Local North Manchester, Indiana Obituaries
Garland Wilcox
Nov 17, 2020
Garland L. Wilcox, 90, North Manchester, Indiana, passed away on November 17, 2020 at Timbercrest Healthcare Center, North Manchester. Born on September 19, 1930 in Wabash County, Indiana, Garland was the son of the late Ernest and Amelia (Rickert) Wilcox. He was one of nine children, raised on the family farm near Urbana, Indiana.
Garland served in...
Elaine Marilyn (Royer) Blocher
Nov 16, 2020
Elaine Marilyn Blocher, 85, North Manchester passed away November 16, 2020 at Majestic Care West Allen, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Elaine was born to Olin and Gladys (Minnich) Royer on January 15, 1935 in Dayton, Ohio.
She graduated from Cleveland Heights High School, Cleveland Heights, Ohio in 1953. During high school, Elaine played trombone in both band and...
Bonnie Louise (Ulrey) Kreider
Nov 14, 2020
Bonnie Louise Kreider, 94, North Manchester, Indiana, passed away on November 14, 2020 at Parkview Hospital in Wabash, Indiana. She was born in Servia, Indiana, on January 23, 1926, to Floyd and Vallie (Partridge) Ulrey. She was a lifelong Wabash County resident.
She is preceded in death by her parents, her four brothers, Milo, Wallace,...
Edna Mae (Bradley) Swisher
Nov 12, 2020
Edna Mae Swisher, 82, North Manchester, Indiana, passed away on November 12, 2020 at Peabody Healthcare Center, North Manchester. The daughter of Clarence H. and Flora (Jones) Bradley, Edna was born in Searcy, Arkansas, on June 19, 1938.
Edna attended Kokomo High School. At the age of seventeen, she married the love of her life, Walter “Bud”...
Kenneth R. Fingerle
Nov 11, 2020
Kenneth R. Fingerle, 99, Woodbury, Tennessee, formerly of North Manchester, Indiana, passed away peacefully at his daughter’s home on November 11, 2020. Born on November 21, 1920 in Flint, Michigan, Kenneth is the son of the late Daniel A. and Anna Maude (Miller) Fingerle.
On January 15, 1944 Kenneth married Anna Mae Blocher. The two were wed...
Gene A Michel
Nov 11, 2020
Gene A. Michel, 82, North Manchester, Indiana, passed away on November 11, 2020 at Parkview Hospital Randallia, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Gene was born on May 18, 1938 in Wabash County, Indiana, to Fremont and Mary E. (Gahl) Michel.
Upon graduating from Manchester High School in 1958, Gene volunteered his time in the Indiana National Guard for six...
Jack Nickels
Nov 9, 2020
Jack Nickels, 78, North Manchester, Indiana, passed away on November 9, 2020 at his home. One of twelve children, Jack was born to the late Willie and Polly (Maynard) Nickels on April 25, 1942 in Pilgrim, Kentucky.
When Jack was 21, he enlisted in the United States Navy and served on the USS Enterprise. After being honorably...
Austin Lee Morris
Nov 8, 2020
Austin Lee Morris, 26, Peru, Indiana, passed away November 8, 2020 at his home. Austin was born in Peru, Indiana, on May 2, 1994 to Donald Morris and Susie Spriggs.
Austin graduated from Peru High School in 2012, where he played football and wrestled. Austin also loved watching basketball, especially when Kobe Bryant was playing and also...
Clarence "Sonny" E. Houser
Nov 7, 2020
Clarence E. “Sonny” Houser, 85, North Manchester, Indiana, passed away on November 7, 2020 at Peabody Healthcare Center, North Manchester, Indiana. The son of Clarence W. and Juanita L. (Johnson) Houser, Sonny was born on November 14, 1934 in Huntington County, Indiana.
During his time at Chester High School, Sonny was an accomplished member of the basketball...
Betty Lou (Stanley) Lisby
Nov 6, 2020
Betty Lou Heckard Lisby, 82, North Manchester, Indiana, passed away on November 6, 2020 at Peabody Healthcare Center, North Manchester. Betty was born to the late Kenneth and Fern (Clifton) Stanley on October 4, 1938 in Sweetser, Indiana.
On October 9, 1954 Betty married William L. Heckard. During their twenty years of marriage they had two children,...
