Newspaper Tidbits Project
Friday, March 20, 2009
Published in the Fort Wayne Newspapers on May 14, 2007
ALT, RICHARD P.: Mass of Christian Burial is 10 a.m. today at St. Therese Catholic Church,
with visitation one hour prior.
JAMES V. ANDERSON, 86, of Ligonier, passed away Saturday, May 12, 2007.
MARY ANN BEEKMAN, 59, of Fort Wayne, formerly of Huntington, died Friday, May 11, 2007.
LUELLA BOHDE (McFETERS), 69, of New Haven, died Wednesday, May 9, 2007.
BOWEN, BENNY: Funeral service is 11 a.m. today at McElhaney-Hart Funeral Home, 715 N.
Jefferson St., Huntington.
CHESTER, BRENT JASON: Service is 10 a.m. today at DeMoney-Grimes Countryside Park Funeral
Home, 600 Countryside Drive, Columbia City.
CLARK, MARJORIE O. : Service is 11 a.m. today at Elzey-Patterson-Rodak Home For Funerals,
6810 Old Trail Road, Fort Wayne.
COFFMAN, HAROLD M. "BUD" : Funeral service is 10:30 a.m. today at Thomas E.
Bayliff Funeral Home, Spencerville, Ohio.
HAROLD M. "BUD" COFFMAN, 81, of rural Lima, Ohio, died Thursday, May 10, 2007,
6:28 p.m., following a brief illness, at the Lima Saint Rita's Medical Center.
MARTHA SELLEMEYER COLE, 97, of San Marcos, Calif., passed away Saturday, May 12, 2007.
DAVID COLERICK, 50, of St. Petersburg, Fla., died Tuesday, May 8, 2007, in So. Pasadena,
Fla., the result of an automobile accident.
REBECCA DIEHM, 70, of Kendallville, died Saturday, May 12, 2007.
EBNIT, CARL K. : Calling is from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Smith and Sons Funeral Home,
Columbia City. A private family burial will be held at a later date.
MARVIN B. ENGELMAN, 86, of North Manchester, died Saturday, May 12, 2007.
FERRELL, JOHN MICHAEL: Service is noon today at Carmichael Funeral Service, with calling
one hour prior to service.
JOHN MICHAEL FERRELL, 22, of Fort Wayne, died Saturday, May 5, 2007.
DEBRA E. GARLAND, 56, of Fort Wayne, died Sunday, May 13, 2007, at Visiting Nurse &
Hospice Home
W. WAYNE GEIGER, 86, of Columbia City, died Saturday, May 12, 2007.
GEISE, CHARLOTTE B. : Service is 10 a.m. Tuesday at D.O. McComb & Sons Pine Valley
Park Funeral Home, with calling one hour prior.
CHARLOTTE B. GEISE, 91, died Saturday, May 12, 2007, at Saint Anne Home, Fort Wayne.
BETTY L. GIDLEY, 78, of Englewood, Fla., died Wednesday, May 9, 2007, in Minnesota.
GLICK, ELMER J.: Memorial service is 10 a.m. today at Frurip-May Funeral Home, LaGrange.
HANKEL, MELVIN CARL: Service is 10:30 a.m. today at Suburban Bethlehem Lutheran Church,
6318 W. California Road, with calling one hour prior.
JULIA A. HETZEL, 82, of Fort Wayne, died Saturday, May 12, 2007, at Lutheran Homes Inc.
HILL, SOLONIE MAE: Funeral service is 11 a.m. today at True Love Missionary Baptist
Church.
PAUL L. "PETE" HOSTED, 77, of Wawaka, died Friday, May 11, 2007, at his
residence.
HOULIHAN, ELMA L. (KINTZ): Graveside service is 11:30 a.m. today at Catholic Cemetery,
3500 Lake Ave.
FORREST HOUSER, 85, of Fort Wayne, died Saturday, May 12, 2007, 3:40 p.m., in Hospice
Home.
DOROTHY M. JORDON, 59, of Columbia, Ky. and Montpelier, Ohio, died Friday, May 11, 2007.
