Local North Manchester, Indiana Obituaries
Ervin L. Coble
Oct 27, 2013
Ervin L. Coble, 66, Huntington, Indiana died Sunday, October 27, 2013 at 11:50 p.m. at his residence near Bippus, IN. He was born August 25, 1947 at Fort Jackson, SC to Ernest D. & Margretha (Ervin) Coble. They are deceased. On November 7, 1970 he married Ethel Marie Elliott. She survives. Also surviving is a son, Donald...
Roger E. Guthrie
Oct 14, 2013
Roger E. Guthrie, 60, North Manchester, IN died at 6:30 a.m. Monday, October 14, 2013 in Peabody Healthcare Center. He was born January 26, 1953 in Wabash, IN to Donald E. & Cleo (Spath) Guthrie. Roger served in the US Marines 1970-1977. He was a self employed carpenter and heating & plumbing contractor. He is survived by...
Tony Marcum
Oct 12, 2013
Tony Marcum, 56, North Manchester, IN died October 12, 2013 in his residence. He was born August 14, 1957 in Williamson, WV to Roland & Mary (Farley) Marcum. He worked at United Technologies, North Manchester, IN until its closing and later at Car Recyclers and Herb's Welding both in North Manchester, IN. Presently he was a mechanic...
Norma J. Florey
Sep 29, 2013
Norma J. Florey, 80, Claypool, IN died at 2:30 a.m. Sunday, September 29, 2013 at Miller's Merry Manor, Warsaw, IN. She was born at Silver Lake, IN on September 17, 1933 to Ernest & Sadie (Stanley) Allen. She was a 1953 graduate of Silver Lake High School, and on July 4, 1954 she married Leo N. Florey....
Roger A. Baker
Sep 25, 2013
Roger A. Baker, 62, South Whitley, IN died at 3:53 a.m. Wednesday, September 25, 2013 in Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne, IN. He was born November 1, 1950 in Fort Wayne, IN to Arthur R. & Ethel Mae (Wine) Baker. He graduated from South Whitley High School in 1969 and Huntington College in 1973 where he received a...
J. Wayne Luckenbill
Sep 25, 2013
J. Wayne Luckenbill, 85, Sarasota, Florida and formerly of North Manchester, IN died September 25, 2013 in Sarasota. He was born at North Manchester, IN on May 29, 1928. He grew up in North Manchester where he and his wife owned and operated Manchester Floor Covering. They moved to Sarasota in 1969 after the death of their...
Kenneth S. Hoover
Sep 23, 2013
Kenneth S. Hoover, 70, North Manchester, IN died Monday, September 23, 2013 in his residence. He was born March 6, 1943 in Royal Center, IN to Richard Basil & Helen L. (Hearrell) Hoover. He graduated from Urbana High School, Urbana, IN class of 1961. On April 23, 1967 he married Diane Wagner. She died June 17, 2010....
Bill Robison
Sep 21, 2013
Bill Robison, 86, North Manchester, IN died at 1:46 a.m. Saturday, September 21, 2013 at his residence. He was born in Fulton County, Indiana on January 7, 1927 to Arthur F. "Doc" & Valura (McIntyre) Robison. He graduated from Gilead High School and served in the United States Army from 1945 - 1947. He had been a...
Vernon R. Schroll
Sep 19, 2013
Vernon R. Schroll, 74, Warsaw, IN died at 10:27 a.m. Thursday, September 19, 2013 in his residence. He was born February 10, 1939 in Wabash County, IN to Ross V. & Helen L. (Vrooman) Schroll. He graduated class of 1957 from Chester High School, North Manchester, IN. He served from 1957-1960 with the US Navy aboard USS...
Virgil R. Frantz
Sep 13, 2013
Virgil R. Frantz, 93, North Manchester, IN died at 3:43 a.m. Friday, September 13, 2013 in Peabody Healthcare Center. He was born at Wabash County, Indiana on June 12, 1920 to Glen R. & Opal May (Anderson) Frantz. On August 2, 1946 he married Nellie P. Barton. She died November 14, 1994. On August 29, 1996 he...