William "Bill" L. Morris
Oct 29, 2020
William “Bill” L. Morris, 68, North Manchester, Indiana, passed away at his home on October 29, 2020. Bill was born in Dayton, Ohio, on March 12, 1952 to the late Victor and Vivian (Tannruether) Morris.
Bill graduated from Valley View High School in 1970 and Manchester College in 1975. During his younger years, Bill raced motocross. He...
Donna Marie (Ragle) Ihnen
Oct 26, 2020
Donna Marie Ihnen, 79, of Brooksville, Florida and North Manchester, Indiana, passed away on October 26, 2020 at her home in Florida. Born in Wynne, Arkansas on July 1, 1941, Donna was one of Donald Howard and Audrey Lephine (Williams) Ragle's five children.
On May 10, 1990, Donna married Ronald Ihned. For many years Donna worked as...
Leanna (Rhoades) Johnson
Oct 25, 2020
Leanna Johnson, 96, North Manchester, Indiana, passed away on October 25, 2020 at Peabody Healthcare Center, North Manchester. One of five children, Leanna was born on May 13, 1924 in Wabash County, Indiana, to the late Sherman A. and Iva A. (Montel) Rhoades.
Leanna started school in Sidney, Indiana, but graduated from Chester High School in 1942....
Ann L (Spicer) Curtis
Oct 23, 2020
Ann L. Curtis, 76, Wabash, Indiana, formerly of North Manchester, Indiana, passed away October 23, 2020 at Miller’s Merry Manor East, Wabash, Indiana. Born January 29, 1944, in Beloit, Wisconsin, Ann was the daughter of the late Donald R. and Katherine (Hoover) Spicer.
Ann spent the first part of her life in Beloit, Wisconsin, where she graduated...
Naomi L (Oldfather) Floor
Oct 21, 2020
Naomi L. Floor, 96, Fort Wayne, Indiana, formerly of Silver Lake, Indiana, passed away at Lutheran Life Villages-Village at Anthony Boulevard, Fort Wayne, Indiana, on October 21, 2020. The last surviving child of Wilfred W. and Ina May (Price) Oldfather, Naomi was born April 19, 1924 in Wabash County, Indiana.
After graduating from Laketon High School in...
Ken D Burton
Oct 17, 2020
Ken D. Burton, 67, North Manchester, Indiana, passed away at his home on October 17, 2020 in the early morning. Born in Wabash, Indiana, on January 30, 1953, Ken was one of two sons born to Paul and Maxine (Emerick) Burton.
Ken graduated from Manchester High School in 1971. It was less than three years later he...
Shelley Ann (Hartley) Lambert
Oct 15, 2020
Shelley Ann (Hartley) Lambert, 55, North Webster, Indiana, formerly of North Manchester, passed away October 15, 2020 in Roann, Indiana. Shelley was born to James and Connie (Cline) Hartley in Hartford City, Indiana on August 29, 1965.
Shelley graduated from Tippecanoe Valley High School in 1984. She loved to mushroom hunt, fish, and doing other activities outside,...
Harold L. Fawley
Oct 14, 2020
Harold L. Fawley, 90, North Manchester passed away October 14, 2020 at his residence. Harold was born March 11, 1930 in Warsaw, Indiana to Clifford and Artie (Good) Fawley.
Harold graduated from Laketon High School in 1949. The next year, he married Joan Ringenberg on November 17, 1950. The two were wed for fifty-two years before her...
Phyllis Pettit
Oct 13, 2020
Phyllis Mae (Harms) Pettit, 87, North Manchester, passed away October 13, 2020 at Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne. On February 2, 1933, Phyllis was born in North Manchester, to Herman and Elvah (Bolinger) Harms.
Phyllis graduated from Central High School in 1951 and then from Manchester College in 1955 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. She married William...
Eloise Eberly
Oct 10, 2020
Eloise W. Eberly, 93, North Manchester, Indiana, passed away October 10, 2020 at Timbercrest Healthcare Center, North Manchester, Indiana. The oldest of two children, Eloise was born April 28, 1927 in Warsaw, Indiana, to farmers Earl and Lois (Roose) Whitehead.
After graduating from North Webster High School in 1944, Eloise went on to graduate from Manchester College...
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