Ruth Steinhilber

Ruth Steinhilber, 99, of Hebron, passed away Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014 at Brookdale Assisted Living Home in Valparaiso. She was born Nov. 7, 1915, to Clarence and Vermilya (Rockwell) Sands in Jasper County. Ruth was a graduate of Valparaiso High School, class of 1933....
Samarah Ann Engle-Grisby

Samarah Ann Engle-Grisby

Samarah Ann Engle-Grisby, 4 months old, of Warsaw, passed away at 11:28 a.m. Monday, Nov. 24, 2014, in Kosciusko Community Hospital, Warsaw. On July 25, 2014, she was born in Fort Wayne to Carl Grisby and Melissa Engle. Samarah was Mommy and Daddy’s “warrior...
Leo R. ‘Ike’ Bocko

Leo R. ‘Ike’ Bocko

Leo R. ‘Ike’ Bocko, 91, of Bourbon, passed away at 4:10 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 24, 2014, at Warsaw Meadows Care Center, Warsaw, with his family at his side. Ike was born the son of Leo K. and Marie G. Harris Bocko in Mishawaka, April 17, 1923. He attended...
Lois H. Miller

Lois H. Miller

Lois H. Miller, 90, of Plymouth, passed away at 6 a.m. Monday, Nov. 24, 2014, at Pilgrim Manor, Plymouth. Born in Plymouth, on March 9, 1924, Lois was the daughter of Marion and Justina (See) Hess. Lois graduated from Lincoln High School with the class of 1941. She...
Karl Francis Merritt

Karl Francis Merritt

Karl Francis Merritt, 76 , of North Manchester, died Sunday, Nov. 23, 2014. He was born Sept. 18, 1938, in Huntington, to Herschel and Mary Ellen (Burkhart) Merritt. Karl married Bonnie Dee Freed in North Manchester on Aug. 15, 1959. He graduated from Central High...
John H. Bever

John H. Bever

John H. Bever, 96, of rural Lagro, passed away at 2:30 a.m., Sunday, Nov. 23, 2014, at his home. He was born May 27, 1918, in Wabash, to James and Nellie (Ply) Bever. John was a 1936 graduate of Linlawn High School. He married Mary ‘Peggy’ Tyner in Peru,...

Emma (Kulp) Martin

Emma (Kulp) Martin, 90, of Nappanee, died at 2 a.m., Sunday, Nov. 23, 2014, at her residence after a short illness. She was born Feb. 12, 1924, in Elkhart County to Christian and Emma Elizabeth (Blosser) Kulp. On March 14, 1948, she married Junior Martin at her...

Gerald Anthony Rugs

Gerald Anthony Rugs, 83, of Warsaw, passed away at 4:50 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 23, 2014, at Kosciusko Community Hospital of Warsaw. He was born on December 14, 1930 in Chicago, Ill., to Anthony Rugs and Celia Victoria (Staneck) Rugs. Rugs was married in April 1956 to Doris...

Eldon E. Schweisberger

Eldon E. Schweisberger, 84, of Bremen passed away Wednesday, November 19, 2014 at Elkhart Hospice House. Schweisberger was born on May 1, 1930, in Wyatt to Ray and Marie (Kaser) Schweisberger. He graduated from Bremen High School with the class of 1948 and went on to...