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Stephanie D. Shultz Beck

Stephanie D. Shultz Beck

Jan 23, 2013

Stephanie D. Shultz Beck, 40, North Manchester, IN died Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 10:10 p.m. in Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne, IN. She was born November 16, 1972 in Rochester, IN to Don & Gloria (Heater) Shultz. She graduated from Manchester High School in 1991 and received a BS from Manchester College and her law...

Esther P. Frantz

Esther P. Frantz

Jan 21, 2013

Esther P. Frantz, 84, North Manchester, IN died at 6:22 a.m. Monday, January 21, 2013 in Peabody Healthcare Center. She was born July 21, 1928 in Wabash County, IN to Aaron D. & Mabel F. (Metzger) Greer. She graduated from Chester High School in 1946. Esther was a homemaker and had been an inspector at the former...

Iona D. Poston

Iona D. Poston

Jan 10, 2013

Iona D. Poston, 83, North Manchester, IN died at 1:05 a.m. Thursday, January 10, 2013 in Peabody Healthcare Center, North Manchester, IN. She was born October 5, 1929 in Laketon, IN to Charles R. & Adelia (Moore) Shaffer, Sr. She graduated from Laketon High School in 1947. On June 6, 1948 she married William H. Poston. He...

Max E. Coble

Max E. Coble

Jan 6, 2013

Max E. Coble, 91, formerly of Wabash, Indiana departed this life surrounded by his loved ones at 3:10 p.m. Sunday, January 6, 2013 at Fort Wayne, Indiana. He was born in Pleasant Township, Wabash County, Indiana on August 29, 1921 to John & Bertha (Metzger) Coble. He graduated from South Whitley High School in 1940 and was...

Ruby Marie Muir

Ruby Marie Muir

Jan 3, 2013

Ruby Marie Muir, 94, North Manchester, IN formerly of Bippus, IN died at 6:30 a.m. Thursday, January 3, 2013 in Peabody Healthcare Center, North Manchester, IN. She was born September 8, 1918 in Pleasant Township, Wabash County, IN to Lawrence & Mary (Frantz) Hoover. She graduated from Laketon High School in 1936. She retired from Heckman Bindery,...

M. Alpheus Rohrer

M. Alpheus Rohrer

Dec 26, 2012

M. Alpheus Rohrer, 90, North Manchester, IN, died December 26, 2012 at 9:15 p.m. at Wabash County Hospital, Wabash, IN. He was born January 10, 1922 on a farm near North Lima, OH which is near Youngstown. His father, Samuel E. Rohrer, was a dairy farmer and his mother, Mary (Martin) Rohrer, a homemaker. He had an...

M. Leona Leckrone

M. Leona Leckrone

Dec 13, 2012

M. Leona Leckrone, 91, Silver Lake, Indiana died at 11:10 a.m. Thursday, December 13, 2012 at her residence. She was born in Kosciusko County, Indiana on March 22, 1921 to John & Anna C. (Ulrey) Winger. On January 25, 1941 she married Robert H. Leckrone. He survives. Also surviving are a son, Tom (Janis) Leckrone, North Manchester,...

Eleanor Winger

Eleanor Winger

Dec 9, 2012

Ruth Eleanor Winger, 86, North Manchester, IN died at 3:10 a.m. Sunday, December 9, 2012 in Timbercrest Healthcare Center. She was born in Miami County, Indiana on September 10, 1926 to Bruce C. & Mildred L. (Barnett) Meyer. On November 19, 1944 she married John W. Winger Jr. He died June 28, 2001. Eleanor was a graduate...

Thomas N. Mckee

Thomas N. Mckee

Dec 5, 2012

Thomas N. McKee, 77, North Manchester, IN died at 8:45 p.m. Wednesday, December 5, 2012 in Lutheran Hospital, Ft. Wayne, IN. He was born July 29, 1935 in Huntington, IN to Francis D. "Jake" & Mildred M. (Michael) McKee. He graduated from Central High School in 1953 and served in the US Army 1953-1955. On July 28,...

Nancy Lee Benton

Nancy Lee Benton

Dec 5, 2012

Nancy Lee Benton, 75, North Manchester, IN died at 8:50 a.m. Wednesday, December 5, 2012 at Peabody Healthcare Center, North Manchester. She was born February 27, 1937 in Middlebury, IN to Franklin & Florence (Plank) Mishler. She graduated from Middlebury High School and Manchester College with an Associate Degree in business. Nancy was the director and pre-school...

