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Martha K. Girod

Martha K. Girod

January 9, 2011

Martha K. Girod December 22, 2009 - January 9, 2011

Martha K. Girod, 1 year old daughter of Matthew K. and Katie (Beachey) Girod of rural Berne, Indiana, passed away Sunday morning, January 9, 2011 at her residence. Martha was born on December 22, 2009 in Adams County, Indiana. She was a member of the Old Order Amish. Martha...

Janice R. Martin Noll

Janice R. Martin Noll

January 8, 2011

Janice R. Martin Noll January 8, 2011

Janice R. Noll, 74, a resident of North Fort Meyers, Florida, passed away on Saturday, January 8, 2011 at Cape Coral Hospital. Janice was the daughter of Richard and Juanita (Hiday) Martin and was a native of Hartford Township in rural Adams County, Indiana. She was a member of the Good Shepard...

Terry L. Colwell

Terry L. Colwell

January 6, 2011

Terry L. Colwell, 44 years old of Decatur, Indiana, passed away at 4:41 p.m. on Thursday, January 6, 2011 in the Adams Memorial Hospital located in Decatur, Indiana. Terry was born on Thursday, November 24, 1966 in Celina, Ohio the Son of Everett Colwell and Betty (Williams) Colwell, both of whom survive. He married Karen Stephenson and she survives. Terry...

Wendell J. Seaman

Wendell J. Seaman

January 6, 2011

Wendell J. Seaman, 92 years old of Decatur, Indiana, passed away on Thursday, January 6, 2011 in Adams Memorial Hospital. His death was unexpected and followed a brief illness. He was born on Monday, April 29, 1918 in Wells County, Indiana the son of the late Luchin Seaman and the late Dora (Hartup) Seaman. He married Harriet Ruth Clark on...

Walter E. "Wally" Henkel

Walter E. "Wally" Henkel

January 6, 2011

Walter E. "Wally" Henkel August 19, 1930 - January 6, 2011

Walter E. “Wally” Henkel, 80, a resident of Berne, Indiana passed away at 6:45 a.m. Thursday, January 6, 2011 at his residence. Wally was born on August 19, 1930 in St. Joseph, Michigan the son of Edward and Margaret (Schroeder) Henkel, both deceased. He married Kathleen Gerig on...

Lorna M. Bultemeier

Lorna M. Bultemeier

January 6, 2011

Lorna M. Bultemeier, 84 years old of Bossier City, Louisianna, and formerly of Fort Wayne, Indiana passed away in the Grace Hospice Home in Shreveport, Louisianna on Thursday, January 6, 2011. She was born on Wednesday, April 7, 1926 in Cleveland, Ohio the daughter of the late Edward B. Blum and the late Mildred (Porath) Blum. She married the late...

Ernest Roe

Ernest Roe

January 5, 2011

Ernest Roe, 83 years old of Decatur, Indiana, passed away on Wednesday, January 5, 2011 in the Adams Memorial Hospital. He was born on Tuesday, August 23, 1927 in Adams County, Indiana the son of the late Fred J. Roe and the late Daisy (Galloway) Roe. He married Betty Lee Fickert on September 28, 1957 in Ohio City, Ohio. Ernest...

Margaret Scherer

Margaret Scherer

January 5, 2011

Margaret Louise Scherer, 87 years old of Decatur, Indiana, passed away on Wednesday, January 5, 2011 in the Village of Heritage. She was born on Wednesday, June 13, 1923 in Allen County, Indiana the daughter of the late Charles F. Schroeder and the late Caroline (Droege) Schroeder. She married Wilfred C. Scherer on April 25, 1942 in St. John Lutheran...

Raymond L. Zurcher

Raymond L. Zurcher

January 5, 2011

Raymond L. Zurcher July 22, 1933 - January 5, 2011

Raymond L. Zurcher, 77, a resident of Berne, Indiana passed away at the Swiss Village Retirement Community in Berne on Wednesday, January 5, 2011. Raymond was born on July 22, 1933 in Adams County, Indiana the son of Christian F. and Martha (Ebnit) Zurcher, both deceased. He married Marjorie...

