Dec 22, 2020

G. Kent Smith, age 78 and a long time Plainfield, Indiana resident, passed away peacefully at 9:00 p.m. on the 22nd day of December, 2020 at IU Health West Hospital, Avon, Indiana. He was born on September 30, 1942 in Warsaw, the son of A. Jerome Smith and N. Oneida (Smyers) Smith.

Kent brought enjoyment to the...

Dec 21, 2020

John Wallace Whiting, 93, North Manchester, Indiana, passed away December 21, 2020 at Peabody Healthcare Center, North Manchester, Indiana. John was born in Renick, West Virginia, on April 11, 1927 to the late Joseph Earle and Nannie Hyde (Bright) Whiting.

After graduating from Renick High School in 1944, John enlisted in the United States Navy. During his...

Dec 20, 2020

Pauline “Polly” Spohr, 78, Centerville, Tennessee, passed away on December 20, 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee. Born on August 13, 1942 in Alum Lick, Kentucky, Polly was the daughter of the late Oliver and Junie (Salmons) Prater.

Polly worked as a secretary for Gatke Manufacturing, Warsaw, Indiana, and other companies for many years. On August 5, 1980 she...

Dec 20, 2020

Kathryn Ruth (Whisler) Hippensteel Smith, 88, North Manchester passed away December 20, 2020 at Peabody Healthcare Center, North Manchester. Kathryn was born in South Bend, Indiana on October 27, 1932 to William and Elsie Mary (Weidler) Whisler.

Kathryn graduated as Valedictorian from Lakeville High School in 1950. She went on to receive her Bachelor’s degree in Elementary...

Dec 16, 2020

Laura Belle Wolfe, 94, North Manchester, passed away December 16, 2020 at Wellbrook of Wabash, Wabash, Indiana. Laura Belle was born July 2, 1926 in Servia, Indiana, to Ira L. and Clara E. (Steller) Aughinbaugh.

Laura Belle graduated from Burket High School in 1944. On May 22, 1954, she married David Stanley Wolfe and the two were...

Dec 15, 2020

Ollie W. “Pee Wee” Cagle, 85, North Manchester passed away December 15, 2020 at Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne, Indiana. One of ten boys, Ollie was born in Lexington, Tennessee to Lon and Mary Ann (Stanfield) Cagle on February 18, 1935.

On July 5, 1958, Ollie married Barbara Ann Meyer. The two were wed for 51 years when...

Dec 7, 2020

Max DeWayne Brand was the son of John and Aileen (Buss) Brand.  He was born on August 7, 1930 in Ashley, Indiana, the 4th child of seven.  Max married Yvonne Ruth Collins of Watervliet, MI on a hot September 18thday in 1955 on the same date as his parents’ anniversary.  Max and Yvonne celebrated 65 years of marriage, medical...

Nov 29, 2020

John Michael Hyden, 41, Colorado, formerly of North Manchester, Indiana, passed away November 29, 2020. Born July 24, 1979 in Kosciusko County, Indiana, John was the son of Jack and Linda (Kamp) Hyden.

A fun loving, kind, highly intelligent individual, John was a man that loved the Lord and had a big heart. Early in John’s life...

Nov 28, 2020

Tim Terrel Evans, 73, Disko, Indiana, passed away on November 28, 2020 at Lutheran Hospital of Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Born on March 17, 1947 in Kokomo, Indiana, Tim was the son of the late Charles “Bill” and Lauretta A. (French) Evans.

After graduating from Manchester High School in the class of 1965, Tim entered the...

Nov 27, 2020

Arthur Linden Wilson, 87, LaFontaine, Indiana, passed away on November 27, 2020 at Hickory Creek at Huntington, Huntington, Indiana. Born in Butler, Indiana, on November 12, 1933, Arthur was the son of the late Ralph Linden and Ollie Fern (Houser) Wilson.

After graduating from Butler High School, Butler, Indiana, in 1952, Art joined the United States Air...

Nov 27, 2020

Kathy J. Sipe, 65, North Manchester, Indiana, passed away on November 27, 2020 at Parkview Wabash Hospital, Wabash, Indiana. The only daughter of Colwell C. “Jiggs” and Nilah M. (May) Coldren Jr., Kathy was born on September 23, 1955 in Portland, Indiana.

Three years after graduating from Portland High School in the class of 1973, Kathy married...

Nov 26, 2020

Nancy Jane Brewer, 78, North Manchester, Indiana, entered Heaven’s gates on November 26, 2020 at 11:07 a.m. One of five children, Nancy was born in Wabash, Indiana, on November 20, 1942 to the late Clifford E. and Martha I. (Poe) Ross Sr.

After graduating from Wabash High School in 1960, the following Spring, Nancy married Don W....

Nov 23, 2020

Jane Fickling Hale McSpadden, 79, North Manchester, Indiana, passed away on November 23, 2020 at Peabody Healthcare Center, North Manchester. Jane was born on August 5, 1941 in Urbana, Illinois, to the late George Sidney and Laura Jane (Fuller) Fickling.

After graduating from North Sacramento High School in 1959, Jane worked for Ida Rolf as a personal...

Nov 21, 2020

Jack L Baker, 83, North Manchester, Indiana, formerly of Fort Wayne, Indiana, passed away on November 21, 2020 at Timbercrest Healthcare Center, North Manchester. Jack was born just east of North Manchester on November 19, 1937 to the late John L. and Ruby V. (Westafer) Baker. The fifth oldest of eight children, Jack loved the times he and his...

Nov 20, 2020

Eileen Little, 99, North Manchester, Indiana, passed away on November 20, 2020 at Wabash County Hospital. She was born in Kosciusko County on May 15, 1921 to Walter and Ruby (Ulrey) Metzger. She married Norman Little on March 15, 1942 and they were able to spend seventy years together before his death on July 26, 2012. Eileen was a...

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...

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...

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,...

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”...

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...