Newspaper Tidbits Project
Friday, February 20, 2009
Published in the Fort Wayne Newspapers on April 21, 2007
ABBOTT, EDNA E.: Funeral service is 11 a.m. today at Bubb Funeral Home, 3910 North Main,
Mishawaka, with visitation from 9:30 a.m. until time of service.
BECHER, WILLIAM A. "BILL": Private service prior to memorial gathering for
friends is from 4 to 5 p.m. today at D.O. McComb & Sons Covington Knolls Funeral Home,
8325 Covington Road.
BIENZ, EDWARD F.: Funeral service is 11 a.m. today at Hockemeyer & Miller Funeral
Home, 6131 St. Joe Road, with visitation one hour prior.
CHAPMAN JR., LUELLEN: Funeral service is 1 p.m. today at Klaehn, Fahl & Melton Funeral
Home, Wayne Street Chapel, 420 W. Wayne, with visitation is two hours prior.
CONTANT, MSGR. ROBERT W.: Mass of Christian Burial is 10:30 a.m. today at St.
Joseph-Hessen Cassel Church, with calling one hour prior.
CRIST, ROBERT J.: Graveside service is 2 p.m. today at Covington Memorial Gardens, 8408
Covington Road.
CROSBY, MARY EILEEN "MARLENE" METTER: Mass of Christian Burial is 10:30 a.m.
today at St. Jude Catholic Church, E. State at Randallia, with calling one hour prior.
DOMBOSKI, ELIZABETH JANE (PETTENGILL): Mass of Christian Burial is 10 a.m. today at St.
Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church, 10700 Aboite Center Road, with calling one hour
prior.
BOB DUNKLE, 84, of Edgerton, Ohio, died Friday, April 20, 2007, 11:10 a.m., shortly after
admittance to Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers, Bryan, Ohio.
BARBARA J. FAULKNER, 73, of Fort Wayne, died Sunday, April 15, 2007, 9:10 p.m., at
Lutheran Hospital.
FREE, VIRGINIA MAXINE: Funeral service is 1 p.m. today at Elzey-Patterson-Rodak Home For
Funerals, 6810 Old Trail Road, Fort Wayne, with visitation one hour prior.
VIRGINIA MAXINE FREE, 91, of Fort Wayne, died Wednesday, April 18, 2007, at Coventry
Meadows Nursing Home, Fort Wayne.
JUDITH S. GERKE, 67, of New Haven, died Wednesday, April 18, 2007, at home.
HANSELMAN SR., BRIAN M.: Service is 10 a.m. today at Fisher-Cheney Funeral Home, Troy,
Ohio, with calling from 8:30 to 10 a.m. today.
HIGGINBOTHAM, SCOTTY: Funeral service is noon today at Advantage Funeral & Cremation
Services (Highland Park Cemetery Chapel), 2403 E. Wallen Road, with visitation two hours
prior to service.
HUGHES, LAWRENCE: Service is 11 a.m. today at Providence Baptist Church, 2317 Holton Ave.
KARTHOLL, JAMES H. "MAC": Mass of Christian Burial is 10:30 a.m. today at St.
Charles Borromeo Catholic Church, 4916 Trier Road, with calling one hour prior.
KLINE, IDA LUCILLE GIBSON GEBHART: Service is 1 p.m. today at Broadway Christian Church,
910 Broadway.
KNIPPENBERG, SHARON L.: Funeral service is 11:30 a.m. today at Suburban Bethlehem Lutheran
Church, 6318 W. California Road, with visitation two hours prior to service.
DIANE J. (COON) MARTIN, 58, of Harlan, died Friday, April 20, 2007, at her residence.
MABEL F. McKEE, 98, of Huntington, died Thursday, April 19, 2007.
MESING, ROBERT "BOB" LAWRENCE: Funeral service is 10 a.m. today at D.O. McComb
& Sons Maplewood Park Funeral Home, 4017 Maplecrest Road, with calling one hour prior.
LAURA LOUISE MOEHRING, 85, of New Haven, died Friday, April 20, 2007, at St.
Vincent's Hospital, Indianapolis.
JANET I. MONNIG, 65, of Van Wert, Ohio, died Friday, April 20, 2007.
MOUNTS, HAROLD WAYNE: Service is 11 a.m. today at Beams Funeral Home, Fremont.
MULLINS, KAREN ANN: Service is 1 p.m. today at Elzey-Patterson-Rodak Home for Funerals,
6810 Old Trail Road, Fort Wayne, with calling form 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. today.
PAPAI, LOUIS G.: Mass of Christian Burial is 11 a.m. today at St. Mary's Catholic
Church, Avilla, with calling one hour prior to mass.
LOUIS W. PIEPER, 85, of Fort Wayne, died Friday, April 20, 2007, at Parkview Hospital
North.
QUINN, CHARLES V.: Memorial Mass is 11 a.m. today at St. Jude Catholic Church, Fort Wayne.
ROCKWELL, MARCELLA E.: Service to celebrate her life is 2 p.m. today at Feller Funeral
Home, Waterloo.
JOSEPHINE KANN ROTHBERG, died Thursday, April 19, 2007, at home, following a long
illness.
SCHMIDT, HERBERT M.: Service is 11 a.m. today at Hockemeyer & Miller Funeral Home,
6131 St. Joe Road, with calling one hour prior to service.
SMITLEY, MAMIE L. NOFER: Funeral service is 10 a.m. today at Bethel Brethren Church,
Berne, with visitation one hour prior.
STROTHMAN, MAXINE: Service is 3 p.m. today at D.O. McComb & Sons Pine Valley Park
Funeral Home, 1320 E. Dupont Road, with calling two hours prior.
RAY WALSH, 79, of Fort Wayne, died Tuesday, April 17, 2007.
MARTHA CARNAHAN WILSON, 76, of McLean, Va., died of cancer Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2007, in
Fairfax County, Va.
WOLFCALE, WILLIAM: Service is 3 p.m. today at Thoma/Rich, Hewitt & Chaney Funeral
Home, Bluffton, with calling from noon until time of service.
JEAN LOUISE WOODRING, 68, died Thursday, April 19, 2007, at Regency Place, Fort Wayne.
WOODRUFF SR., GERALD EUGENE: Service is 1 p.m. today at Woodburn Missionary Church, with
visitation two hours prior.
THOMAS ALAN "ZAC" ZACHRICH, 59, of Paulding, Ohio, died Sunday, April 15, 2007.
I keep these on file so if you need a copy please let me know. Thanks! Rick B