By RICHARD ROOKER MLK Day Commemoration Committee (EDITOR’S NOTE: Monday, Jan. 18, Charles Person, one of three surviving original Freedom Riders of 1961, will be the speaker for the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration at the Manahan Orthopaedic Capital Center. The event runs from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. with doors opening at …read more.

Clarence H. ‘Bimbo’ Atkins, Jr., 52, 4:45 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 17, at his residence. He was born May 31, 1962, in Bremen, to Clarence H. Atkins, Sr. and Erma (Peters) Atkins. He was a 1980 graduate of Warsaw Community High School. He lived in Kosciusko County area all his life. He worked as a supervisor at R-Vision. He served on the …read more.

Rex A. Westerman, Jr., 43, 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014, in his Warsaw residence. He was born Feb. 17, 1971, Goshen, Rex A. Westerman, Sr. and Patsy (Godfrey) Westerman. He spent 25 years with his companion, Angela L. Hall. Most of his life was spent in Warsaw. He enjoyed playing online games; would do anything for anybody and …read more.

Robert B. Dhonau, Jr., 59, of Ligonier, Ind., passed away on Aug. 23, 2014, in Goshen, Ind. He was born on Jan. 2, 1955, in Oak Park, Ill., to Robert and Martha (Albers) Dhonau. Rob was raised by his mother and his step-father, Joe Miller. He graduated from West Noble High School in 1975. He was in …read more.

Joseph James ‘Jody’ Verteramo, Jr., 57, of Austin, Texas, passed away at 10:40 a.m. Tuesday, July 29, 2014, in his residence. He was born Nov. 6, 1956, in Brownsville, Texas to Joseph James Verteramo, Sr. and Gloria (Egly) Verteramo. He was a 1975 graduate of Peru High School and also received an associate degree at the University of Texas. …read more.

Richard K. Lunn, Jr., 63, of Bremen, Ind., passed away on Friday, Aug. 8, 2014, in the Elkhart Hospice House. Richard was born on April 5, 1951, in Bremen, Ind., to Richard K. and Lulu L. Volquardson Lunn, Sr. He was a graduate of Bremen High School, with the class of 1969. On June 24, …read more.

Alvin H. Miller Jr., 58, of Warsaw, Ind., passed away at 9:05 a.m. Monday, March 24, 2014, at his residence. He lived most of his life in Kosciusko County, Ind., and was a 1975 graduate of Warsaw High School. He worked for Wildman Uniform in Warsaw retiring in 2008, was a member of Warsaw Wesleyan …read more.