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Lester Zimmerman

Lester Zimmerman

Mar 15, 2013

Lester Zimmerman March 3, 1919 - March 15, 2013

Lester Zimmerman, 94, Berne, entered heaven from his residence on Friday, March 15, 2013 at 5:30 pm. He was born to Amos and Salome(Moser) Zimmerman on March 3, 1919 in Adams County and married Marjorie Bixler on May 16, 1942. They have been married for 70 years. Lester was engaged...

Edna Ellen Schwartz

Edna Ellen Schwartz

Mar 15, 2013

Edna Ellen Schwartz July 5, 1952 - March 15, 2013

Edna E. Schwartz, 60, Geneva, passed away Friday, March 15, 2013 at her home. She was born to Simon D. and Katie M. Bontrager Schmucker on July 5, 1952 in LaGrange County, Indiana. She married Joe V. Schwartz on April 12, 1973. She is a homemaker and a member...

Carolyn Ruth West

Carolyn Ruth West

Mar 9, 2013

Carolyn Ruth West, 71 years old of Decatur, Indiana, passed away on Saturday, March 9, 2013 in the Bluffton Regional Medical Center. She was born on Sunday, January 25, 1942 in Emporium, Pennsylvania the daughter of the late Lester Schleh and the late Mildred (Bierly) Schleh. She married Whitney Dale West on August 14, 1965 in Manassas, Virginia. Carolyn was...

Anna Jane Gilliom

Anna Jane Gilliom

Mar 9, 2013

Anna Jane Gilliom February 20, 1925 - March 9, 2013

Anna Jane Gilliom, 88, Berne, passed away Saturday, March 9, 2013, at Swiss Village. She was born to C.W.R. and Minnie(Sprunger) Schwartz on February 20, 1925 in Adams County. She married Laverne "Bowtie" Gilliom on January 25, 1948, who survives. Anna was a member of the First Mennonite Church...

Dwight L. Dailey

Dwight L. Dailey

Mar 8, 2013

Dwight L. Dailey January 1, 1932 - March 8, 2013

Dwight L. "Whitey" Dailey, 81, Geneva, passed away Friday, March 8, 2013 at Visiting Nurse Hospice Home in Fort Wayne. He was born to Herbert and Eathel(Evans)Dailey on January 1, 1932 in Adams County. He married Carol Heeter on August 18, 1973. Whitey was an employee of Dunbar Furniture...

Gertrude E. Dickerson

Gertrude E. Dickerson

Mar 2, 2013

Gertrude E. Dickerson, 97 years old of Decatur, Indiana, passed away at 5:46 p.m. on Saturday, March 2, 2013 in the Woodcrest Nursing Center located in Decatur. Gertrude was born on Tuesday, May 25, 1915 in New Orleans, Louisiana the daughter of the late Louis G. Webert and the late Lillian (Johnson) Webert. She married the late Glen Dickerson on...

Marjory G. Terrell

Marjory G. Terrell

Feb 28, 2013

Marjory G. Terrell, 87 years old of Pennville, Indiana, passed away at 12:05 p.m. on Thursday, February 28, 2013 in the Meadowvale Health & Rehabilitaion Center located in Bluffton, Indiana. Marjory was born on Tuesday, October 6, 1925 in Adams County, Indiana the daughter of the late Russell E. Weldy and the late Adah L. (Click) Weldy. She married the...

Robert E. Fox

Robert E. Fox

Feb 27, 2013

Robert E. Fox, 64 years old of Decatur, Indiana, passed away at 3:25 p.m. on Wednesday, February 27, 2013 in the Bluffton Regional Medical Center located in Bluffton, Indiana. Robert was born on Tuesday, July 13, 1948 in Adams County, Indiana the son of the late Robert W. Fox and Patty A. (Dick) Fox-Stanley and she survives. Robert was an...

Roberta J. Wall

Roberta J. Wall

Feb 26, 2013

Roberta J. Wall March 13, 1922 - February 26, 2013

Roberta J. Wall, 90, Leesburg, Florida, a former Berne resident, passed away on Tuesday, February 26, 2013 in Leesburg, Florida. She was born to Robert and Mabel(Wolfe) Scott on March 13, 1922 in Wells County, IN. She married Royce E. Wall on October 27, 1940. She was a homemaker...

Viola Dennison

Viola Dennison

Feb 25, 2013

Viola Dennison November 25, 1917 - February 25, 2013

Viola Dennison, 95, Berne, passed away Monday, February 25, 2013 at Swiss Village, Berne. She was born to Daniel and Barbara (Liechty) Habegger on November 25, 1917 in Adams County. She married Claude Dennison on November 10, 1945. Viola was a member of the Cross Community Church where she played...

