Local North Manchester, Indiana Obituaries
Irene L. Deneve
Mar 10, 2013
Irene L. Deneve, 99, North Manchester, IN and formerly of Sidney, IN died at 12:50 p.m. Sunday, March 10, 2013 in Timbercrest Healthcare Center. She was born at Edgerton, Ohio on May 11, 1913 to Lewis H. & Hattie (Miller) Klinker. On February 15, 1936 she married Frank E. Deneve. He died April 13, 2002. She was...
Jerry E. Mckee
Mar 3, 2013
Jerry E. McKee, 67, North Manchester, IN died at 12:15 p.m. Sunday, March 3, 2013 at his residence. He was born at Warsaw, IN to Jack E. & Jean L. (Diehl) McKee. On October 11, 1969 he married Donna M. Greiner. Jerry graduated from Manchester High School in 1964 and following his graduation from the Fort Wayne...
Homer L. Fry
Feb 28, 2013
Homer L. Fry, 85, North Manchester, IN died at 12:45 a.m. Thursday, February 28, 2013 in Timbercrest Healthcare Center, North Manchester, IN. He was born August 24, 1927 in Clinton Township, Cass County, IN to Joseph & Maye (Cree) Fry. On September 14, 1952 he married Rosetta I. Eller. In 1949 he started working in a paint...
Carol J. Shepherd
Feb 24, 2013
Carol J. Shepherd, 61, North Manchester, IN died February 24, 2013 at the home of her sister in Westfield, IN. She was born May 27, 1951 in Floyd County, KY to Walter & Ella (Hale) Shepherd. She was a 1969 graduate of Manchester High School and graduated from Lutheran School of Nursing. Carol was a member of...

Julia T. (Price) Ostrander
Feb 21, 2013
Julia T. (Price) Ostrander, 42, South Bend, IN and formerly of North Manchester, IN died at 3:41 a.m. Thursday, February 21, 2013 in Memorial Hospital, South Bend, IN. She was born August 1, 1970 at Wabash, Indiana to Roger I. & Roberta C. (Tyson) Price. On June 20, 1987 she married Gerald L. "Jerry" Bowers. He died...

Patricia A. Staten
Feb 20, 2013
Patricia A. Staten, 71, North Manchester, IN died at 7:27 a.m. Wednesday, February 20, 2013 in Peabody Healthcare Center. She was born at Indianapolis, IN on January 27, 1942. Her parents, William & Betty (Fodge) Young are deceased. Patricia had worked at Peabody Home, was a waitress at Hoosier Point Restaurant in Wabash, IN and was a...
Robert H. Leckrone
Feb 19, 2013
Robert H. Leckrone, 90, Silver Lake, IN died at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, February 19, 2013 in Timbercrest Healthcare Center, North Manchester, IN. He was born April 14, 1922 in Kosciusko County, IN to Herman W. and Cora (Keister) Leckrone. He graduated from Sidney (IN) High School, class of 1940. On January 25, 1941 he married M. Leona...
Josephine Bumgardner Jackson
Feb 16, 2013
Josephine Bumgardner Jackson, 88, North Manchester, Indiana died at 12:12 a.m. Saturday, February 16, 2013 at Wabash County Hospital, Wabash, IN. She was born at Kewanee, Pike County, KY to Robert & Virgie (Ray) Justice. On May 29, 1945 she married F. Monroe Bumgardner. He died May 24, 1986. On January 23, 1988 she married Clint Jackson....
Michael D. Aughinbaugh
Feb 15, 2013
Michael D. Aughinbaugh, 59, North Manchester, IN died at 9:24 a.m. Friday, February 15, 2013 in Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne, IN. He was born February 18, 1953 to Duane & Melva (Fultz) Piper. On November 20, 1970 he married Virginia L. Keirn. She survives. Also surviving are Duane (Joyce) Piper, North Manchester, IN. His mother, Melva Gilbert,...
Rollin L. Smith
Feb 13, 2013
Rollin L. Smith, 96, Kokomo, IN formerly of North Manchester, IN died Wednesday, February 13, 2013 at 3:30 a.m. in his residence. He was born July 28, 1916 in Wabash County, IN to Carver & Etta (Thomas) Smith. He was a graduate of Chester High School, North Manchester, IN and a WWII Air Corp veteran. He retired...
Ricky W. Lester
Feb 10, 2013
Ricky W. Lester, 56, North Manchester, IN died at 10:45 p.m. February 10, 2013surrounded by his family in I.U. Health Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis, IN. He was born February 28, 1956 in Iaeger, WV to Vestel & Berchie Mae (Bailey) Lester. He graduated from Manchester High School in 1975 and served in the U.S. Army National Guard. On...
Rev. Raymon E. Eller
Feb 7, 2013
Rev. Raymon E. Eller, 102, North Manchester, IN died at 7:50 p.m. Thursday, February 7, 2013 in Timbercrest Healthcare Center, North Manchester, IN. He was born at Salem, Virginia on March 31, 1910 to C.E. & Rebecca Martha (Henry) Eller. On June 13, 1937 he married Rev. AnnaBelle Whitmer. She died August 4, 2004. Surviving are three sons; Stanley...