Mary Diaz

Mary Diaz

January 3, 2011

Mary Diaz February 22, 1925 - January 3, 2011

Mary Diaz, 85, a resident of New Lenox, Illinois passed away at 4:00 a.m. Monday, January 3, 2011 at the Silver Cross Hospital in Joliet, Illinois. Mary was born on February 22, 1925 in Kansas City, Missouri the daughter of Louis and Julia (Alonzo) Flores, both deceased. She married Edward...

Robert T. Helm

Robert T. Helm

December 31, 2010

Robert T. Helm, 92 years old of Decatur, Indiana, passed away on Friday, December 31, 2010 in Parkview Hospital located in Fort Wayne. He was born on Wednesday, September 4, 1918 in Adams County, Indiana the son of the late John F. Helm and the late Lola C. (Wherry) Helm. He married Rosali P. Miller on August 26, 1940 in...

Bonnie C. Leuenberger

Bonnie C. Leuenberger

December 31, 2010

Bonnie C. Leuenberger, 100 years old of Monroeville, Indiana, passed away on Friday, December 31, 2010 in the Village of Heritage. She was born on Tuesday, July 19, 1910 in Ft. Wayne, Indiana the daughter of the late Edward A. Walker and the late Lulu C. (Seibert) Walker. She married Walter A. Leuenberger, Sr. on August 8, 1933 in Fort...

Ann Mankey

Ann Mankey

December 30, 2010

Ann Mankey, 84 years old of Decatur, Indiana, passed away at 2:58 a.m. on Thursday, December 30, 2010 in the Lutheran Hospital of Indiana located in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Ann was born on Monday, April 26, 1926 in Munich, Germany the Daughter of the late Klements Wechs and the late Anna Maria (Greindl) Burger. She married the late Glen E....

Ethel C. Elliott

Ethel C. Elliott

December 30, 2010

Ethel C. Elliott, 93 years old of Monroeville, Indiana, passed away on Thursday, December 30, 2010 in the Village of Heritage where she had resided since 2007. She was born on Wednesday, February 28, 1917 in Fort Wayne, Indiana the daughter of the late Frank VanBuskirk and the late Malinda (Simmers) Van Buskirk. She married Myron T. Elliot on June...

Joan F. Fuhrman

Joan F. Fuhrman

December 27, 2010

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Robert F. Plummer

Robert F. Plummer

December 25, 2010

Robert F. Plummer, 76 years old of Decatur, Indiana, passed away at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, December 25, 2010 in the Adams Memorial Hospital located in Decatur, Indiana. He was born on Monday, July 23, 1934 in Defiance, Ohio the son of the late Paul A. Plummer and the late Margrate M. (Boday) Plummer. He married the late Betty L....

Russell C. Jones

Russell C. Jones

December 25, 2010

Russell C. Jones, 100 years old of Hoagland, Indiana, passed away on Saturday, December 25, 2010 in the Village of Heritage located in Monroeville. He was born on Saturday, December 17, 1910 near Dixon, Ohio the son of the late James Jones and the late Annie Laura (Stephenson) Jones. He married Trilby M. Mueller on October 25, 1941 and she...

Paul M. Herman

Paul M. Herman

December 24, 2010

Paul M. Herman January 9, 1920 - December 24, 2010

Paul Mentor “Plug” Herman, 90, a former Berne resident, passed away on Friday, December 24, 2010 at the Hospice Care Unit of St. Mary’s Medical Center in Duluth, MN. He recently moved to Minnesota to live with his son Ken and daughter-in-law Cindy. He was born on January 9,...

Evelyn L. Oetting

Evelyn L. Oetting

December 22, 2010

Evelyn L. Oetting, 78 years old of Decatur, Indiana, passed away on Wednesday, December 22, 2010 in the Lutheran Hospital of Indiana located in Fort Wayne. She was born on Thursday, January 28, 1932 in Adams County, Indiana the daughter of the late William E. Macke and Elizabeth L. (Kirchner) Macke. She married Henry O. Oetting on December 18, 1953...

David Alpha Barkley

David Alpha Barkley

December 15, 2010

David Alpha Barkley, 83, of Sevierville, Tennessee and formerly of Decatur, Indiana passed away Wednesday, December 15, 2010. He was born on August 19, 1927 in Monroeville, Indiana to Alpha Barkley and Florence (Foust) Barkley, both of whom preceded him in death. He is also preceded in death by his first wife, Jovetta Barkley. David was the owner and operator...

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