Bill D. Runkel

Nov 13, 2015

Bill D. Runkel, 86, North Manchester, IN died at 9:30 a.m. Friday, November 13, 2015 at Peabody Healthcare Center, North Manchester, IN. He was born August 9, 1929 in Silver Lake, IN to Roy E. & Flossie A. (Rose) Runkel. On August 9, 1947 he married Jeanne Werking. Bill was a lifelong farmer and drove school bus...

Doris J. Kling

Nov 13, 2015

Doris J. Kling, 81, Liberty Mills, IN died at 1:04 p.m. Friday, November 13, 2015 in Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne, IN. She was born January 28, 1934 in Wabash, IN to Albert & Geraldine (Sparks) Haynes. On January 23, 1954 she married Frederick J. Kling Sr. He died October 31, 1980. She was a homemaker and member...

O. Joan Rule

Nov 10, 2015

O. Joan Rule, 90, Fort Wayne, IN formerly of North Manchester, IN died Tuesday, November 10, 2015 at 1:30 p.m. in The Heritage of Fort Wayne, IN. She was born November 19, 1924 in Larwill, IN to Herman Ray & Grace (Metzger) Fultz. She graduated from Sidney High School in 1942. On December 12, 1943 she married...

Tommy W. (Tom) Mcclure

Nov 10, 2015

Tommy W. (Tom) McClure, 71, North Manchester, IN died at 5:45 a.m. Tuesday, November 10, 2015 in his residence. He was born January 15, 1944 in North Manchester, IN to Howard & Ruth (Grossnickle) McClure. On August 25, 1990 he married Kathy Hopkins. Tom was a Driver for W&W Concrete for 37 years. He retired in 2010....

Rowena Greer

Nov 4, 2015

Rowena Greer, 90, North Manchester, IN died at 1:20 p.m. Wednesday, November 4, 2015 in her residence. She was born April 18, 1925 in Ijamsville, IN, to Raymond and Bertha (Anderson) Clark. Rowena married Donald E. Greer on September 19, 1942. Donald died December 22, 2002 She was a secretary at Peabody Seating Co., North Manchester, IN...

Charles R. Engle

Nov 3, 2015

Charles R. Engle, 73, North Manchester, IN formerly of Beaver Dam Lake, IN died at 3:48 p.m. Tuesday, November 3, 2015 in Peabody Healthcare Center, North Manchester, IN. He was born August 15, 1942 in Kosciusko County, IN to Amos & Minnie (McCloughan) Engle. He married Cozzette Baker on August 6, 1972. She died April 1, 1998....

Burtle Wireman

Oct 28, 2015

Burtle Wireman, 99, Marshall, MI formerly of North Manchester, IN died Wednesday, October 28, 2015 at Marshall Nursing & Rehabilitation Community, Marshall, MI. She was born April 20, 1916 in Waldo, KY to Silas & Cora (Wireman) Montgomery. On October 19, 1939 she married Kesier Wireman. He died January 13, 1971. Burtle was a homemaker and member...

Rowan Keim Daggett

Oct 24, 2015

Rowan Keim Daggett, Ph.D., Manchester University English Professor Emerita, died Saturday, October 24, 2015. She was 84. Rowan graduated from McPherson College in 1952 and earned her master's degree from Ball State in 1964. In 1978, she earned her Ph.D. in English language from Indiana University. She joined Manchester's faculty in 1968 and taught...

Mary Lou (West) Kazee

Oct 19, 2015

Mary Lou (West) Kazee, 57, Huntington, IN died at 10:40 p.m. Monday, October 19, 2015 in Hickory Creek, Huntington, IN. She was born December 23, 1957 in Sarah Ann, Logan County, WV to William & Laverna (Carpenter) West. She was a homemaker. She is survived by one son, Jeremy Bradley, Warsaw, IN; one daughter, Christy (Chad) McKinney,...

Harlan A. Dietzel

Oct 17, 2015

Harlan A. Dietzel, 91, died Saturday, October 17, 2015 in Timbercrest Healthcare Center, North Manchester, IN. He was born in Huron County, Michigan on a farm near Bay Port on December 29, 1923. Harlan is survived by his wife Mildred A. Dietzel, children Stanley J. (Sarah) and Dennis L. (Marianne); grandchildren Naomi (Chris), Isaac (Mitra), Kevin (Ranae),...

