Ezra Carter VerHage, 6, of Winona Lake, Ind., passed away at 4:15 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2014, at his residence. He was a lifetime resident of Kosciusko County, Ind. He was born on Nov. 24, 2007, in Warsaw, Ind., to Micah Alan VerHage and Stephanie Marie (Scott) … Read More
Mary Elizabeth “Betty” Merkle, 97, a resident of Grace Village Health Care, Winona Lake, Indiana, and formerly of Claypool, Indiana, passed away at 9 a.m. Friday, Jan. 17, 2014. She was born on Sept. 14, 1916, in Blanca, Colo., to Wilbur Albert and Josephine Blanche (Pavy) Campbell. They … Read More
Bedelia B. Weirick, 85, of Grace Village, Winona Lake, Ind., and formerly of rural Tippecanoe, Ind., and Mentone, Ind., passed away at 11:50 a.m., Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014, at Rivercrest Specialty Hospital of Mishawaka, Ind. She was born Dec. 29, 1928, in Marshall County, Ind., to Raymond R. … Read More
Clifford D. Stevenson, 84, of Bourbon, Ind., and formerly of Mishawaka, Ind., passed away at 5:37 p.m. Monday, Dec. 30, 2013, in St. Joseph Regional Medical Center of Mishawaka. Cliff was born Jan. 12, 1929, to Roy B. and Clara (Howdershelt) Stevenson at Rosemont, W.V. He had been … Read More
Martha Alkire, 92, of Winona Lake, Ind., passed away at 11:54 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013, at Kosciusko Community Hospital of Warsaw, Ind. She was a resident of Kosciusko County, Ind., for the past 20 years. She attended Practical Bible Institute in up-state New York. In 1945 … Read More
Wendell G. Sadler, 79, of Winona Lake, Ind., passed away at 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013, in Grace Village Health Care, Grace Village, Winona Lake. He was born May 5, 1934, in Danville, Ill., to Marguerite (Sadler) Snyder. He was a 1952 graduate of Diamond High School, … Read More
Norma Jean ‘Jeanie’ Clauss, 83, of Bourbon, Ind., passed away at 8:39 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2013, in Normal, Ill., after a courageous battle with lymphoma. Jeanie was born in 1930 in Rochester, Ind., to Dean Nellans, Sr. and Ethel Tucker Nellans. She graduated from Mentone High School in … Read More
Titus Flores Carroll, the still-born son of Timothy Carroll and Michelle (Flores) Carroll of Winona Lake, Ind., passed away at 3:24 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2013, at Kosciusko Community Hospital of Warsaw, Ind. He is also survived by his brother: Caleb Flores Carroll; a sister: Gwen-Persis Flores … Read More
Bessie Wallen, 89, of Winona Lake, Ind., passed away at 10:13 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2013, in Mason’s Health & Rehabilitation, Warsaw, Ind. She was born Sept. 26, 1924, in Prestonsburg, Ky., to Albert and Annie (Stephens) Hall. On July 17, 1940, she married Henry Wallen in Bull … Read More
Pastor Ivan H. French, 88, of Winona Lake, Ind., passed away at 10:30 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013, at Grace Village Health Care Facility, Winona Lake. Ivan was born April 14, 1925, in Ontario, Ore., to Harry French and Anna Maude (Wright) French. On Sept. 17, 1944, … Read More
Rev. William “Bill” F. Burd, 86, of Winona Lake, Ind., passed away at 9:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013, at his residence. He was born on Feb. 8, 1927, to William Burd Sr. and Esther (Weismer) Burd. On June 10, 1955, he was married to Geraldine “Gerri” Araminta … Read More
Ernest E. “Ernie” Watkins, 91, of Morganton, N.C., and formerly of Bourbon, Ind., passed away Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013. A lifelong resident of the Marshall County, Ind., area, Ernie enjoyed golf, bowling and horseshoes. Born in Marshall County on Nov. 16, 1922, he was the son of the … Read More
Vernon L. “Bing” Himes, 77 of Winona Lake, Ind., passed away at 4:50 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013, in his residence. On May 25, 1936, he was born in Plymouth, Ind., to Russell and Helen (Lucas) Himes. He was united in marriage to Flora Jean Prater in 1955 … Read More
Virginia B. ‘Ginger’ Smith, 79, of Winona Lake, Ind., passed away at 9:42 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2013, in her residence. She was born May 17, 1934, Plainfield, N.J., to Harold Bergstrom and Irene (Torell) Bergstrom. She was a graduate of Van Wert High School, Van Wert, Ohio with the class … Read More
Norma Jean Marner, 84, Winona Lake, Ind., passed away at 8:59 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 24, 2013, at Kosciusko Community Hospital in Warsaw, Ind. She was born May 13, 1929, to Emsley Otis and Mary Gladys (Miller) Blackburn in Kokomo, Ind. In 1968 the family moved north to Warsaw, … Read More
Jean Zielasko, 91, of Winona Lake, Ind., passed away at 4:50 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013, at her home. She was born Oct. 28, 1922, in Primrose, Pa., to Frances Turner (Beatty) and Robert Finley Beveridge Sr. On July 22, 1944, she was married to Rev. John W. … Read More
