Walt Wordleman

Walt Wordleman

Walt Wordleman, 74, Plymouth, Ind., passed away at 11 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2014, at home. Walt was born on Aug. 25, 1940, in Coldwater, Mich., to Fredrick and Isabelle (Adamski) Wordleman. He and Suzanne Young, his companion of 14 years, lived in Plymouth for the...

Connie (Kilmer) Smith

Connie (Kilmer) Smith, 62, of Ligonier, Ind., passed away on Dec. 31, 2014. She was born on Feb. 7, 1952 in Goshen, Ind., to Herman and Kathryn (Yoder) Kilmer.  She married Charles Smith on July 5, 1994. She is survived by her husband: Charles, Ligonier; a son: Daniel...

Rita Gayheart

Rita Gayheart, 55, of Warsaw, Ind., passed at 11 a.m., Monday, Dec. 29, 2014, at Parkview Whitley Hospital Emergency Room. Rita was born on Sept. 29, 1959, Warsaw to Leona Darlene Reed. She had worked at DePuy Orthopaedics/Johnson & Johnson of Warsaw for 25 years....
Eleanor R. Young

Eleanor R. Young

Eleanor R. Young, 95, of Bourbon, Indiana, passed away at 4:58 p.m. Dec. 28, 2014, in Wampler’s Senior Home Care Bourbon, Ind. Eleanor was born June 23, 1919, to Homer and Ella (Lemlar) Woodcock in Nappanee, Ind. She has been a lifelong resident. Eleanor married...
Robert Joseph Weinhoffer

Robert Joseph Weinhoffer

Robert Joseph Weinhoffer, 83, of Warsaw, passed away at 7:04 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014, at Kosciusko Community Hospital of Warsaw. Robert was born on June 12, 1931, in Bethlehem, Pa., to Julia (Kern) and Joseph Weinhoffer. On Feb. 16, 1957, he was married to...
James E. Rowe

James E. Rowe

James E. Rowe, 89, North Manchester, passed away at 1 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 28, 2014, in Timbercrest Healthcare Center, North Manchester. He was born Feb. 17, 1925, in Woodworth, Ohio, to Ernest and Ruth (Garver) Rowe.On June 11, 1949, he married Ruth H. Bendsen. She died...
Homer E. Bachtel

Homer E. Bachtel

Homer E. Bachtel, 83, of Syracuse, passed away on Dec. 29, 2014, at the Memorial Hospital in South Bend. He was born on Feb. 6, 1931, in Mishawaka, to Merrell and Martha (Overholser) Bachtel.  On Dec. 23, 1950, he married Mabel Rarig who preceded him in 2011. He was a...
Geneva W. Newman

Geneva W. Newman

Geneva W. Newman, 73, of Warsaw, passed away at 9:50 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 28, 2014, at Kosciusko Community Hospital, Warsaw. She was born on Nov. 1, 1941, to Charles and Thelma (Stanaford) Hale in Boons Camp, Ky. She was married to Larry E. Newman for 25 years. He...
Joseph G. Stump

Joseph G. Stump

Joseph G. Stump, 89, of Ligonier, passed away at 4:50 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 28, 2014, at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne. He was born on Jan. 3, 1925, to Asa and Pearl (Galloway) Stump in Kimmell. On Dec. 23, 1943, Joseph married Lois Winebrenner in Little...