Aline G. Maddux, age 86, passed away March 3, 2016, at Golden Living Center in Elkhart. Aline was born Feb. 4, 1930 in Calumet City, Ill., to the late Albert G. and Maxine (Fitch) Wilson. Aline was a hard worker, even into her retirement. In her spare time, she enjoyed reading & doing the daily …read more.

Barbara Niester 90, Decatur, Ill., and Rochester, passed away at 12:20 p.m. Monday, Nov. 9, 2015, at Imboden Creek Living Center, Decatur, Ill. where she had resided the past two years. She was born on Sept. 27, 1925, in Chicago, Ill., the daughter of Whitfield and Emma B. (Bollongino) Wilcox. On March 9, 1947, in …read more.

Martha Jane “Babe” Beery, 87, Rochester, passed away in comfort at 2:50 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015, at Woodlawn Hospital, Rochester. She was born on Nov. 21, 1927, in Grass Creek, the daughter of John and Vernice (Oliver) McLochlin. She was a Grass Creek High School graduate. On Dec. 20, 1949, she married Wayne Tyler …read more.

Rachael J. (Cochran) Swango, 68, Rochester, passed away at 4:10 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2015, at Kindred Hospital Northern Indiana, Mishawaka. She was born on Sept. 19, 1947, in LaPorte, the daughter of Don and Helen Irene (Heflick) Cochran. On June 6, 1997, in Tippecanoe, she married Milo E. ‘Joe” Swango. He preceded her in …read more.

Charlene Williams 89, Rochester, passed away at 4:20 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 11, at Peabody Retirement Community Health Center, North Manchester. She was born on July 31, 1926, in Fulton County, the daughter of Urban Leonard and Edith (Baird) Jackson. On June 17, 1951 at the Fulton United Methodist Church, Fulton, she married Earl E. “Gene” …read more.

Janet L. Waltenberger 74, Macy, passed away at 5:10 a.m. Monday, Sept. 14, 2015, at Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Ill. She was born on Oct. 19, 1940, in Logansport, the daughter of Weldon and Frances (Boone) Anderson. On June 1, 1983, in Tennessee, she married Alan Waltenberger and he survives. Mrs. Waltenberger, along with …read more.

Betty L. Hewett, 74, Rochester, passed away at 7:52 p.m. Friday July 10, 2015, at Woodlawn Hospital, Rochester. She was born on Sept. 21, 1940 in Augusta, Maine. She had worked for over thirteen years as a nurse aid at Life Care Center of Rochester, as a waitress for the former Maggie’s Restaurant and had …read more.

Rose Ann Shull, 56, Rochester, died at 11:19 p.m. Saturday, July 12, 2015, at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Mishawaka. Arrangements pending at Zimmerman Bros. Funeral Home, Rochester.

James (Jim) Edward O’Brien, Rochester, died Friday, June 5, 2015. Jim was born on May 15, 1924, in Cleveland, Ohio to James and Elizabeth (Nagle) O’Brien. Jim had three sisters, Elizabeth “Betty” (Al) Weiler, Genevieve “Jean” (Ben) Farmer and Marjorie “Marge” (Irving) Slattery and three brothers Thomas (Dorothy), Daniel (Rita) and William (Beverly). He married …read more.

Robert J. Beringer, Rochester, died Wednesday, June 10, 2015. Arrangements are pending at Zimmerman Funeral Home, Fulton County.    

James E. O’Brien, Rochester, died Friday, June 5, 2015. Arrangements are pending with Zimmerman Funeral Home, Fulton County.    

John “Jack” E. Waltz, 75, 5567 E. 75 South, Rochester, passed away at 7:05 P.M. Wednesday, June 3, 2015, at his residence. He was born on March 25, 1940, in Rochester, the son of Merrill D. and Bertha (Hower) Waltz. On June 15, 1958, in Fulton, Indiana, he married Lelia Ann Waltz. She preceded him …read more.

Elsie E. Spangler, 99, Fulton, passed away at 1:25 p.m. Sunday, March 29, 2015 at Woodlawn Hospital, Rochester. She was born to Grover and Ruth (Sullivan) Moss, in Cass County on Jan. 26, 1916. A graduate of the Twelve Mile High School, Elsie married Ed Spangler on Aug. 15, 1936 to begin a life as …read more.

Fred J. Bechtel, 61, of Elkhart, passed away on Wednesday, March 11, 2015, at Elkhart General Hospital. He was born March 24, 1953 in Canton, Ohio, to Glen Earl & Dorothy Adele (Garaux) Bechtel. On August 25, 1979, in Plymouth, he married Candace Clare Kain. She survives along with two daughters, Amanda (Jeremy) Bechtel Jones …read more.

Anna L. McDowell, 91, of Syracuse, passed away on Monday Dec. 8, 2014, at her home. She was born Jan. 27, 1923, in Nappanee, to Jesse and Cora Stackman. On Jan. 8, 1973, in Elkhart, she married William S. McDowell. Anna was in the US Naval Reserves from 1943 – 1944. She enjoyed reading and playing …read more.

Betty L. Davidson, 78, of Elkhart, Ind., passed away at 10:34 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014, at Elkhart General Hospital. She was born Sept. 9, 1935, in Bluestone, W.V., to Carlton and Helen (Hubbard) Otey. On April 11, 1952, in Reidsville, N.C., she married William F. “Bill” Davidson Sr. He preceded her in death on …read more.