Colleen J. Hodge

Colleen J. Hodge

Feb 25, 2013

Colleen J. Hodge March 25, 1948 - February 25, 2013

Colleen J. Hodge, 64, Berne passed away Monday, February 25, 2013 in Indianapolis, IN. She was born to Chris and Florence(Liechty)Biberstine on March 25, 1948 in Adams County. She was a member of the West Missionary Church and was presently employed at Tyson Foods, Portland. In the past she...

Lorine Hoffman

Lorine Hoffman

Feb 23, 2013

Lorine Hoffman, 91 years old of Decatur, Indiana, passed away at 5:55 p.m. on Saturday, February 23, 2013 in the Woodcrest Nursing Center located in Decatur. Lorine was born on Sunday, June 19, 1921 in Adams County, Indiana the daughter of the late Henry Erxleben and the late Emma (Westphal) Erxleben. She married the late Walter Hoffman on June 19,...

Alexandria R. Pharr

Alexandria R. Pharr

Feb 21, 2013

Alexandria R. "Lexy" Pharr, 23 years old of Decatur, Indiana, passed away on Thursday, February 21, 2013 following an automobile accident on County Road 900 North in Adams County, Indiana. She was born on Monday, December 18, 1989 in Decatur, Indiana the daughter of Anthony "Tony" Pharr and Kristine (O'Campo) Smedley. Lexy had been employed at Ossian Meats for the...

Amos B. Schwartz

Amos B. Schwartz

Feb 17, 2013

Amos B. Schwartz January 13, 1932 - February 17, 2013

Amos B. Schwartz, 81, died Sunday, February 17, 2013, at Bluffton Regional Hospital following a long battle with cancer. He was born on January 13,1932, to John P. and Barbara(Schwartz) Schwartz in Adams County, Indiana. He was the 19th of 20 children born into the Old Order Amish home....

Mary E. Baker

Mary E. Baker

Feb 16, 2013

Mary E. Baker, 85 years old of Monroeville, Indiana, passed away at 1:10 a.m. on Saturday, February 16, 2013 in the Visiting Nurse & Hospice Home located in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Mary was born on Saturday, July 16, 1927 in Monroeville, IN the daughter of the late Adolph Wagner and the late Emma (Gerardot) Wagner. She married the late Gilbert...

Betty Jane Wisniewski

Betty Jane Wisniewski

Feb 16, 2013

Betty Jane Wisniewski, 89 years old of Ft. Wayne, IN, passed away at 11:40 p.m. on Saturday, February 16, 2013 in the St. Anne Home & Retirement Center located in Fort Wayne. Betty was born on Sunday, November 11, 1923 in Ft. Wayne, IN the daughter of the late Jacob Romaneck and the late Mary (Nashlon) Romaneck. She married the...

Margaret H. Buuck

Margaret H. Buuck

Feb 14, 2013

Margaret H. Buuck, 91 years old of Decatur, Indiana, passed away on Thursday, February 14, 2013 at her residence. She was born on Friday, May 20, 1921 in Decatur, Indiana the daughter of the late Jacob Hoffman and the late Minnie (Borne) Hoffman. She married Richard Buuck on May 8, 1943 in the Zion Reformed Church in Decatur. Margaret was...

Dorothea Thieme

Dorothea Thieme

Feb 14, 2013

Dorothea Thieme, 94 years old of Ft. Wayne, Indiana, passed away at 8:32 a.m. on Thursday, February 14, 2013 in the Parkview Regional Medical Center located in Fort Wayne. Dorothea was born on Friday, September 27, 1918 in Allen County, Indiana the daughter of the late Carl Boese and the late Mary (Heine) Boese. She married the late Herman F....

David A. Runyon

David A. Runyon

Feb 11, 2013

David A. Runyon, 55 years old of Decatur, Indiana, passed away on Monday, February 11, 2013 in the Lutheran Hospital of Indiana. He was born on Thursday, June 6, 1957 in Bluffton, Indiana the son of Floyd Runyon, who passed away in 2004, and Evelyn (Messick) Runyon, who passed away in 2012. He married Cathy Cable on November 26, 1983...

Flora D. Wright

Flora D. Wright

Feb 11, 2013

Flora D. Wright, 69 years old of Fort Wayne, IN, and a former resident of Decatur passed away at 7:44 a.m. on Monday, February 11, 2013 at her residence. She was born on Saturday, January 29, 1944 in West Liberty, Kentucky the daughter of the late Quincy Ball and the late Mary (Keaton) Ball. She married the late Robert A....

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