Obituaries

Feb 5, 2012

Max I. Key, 84, LaFontaine, passed away at 11:45pm on Sunday, February 5, 2012 at Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne. He was born in Grant County, Indiana on November 20, 1927 to the late Kenneth W. and Ila (Shane) Key. He married Vera Odle. She precedes him in death. He was a graduate of Swayzee High School.  Mr. Key lived his...

Jan 27, 2012

Robert Allen McKenzie, 46, Wabash, passed away 8:30 a.m. on Friday, January 27, 2012. He was born to William Troy McKenzie of Lagro and Molly (Jones) Penix of Wabash on July 12, 1965 in Wabash, Indiana. He worked for a living as a factory worker. He married Stacy Bolsover on April 19, 2002, she survives in Wabash. Along with his...

Jan 23, 2012

Melissa Jane Cooper, 62, Wabash, passed away 9:30 p.m. on Monday, January 23, 2012 in her home. She was born to the late Ivan and Janet Louise (Daugherty) Cooper on August 8, 1949 in Wabash, Indiana. She worked at Autumn Ridge Healthcare Center in Wabash. She really enjoyed traveling, including her trip to England and trips to Italy. Her great...

Jan 19, 2012

Georgia Anne (Allen) Myers, 80, Peru, passed away at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, January 19, 2012 at Hickory Creek of Peru, Indiana. She was born to the late Henry Allen and Verda (Dials) Lemmons in Lackey, Kentucky on February 10, 1931. She attended St. Mary's Catholic Church of Huntington, Indiana. She was formerly married to Wilbur Wingate, then she married...

Jan 17, 2012

Aera Bernice Hall, 82, Wabash, passed away at 5:20 am, Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at Marion General Hospital. She was born in Wabash on March 11, 1929 to the late Franklin and Aera Wigner Flora. She married Robert R. Hall in 1948. He precedes her in death. She is survived by 3 sons, E. Eugene Cloe, Wabash; Gary W. Hall,...

Jan 10, 2012

Othell Sue Slone, 62, Wabash, passed away at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, January 10, 2012 in her home. She was born to the late Homer and Silvinia (Gillispie) Penix on June 29, 1949 in Paintsville, Kentucky. Sue was a homemaker and loved to play bingo. She was formerly married to Danny Slone on February 15, 1976, he survives in Wabash....

Jan 8, 2012

Alaynna Mailey Grace Edington, 4 mon., Wabash, passed away at 2:10 a.m. on Sunday, January 8, 2012. She was born to Jeremy A. Edington and Dakota Lemaster on August 22, 2011 in Huntington, Indiana. She is survived by her parents, Jeremy and Dakota; along with Maternal Grandparents, Mindy Barber of Wabash and Mickel Lemaster of Wabash; Paternal Grandparents, Steve Edington...

Jan 1, 2012

Stephen M. Driscoll, 68, Wabash, passed away 7 p.m. on Sunday, January 1, 2012 at his home. He was born to the late Mark and Lorene (Miller) Driscoll in Wabash, Indiana on January 31, 1943.

He was a Wabash High School graduate. He was formerly married to Judy Driscoll for 25 years, she survives in Wabash. He ...

Dec 24, 2011

Lynn Carlton Young, 93, Wabash, passed away Saturday, December 24, 2011 at 1:07 am at Wabash Skilled Care Center. He was born in Whitley County on December 3, 1918 to the late Fredrick A. and Josephine R. (Butler) Young.

Lynn graduated from Larwill High School in 1936. He served our country during WWII in the United States...

Dec 17, 2011

Thomas E. Hamilton, 63, Wabash, passed away at 11:40 a.m. on Saturday, December 17, 2011 at Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He was born to the late Fred and Geneva (Sriver) Hamilton on November 1, 1948 in Wabash, Indiana.

He was a Wabash High School graduate of 1968. He retired after years of working in a...

