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Betty J. Gaerte

Betty J. Gaerte

Aug 28, 2018

Betty Gaerte, 94, North Manchester died August 28, 2018 at Parkview Huntington Hospital at 3:59 A.M. She was born September 14, 1923 in Wabash, Indiana to Ernest and Lora (Alberson) Kilander. On April 9, 1941, Betty married Herbert Gaerte Sr. He passed away February 21, 2002.

As a young women she was an active farm wife, working...

Jeanette M Dziabis

Jeanette M Dziabis

Aug 27, 2018

Jeanette M. Dziabis R.N., 86, North Manchester, Indiana passed away at 5:45 a.m. on August 27, 2018 at her residence with her husband of 60 years by her side. One of four children, Jeanette was born on February 6, 1932 to Hollis W. and Vivian Devota (McCarty) Pickett in Bakers Corner, Indiana.

She received her Registered Nurse’s...

Ben Frank Music

Ben Frank Music

Aug 22, 2018

Ben Frank Music of North Manchester, 88, passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by his loved ones at 11:06 p.m. on Wednesday, August 22, 2018. Ben was born on November 14, 1929 in Bonanza, Kentucky to George and Hattie (England) Music. Ben worked many years for Wabash County State Highway Department, retiring in 1990. He is survived by...

Joyce C. Sharpless

Joyce C. Sharpless

Aug 20, 2018

Joyce C. Sharpless, 80, North Manchester passed away at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, August 20, 2018 at Peabody Retirement Community. Joyce was born in Fostoria, Ohio to Christ and Orpha (Woodruff) Coppler. On August 1, 1958, Joyce married Dr. Larry D. Sharpless. Joyce is preceded in death by her parents, husband, one son, seven brothers, two sisters, and one...

Dyrs N. Owens

Dyrs N. Owens

Aug 20, 2018

Dyrs N. Owens, 87, Silver Lake, IN died at 10:51 p.m. August 20, 2018 at Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne, IN.  He was born April 26, 1931 at Salyersville, KY to Warnie & Susan (Wireman) Owens.  He married Eva D. Brown who preceded him in death November 8, 1986.  He married again to Eva Adams on November 22,...

Rosalee E (Lofland)  Shepherd

Rosalee E (Lofland) Shepherd

Aug 20, 2018

Rosalee E. Shepherd, 87, rural South Whitley, passed away at 4:15 a.m. on Monday, August 20, 2018 at Peabody Healthcare Center, North Manchester, Indiana. One of four children, Rosalee was born on August 15, 1931 to Olin and Mabel (Biehl) Lofland in Wabash County, Indiana.

After graduating high school, Rosalee married her best friend Richard W. “Dick”...

Vicki L. Endress

Vicki L. Endress

Aug 20, 2018

Vicki L. Endress,78, passed away on August 20, 2018 at 7:00 a.m. at Mason Healthcare Center in Warsaw, Indiana. One of three children, Vicki was born in Sidney, Ohio to John C. and Doris M. (Gross) Davis.

Vicki married James Endress on October 2, 1976. She was a member of Eel River Community Church of the Brethren,...

Barbara Ihnen

Barbara Ihnen

Aug 17, 2018

Barbara A. Ihnen went to heaven on August 17, 2018 at Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne, IN. She was born April 2, 1957 in West Lafayette, IN to Gene and Lynn Ramsbey.

Barbara graduated from Plymouth High School, Plymouth, Indiana in 1975. She married Max L. Ihnen on July 15, 1978. Barbara graduated from Manchester College in 1979...

Anna Faye (Devoe)  Kindler

Anna Faye (Devoe) Kindler

Aug 14, 2018

Anna Faye Kindler, 82, died at 1:04 a.m. Tuesday, August 14, 2018 at Visiting Nurse & Hospice Home, Fort Wayne, IN.  Born on September 9, 1935 in Birmingham, Alabama, Anna was the daughter of Melvin and Doris (Wiseman) DeVoe.

On February 14, 1976 Anna married Maurice F. Kindler. The two were married for 35 years before Maurice...

Betty Lou (Carroll)  Wilcox

Betty Lou (Carroll) Wilcox

Aug 13, 2018

Betty Lou Wilcox, 81, North Manchester, Indiana passed away on August 13, 2018 at Peabody Retirement Community, North Manchester. Betty was born on February 15, 1937 to Edson and Dorothy (Ludwig) Carroll in Huntington, Indiana.

