Obituaries

Jan 9, 2019

Glenn Roger Strasser, 83, Twelve Mile, Indiana, passed away at 3:25 p.m. on Tuesday, January 8, 2019, at Miller’s Merry Manor, Logansport.

Born March 2, 1935, in Burnettsville, Indiana, he was the son of Fred and Geraldine Strasser.  He was married on March 17, 1956, at the home of the late Rev. Gilbert...

Jan 4, 2019

Frank D. Kline, 84, Wabash, and formerly of Miami County, Indiana, passed away on Friday, January 4, 2019, at Parkview Hospital, Wabash County.

Born March 26, 1934, in Denver, Indiana, he was the son of Herman M. and Bertha M. Lesley Kline.  On May 21, 1954, at the home of the late Rev. C.F. Golden, near Denver,...

Jan 3, 2019

Peggy Lynn Rockey, 70, Peru, passed away at 6:08 p.m. on Thursday, January 3, 2019, at Blair Ridge Health Campus, Peru.

Born October 23, 1948, in Miami County, Indiana, she was the daughter of Richard and Irene Clemons Fitzpatrick.

She was married to William l. Rockey, and he preceded her in death on February 3,...

Dec 26, 2018

Eleanor Gray Johnson Mikesell, 83, Twelve Mile, passed away at 2:15 a.m. on Wednesday, December 26, 2018, at Autumn Ridge in Wabash, Indiana.

Born July 7, 1935, in Twelve Mile, Indiana, she was the daughter of Wade and Margaret Gray Johnson.

She was employed at the Pharos Tribune, JC...

Dec 23, 2018

Doris Geneva Strong, 95, Goshen, and formerly of Twelve Mile, Indiana, passed away on Sunday, December 23, 2018, at Waterford Crossing in Goshen.

Born September 10, 1923, in Macy, Indiana, she was the daughter of Homer William Ward and June Susan Murphy Ward.  On Easter Sunday, March 28, 1948, at the home of...

Dec 17, 2018

Beatrice W. Angle Scott, 98, Logansport, passed away at 2:45 a.m. on Monday, December 17, 2018, at Woodbridge Health Campus, Logansport, Indiana.

Born on September 24, 1920, in Cass County, Indiana, she was the daughter of John Harvey and India Blanche Boone Angle.  On April 5, 1950, in Rossville, Indiana, she was married to Carl J. Scott,...

Nov 25, 2018

Helen Naomi Bockover, 82, Fulton, Indiana, passed away on Sunday, November 25, 2018, at her residence.

She was born on January 4, 1936, and was the daughter of Charles and Irene Carr Myers.  On January 1, 1955, in Argos, Indiana, she was married to Russel Lee Bockover, and he preceded her in death on November 29, 1983....

Nov 18, 2018

Katrina Sue Benge, 80, Deedsville, Indiana, passed away at 11:40 p.m. on Sunday, November 18, 2018, at Dukes Memorial Hospital, Peru.

Born June 7, 1938, in Miami County, Indiana, she was the daughter of Otto C. and Pauline E. Burrous Schmidt.  On August 10, 1958, at St. John’s Lutheran Church, in Peru, Indiana, she was married to...

Nov 15, 2018

Joyce Ann Mounts, at the age of 88, passed away peacefully into our Lord and Savior's arms at 7:31 pm on Wednesday, November 14, 2018. She was surrounded by family and her pastor as she left to see her "Sweet Jesus," as she often referred to Him.

Joyce was born May 31, 1930, in Peru, Indiana. She...

Nov 11, 2018

Richard “Dick” Dale Lenon, 89, Converse, Indiana, passed away at 9:19 a.m. on Sunday, November 11, 2018, at The Legacy at Waterford Place, Kokomo, Indiana, following an extended illness.

Born April 7, 1929, in McGrawsville, Indiana, he was the son of Basil Harold and Sadie Florence Price Lenon.  He spent his first years in the North Grove/McGrawsville...

