Local North Manchester, Indiana Obituaries
David F. Longanecker
May 9, 2014
David F. Longanecker, 70, North Manchester, IN died at 8:44 p.m. Friday, May 9, 2014 in Lutheran Hospital, Ft. Wayne, IN. He was born September 22, 1943 at Youngstown, OH to Elwood J. & Lillian L. (Allison) Longanecker. They are deceased. David graduated from Columbiana (OH) High School and from Manchester College in 1967. There he earned...
David L. "Pappy" Simpson
May 5, 2014
David L. "Pappy" Simpson, 70, Silver Lake, IN died at 9:00 p.m. Monday, May 5, 2014 in his residence. He was born December 8, 1943 in Wabash, IN to Logan Asberry & Mary Ethlyn (Hindel) Simpson. He graduated from Silver Lake High School in 1962. On June 24, 1962 he married Janet D. Overlander. In 2006 he...
Herbert H. Coble
Apr 26, 2014
Herbert H. Coble, 84, North Manchester, IN died Saturday, April 26, 2014 at 9:40 a.m. in Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne, IN. He was born January 19, 1930 in Whitley County, IN to Walter Ray & Cloa Fern (Shaffer) Coble. On June 25, 1954 he married Nancy L. West. He was a lifelong farmer and also worked for...
Ronald D. Malott
Apr 21, 2014
Ronald D. Malott, 92, North Manchester, IN died at 6:15 a.m. Monday, April 21, 2014 in Peabody Healthcare Center, North Manchester, IN. He was born March 15, 1922 near Somerset, Grant County, IN to Gail & Mildred (Phillips) Malott. He graduated from Somerset High School in 1940 and from Manchester College in 1947. He earned his Master's...
S. Nadine Bowman
Apr 16, 2014
S. Nadine Bowman, 90, North Manchester, IN died at 10:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 16, 2014 in Timbercrest Healthcare Center, North Manchester, IN. She was born November 10, 1923 in Mountain Grove, MO to LeRoy & Phoebe Kathleen (Davis) Brown. She graduated from Mountain Grove High School in 1942. On June 21, 1944 she married Paul S. Bowman....
Wedd Miller
Apr 13, 2014
Wedd Miller, 68, Silver Lake, IN died at 8:30 p.m. Sunday, April 13, 2014 in Kosciusko Community Hospital, Warsaw, IN. He was born May 9, 1945 in Salyersville, KY to Carl & Lola (Bailey) Miller. He retired from Dalton Foundry, Warsaw, IN after 35 years of service. Wedd was a member of the Eagles Lodge, Warsaw, IN....
Janet Fisher
Apr 11, 2014
Janet Fisher, 67, North Manchester, IN died at 9:45 a.m. Friday, April 11, 2014 in Peabody Retirement Community, North Manchester, IN. She was born September 1, 1946 in Liberty Mills, IN to Jim & Leota (Shepherd) Howard. She was employed at General Tire for several years and then at United Technologies, Andrews, IN. Janet was a member...
Dorene C. Smith
Apr 10, 2014
Dorene C. Smith, 77, North Manchester, IN died at 8:01 a.m. Thursday, April 10, 2014 at Visiting Nurse and Hospice Home, Fort Wayne, IN. She was born November 21, 1936 in North Manchester, IN to Roy & Pauline (Eby) Stucker. She graduated from Central High School, North Manchester, IN. On December 22, 1976 she married Brian R....
Harold E. Reed
Apr 6, 2014
Harold E. Reed, 97, North Manchester, IN died at 2:24 a.m. Sunday, April 6, 2014 in Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne, IN. He was born May 15, 1916 in Wabash County, IN to John C. & Elizabeth D. (Floor) Reed. On April 3, 1937 he married Vera Lucille(Overholser). She died June 30, 2012. Harold retired in...
Leonard L. Hileman
Apr 4, 2014
Leonard L. Hileman, 62, Wabash, IN died at 9:05 p.m. Friday, April 4, 2014 in his residence. He was born June 2, 1951 in Wabash, IN to Leonard L. & Evelyn B. (Schultz) Hileman. He graduated from Wabash High School in 1969 and served in the US Army 82nd Airborne Division from 1971-1977. He worked at the...
