Adam Arnett

Adam Arnett

Adam Arnett, 78, of Akron, Ind., and formerly of rural Roann, Ind., passed away at 10:05 p.m. Friday May 2, 2014, at his residence after being in failing healthy for several months. He was born...

Margaret Ann ‘Peg’ Shaffer

Margaret Ann 'Peg' Shaffer, 92 of Kaleva, Mich., and formerly of Mexico Beach, Fla., and Akron, Ind., passed away at Peabody Retirement Community, North Manchester, Ind., at 9:55 p.m. on Feb. 10,...

Janie E. Wyatt

Janie E. Wyatt, 79, of Akron, Ind., passed at 11:29 p.m., Sunday, April 20, 2014, at Lutheran Hospital of Ft. Wayne, Ind. She was born Oct. 31, 1934, in Dyer County, Tenn., to Marvin and Mackie...

Norman L. Tinkey

Norman L. Tinkey

Norman L. Tinkey, 82, of Akron, Ind., passed away at 8:05 a.m., Friday, April 11, 2014, at Woodlawn Hospital of Rochester, Ind. He was born Dec. 9, 1931, in Claypool, Ind., to Clarence L. and Cleo...

Lauraine Sterk

Lauraine Sterk

Lauraine Sterk, 89, of Akron, Ind., and formerly of South Holland, Ill., passed away at 5:35 p.m., Tuesday, April 1, 2014, at Kosciusko Community Hospital of Warsaw, Ind., She was born Nov. 15,...

Karen Frolick

Karen Frolick, 59, of Akron, Ind., passed away at 8:10 p.m. Friday, Jan. 17, 2014, at her residence surrounded by loved ones after a battle with cancer. She was born Oct. 22, 1954, in Rochester,...

Francis ‘Pat’ J. Tarter

Francis ‘Pat’ J. Tarter

Francis "Pat" J. Tarter, 84, of Rochester, Ind., and formerly of Akron, Ind., passed away at 6:13 p.m. Monday, Dec. 30, 2013, at her home. She was born May 29, 1929, in Wabash, Ind., to C.G. and...

Ethel D. Johnson

Ethel D. Johnson

Ethel D. Johnson, 75, of Akron, Ind., passed away on Friday, Dec. 13, 2013, in Miller's Merry Manor, Warsaw, Ind. She was born on April 13, 1938, in Prestonsburg, Ky., to Amos Lester and Gladys...

Robert ‘Bob’ Beck

Robert ‘Bob’ Beck

Robert 'Bob' Beck, 58, of Rochester, Ind., passed away on Saturday, Dec. 14. He was born on Dec. 29, 1954, in Gary, Ind., to Robert G. and Lavada Hardy Beck. As one of five children, growing up he...

Nayomia Maple

Nayomia Maple, 70, of Akron, Ind., passed away at 2 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 15, 2013, at her residence. She was born on July 30, 1943, in Hurley, Va., Hannible and Katherine (Justice) Lester. On July 6,...

William Walston

William Walston, 74, of Akron, Ind., passed away Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013, at his residence. He was born on March 26, 1939, in Baltimore, Md. He was married to Mary Ann Carol, who preceded him in...

Mary E. Wintrode

Mary E. Wintrode, 90, of North Manchester, Ind., passed away at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013, at her residence. Mary was a homemaker, member of the Missionary Church, North Manchester and a...

Polly Ann Finney

Polly Ann Finney

Polly Ann Finney, 68, of Akron, Ind., passed away at 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 2, 2013, at Parkview Regional Medical Center of Fort Wayne, Ind., as a result of a fall at her residence Sunday. She was born...

Lucile Emma Lewis

Lucile Emma Lewis, 101, of Akron, Ind., passed away at 2:58 a.m., Thursday, Nov. 21, at Life Care Center of Rochester, Ind. On April 28, 1912, Lucile was born in Athens, Ind., to Samuel Francis and...

Barak Chandler

Barak Chandler

Barak Chandler, 34, of Macy, Ind., passed away at 12:34 a.m., Tuesday, Nov. 19, at Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne, Ind. On June 11, 1979, Barak was born in Rochester, Ind., to Larry...

Anna Mae Smith

Anna Mae Smith

Anna Mae Smith, 85, of Baton Rouge, La., and formerly of Akron, Ind., passed away Tuesday, Aug. 13, at Mali's Personal Care Home in Lawrenceville, Ga., where she lived for the past year and a half....

Sandra L. ‘Pam’ Johnston

Sandra L. ‘Pam’ Johnston

Sandra L. 'Pam' Johnston, 59, of Cromwell, Ind., passed away on Oct. 28, 2013, at Parkview Noble Hospital. She was born on May 12, 1954, in Charleston, W.Va., to Charles Henry and Mildred (Shockey)...

Harriet Jean Conner

Harriet Jean Conner

H. Jean Conner, 85, of Akron, Ind., passed away  at 4:30 a.m., Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013, at her residence She was born Dec. 25, 1927, in Miami County, Ind., to Edwin and Florence (Larson) Feller. On...

Elizabeth A. ‘Liz’ Furnivall

Elizabeth A. ‘Liz’ Furnivall

Elizabeth A. 'Liz' Furnivall, 78, of Rochester, Ind., was surrounded by her loving family when she passed away Wednesday, Oct. 16, at her residence. On Feb. 3, 1935, Liz was born in Plymouth, Ind.,...

Richard L. Smith

Richard L. Smith

Richard L. Smith, 77, of Rochester, Ind., passed away at 12:10 p.m., Friday, Sept. 20, 2013, at his residence. He was born Aug. 12, 1936, in Kokomo, Ind., to Virgil and Dorotha (Bentley) Smith....