Local North Manchester, Indiana Obituaries
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...
Elva Louise Nolt
Feb 18, 2014
Elva Louise Nolt, 91, North Manchester, IN died at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, February 18, 2014 in Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne, IN. She was born July 9, 1922 in New Philadelphia, OH to Enos Dale & Edna Lucille (Thompson) Nolt. Louise was a teacher and a member of the Church of the Brethren. One brother is deceased. There...
Edna R. Pence
Feb 6, 2014
Edna R. Pence, 85, Claypool, IN died Thursday, February 6, 2014 in Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne, IN. She was born October 3, 1928 in Kosciusko County, IN to Jasper O. & Minnie C. (Swope) Eakright. She graduated from Laketon High School in 1946. On January 24, 1951 she married Ronald E. Pence. He died March...
Lawrence E. Mills
Feb 6, 2014
Lawrence E. Mills, 70, Silver Lake, IN died Thursday, February 6, 2014 at 6:35 p.m. in Peabody Healthcare Center, North Manchester, IN. He was born September 7, 1943 in Fort Wayne, IN to Kenneth R. & Margaret R. (Minnich) Mills. He graduated from Decatur, IN High School in 1960. On April 28, 1968 he married Elizabeth E....
Yoshiko West
Feb 4, 2014
Yoshiko West, 72, Warsaw, IN died at 11:05 p.m. Tuesday, February 4, 2014 in Miller's Merry Manor, Warsaw, IN. She was born November 1, 1941 in Nagasaki Ken, Japan to Kichitaro & Tumi Kameyama. On May 7, 1971 in the American Embassy in the city of Tokyo, Japan she married Danny W. West. She was a homemaker...
R. Lowell Yohe
Jan 28, 2014
R. Lowell Yohe, 89, North Manchester, IN died at 7:05 p.m. Tuesday, January 28, 2014 in Timbercrest Healthcare Center, North Manchester, IN. He was born April 2, 1924 the oldest of one brother and one sister to Herbert & Frances (Kress) Yohe. In 1942 he graduated from high school in Monroe Township Ohio and went to Ohio...
Richard W. Mckee
Jan 27, 2014
Richard W. McKee, 83, Silver Lake, IN died at 9:50 p.m. Monday, January 27, 2014 in Peabody Healthcare Center, North Manchester, IN. He was born August 22, 1930 in North Manchester, IN to Francis D. "Jake" & Mildred (Michael) McKee. He graduated from Central High School, North Manchester, IN class of 1949. He served in the Air...
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