After graduating from Urbana High School in 1955, Betty graduated from St. Joseph Hospital of Nursing in 1958. She married the love...

Donn D. Kesler

Donn D. Kesler

Aug 13, 2018

Donn D. Kesler, 91, North Manchester, IN died at 12:23 a.m. Monday, August 13, 2018 at Timbercrest Healthcare Center.  He was born at South Bend, IN on April 7, 1927 to Raymond & Bertha A. (Long) Kesler.  Moving to Peru, IN with his parents, they attended the Peru Church of the Brethren.  It was there he first saw Mary...

Jon T Fawley

Jon T Fawley

Aug 7, 2018

Jon T. Fawley, 58, North Manchester, Indiana passed away at 5:15 p.m. on August 7, 2018 at Parkview Regional Hospital, Fort Wayne, Indiana. The younger of two children, Jon was born on November 25, 1959 in Wabash, Indiana to Harold L. and Joan (Ringenberg) Fawley.

After graduating high school from Manchester in 1978, Jon went on to...

Micheal J. Pattison

Micheal J. Pattison

Aug 3, 2018

Micheal J. "Popeye" Pattison, 54, North Manchester, IN died at 9:30 a.m. August 3, 2018 at Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne, IN.  He was born July 7, 1964 at Grant County, Indiana to Hubert J. & Barbara E. (Wall) Pattison.  His father is deceased and his mother survives at LaFontaine, IN

Mike and Teresa Davidson were...

Charlene A (Stucker)  Walters

Charlene A (Stucker) Walters

Aug 1, 2018

Charlene A. Walters, 89, North Manchester, IN passed away peacefully at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, August 1, 2018 at Peabody Retirement Community, North Manchester. Charlene was born on July 13, 1929, one of nine children to Roy C. and Pauline (Eby) Stucker.  She married Miles F. Walters on July 31, 1948.  Her parents and Miles preceded her in death along...

Samuel L Leckrone

Samuel L Leckrone

Jul 31, 2018

Samuel L. “Sam” Leckrone, 77, North Manchester, Indiana passed away at 11:35 a.m. on July 31, 2018 at Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne. Sam was born on June 19, 1941 in Manistee, Michigan to Clifton and Joyce (Griffith) Leckrone.

Sam graduated from Manchester High School in 1959 and International College, Fort Wayne, in 1961. He married Carol St....

Thomas Edward Wilsford

Thomas Edward Wilsford

Jul 29, 2018

Thomas Edward Wilsford, 80, North Manchester passed away 11:24 a.m. on July 29, 2018 at his residence. Thomas was born on August 29, 1937 to Hugh and Christine (Copland) Wilsford in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. He was employed by Muncie Federal Savings & Loan for 13 years prior to Pierceton Trucking at Laketon, Indiana where he retired in 2009 after 15...

George C Music

George C Music

Jul 28, 2018

George C. Music, 86, died on July 28, 2018 at 8:05 a.m. at the Visiting Nurse and Hospice Home, Fort Wayne, IN.  He was born on July 15, 1932, one of eight children born to George and Hattie (England) Music in Little Paint Creek, Ky.  On May 8, 1954 George married Billie L. Webb, she preceded him in death...

Betty (Canter)  Wieland

Betty (Canter) Wieland

Jul 24, 2018

Betty Lou (Canter) Wieland went home to heaven on July 24, 2018 at Timbercrest Senior Living Community where she had resided for the past thirty-one years.  She was born on a farm in Hartford City, Indiana on March 30, 1926 to Edward and Della (Martin) Canter.  The youngest of seven children, she grew up in a house filled with...

Rosemary (Brubaker)  Bolinger

Rosemary (Brubaker) Bolinger

Jul 22, 2018

Rosemary Bolinger, 86, of 12 Wisteria Lane, North Manchester passed form this world on Sunday, July 22, 2018. She was the fifth of eight children born to the late Luther and Bernice (Sherburn) Brubaker on April 14, 1932. Following graduation from Laketon High School, she married Harold Bolinger, on June 4, 1950. Harold preceded her in death on September...

P. David Boyd

P. David Boyd

Jul 19, 2018

P. David Boyd, 72, North Manchester, Indiana, passed away in his residence on July 19, 2018 at 4:30 p.m. Born on November 14, 1945, David was the son of John and Donna Hoff and Delmar E. and Ester L. (Wolf) Boyd.

After attending Laketon High School, David worked a variety of jobs to support his family, most...

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