Rev. Carl E. Myers
Mar 22, 2014
Rev. Carl E. Myers, 88, North Manchester, IN died at 1:01 a.m. Saturday, March 22, 2014 in Timbercrest Healthcare Center, North Manchester, IN. He was born November 16, 1925 in Montgomery County, PA to Frank A. & Dorothy Gail (Brubaker) Myers. He graduated from Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, PA in 1946 receiving a BA Degree in History and...
Betty J. Bumgardner
Mar 21, 2014
Betty J. Bumgardner, 88, North Manchester, IN died Friday, March 21, 2014 at her son's residence in Kokomo, IN. She was born August 21, 1925 in Huntington County, IN to Arthur Royal & Clara Belle (McNalley) Elsasser. She graudtaed from Huntington High School in 1943 and on August 30, 1946 she married Bennie F. Bumgardner. He died...
Ellis Helton
Mar 15, 2014
Ellis Helton, 70, Silver Lake, IN died at 4:06 p.m. Saturday, March 15, 2014 at his residence. He was born March 23, 1943 in Prestonsburg, KY to John and Myrtle (Hale) Helton. He married Mary J. Gillespie on March 4, 1988. She survives. He was an a Vietnam Army Veteran. He was formerly employed at Kralis Brothers,...
Naomi E. Roberts
Mar 10, 2014
Naomi E. Roberts, 77, Warsaw, IN died at 11:20 a.m. Monday, March 10, 2014 at Kosciusko Community Hospital, Warsaw, IN. She was born July 11, 1936 in Rochester, IN to William H. & Eunice E. (Geiser) Blocher. She was a 1954 graduate of Silver Lake High School, Silver Lake, IN. She first married Aaron Richardson in 1954...
Velma Mae Hofmann
Mar 9, 2014
Velma Mae Hofmann, 88, North Manchester, IN died at 4:10 a.m. Sunday, March 9, 2014 in Timbercrest Healthcare Center, North Manchester, IN. She was born April 9, 1925 in Washington Township, Whitley County, IN to Ervin & Margarethe (Kunberger) Pook. On July 29, 1951 she married Erich Hofmann. He died January 2, 1999. Velma was a homemaker....
George Deeter
Mar 4, 2014
George W. Deeter, age 83, passed away on Tuesday, March 4, 2014 in Georgetown, Texas. George was born and raised in Whitley County, Indiana and graduated from the Indiana University in1952. He married Patricia Lois Schroll in 1952. After his service in the Air Force for 4 years he moved his family to Houston, Texas where he...
Peter Lloyd Renz
Mar 3, 2014
Jack of all trades, master of some, Peter Lloyd Renz, 69, was surrounded by his loving family when he passed away at home on Monday, March 3, 2014 at 9:30 p.m. His passing followed a one month battle with lymphoma. Pete Renz was proof that while cancer has the ability to ravage the body it...
Christine N. Mason
Feb 27, 2014
Christine N. Mason, 87, North Manchester, IN formerly of Houston, TX died at 12:50 a.m. Thursday, February 27, 2014 at Peabody Retirement Community, North Manchester, IN. She was born July 7, 1927 in Esther, MO to Dewey & Christine (Robinson) Jennings. She married James Mason. He died in 1984. She was secretary retiring in 1984 from an...
Bert Rollin Klepper
Feb 25, 2014
Bert Rollin Klepper, 61, Indianapolis, IN died February 25, 2014 at Eskenazai Health, Indianapolis, IN. He was born November 3, 1952 in Indianapolis, IN to Bert & Henrietta (Underwood) Klepper. He was employed with FedEx and had previously been employed with Macy's and L.S. Ayres. He was a member of NRA and was a model train builder....
Kathryn Bontrager Becker
Feb 24, 2014
Kathryn Nadean Bontrager Becker, 96, North Manchester, IN and formerly of Ligonier, Warsaw & Silver Lake, IN died at 6:23 a.m. Monday, February 24, 2014 at Timbercrest Healthcare Center, North Manchester, IN. She was born November 8, 1917 in Nappanee, IN to Edward Franklin & Viola Lucena (Mitchell) Gall. She graduated from Nappanee High School. Her senior...
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