Janice C. Goff
Jan 30, 2013
Janice C. Goff, 97, North Manchester, IN formerly of South Whitley, IN died at 7:45 p.m. Wednesday, January 30, 2013 in Peabody Healthcare Center, North Manchester, IN. She was born June 2, 1915 in Whitley County, IN to John & Lesta (Tschantz) Goff. She graduated from South Whitley High School and was a member of South Whitley...

Carolyn I. Leffel
Jan 27, 2013
Carolyn I. Leffel, 84, North Manchester, IN died at 8:00 p.m. Sunday, January 27, 2013 in Timbercrest Healthcare Center. She was born at North Manchester, Indiana on December 29, 1928 to Dr. Carl & Ruth (Hornish) Holl. She graduated from Central High School in 1946, Manchester College in 1950, and received her masters degree from Ball State...
Josephine E. Likens
Jan 26, 2013
Josephine Estella Likens died of respiratory complications at 5:50 a.m. Saturday, January 26, 2013 in Timbercrest Healthcare Center in North Manchester, Indiana. She had celebrated her 104th birthday with some 50 family and friends on the 12th of December. Her husband of 61 years, Colonel B. Likens, a well-known school teacher and Principal in Sidney and Monroe Township schools,...
Debra A. Christian
Jan 25, 2013
Debra A. Christian, 60, North Manchester, IN died at 8:10 a.m. Friday, January 25, 2013 in her residence. She was born January 12, 1953 in Columbia City, IN to Samuel & Betty Jean (Palmer) Stump. She graduated from Wawasee High School in 1971. On October 26, 1992 she married David A. Christian. She was a homemaker, devoted...

Stephanie D. Shultz Beck
Jan 23, 2013
Stephanie D. Shultz Beck, 40, North Manchester, IN died Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 10:10 p.m. in Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne, IN. She was born November 16, 1972 in Rochester, IN to Don & Gloria (Heater) Shultz. She graduated from Manchester High School in 1991 and received a BS from Manchester College and her law...
Esther P. Frantz
Jan 21, 2013
Esther P. Frantz, 84, North Manchester, IN died at 6:22 a.m. Monday, January 21, 2013 in Peabody Healthcare Center. She was born July 21, 1928 in Wabash County, IN to Aaron D. & Mabel F. (Metzger) Greer. She graduated from Chester High School in 1946. Esther was a homemaker and had been an inspector at the former...

Iona D. Poston
Jan 10, 2013
Iona D. Poston, 83, North Manchester, IN died at 1:05 a.m. Thursday, January 10, 2013 in Peabody Healthcare Center, North Manchester, IN. She was born October 5, 1929 in Laketon, IN to Charles R. & Adelia (Moore) Shaffer, Sr. She graduated from Laketon High School in 1947. On June 6, 1948 she married William H. Poston. He...
Max E. Coble
Jan 6, 2013
Max E. Coble, 91, formerly of Wabash, Indiana departed this life surrounded by his loved ones at 3:10 p.m. Sunday, January 6, 2013 at Fort Wayne, Indiana. He was born in Pleasant Township, Wabash County, Indiana on August 29, 1921 to John & Bertha (Metzger) Coble. He graduated from South Whitley High School in 1940 and was...
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