Mt Hope Hosting Trunk Or Treat Events
Oct 20, 2021 
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Updated: Mt. Hope Church is hosting a trunk-or-treat event Saturday Oct. 23.
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Eloise M. Lawson
Oct 31, 2020 
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Updated: Eloise M. Lawson, 92, Leiters Ford, passed away at 8:50 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, at Hickory Creek at Rochester. On May 9, 1928, Eloise was born in Leiters Ford to Earl J. and Helen VanKirk Lawson. Living in the home she was born in for 78 … Read More
Marjory J. Skersick
Oct 31, 2020 Updated:
Updated: Marjory J. Skersick, 102, Rochester, passed away at 5:02 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020, at Hickory Creek at Rochester. She was born on Jan. 19, 1918, in Elkhart, the daughter of Charles Iverson and Erdine (Kenyon) Wyland. While at a dance with friends in Michigan in 1937, she … Read More
Area Police Reports
Aug 29, 2020 
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Updated: Kosciusko County Officers with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office investigated the following incidents: 7 a.m. Friday, Aug. 28, 2000 block of East CR 700N, Leesburg. Kyle Bohnenkapmer reported a bicycle accident. 12:45 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 27, 1000 block of West Hoppus Road, Warsaw. Stephanie Stanley reported fraud. … Read More
Warren ‘Bill’ Schmal
May 27, 2020 
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Updated: Warren W. “Bill” Schmal, 70, Leiters Ford, passed away at 2:17 a.m., Tuesday, May 26, 2020, at Parkview Hospital of Wabash. In Hammond, on Nov. 22, 1949, Bill was born to Donald Lewis and Marilyn Jean Winkler Schmal. Bill moved to Leiters Ford in 1968 from Lansing, Mich. … Read More
Dana Anderson Simpson
Aug 17, 2019 Updated:
Updated: Former Leiters Ford resident, Dana Anderson Simpson, 48, of Monticello was surrounded by her loving family when she passed away at 4:16 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2019, at St. Elizabeth Hospital of Lafayette. On March 5, 1971, Dana Leann Anderson was born in Plymouth. She was the treasured … Read More
Three Arrested In Fulton County Drug Bust
Feb 01, 2018 
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Updated: LEITERS FORD —Three persons were arrested by the Fulton County Sheriff’s Department and Indiana State Police today, Feb. 1, on drug related charges. Following a one-month investigation by the Fulton County Sheriff’s Department, a search warrant was served today, Feb. 1, in the 4500 block of north Bowen … Read More
Alpha Rose Cissna
Nov 10, 2016 
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Updated: Former Leiters Ford resident, Alpha Rose Cissna, 75, was surrounded by her loving family when she passed at 10:53 a.m., Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016 at her daughter’s home in Logansport. On July 24, 1941, Alpha was born. She was the cherished daughter of Fred D. and Rose Zora Jones. … Read More
Loretta M. Strayer-UPDATED
Jun 08, 2016 
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Updated: Mrs. Loretta M. Strayer, 91, Leiters Ford, passed away at 11:40 p.m. Saturday, June 4, 2016, at Pulaski Health Care Center of Winamac. On Feb. 3, 1925, Loretta Marie was born in Morehead, Ky., a cherished daughter of Fred and Florence Conn Fultz. Born at home and anxiously … Read More
Delphi To Dedicate Historic Depot
Oct 12, 2015 
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Updated: By SHIRLEY WILLARD Historian, Fulton County Historical Society DELPHI — “Boom then bust,” that’s what happened to canals in Indiana after the Civil War. “Boom and no bust” was true for the emerging railroads. “Simply stated, the railroads took the shipping and passenger business away from the country’s canals,” … Read More
Robert Wayne Smith
Jun 02, 2015 
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Updated: Mr. Robert Wayne Smith, 84, of Leiters Ford passed away at 8:40 a.m. on Saturday, May 30, 2015, at Community Howard Regional Health of Kokomo. On Jan. 7, 1931, Bob was born near Leiters Ford to Grover and Chloe Ball Smith. Growing up he shared his childhood with … Read More
Robert W. Smith -PENDING
Jun 01, 2015 Updated:
Updated: Robert W. Smith, 84, Leiter’s Ford, passed away at 8:40 a.m. Saturday, May 30, 2015, at Community Howard Hospital, Kokomo. Arrangements are pending at the Good Family Funeral Home, Rochester.
Read MoreRuth A. Bowersox
May 26, 2015 Updated:
Updated: Ruth A. Bowersox 80, Rochester, and longtime time Leiters Ford, resident, passed away at 7:57 p.m. Sunday May 24, 2015, at Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne. She was born on Dec. 12, 1934 in Fulton County, the daughter of James and Goldia (Garland) Calhoun. In 1952 at … Read More
Rochester Man’s Death Under Investigation
May 26, 2014 Updated:
Updated: LEITERS FORD, Ind. – Indiana State Police are investigating an incident early Sunday morning that has claimed the life of a Rochester man. According to a press release, at approximately 1:44 a.m. Sunday, officers from the Indiana State Police and the Fulton County Sheriff’s Department responded to the Leiters … Read More