William M. Gillespie
Sep 10, 2013
William M. Gillespie, 97, Akron, IN (Rock Lake), died at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, September 10, 2013 at his residence. He was born at VanWert, Ohio on January 16, 1916 to Joshua & Mary May (Sherburn) Gillespie. He graduated from Silver Lake High School in 1935 and on November 20, 1938 he married Selena L. Rhodes. She died...
Leona K. Acord
Sep 10, 2013
Leona K. Acord, 65, North Manchester, IN passed away at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday, September 10, 2013 at her residence. She was born at Rochester, IN on April 29, 1948 to Orville E. & Mae E. (Niccum) Metzger. In 1966 she graduated from Manchester High School and achieved certification for dental hygiene. She was a homemaker and dental...
Guilford E. Pennington
Sep 9, 2013
Guilford E. Pennington, 85, North Manchester, IN died at 11:15 a.m. Monday, September 9, 2013 at his residence. He was born at Commodore, PA March 24, 1928 to Kenneth Rexford & Ruth Olive (Boucher) Pennington. For many years he was a salesman for Lucky Shoes in Fairlawn, OH. Surviving are his wife, Patricia (Crawford) Pennington, Sharon, SC....
Cheryl German-Chung
Sep 4, 2013
Cheryl Sue German-Chung, 67, Cedar City, Utah passed away on September 4, 2013 at the Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, Utah. She was born at Fort Wayne, IN on July 28, 1946 to Erwin & Virginia (Spaulding) German. She graduated from Huntertown High School in 1964 and attended Parkview Nursing School. Cheryl served as an Army Nurse, 1st...
Roselene Bolinger Brown
Sep 2, 2013
Roselene Bolinger Brown, 64, formerly of North Manchester, IN died September 2, 2013 in Florida. She had been a resident of Orlando and Davenport, FL since 1983 moving there from Indiana. She was born at Wabash County, IN on November 23, 1948 to Paul L. & Eileen N. (Brubaker) Bolinger. She was a 1966 graduate of Manchester...
Cheryl A. Wilson
Aug 27, 2013
Cheryl A. Wilson, 64, Evans, GA and formerly of North Manchester, IN died Tuesday, August 27, 2013 at her residence. She was born at Wabash, Indiana on December 7, 1948 to Robert G. & Patricia Ann (O'Dell) Shambaugh. On August 29, 1969 she married C. Tom Wilson. He died September 7, 2009. She is survived by one...
Richard G. Little
Aug 26, 2013
Richard G. Little, 86, North Manchester, IN and formerly of Bippus, IN died at 11:40 a.m. Monday August 26, 2013. He was born May 14, 1927 in Huntington, IN to Willard & Emma (Murray) Little. He graduated from Chester High School in 1945 where he was a member of the basketball and baseball teams. On September 12,...
Robert O. Gearhart
Aug 25, 2013
Robert O. Gearhart, 91, Warsaw, Indiana and formerly of Silver Lake, Indiana died at 6:15 a.m. Sunday, August 25, 2013 in Kosciusko Community Hospital, Warsaw, IN. He was born May 21, 1922 at North Manchester, IN to Ralph R. & Edna (Brown) Gearhart. On October 17, 1943 he married Lois M. Montel. She survives. Also surviving are...
Stephen A. Rogers
Aug 17, 2013
Stephen A. Rogers, 53, North Manchester, IN died at 12:45 p.m. Saturday, August 17, 2013 in I.U. Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis, IN. He was born at Warsaw, Indiana on January 22, 1960 to Lamar & Myra (Hover) Rogers. On September 21, 1984 he married Tammy S. Hiatt. She survives. Also surviving are two sons, Jon (Meghan) Rogers and...
Estill Blevins
Aug 12, 2013
Estill Blevins, 84, North Manchester, IN died at 3:25 p.m. Monday, August 12, 2013 in his residence. He was born December 1, 1928 in Floyd County, KY to Frank & Vina (Tackett) Blevins. On March 13, 1954 he married Joyce A. Spriggs. She died October 23, 2004. Estill served in the US Army during the Korean War....
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