia Irene (Singleton) Louderback. After graduating from North Liberty High School in 1952, Richard joined the United States Army. A...