Jeff D. Gable

Nov 28, 2015

Jeff D. Gable, 51, died Saturday November 28, 2015 in Kosciusko County, IN. He was born in Columbia City, Indiana to DeWayne and Shirley (McGrath) Gable. On March 2, 1991, Jeff married Teresa (Reed). He was employed with Gable Farms. Jeff loved his family, and to ride his Harley. He is survived by his wife Teresa (Reed)...

Otto L. Basore

Nov 24, 2015

Otto L. Basore, 79, North Manchester, IN died Tuesday, November 24, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. in Kosciusko Community Hospital, Warsaw, IN. He was born July 6, 1936 in Sacramento, CA to Harry & Evelyn (Bowman) Basore. He graduated from high school in Modesto, CA. On December 9, 1961 he married Barbara Blocher. He was self-employed in landscape...

Wayne A. Beck

Nov 18, 2015

Wayne A. Beck, 61, North Manchester, IN died at 8:35 p.m. Wednesday, November 18, 2015 in Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne, IN. He was born December 10, 1953 in Wabash, IN to Marvin & Dorothy Mae (Yost) Beck. Wayne graduated from Manchester High School in 1972. He was a hoist operator at R.R. Donnelley, Warsaw, IN...

Thomas R. Allen

Nov 16, 2015

Thomas R. Allen, 59, Silver Lake, IN died at 7:05 p.m. Monday, November 16, 2015 in Hospice Home, Fort Wayne, IN. He was born November 10, 1956 in Warsaw, IN to Glen & Effie (Howard) Allen. He graduated from Warsaw High School in 1975 and then graduated from ITT Tech, Fort Wayne, IN receiving an Associates Degree...

Jane Plunkett Cassell

Nov 16, 2015

Jane Plunkett Cassell, 96, North Manchester, IN died at 4:10 a.m. Monday, November 16, 2015 in Timbercrest Healthcare Center, North Manchester, IN. Jane was born July 15, 1919 on a farm near Ludlow Falls, Ohio about 25 miles north of Dayton to parents Joseph and Bessie Plunkett. She was predeceased by brothers, Roy J. Plunkett and Richard...

Clifford H. Carpenter

Nov 16, 2015

Clifford H. Carpenter, 92, Warsaw, IN formerly of North Manchester, IN died Monday, November 16, 2015 at 11:51 p.m. in his residence. He was born July 28, 1923 in Pike, NY to Alfred S. & Eva Mae (Buckley) Carpenter. On May 22, 1946 he married Esther Oakes. He served in the United States Marine Corp. He was...

John Eugene Paul

Nov 14, 2015

John Eugene Paul, 73, Fort Wayne, IN died at 6:55 p.m. Saturday, November 14, 2015 in Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne, IN. He was born June 29, 1942 in Huntington, IN to John A. & Mabel (Weimer) Paul. He graduated from Manchester High School in 1960 then attended Manchester College and Fort Wayne Bible College. John...

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...