Luella S. Gerke
Jul 19, 2013
Luella S. Gerke, 97 years old of Ballwin, Missouri, passed away at 7:22 p.m. on Friday, July 19, 2013 in the Meramec Bluffs Care Center located in Ballwin, Missouri. Luella was born on Monday, September 27, 1915 in Monroeville, Indiana the daughter of the late Fred H. Grotrian and the late Louise (Knipstein) Grotrian. She married the late Herbert H....
Ted D. Lehman
Jul 19, 2013
Ted D. Lehman May 4, 1932 - July 19, 2013
Ted D. Lehman, 81, lifelong resident of Berne passed away Friday, July 19, 2013 at Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne. He was born to David and Olga(Flueckiger) Lehman on May 4, 1932. He married Gloria Reinhard on November 8, 1953 Ted was a member of the First Mennonite Church serving...
Dean E. Hendricks
Jul 17, 2013
Dean E. Hendricks June 24, 1938 - July 17, 2013
Dean E. Hendricks, 75, Berne, passed away Wednesday, July 17, 2013 at his home. He was born to Charles and Nolda(Agler) Hendricks on June 24, 1938 in Adams County. He married Myrna Habegger on October 3, 1959 in Berne. Dean was in the sales and marketing departments at CTS...
Ned W. Liechty
Jul 10, 2013
Ned W. Liechty May 10, 1951 - July 10, 2013
Ned W. Liechty, 62, Berne, passed away on July 10, 2013 at Adams Memorial Hospital. He was born to Rolandes and Augusta(Wulliman) Liechty on May 10, 1951 in Adams County. He married Geney Caster on March 25, 1978. Ned was a well known farmer and a member of the...
Dessie M. Neuenschwander
Jul 9, 2013
Dessie M. Neuenschwander September 11, 1928 - July 9, 2013
Dessie M. Neuenschwander, 84, Berne, passed away on July 9, 2013 at the Adams Memorial Hospital. She was born to John and Rebecca(Schwartz) Habegger on September 11, 1928 in Adams County. She married Delmar Neuenschwander on June 27, 1948. Dessie was a homemaker and worked for the Berne Locker...
Leanne G. Roe
Jul 9, 2013
Leanne G. Roe, 51 years old of Monroeville, Indiana, passed away on Tuesday, July 9, 2013 at Parkview Regional Medical Center. She was born on Monday, December 4, 1961 in Allen County, Indiana the daughter of Joyce E. (Kelly) Weaver. She married Edward T. Roe on June 20, 1981 in Monroeville, Indiana and he passed away on April 29, 1998....
Robert R. Toland
Jul 7, 2013
Robert R. Toland February 14, 1947 - July 7, 2013
Robert R. "Bob" Toland, 66, Geneva, IN. passed away at his home on Sunday, July 7, 2013. He was born to John K and Audrey(Rigby) Toland on February 14, 1947 in Jay County. He married Janet "Jan" Beer on November 8, 1969. Bob was a member of the West...
Kevin Arvisais
Jul 7, 2013
Kevin Arvisais, 55 years old of Decatur, Indiana, passed away on Sunday, July 7, 2013 in El Paso, Texas. He was born on Wednesday, July 10, 1957 in Chicago, Illinois the son of the late Alvin Finney and Barbara (Brown) Arvisais. Kevin was a truck driver for Swift Transportation, Inc. out of Arizona. Surviving are his mother, Barbara Arvisais of...
Ronnie L. Gephart
Jul 4, 2013
Ronnie L. Gephart, 75 years old of Decatur, Indiana, passed away on Thursday, July 4, 2013 at Chalet Village in Berne. He was born on Friday, August 27, 1937 in rural Wren, Ohio the son of the late Basil Gephart and the late Lolo (Drake) Gephart. He married Ramona K. Gattshall on June 30, 1957 in Chattanooga, Ohio. Ronnie was...
Geraldine R. Townsend
Jul 2, 2013
Gerry (Geraldine) McKay Townsend, age 88, passed away July 2, 2013 at the Visiting Nurse & Hospice Home in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Gerry was born on April 18, 1925 in Florenceville, New Brunswick, Canada the daughter of Charles Robert McKay and Helen Orchard McKay. She is survived by her husband of 68 years, Estle Townsend, Sr. and their children, Estle...
