Roland “Rolly” Powell, 74, Akron passed away 4:36 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021, at Woodlawn Hospital. On April 13, 1947, Roland Eugene Powell was born in Rochester to Boyd B. and Ruth N. DeHaven Powell. In the Rochester Church of God, Rolly and Debbie Sue Metheny were married on … Read More
Pamela Yvonne Melcher, 72, Akron, died Sept. 18, 2021. Pamela was born Dec. 5, 1948. She had been married to Bill Melcher and they later divorced. She is survived by her nephew, Dana Aaron and wife Jenn York; sister in law, Linda York; cousins Channing and wife Patsy … Read More
Pamela Y. Melcher, 72, Akron, passed away Saturday, Sept. 18, 2021, at her residence. Arrangements are currently pending at Hartzler Funeral Home, Akron
Read MoreJesse Lynn Page, a resident of Akron and previously of Warsaw, passed away unexpectedly Sept. 15, 2021. He was 20 years old. Born in Angola, February 23, 2001, Jesse was the son of Jonathan T. Page and Katina C. (Laukhuf) Grimm. Growing up his family lived in Northwest … Read More
Lana Lou Bowser, 64, rural Akron, passed surrounded by her family at 7:14 a.m., Monday, Sept. 6, 2021, at Lutheran Hospital of Fort Wayne. Lana was born Sept. 2, 1957, in Rochester, to Norman L. and Rozella M. (Holloway) Tinkey. She married on Nov. 6, 1977, in the … Read More
Lana Bowser, 64, rural Akron, passed at 7:14 a.m., Monday, Sept. 6, 2021, at Lutheran Hospital of Fort Wayne. Arrangements are currently pending at Hartzler Funeral Home, Akron.
Read MoreEldora Elaine Marie Fore, 43, Rochester, died 1:17 p.m. Aug. 31, 2021. She was born Feb. 11, 1978. April 22, 2000, she married Brandon L. Fore, he survives. Also surviving are her sons, Brandon and Dale; siblings Brittney, Mentone, Timothy Rohm, Menton and Shawn Nine, Mishawaka. There are … Read More
Eldora Elaine Marie Fore, 43, Rochester, passed unexpectedly at 1:17 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021, at her residence. Arrangements are currently pending at Hartzler Funeral Home Home, Akron
Read MoreRobert “Bobby” Harry Yakes, 57, Akron, and formerly of Cottonwood, Ariz. passed at 10:13 a.m., Thursday, July 29, 2021, at his residence. Bobby was born on May 13, 1964, in Grand Rapids, Mich. to the late Ronald and Mary (Fuller) Yakes. He married on June 6, 1991, in … Read More
Mary Etta Basham, 87, Mishawaka, passed at 9:42 p.m., Friday, Dec. 11, 2020, at Signature HealthCare of Bremen. Mary Etta was born on March 14, 1933 in Fulton County, to the late Paul and Aletha May (Clinker) Cox. She was raised on the family farm near Akron, Indiana. … Read More
Charles Sterk, 85, of rural Claypool, and formerly of Akron passed at 1 a.m., Saturday, July 24, 2021, at his residence. Charles was born on Sept. 10, 1935, in Cook County, Ill. to the late Cornelius H. and Winnie (Kelderhouse) Sterk. He married on Oct. 22, 1955, in … Read More
Donabelle Jean Hoffman, 99, Akron, passed at 3:48 a.m., Monday, July 19, 2021, at Timbercrest Health Care of North Manchester. Donabelle was born on April 13, 1922 in Nappanee, to the late Paul and Alma (Buss) Sheets. She married on April 13, 1942 in Nappanee, to E. Wayne … Read More
William “Bill” Edward Smith, 84, Colorado Springs, Colo., and formerly of Akron, died on Dec. 19, 2020, in Colorado Springs, Colo. He was born to Ernest and Esther Smith in a house next to the old grade school in Akron on Nov. 11, 1936 (Veterans Day). Bill graduated … Read More
Patricia Christine “Patty” Krenke, 66, Wabash, died 11:16 a.m., Saturday, June 26, 2021, at Parkview Wabash Hospital. She was born April 14, 1955, in Kokomo, to David Lawrence “Shorty” and Clara Christine (Fuller) Williams. Patty attended Northfield High School. She worked at Peabody Retirement Community, Marshall Electric, and … Read More
Edgar C. Nash, 87, Gilead, passed at 2:07 p.m., Friday, June 25, 2021, at Autumn Ridge Rehabilitation Center of Wabash. Ed was born on Sept. 18, 1933, in Eden, Texas to the late William and Lorene (Radcliff) Nash. He was married Nov. 26 1981, in Sullivan, to Barbara … Read More
Morgan Ivey Hite, 32, Tacoma, Wash. and formerly of Akron, passed away June 6, 2021, at Tacoma General Hospital. Morgan was born on June 3, 1989, in Rochester, to Eric Damron and Katrina Hite. In years past she attended church at Faith Outreach Center of Rochester and Youth … Read More
