Local North Manchester, Indiana Obituaries
Maxine M. Ruppel
Jul 9, 2011
Maxine M. Ruppel, 90, formerly of North Manchester, IN died at 8:58 a.m. Saturday, July 9, 2011 in Miller's Merry Manor, Warsaw, IN. She was born May 17, 1921 in Whitley County, Indiana to Ernest & Hazel (Ditton) Penrod. On January 9, 1942 she married Charles R. Ruppel. He died July 1, 1991. Surviving are...
Cleo L. Maple
Jul 9, 2011
Cleo L. Maple, 100, North Manchester, IN died at 4:40 a.m. Saturday, July 9, 2011 in Timbercrest Healthcare Center. She was born at Wabash County, Indiana on August 26, 1910 to Carver & Etta C. (Thomas) Smith. On August 17, 1929 she married Glenn W. Maple. He died January 14, 1992. Surviving are a daughter,...
Donald Thomas Stone
Jul 5, 2011
Donald Thomas Stone, 92, North Manchester, IN died at 6:05 a.m. Tuesday, July 5, 2011 in Lutheran Hospital, Ft. Wayne, IN. He was born at Lagro, Wabash County, Indiana on January 22, 1919 to Thomas Henry & Laura Etta (Troxel) Stone. On May 27, 1951 he married (Marilyn) Jean Kintner. She survives. Also surviving are...
J. Michael "Mike" Walters
Jun 29, 2011
J. Michael "Mike" Walters, 70, Haines City, FL formerly of North Manchester, IN died Wednesday, June 29, 2011 at Lake Wales Medical Center, Lake Wales, FL. He was born at Wabash, Indiana on September 19, 1940 to George & Edna E. (Heeter) Walters Jr. On March 7, 2008 he married Marilyn Rollins. She survives. Also...

Martha I. Rhoades
Jun 23, 2011
Martha I. Rhoades, 90, North Manchester, IN died Thursday, June 23, 2011 at 12:02 a.m. in Peabody Healthcare Center, North Manchester, IN. She was born October 20, 1920 in North Manchester, IN to Homer & Estella (Beck) Towey. She graduated from Laketon High School in the class of 1938. On February 12, 1954...

Jackie Dean "Jack" Smith
Jun 20, 2011
Jackie Dean "Jack" Smith, 67, Walling, TN formerly of Liberty Mills, IN died June 20, 2011 at 6:45 p.m. in his residence. He was born August 8, 1943 in Wabash, IN to Elvin & Marjorie (Keaffaber) Smith. He worked at the Manchester Foundry for 38 years retiring in September of 2004. Jack belonged to the...
R. Wayne Clark
Jun 12, 2011
R. Wayne Clark, 80, North Manchester, IN died at 5:30 a.m. Sunday, June 12, 2011 in Peabody Healthcare Center. He was born at Mexico, Miami County, Indiana on July 30, 1930 to Harry & Helen R. (Cook) Clark. On September 2, 1950 he married Bonnie J. Winebrenner. She passed away May 24, 2008. Wayne began...

Helen A. Evans
Jun 11, 2011
Helen A. Evans, 89, North Manchester, IN died at 3:02 p.m. Saturday, June 11, 2011 in Timbercrest Healthcare Center. She was born at Girard, Illinois on March 26, 1922 to Wilbur H. & Ada M. (Gibson) Brubaker. On December 22, 1944 she married T. Quentin Evans. He died November 18, 2007. Surviving are two daughters,...
Rev. Paul F. Shrider
Jun 11, 2011
Rev. Paul Franklin Shrider, 95, North Manchester, IN died at 10:20 p.m. Saturday, June 11, 2011 in Timbercrest Healthcare Center. He was born October 19, 1915 in a log cabin near Duncan Falls, Muskingum County, Ohio. He was the fourth child of John Franklin & Florence (Holtz) Shrider. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree...

