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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Jul 19, 2018

Evelyn Christine Greer Webb, North Manchester, Indiana passed away at 5:02 p.m. on July 19, 2018 at Peabody Healthcare Center, North Manchester. One of five children, Evelyn was born on July 21, 1925 to William and Caroline (Obringer) Burkhart in Wabash County, Indiana.

After working at Singer Controls, North Manchester, for 14 years, Evelyn worked at Dairy...

Jul 19, 2018

Ellen Gerard, 90, Winona Lake, Indiana and formerly of South Whitley, Indiana passed away at 2:20 a.m. on July 19, 2018 at Grace Village, Winona Lake. Ellen was born on March 26, 1928 in Kosciusko County, IN to Lionel Sr. and Caroline (Hostetler) Kreger.

She graduated from Pierceton High School in 1946 and from the South Bend...

Jul 16, 2018

Barbara Sue North, 69, North Manchester, Indiana passed away at 6:48 p.m. on July 16, 2018 at Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Barbara was born on May 7, 1949 in Prestonsburg, Kentucky to Rebel and Julie (Reffitt) Hackworth.

After graduating from Prestonsburg High School, Prestonsburg, Kentucky, Barbara moved to Indiana and shortly after she married James L....

Jul 14, 2018

Magalene Stephens, 82, Claypool, Indiana passed away at 9:45 a.m. on July 14, 2018 at Sage Bluff Health and Rehabilitation Center, Fort Wayne, Indiana. One of five children, Magalene was born on July 20, 1935 in Magoffin County, Kentucky to Everett and Stella (Allen) Patrick.

After graduating from Sidney High School, Sidney, Indiana, Magalene married Thomas Stephens...

Jul 10, 2018

Grace E. Metzger, 91, North Manchester, Indiana died at 4:40 a.m. July 10, 2018 at Timbercrest Healthcare Center, North Manchester.  She was born at North Manchester on November 25, 1926 to Lawrence & Mary (Frantz) Hoover.  Graduating from Laketon High School with the class of 1944, Grace farmed with her husband for 38 years.  She also worked for the...

Jul 9, 2018

Barbara L. Driskell, 82, North Manchester, Indiana passed away at 3:10 p.m. on July 9, 2018 at Timbercrest Healthcare Center, North Manchester. One of three children, Barbara was born on June 4, 1936 to Lee J. and Pearl (Robinson) Helm in Kansas City, Missouri.

After graduating from Northeast High School, Kansas City, Missouri, where she was in...

Jun 26, 2018

Gail A. Gish, 67, Warsaw, Indiana peacefully passed away at 12:45 p.m. Tuesday, June 26, 2018 at her residence.  She was born on July 30, 1950 in Wabash, Indiana to Virgil R. & Nellie P. (Barton) Frantz.  Gail graduated from Manchester High School with the class of 1968.  She married Fred L. Gish on April 18, 1976.  She was...

Jun 23, 2018

Walter "Burnie" Burns, 69 died June 23, 2018 at the Parkview Randallia Hospital, Fort Wayne, IN. Burnie was born on July 10, 1948 to Walter E, Sr and Marjorie (Harrell) Burns in Wabash, Indiana.

Walter married Karen Montel Caudill on February 8, 1984, who survives.  Also surviving are one son; Shane (Kimberly) Burns, Wabash, IN.  One step...