Dec 16, 2011

Phillip A. Stout, 73, Indianapolis, passed away Friday, December 16, 2011. He was born June 3, 1938 in Wabash, Indiana to the late P. Kenneth and Margaret (Brubaker) Stout. He grew up in the Wabash area and lived his adult life in Plainfield and Indianapolis, Indiana.

He is survived by his two sisters, Carol (Lonnie) Steele of...

Dec 15, 2011

Beulah Marie Bolsover, formerly of Wabash, 79, passed away at 11:25 p.m. on Thursday, December 15, 2011 at Lake Placid Nursing Home in Lake Placid, Florida. She was born to the late Marion and Opal (Martin) Huddleston on September 18, 1932 in Wabash, Indiana.

She is survived by two sons, Ronald Bolsover (Caroline) of Sebring, Florida and...

Dec 11, 2011

Geraldine Elshire, 95, Wabash, passed away at 5:20 p.m. on December 11, 2011 at Millers Merry Manor West in Wabash, Indiana. She was born to the late Howard and Beulah (Shepard) Anderson on October 19, 1916 in Wabash, Indiana.

She married Frank Elshire on October 20, 1934, he passed away on May 22, 2009 after 75 years...

Dec 9, 2011

Trina Jo Butcher, 46, Wabash, passed away 10 p.m. on December 9, 2011 in rural Wabash. She was born to the late Harold and Edna (Gambsy) Butcher on  January 23, 1965 in Los Angeles, California.

She is survived by two sons, Robert Rocky (Holly) of Albion and Daniel Barlag of Fort Wayne; daughter, Jessica Butcher of Huntington;...

Dec 2, 2011

Paul Stewart Bever, 89, Wabash, passed away on Friday, December 2, 2011 at 11:45 a.m. at Wabash Skilled Care Center in Wabash, Indiana. He was born to the late John Joseph and Elsie (Stewart) Bever on May 24, 1922 at the Stewart Homestead on State Road 16 North, just West of Urbana, Indiana.

He graduated from Lagro...

Nov 25, 2011

Darwin L. Rose Jr., 78, Wabash, passed away 3:50 a.m. on Sunday, November 27, 2011 in Wabash, Indiana. He was born to the late Darwin Sr. and Alice (Sammons) Rose on January 20. 1933 in Prestonsburg, Kentucky.

He served his country in the United States Army, during the Korean War. He married Luna Spears, she passed away...

Nov 25, 2011

Richard Lawrence Bird,72, Wabash, passed away at 12:07 pm on Friday, November 25, 2011 at Wabash County Hospital. He was born on March 8, 1939 in Wabash to the late Lawrence W. and Kathryn Arnold Bird.

He graduated from Wabash High School in 1957. He attended Miami University of Oxford in Oxford, OH. He was a member...

Nov 25, 2011

Ronnie Jay "Catfish" Votra, 63, Wabash, passed away at 1:10 a.m. on Friday, November 25, 2011 at Wabash County Hospital in Wabash, Indiana. He was born to late Ronald Jerry Votra and Ivory Mae (Music) Parks on August 26, 1948 in Wabash, Indiana.

He graduate from Wabash High School in 1966. He married Kathie D. White on...

Nov 20, 2011

Diane June Sizemore, 55, passed away at her home on Sunday, November 20, 2011 at 12:54 am. She was born in Wabash on December 29, 1955 to the late William Eugene Stapleton and Corina Ansel.

She is survived by a son, Shane (Connie Morgan) Sizemore of Roann, IN; 2 daughters, Lisa (Ted) Stapleton and Tonya (Frank) Watson,...

Nov 12, 2011

Dorothea Elizabeth Melick Weaver, 99, of Marion, passed away at 3:10 am at Rolling Meadows Healthcare Center in LaFontaine on Saturday, November 12, 2011. She was born on January 9, 1912 to the late Edward and Sarah (Morts) Oyler near Somerset, IN.

She married Oliver Melick on April 25, 1931. He passed away October 4, 1971. On...