Robert Norman Kreager
Jun 30, 2013
Robert Norman Kreager, 92 years old of Florida, passed away on Sunday, June 30, 2013 in the Sturgill Hospice located in Brooksville, Florida. Robert was born on Saturday, October 23, 1920 in Monroeville, Indiana the son of the late Andrew Wilson Kreager and the late Frances (O'Shaughnessey) Kreager. He married the late LaVonne Casselman on December 16, 1978 in Orlando,...
Todd K. Hockemeyer
Jun 29, 2013
Todd K. Hockemeyer, 51 years old of Hoagland, Indiana, passed away on Saturday, June 29, 2013 at St. Joseph Hospital in Fort Wayne following an apparent heart attack at his residence. He was born on Monday, May 28, 1962 in Decatur, Indiana the son of the late Kenneth W. Hockemeyer, who passed away on October 1, 2003, and Marjorie (Bultemeier)...
Violet I. Labrun
Jun 27, 2013
Violet I. LaBrun September 24, 1920 - June 27, 2013
Violet I. LaBrun, 92, Chattanooga, OH. passed away on June 27, 2013 at Woodcrest of Decatur. She was born to George and Flossie(Lee)Brown on September 24, 1920 in Decatur, In. She married Robert LaBrun in 1939. She was a member of the Bethel Brethren Church in Berne. She worked...
John Wayne Bauermeister
Jun 26, 2013
John Wayne Bauermeister, 49, of Ossian, Indiana died on Wednesday, June 26, 2013. "Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life." Revelation 2:10. John was born on June 19, 1964, the third child of Robert. W. and Jeanette (Hoffman) Bauermeister. John graduated from Norwell High School in 1983. He earned a Bachelor of Science...
Judy A. Heller
Jun 23, 2013
Judy A. Heller passed away June 23, 2013 in her home. Born in Fort Wayne on October 5, 1945, she was the daughter of the late Dick and Elizabeth(Rider) Clay. A 1963 graduate of Monroeville High School, Judy retired from the State of Indiana Welfare Department in 2003 as a case worker. Prior to working for the state, she started...
Matilda P. Leatherman
Jun 18, 2013
Matilda P. Leatherman September 18, 1917 - June 18, 2013
Matilda "Til" Meyer Leatherman, 95, Berne, formerly of Celina, Ohio, passed away Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at Swiss Village, Berne. She was born to John A. and Lena Schenkel Meyer on September 18, 1917 in Huntington County, Indiana. She married Wilber Leatherman on August 18, 1976. She was a...
Terry M. Bland
Jun 16, 2013
Terry M. Bland, 60 years old of Fort Wayne, Indiana, passed away at 5:39 p.m. on Sunday, June 16, 2013 in the Parkview Regional Medical Center located in Fort Wayne. Terry was born on Sunday, January 18, 1953 in Helena, Arkansas the son of Marvin C. Bland and Josie (Lynch) Bland both of whom survive. He married Joyce A. Knipstein...
Arthur W. Adam
Jun 12, 2013
Arthur W. Adam, 88 years old of Decatur, Indiana, passed away at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 12, 2013 in the Ossian Health & Rehabilitation located in Ossian, Indiana. Art was born on Saturday, October 11, 1924 in Ft. Wayne, Indiana the son of the late Joseph J. Adam and the late Blanche B. (Workman) Adam. He married the late...
Nick L. Secaur
Jun 7, 2013
Nick L. Secaur, 75 years old of Decatur, Indiana, passed away at 3:12 p.m. on Friday, June 7, 2013 at his residence. Nick was born on Monday, January 17, 1938 in Adams County, Indiana the son of the late Kenneth Secaur and the late Lucille (DeBolt) Secaur. He was married to Carla Snyder on July 11, 1959 and she passed...
Billy L. Smith
Jun 7, 2013
Billy L. Smith January 19, 1959 - June 7, 2013
Billy L. "Bill" Smith, 54, Berne passed away Friday, June 7, 2013 at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne, In. He was born to Barbara(Boykin) Sprunger on January 19, 1959 in Sumter, S.C. He married Joanne "Jodi" Wall on May 31, 1982. He was employed at Richard's Restaurant in Portland...