Nov 6, 2018

Donald Ray Shumpert, 60, Denver, Indiana, passed away at 10:19 a.m. on Tuesday, November 6, 2018, at his residence. Born March 22, 1958, in Peru, Indiana, he was the son of Ples Lee Shumpert and the former Gennie M. Walton.  On October 27, 2009, in Columbus, Ohio, he was married to Melody Dawn Lesley Doran, and she survives. He...

Oct 31, 2018

Gilford E. Miller, Sr., 76, Macy, passed away at 11:15 p.m. on Wednesday, October 31, 2018, at Lutheran Hospital, Ft. Wayne, Indiana.

Born October 9, 1942, in Miami County, Indiana, he was the son of Emerson Ray and Bessie Irene (Wheeler) Miller.  On April 24, 1964, at the Church of the Nazarene in Peru, Indiana, he was...

Oct 14, 2018

Robert Eugene Moredock, 76, Kokomo, passed away at 11:05 a.m. on Sunday, October 14, 2018, at his residence. Born November 30, 1941, in Kokomo, Indiana, he was the son of the late David Lee Moredock and Violet Christenia Sample.  On August 30, 1986, in West Middleton, Indiana, he was married to Rhoda “Dodie” Ricks, and she survives. Robert was...

Oct 11, 2018

Willis D. Carrothers, 90, North Manchester, Indiana, and formerly of Macy, Indiana, passed away at 4:15 A.M. Thursday, October 11, 2018, at Grace Village, Winona Lake, Indiana.

He was born on October 10, 1928, in South Bend, Indiana, the son of Victor Roy and Ethel Lucille (Halterman) Carrothers. On March 2, 1962, in Plymouth, Indiana, he married...

Oct 8, 2018

Brent D. Graber, 38, Peru, Indiana, passed away at 12:21 a.m. on Monday, October 8, 2018, at Parkview Regional Medical Center, Ft. Wayne, Indiana.

Born February 23, 1980, in Kokomo, Indiana, he was the son of Dale and Ann Myers Graber.

Brent was a self-employed contractor and worked as a farmhand on the side.  He...

Oct 7, 2018

Joan McHenry, 87, Peru, Indiana, passed away at 12:50 P.M. Sunday, October 7, 2018, at The Laurels of Coldwater in Coldwater, Michigan.

She was born on May 17, 1931, in Denver, Indiana. On September 14, 1947, in Denver, Indiana, she married Rex Clinton McHenry. He preceded her in death on June 15, 2016.

Mrs. McHenry...

Oct 6, 2018

Lois Jeanette Moser, 60, Peru, passed away at 1:27 p.m. on Saturday, October 6, 2018, at Dukes Memorial Hospital, Peru.

Born July 22, 1958, in Norristown, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of Paul Milus Moser and Evelyn Belle Rau Moser.

Lois had lived and worked in Logansport and Peru for many years after moving from...

Oct 4, 2018

Betty Louise Richardson Opple Teel, 94, Rochester, passed away at 6:55 a.m. on Thursday, October 4, 2018, at Hickory Creek of Rochester, Indiana.

Born March 22, 1924, in Miami County, Indiana, she was the daughter of Herman and Edith Richardson.  She was married to Ralph E. Opple, and then to Joseph E. Teel, both of whom preceded...

Oct 2, 2018

Sandra L. Witmeyer, age 72, Denver, Indiana, passed away on Tuesday, October 2, 2018, after complications from a brain aneurysm.  Her family was by her side at Fort Wayne Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

She was born on June 1, 1946, in Peru, Indiana to Scott and Annabelle (Mabbitt) Newby.  She was a 1964 graduate of...

Sep 30, 2018

Stephana J. Prather, 93, Mexico, passed away at 10:45 a.m. on Sunday, September 30, 2018, at her residence. She was born August 3, 1925, in Huntington County, Indiana, the daughter of the late Edward and Effie Mae Stephens Schickedanz.  On June 25, 1944, at the Mexico Church of the Brethren, she was married to Cedric Lee Prather, and he...