Obituaries: December 2016

Christopher Grady Frey Jr., age 6 of Celina, Ohio passed away on Wednesday December 28, 2016 at the Children’s Medical Center in Dayton. He was born on April 11, 2010 in Ft. Wayne, Indiana to… Read More

Donna L. Olinger, 83, of Warsaw passed away December 26, 2016 at 2:00 PM in her residence. On August 8, 1933 she was born in Gary, Indiana to Harold A. “Dutch” and Jean M. (Dietel)… Read More

Yvonne “Melanie” (Freel) Ottenhausen, 53 of Warsaw, Indiana passed away Sunday December 25, 2016 at 11:55 p.m. at Mason Health & Rehabilitation Center, Warsaw, Indiana. She was born on August 15, 1963 to Herbert and… Read More

Charles A. Lagoni, age 83, of Silver Lake, Indiana passed away Wednesday, December 21, 2016 at 1:30 PM in Autumn Ridge Rehabilitation Center, Wabash. He was born September 11, 1934 in Chicago, IL to Christian… Read More

Duane Austin Kemper, 81 of Warsaw, Indiana passed away at 2:25 pm Tuesday, December 20, 2016 in his residence. On May 3, 1935, he was born in Ladysmith, Wisconsin to Karl and Mary E. (Oungst)… Read More

Beverly Ann Shank, 69 of Warsaw, Indiana passed away at 4:35 am Monday, December 19, 2016 surrounded by her loving family. On August 5, 1947, she was born in Warsaw, Indiana to Delbert and Beatrice… Read More

Hazel L. McKenzie, 58 of Claypool, Indiana passed away at 6:35 am Monday, December 19, 2016 in I.U. Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis, Indiana. On December 2, 1958, she was born in Warsaw, Indiana to Edward and… Read More

Robert D. “Bob” Blakeley, 78 of Winona Lake, Indiana passed away at 5:24 am Sunday, December 18, 2016 in Grace Village Healthcare Center, Winona Lake. On February 8, 1938, he was born in Newark, Ohio… Read More

Thomas Summy, 63 of Warsaw, Indiana passed away December 16, 2016 at 8:43 p.m. at Kosciusko Community Hospital, Warsaw, Indiana. He was born on February 13, 1953 to Clyde and Viola (Huffman) Summy in Warsaw,… Read More

Rita Florence (Rehus) Kachlik, 81, of Fort Wayne, died peacefully on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2016, surrounded by loving family. “She was a very devoted wife, mother and grandmother.” Born Feb. 27, 1935, in Chicago, Ill…. Read More

Betty Alice Olinger Betty Alice Olinger, 89 of Warsaw, Indiana passed away on Monday December 12, 2016 at 11:50 p.m. with her husband, of 71 years, holding her hand at Kosciusko County Hospital, Warsaw. On… Read More

Elena Lopez, 39 of Warsaw, Indiana passed away Sunday December 11, 2016 at 11:56 a.m. at Lutheran Hospital of Fort Wayne, Indiana. She was born on May 19, 1977 to Tomas and Maria (Hernandez) Lopez… Read More

Elzin Albert Kipker, 86, of Warsaw passed away December 11, 2016 at 4:09 PM in Kosciusko Community Hospital. He was born October 16, 1930 in Warsaw, Indiana to Riley and Eva Viola (Neer) Kipker. He… Read More

Jan Garen Haase, 65, passed away December 11, 2016 at 10:00 PM in her residence. On October 18, 1951 she was born in Peru, Indiana to Gene and Grace Elizabeth Wrenn Shoemaker. She was a… Read More

Griffin Malachi Lucht, Stillborn of Warsaw, Indiana passed away at 7:54 pm Thursday, December 8, 2016 in Kosciusko Community Hospital, Warsaw. On December 8, 2016, Griffin was born in Warsaw to Peter and Kristi (Brown)… Read More

Norma L. Faurote, 79 of Columbus, Indiana formally of Warsaw passed away Tuesday December 6, 2016 at 4:25 a.m. at Our Hospice of South Central Indiana, Columbus, Indiana. She was born on December 23, 1936… Read More

Elizabeth E. “Betty” Cone, 96 of Pierceton, Indiana passed away at 10:00 am December 5, 2016 in Millers Merry Manor at Oak Pointe, Columbia City, Indiana. On March 22, 1920, she was born in Nappanee,… Read More

Bessie Jackson, 90 of Warsaw, Indiana passed away 1:40 am Monday, December 5, 2016 in Grace Village Healthcare Center, Winona Lake, Indiana. On February 20, 1926, she was born in Paintsville, Kentucky to Elliott and… Read More

Julie Marie Monteith May 3, 1961 – December 2, 2016 Julie Marie Monteith, age 55, died peacefully in her home on the afternoon of December 2, 2016. Julie was born May 3, 1961 in Minneapolis,… Read More

Walter Lee Stafford, 69 of Warsaw, Indiana passed away Friday December 2, 2016 at 4:15 a.m. in his residence. He was born on July 28, 1947 to Walter Buford and Lola C. (Scott) Stafford in… Read More