Bettie Bradley

Bettie Bradley

Dec 4, 2012

Bettie Bradley, 95, North Manchester, IN died at 3:32 p.m. Tuesday, December 4, 2012 at her residence. She was born August 28, 1917 in Magoffin County, KY to George & Dollie (England) Hale. She married Joe Bradley on January 25, 1938. He died March 25, 1998. She was a homemaker and member of Old Regular Baptist Church...

Tasha Nichole Milburn

Tasha Nichole Milburn

Dec 4, 2012

Tasha Nichole Milburn, 24, Pierceton, IN died at 5:48 a.m. Tuesday, December 4, 2012 in Parkview Whitley Hospital, Columbia City, IN. She was born November 10, 1988 in Columbia City, IN. She was a machine operator at Group Dekko, North Webster, IN and was active with Habitat for Humanity. She is survived by her father, Lyle Milburn,...

Emma Lou Allen

Emma Lou Allen

Nov 29, 2012

Emma Lou Allen, 91, North Manchester, IN died at 2:20 p.m. Thursday, November 29, 2012 at her residence in Peabody Retirement Community. She was born in Wabash County, Indiana on July 28, 1921 to Bruce & Mildred (Barnett) Meyer. On December 24, 1939 she married Harold L. Allen. He died October 7, 1995. Emma Lou was a...

Ernest M. Harvey Jr

Ernest M. Harvey Jr

Nov 23, 2012

Ernest M. Harvey Jr., 86, Warsaw, IN and formerly of Silver Lake, IN died at 2:30 p.m. Friday, November 23, 2012 at his residence. He was born at Wabash County, Indiana on April 4, 1926 to Ernest & Edythe (Slater) Harvey Sr. He was a member of New Life Christian Church, Warsaw. Surviving are a sister, Pat...

Billie R. Wireman

Billie R. Wireman

Nov 21, 2012

Billie R. Wireman, 61, North Manchester, IN died at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, November 21, 2012 at Wabash County Hospital, Wabash, IN. She was born at Logan, West Virginia on November 10, 1951 to Roosevelt & Grace M. (Spears) Spriggs. She graduated from Manchester High School in 1969 and retired from Singer Controls, North Manchester in 2005 after...

Rodger E. Hoerdt

Rodger E. Hoerdt

Nov 19, 2012

Rodger E. Hoerdt, 65, North Manchester, IN died at 10:49 a.m. Monday, November 19, 2012 at Wabash County Hospital, Wabash, IN. He was born March 4, 1947 in Wabash, IN to Russell E. "Pete" & Geneva V. (Sroufe) Hoerdt. He had worked at the former Woodcraft Co., North Manchester, IN until its closing and then he worked...

Donnabelle Clark

Donnabelle Clark

Nov 19, 2012

Donnabelle Clark, 89, North Manchester, IN died at 5:30 a.m. Monday, November 19, 2012 in Peabody Healthcare Center, North Manchester. She was born at Wabash County, Indiana on November 19, 1923 to David E. and Myrtle (Steller) Rinehart, both deceased. She was owner/operator of Clark's Log Cabin Restaurant, North Manchester, IN and was also employed at the...

Robert D. Ihnen

Robert D. Ihnen

Nov 18, 2012

Robert D. Ihnen, 89, North Manchester, IN died at 6:32 a.m. Sunday, November 18, 2012 at Sturgill Care- HPH Hospice Center, Brooksville, Florida. He was born July 22, 1923 in Wabash County, IN to Herman T. & Velma Marie (Bishop) Ihnen. He graduated from Laketon (IN) High School in 1941. On September 19, 1941 he married Marjorie...

Lewis D. Horner

Lewis D. Horner

Nov 18, 2012

Lewis D. Horner, 75, Wabash, Indiana died at 2:26 a.m. Sunday, November 18, 2012 in Lutheran Hospital, Ft. Wayne, IN. He was born at Elwood, Indiana on November 7, 1937 to Marvin & Harriett (Detzer) Horner. On July 6, 2005 he married Virginia Kay Salyers. She died October 29, 2011. Surviving are a son, Anthony Horner, Lebanon,...

Richard L. Herendeen

Richard L. Herendeen

Nov 16, 2012

Richard L. Herendeen, 65, Silver Lake, IN died at 12:57 a.m. Friday, November 16, 2012 at Parkview Regional Hospital, Ft. Wayne, IN. He was born at Silver Lake, IN on May 8, 1947 to Gordon & Lillie (Hamilton) Herendeen. He worked at Gatke Corp. in Warsaw, IN for over 20 years and later for Pinkerton Security Co.,...

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