Mary A. Pike
Mary A. Pike, 97, Rochester, passed away at 4:10 p.m. Sunday, March 10, 2019, at Life Care Center of Rochester. She was born on Dec. 17, 1921, in Mentone, the daughter of Gordon and Edith (Vandermark) Young. She graduated from Akron High School in 1940. On Dec. 17, … Read More
Kevin Owens
Kevin Owens left this earth after a valiant battle with Cancer on Monday, Feb. 11, 2019, at the age of 62. He was born in Warsaw, Sept. 24, 1956. He graduated from Mentone High school. He was loved by many and loved to make people laugh and smile. … Read More
Freddie D. Meade
Freddie D. Meade, 68, Mentone, passed away at 9:40 p.m., Feb. 9, 2019, in Kosciusko Community Hospital. He was born on Sept. 28, 1950, in Logan, W. Va., to Carlos and Myrtle (Maynard) Meade. He lived most of his life in Silver Lake. On March 26, 1982, he … Read More
Ann Bryant
Ann Bryant, 95, Mentone, and formerly of Akron passed at 10:34 a.m., Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019. She was born July 10, 1923, in South Bend, to Valentine and Martha (Langner) Sobecki. She married on Feb. 2, 1944, in St. Adalbert Catholic Church of South Bend, to David L. … Read More
Jerry L. Busenburg
Jerry L. Busenburg, 78, of Huntington and formerly of rural Mentone, passed away at 10:05 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019 at Millers Merry Manor of Huntington. Busenburg was born Dec. 13, 1940, in Mentone to Everett and Dorothy (Mehnke) Busenburg. He was married Sept. 22, 2007, in Huntington, to … Read More
Brady L. Shepherd
Brady L. Shepherd, 28, of Mentone, passed Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2018, in Warsaw. He was born on Sept. 6, 1990, in Peru to Tom and Debbie (Prater) Shepherd. Survivors include father Tom and partner Traci Benzing of Mentone; mother Debbie Shepherd of Silver Lake; brothers Travis and wife Josie … Read More
Woodford “Woody” L. Johnson
Woodford “Woody” Johnson, 80, Mentone, passed at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018 at Millers Merry Manor, Warsaw. He was born on Aug. 29, 1938, in Richmond, Mo., to Nelson and Evelyn (Lusk) Johnson. He married on May 17, 1957, in Richmond, Mo., to Juanita Faye Judd; she … Read More
Steven J. McFarren
Steven J. McFarren, 56, rural Mentone, passed at 3:25 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018, at Lutheran Hospital of Fort Wayne. He was born on March 28, 1962, in Wabash, to Harry V. and Estella (Compo) McFarren. He was a welder and a fabricator for Par-Kan for many years. … Read More
Dixie S. Secrist
Dixie S. Secrist, 77, Mentone, passed at 8:49 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, at Miller’s Merry Manor of Warsaw. She was born on Jan 17, 1941, in Warsaw, to Wilbur G. and Myrtle V. (Gebert) Krebs. She married on Nov. 7, 1958, in Warsaw, to Ronald E. Secrist, … Read More
LeRoy Markley — PENDING
LeRoy Markley, 78, Mentone, passed at 7:52 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018, at Kosciusko Community Hospital of Warsaw, Indiana. Arrangements are currently pending at King Memorial Home, Mentone. … Read More
George Elliott
George Elliott, 63, Mentone, passed away on Thursday, Oct. 18, 2018, in Fort Wayne’s Lutheran Hospital. Born George Edward Elliott in Prestonsburg, Ky., he was the son of James and Alvie (Ousley) Elliott and was one of four children raised in the family home. Moving from Kentucky in 1959, … Read More
Bennie R. Meade
Bennie R. Meade, 84, of rural Mentone or Palestine Lake, passed away at 11:38 a.m., Sunday, Aug. 19, 2018, at his residence. He was born on May 5, 1934, in Bonanza, Ky. to Adam and Hulda Meade and married on Sept. 5, 1953, in Warsaw to Esther Louise Engle, … Read More
Bennie R. Meade — PENDING
Bennie R. Meade, 84, rural Mentone, passed Sunday, Aug. 19, 2018, at his residence. Arrangements are currently pending at King Memorial Home, Mentone. … Read More
Melissa Marie Patrick
Melissa Marie Patrick, 52, Plymouth, passed away unexpectedly Wednesday morning, Aug. 8, in her residence. She was born July 26, 1966, in Plymouth Parkview Hospital to Robert “Bob” C. and Alice Jeanine (Linn) Gross. She graduated from LaVille High School in 1984. She was a secretary and worked … Read More
Marjorie Jean DeTurk
Marjorie Jean DeTurk, 87, of Greenwood, S.C., formerly of Wabash, died at 7:20 a.m. Tuesday, July 31, 2018, at Self Regional Healthcare Center in Greenwood. She was born Aug. 28, 1930, in Denver, Colo., to Dencil and Edith (Sullivan) Walls. Marjorie was a 1951 graduate of Akron High … Read More
T.R. Jones — UPDATED
T.R. Jones, 100, Mentone, went to be with his Heavenly Father on Sunday, July 29, 2018, after a brief illness. He leaves behind his wife of 65 years, Louise Decker Jones; his sons Jim Jones (Teresa), Kent Jones (Kandi) and his daughter Lee Ann Jones Lamb (Jim Lamb); … Read More