Mary Elizabeth Koeppel, 97, of Syracuse, Ind. passed away at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 5, 2018 at Miller’s Merry Manor in Syracuse. She was born on Sept. 28, 1920 in Howe, Ind. to Benjamin & Jane Clara (Judson) Juday. She graduated from Howe High School and was married on Nov. 1, 1941 in Elkhart …read more.

Dr. John G. “Jack” Hamilton passed away on August 31, 2016 ending a sixteen-year battle with a rare brain tumor called an ependymoma.  He was 72 years old. Jack was born to Gerald Hamilton and Lois Rondot Hamilton in Fort Wayne on June 29th, 1944. The timing of his birth put him, technically, just ahead …read more.

Mary Jane Thompson, 83, Leesburg, died at 1:15 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 27, at Grace Village Healthcare, Winona Lake. Arrangements are pending at Owen Family Funeral Home.

Joy E. Williams, 63, of Syracuse, passed away at 2:55 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015, at her home. She was born on Jan. 10, 1952, in Teegarden, to Buel and Martha (Hoover) Wheeler. She graduated from Laville High School and lived most of her life in the Teegarden, Nappanee and Syracuse areas except for a …read more.

Mildred Nicolai, 102, of Syracuse, passed away at 10:08 a.m. Friday, Aug. 21, at Goshen Hospital. Mildred was born Feb. 28, 1913, to Jesse and Maude Miller. Except for an early childhood move where she and her family homesteaded on the plains of Montana, Mildred made her home and life in Syracuse. It was there …read more.

Betty Jane Pemberton, 87, of Leesburg, Ind., passed away at 12:30 p.m. on Aug. 17, 2014, at Lutheran Hospital of Indiana in Fort Wayne, Ind. She was born on April 12, 1927, in Winamac, Ind., to Harvey and Dora (Hall) Yockey. She graduated from Hammond High School in Hammond, Ind., and was married to William Harley …read more.

Norma Jean Schumm, 88, of Syracuse, Ind., passed away at 1 a.m. on Saturday, July 12, 2014 at Millers Merry Manor in Syracuse. She was born on August 3, 1925 in Willshire, OH to David F. & Florene M. (Dudgeon) Carr. She grew up in Willshire & graduated in 1943 from Willshire High School. She …read more.