Betty I. Ginther

Betty I. Ginther

Betty I. Ginther, 84, of Rochester passed away at 4:54 p.m. Dec. 16, 2014, at her residence. On April 9, 1930, Betty was born in Kewanna to Gilbert K. and Ollie Harris White. Growing up she shared her childhood with six brothers and four sisters On Feb. 21, 1948,...
Reba J. Pfledderer

Reba J. Pfledderer

Reba J. Pfledderer, 69, of Rochester passed away at 7:19 PM, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2014, at Wabash County Hospital. Pfledderer was born in Guymon, Okla., on July 7, 1945, to Gladys Bargsley. She is survived by her husband Jack Pfledderer; a daughter, Lori Reed; and a son,...
Evelyn Alice Shafter

Evelyn Alice Shafter

Evelyn Alice Shafter, 92, of Warren, passed away at 1:40 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014, at Heritage Pointe Retirement Home, Warren. Born on June 19, 1922 in Ellingson, South Dakota, she was the daughter of Celia M. and Beatrice I. (Gooding) Smith. She moved in 1938 to...
Harry P. Chalk

Harry P. Chalk

Harry P. Chalk, 84, of Columbia City, died at 5:50 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 18, 2014 at his home. He was born August 1, 1930 in Champaign, Ill., a son of Joseph and Lena (McLaughlin) Chalk. As a young boy, his family moved to Sidney, where he completed his education. On...
Carolyn Ann Stidham

Carolyn Ann Stidham

Carolyn Ann Stidham, 65, of Columbia City, died unexpectedly of natural causes at 3:55 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014. She was born Jan. 12, 1949, in Warsaw, a daughter of Roy Elmer and Ruth Joan (Brower) Combs. She graduated from South Whitley High School and Patricia...
Viola M. Schini

Viola M. Schini

Viola Martha Schini, 100, formerly of Bremen, died Thursday, Dec. 18, 2014. She had spent the last six years as a resident of Miller’s Merry Manor in Wakarusa, in assisted living and the nursing facility. She was born on Feb. 22, 1914, to Joe and Mary (Beutel)...

Betty Holcomb

Betty Holcomb, 89, passed away at 1:26 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 18, 2014, at Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne. She was born on July 18, 1925, in Rochester, N.Y., to Fredrick Currier and Helen (Becker) Currier. She was a homemaker She is survived by two sons: Michael (Joyce)...
Robert L. Gibbons

Robert L. Gibbons

Robert L. Gibbons, 86, of Plymouth, passed away at 5:11 a.m., on Dec. 17, 2014, at Sprenger Health Care, in Mishawaka. Bob was born on Sept. 24, 1928, in Fulton County, to L.J. and Mildred (Quivey) Gibbons. He graduated from Richland Center High School. After...
Jane H. Mannan

Jane H. Mannan

Jane H. Mannan, 93 a longtime educator, passed away Tuesday evening in the Catherine Kasper Life Center. Born in Morocco, Ind., on April 26, 1921, she was the daughter of Victor and Florence (Wright) Hancock. She was raised in Morocco and graduated from high school...