Thelma Jackson

Oct 16, 2015

Thelma Jackson, 85, North Manchester, IN died October 16, 2015 at Millers Merry Manor, Warsaw, IN. She was born March 11, 1930 in Magoffin County, KY to Frank Shepherd and Ella Mae Wireman, both deceased. She married Junior S. Jackson on July 8, 1950. He died January 19, 2015. She was a homemaker and retired from United Technologies at...

Janice H. Wiley

Oct 11, 2015

Janice H. Wiley, 60, Urbana, IN died at 1:23 p.m. Sunday, October 11, 2015 at Parkview Wabash Hospital, Wabash, IN. She was born July 14, 1955 in Marion, IN to Jesse & Betty (Chenoweth) Hills. On February 25, 1984 she married Mark Wiley. Janice was a wife, gardener, farmer and caregiver. She was a loving grandmother and...

Phyllis Joyce Hunn

Oct 8, 2015

Phyllis Joyce (Heeter) Hunn, 83, North Manchester, IN died October 8, 2015 in Timbercrest Healthcare Center, North Manchester, IN. She was born March 28, 1932 in South Bend, IN to George U. and Martha M. Heeter. She was the second of two children. Her older brother Harold E. Heeter preceded her in death. Phyllis gradated from Elkhart...

Mable E. Hicks

Oct 7, 2015

Mable E. Hicks, 91, Silver Lake, IN died at 3:15 a.m. Wednesday, October 7, 2015 in her residence. She was born November 9, 1923 in Garrett, KY to William Wade and Lura (Stafford) Moore. She married Bert Hicks and he died May 17, 2004. Mable was a homemaker and member of Irene Cole Baptist Church, Prestonsburg, KY....

Janet L. Walters

Oct 3, 2015

Janet L. Walters, 54, Sebring, FL formerly of North Manchester, IN passed away at 8:50 p.m. on Saturday, October 3, 2015 at Good Shepherd Hospice Home, Sebring, Florida. She was born to Harold Ray and Deloris (Greer) Walters on April 17, 1961 in Wabash County, Indiana. She graduated from Manchester High School, North Manchester, IN in 1979...

Cleo Price

Oct 3, 2015

Cleo Price, 80, Fort Wayne, IN formerly of Laketon, IN died at 6:20 a.m. Saturday, October 3, 2015 in Kingston Residence, Fort Wayne, IN. She was born January 8, 1935 in Prestonsburg, Floyd County, KY to Richard & Viola (Howard) Bradley. On January 15, 1977 she married Gerald Price. He died January 21, 1995. She was employed...

Doris I. Westafer

Oct 2, 2015

Doris I. Westafer, 94, North Manchester, IN died at 2:23 a.m. Friday, October 2, 2015 in Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne, IN. She was born September 1, 1921 in Huntington County, IN to Irvin & Ethel (French) Walters. She graduated from Bippus High School, Bippus, IN in 1939. On April 4, 1943 she married Clem E. Westafer. He...

Rev. Gordon W. Bucher

Sep 28, 2015

Rev. Gordon W. Bucher, 89, passed away on September 28, 2015 at 5:30 a.m. in Timbercrest Healthcare Center, North Manchester, IN. He married Darlene Fair at Franklin Grove, IL on June 22, 1947. She survives, as well as three sons, Barry (Diana Eberly) Bucher, North Manchester, IN, Brent (Janet Board) Bucher, Fresno, OH and Brad (Therese Daley)...

Florence B. Armey

Sep 19, 2015

Florence B. Armey, 92, North Manchester, IN died at 2:42 a.m. Saturday, September 19, 2015 in Timbercrest Healthcare Center, North Manchester, IN. She was born in Pettit, IN on June 9, 1923 to Elihu & Zella (Curtis) Shotts. She married Fred Nutter and he died December 1955. She then married Marvin Ora Armey on December 1, 1956....

Patty J. Hall

Sep 17, 2015

Patty J. Hall, 62, Claypool, IN died at 12:22 p.m. Thursday, September 17, 2015 in Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne, IN. She was born July 6, 1953 in Marion, IN to Vernon & Ruby (Hamilton) Heil. She graduated from Marion High School, Marion, IN in 1971. She graduated from Tucker Vocational Center in 1988 where she received an...