Doris A. Cline
Jun 9, 2011
Doris A. Cline, 73, North Manchester, IN died at 5:00 a.m. Thursday, June 9, 2011 in Parkview Hospital, Ft. Wayne, IN. She was born June 10, 1937 in Logan County, WV to Archie & Mona Gaynell (Evans) Ferrell. On December 24, 1955 she married Seward M. Cline. He died May 19, 1993. Doris was a...
Jay J. Shepherd
May 28, 2011
Jay J. "Butch" Shepherd, 62, North Manchester, IN died at 2:35 a.m. Saturday, May 28, 2011 at Wabash Skillled Care Center, Wabash, IN. He was born at Prestonsburg, KY on May 6, 1949 to Jay & Mollie (Hall) Shepherd. On May 21, 1971 he married Cathy S. Miller. She survives. Also surviving are a daughter,...
Ruth Johnson
May 18, 2011
Ruth Johnson, 83, Silver Lake, IN died at 9:40 a.m. Wednesday, May 18, 2011 in her residence. She was born February 2, 1928 in Prestonsburg, KY to Bennie & Pauline (Flannery) Helton. On November 11, 1946 she married Dennis B. Johnson. He died February 13, 2006. Ruth worked at Controls, North Manchester, IN for 19...
Kenneth D. Coble
May 11, 2011
Kenneth D. Coble, 75, South Whitley, IN died at 1:18 p.m. Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at Visiting Nurse & Hospice Home, Ft. Wayne, IN. He was born in Cleveland Township, Whitley County, IN on April 19, 1936 to Ray & Cloa (Shaffer) Coble. On June 30, 1957 he married Sonda West. She survives. Also surviving...

Matthew G. Deeter
May 6, 2011
Matthew G. Deeter, 55, Houston, Texas died May 6, 2011. He was born at Wabash County, Indiana on November 30, 1955 to George & Patricia (Schroll) Deeter. They survive at Georgetown, Texas. Also surviving is a sister, Jan Deeter. Matthew was the owner and operator of a machine tool business after 30 years of experience in the...
Roger L. Kinzie
May 5, 2011
Roger L. Kinzie, 53, North Manchester, IN died at 11:55 p.m. Thursday, May 5, 2011 at Wabash County Hospital. He was born September 19, 1957 in Wabash, Indiana to John H. & Jane E. (Boocher) Kinzie. He was an over the road truck driver for several years in Indiana, Texas and California. He was also...
Bertha Lois Pennycuff
Apr 26, 2011
Bertha Lois Pennycuff, 82, Hartford City, IN formerly of Oneida, TN died Tuesday, April 26, 2011 at 6:11 p.m. in I.U. Health Blackford Hospital, Hartford City, IN. She was born December 18, 1928 in Stearns, KY to Claude & Ethel (King) Tucker. On December 24, 1940 she married Rev. Bates Pennycuff. He did August 31, 1997. She...

Pamela M. Coble
Apr 26, 2011
Pamela M. Coble, 48, North Manchester, IN died April 26, 2011 in her residence. She was born August 16, 1962 in Prestonsburg, KY to Billy & Zelda (Stratton) Price. On May 27, 1995 she married Donald C. Coble. Before her illness she worked at Chartwell's at Manchester College, North Manchester, IN. She is survived by...
Earl W. "Wild Bill" Iholtz
Apr 24, 2011
Earl W. "Wild Bill" Iholtz, 81, North Manchester, IN died at 1:48 p.m. Sunday, April 24, 2011 at Visiting Nurse & Hospice Home, Ft. Wayne, IN. He was born at rural North Manchester, IN on February 13, 1930 to Hickman William & Nancy (Haley) Iholtz. On December 31, 1953 he married Peggy L. Parker. She...
Marjorie M. Dilling
Apr 19, 2011
Marjorie M. Dilling, 80, North Manchester, IN died at 6:00 p.m. Tuesday, April 19, 2011 at Timbercrest Healthcare Center, North Manchester, IN. She was born September 27, 1930 in Kosciusko County, IN to Lee R. & Jennie C. (Royer) Smith. On May 27, 1952 she married Kenneth Dilling. Marjorie graduated from Chester Township High School...
Rodney D. Azbell
Apr 18, 2011
Rodney D. Azbell, 48, North Manchester, IN died at 1:45 a.m. Monday, April 18, 2011 in his residence. He was born at Wabash, Indiana on August 11, 1962 to Merrill & Grace (Manns) Azbell. They survive at North Manchester. In 1985 he married Lisa Sandberg. They divorced. Surviving along with his parents are a son,...
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