Jun 17, 2023

Renée Fancher McFadden, 64, passed away at home on June 17, 2023.

Renée met the love of her life, Dave McFadden, on the first day of freshmen orientation at Manchester College in August 1976. They were inseparable by the time classes started, engaged in January and married the next November. For nearly 47 years, they shared the...

Jun 14, 2023

Shirley Ann Hunter, 90, North Manchester, passed away at her home on June 14, 2023. The daughter of the late William N. and Belva E. (Madlem) Kreighbaum, Shirley was born at her family’s home near Gilead on September 2, 1932.

Growing up in Miami County, Shirley graduated from Gilead High School in 1950. A year later, on...

Jun 11, 2023

Pamela “Dian” Lester, 69, Warsaw, passed away at Miller’s Merry Manor in Warsaw on June 11, 2023. The daughter of Vestel and Berchie Mae (Baily) Lester and sister to Ricky W. Lester and Tammy Spacy, Dian was born on March 27, 1954 in Iaeger, West Virginia.

During high school Dian received her certification in Cosmetology from Upper...

Jun 11, 2023

Nancy Ann Andritsch, 81, passed from this life to her Eternal life surrounded by her loving family on June 11, 2023. Nancy is the daughter of the late Lawrence and Dorothy (Liban) Burbach, and the wife of Michael A. Andritsch, her husband of almost 60 years. Nancy had five sons and is survived by Michael B (Susan), Scott (Alyssa),...

Jun 10, 2023

Amanda Marie “Mandy” Webb, 42, Shelbyville, Tennessee formerly of North Manchester passed away June 10, 2023. Born on March 1, 1981, Mandy was the daughter of Fred Webb and Traci (Ferrell) Brubaker.

Mandy graduated from Manchester High School class of 2000 and after worked various jobs. She was a free spirit throughout her life.

The...

Jun 10, 2023

Constance Marie “Conni” Spaulding Ratcliff, 66, Silver Lake, passed away at her daughter’s home in Huntington on June 10, 2023. The daughter of John Spaulding Jr. and Izona (Guyer) Knipp, Conni was born in Marion, IN on July 17, 1956.

Conni attended Marion High School, Marion, IN. She also later in life went on to pursue an...

Jun 8, 2023

James Arthur “Jim” Malcolm, 83, North Manchester, formerly of Auburn, passed away on June 8, 2023, at his home. The son of Job H. and Faye S. (DePew) Malcolm, Jim was born on October 23, 1939, in Garrett, Indiana.

After graduating from Garrett High School in 1958, Jim enlisted into the United States Navy where he served...

Jun 1, 2023

Mauricio Tomas “Billy” Abney, 15, North Manchester, passed away on June 1, 2023, at Lutheran Hospital of Indiana in Fort Wayne. Billy was born on January 21, 2008, in Fort Wayne, and soon thereafter his grandparents, Kathy and Al Page, loved and cared for him as one of their own children.

Though life was never easy or...

Jun 1, 2023

Todd Gary Kennedy, 60, Warsaw, passed away peacefully at Peabody on June 1, 2023 after a brave struggle with terminal cancer. On March 22, 1963, Todd was born to Gary Dean Kennedy and Sandra (Collyear) Altherr.

Todd was a member of the Whitko High School class of 1981 and went on to attend Ball State University. Earlier...

May 29, 2023

Gregg Allen “Stubby” Brown, Sidney, passed away on May 29, 2023, at Lutheran Hospital of Indiana in Fort Wayne. The son of the late William and W. Lorraine (Reitzel) Brown, Stubby was born February 11, 1951, in Sterling, Illinois.

Stubby graduated from Milledgeville High School in Illinois in 1969. Shortly thereafter he began dating Debbie Peterson, and...

May 17, 2023

Rodney William Custer, 74, North Manchester, passed away on May 17, 2023 at his home. Born in Wabash on September 2, 1948, Rodney was the son of Kenneth Eugene “Gene” and Barbara Rosann “Rosie” (Heeter) Custer.

Rodney graduated from Manchester High School class of 1967 and went on to attend a tech school in Louisville, Kentucky for...

May 16, 2023

William Kantzer “K.C.” Crook, 63, North Manchester, passed away at his home on May 16, 2023. Born on July 30, 1959 in Logansport, K.C. was the son of the late William F. and G. Joann (Kantzer) Crook.

During his teenage years, K.C. developed a strong work ethic that he carried throughout his life. After graduating from Manchester...

May 14, 2023

Kenneth Eugene “Kenny” Hensley, 62, North Manchester, passed away at Lutheran Hospital of Indiana in Fort Wayne on May 14, 2023. The son of William R. and Evelyn M. (Barton) Hensley, Kenny was born in Wabash on August 30, 1960.

Before graduating from Manchester High School in 1979, Kenny took welding classes at Heartland. Welding was a...

May 11, 2023

Virginia Marie Ashby, 92, Silver Lake, passed away May 11, 2023, at her home. The daughter of the late Edgar Arno and Hazel (York) Ellis, Virginia was born on July 4, 1930, in Bremen.

A few years after graduating high school, Virginia married Charles Foster Ashby on June 23, 1951. The two were wed for nearly forty-nine...

May 8, 2023

Arden Eugene Badskey, 90, South Whitley, passed away on May 8, 2023, at Parkview Whitley Hospital in Columbia City. Born March 12, 1933, on his family’s farm in South Whitley, Arden was the son of the late Marcellus and Gladys M. (Dillon) Badskey.

During his youth, Arden worked at his father’s chicken house gathering eggs. After graduating...

May 7, 2023

Janice Sue Allen Wood, 82, Claypool, passed away on May 7, 2023, at Peabody Health Care Center in North Manchester. The daughter of the late Harold L. and Emma Lou (Meyer) Allen, Janice was born April 19, 1941 in Wabash County, Indiana.

A year after graduating from Manchester High School in 1959, Janice married Eddie Wood on...

May 6, 2023

Larry Eugene Ihnen, 79, Silver Lake, and formerly of North Manchester, passed away surrounded by his loving family on May 6, 2023. Born on May 28, 1943, in Wabash County, Indiana, Larry was the son of the late Walter E. and Donas (Kamp) Ihnen.

During high school, Larry worked at Armey and Son Masonry, which was owned...

May 3, 2023

Spencer Allen Bach, 25, North Manchester, passed away tragically from a motor vehicle accident five days short of his 26th birthday on Wednesday, May 3, 2023, along with his girlfriend, Tiffanie Marley. Spencer was born May 8, 1997 in Logansport to John A. and Kim J. (Spencer) Bach.

Spencer graduated from Manchester High School in 2014 and...

Apr 29, 2023

Dorothy Jean “Jeannie” Johnson, 87, North Manchester, Indiana, passed away at her home on April 29, 2023. One of eleven children, Jeannie was born on March 23, 1936 in Salyersville, Kentucky, to the late Fred and Bertha (Allen) Howard.

After graduating from Laketon High School in 1954, Jeannie worked as a housekeeper, a laborer at Sunnyside Farms,...

Apr 28, 2023

Shella K. Good, 54, Liberty Mills, Indiana, passed through the gates of heaven on April 28, 2023. The daughter of Ernest and Hazel (Castle) Bradley, Shella was born on September 7, 1968, in Prestonsburg, Kentucky.

While growing up in North Manchester, Shella attended Sweetwater Church of God. She graduated from Manchester High School in 1987 and from...