ALLEN KEMP, 48, of Hartford City, died Saturday, May 12, 2007.
ROBERT L. "TONY" KIESLING, 71, of Loon Lake, died Friday, May 11, 2007.
ALFRED W. KRUECKEBERG, 82, of Fort Wayne, died Saturday, May 12, 2007, at Covington Manor
Health and Rehabilitation Center where he was a resident since June of 2004.
LOWDEN, THELMA R.: Service is 11 a.m. Wednesday at Zion Lutheran Church, Bull Rapids Road,
with calling one hour prior.
THELMA R. LOWDEN, 71, died Saturday, May 12, 2007, at Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne.
GENEVA L. LOY, 93, of Elkhart, died Friday, May 11, 2007. Arrangements by J.A. Brazzell
& Ulrey-Renner Funeral Home, Ligonier.
LUPKE, WALTER H. JR.: Service is 3 p.m. today in Lupke Chapel at Holy Cross Lutheran
Church, 3425 Crescent Ave.
MAHONEY, DONALD W.: A celebration of life gathering is from 2 to 6 p.m. today at the
family home.
DONALD W. MAHONEY, 67, of Fort Wayne, died Friday, May 11, 2007 at his residence.
MAPES, RONALD H.: Service is 10:30 a.m. today at Churubusco United Methodist Church, with
calling one hour prior to service.
FRANK PAUL MAROL SR., 82, of Warsaw, died Saturday, May 12, 2007.
ARTHUR G. McCORD SR., 89, of Warren, died Saturday, May 12, 2007.
RICK DEAN McKENZIE, 46, of Wabash, died Thursday, May 10, 2007.
MIDDLETON, BARBARA A. : A Celebration of Life service is 11 a.m. today at St. Alban's
Episcopal Church, 7308 St. Joe Road, Fort Wayne.
BARBARA A. MIDDLETON, 56, passed away Tuesday, May 8, 2007, at Baptist Medical Center,
Jacksonville Fla.
OSBORN, BERNARD L. "BERNIE": Funeral service is 10:30 a.m. today at Thoma/Rich,
Hewitt & Chaney Funeral Home, Bluffton.
PEASTER, REV. JERRY: Service is 11 a.m. today at Grabill Missionary Church, 13637 State
St., with calling one hour prior.
PRANGE, NINA (SNELL) : Service is 2:30 p.m. today at D.O. McComb & Sons Lakeside Park
Funeral Home, 1140 Lake Ave.
NINA (SNELL) PRANGE, 95, died Friday, May 11, 2007, at Miller's Merry Manor, Fort
Wayne.
REED, EVELYN L.: Service is 11 a.m. today at Hockemeyer & Miller Funeral Home, 6131
St. Joe Road.
EVELYN L. REED, 84, of Fort Wayne, died Tuesday, May 8, 2007, at Calvary Hospital, Bronx,
N.Y.
GEORGE H. SAALFRANK, 83, of Hoagland, died Saturday, May 12, 2007.
DONALD R. SEIDNER, 77, of Goshen, formerly of Ligonier, died Friday, May 11, 2007.
FRANCES M. SHERRICK, 86, of Van Wert, died Saturday, May 12, 2007.
BENJAMIN L. SHETLER, 49, of Monroe, died Sunday, May 13, 2007.
SIMPSON, MABLE I.: Service is 11 a.m. today at St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church,
Paulding, with calling one hour prior to service.
M. FAY SOMERS, 85, formerly of Portland, died Friday, May 11, 2007.
SPRINKLE, CHARLOTTE "SUSIE" (TOPP): Service is 10 a.m. today at D.O. McComb
& Sons Lakeside Park Funeral Home, 1140 Lake Ave., with calling one hour prior.
JOHN NELSON STRASSER, 54, of Laketon, died Friday, May 11, 2007.
VANDRE, JAMES A. "JIMMY": Service is 2:30 p.m. today at St. John's Lutheran
Church, Marysville.
ROBERT J. (BOB) WAGNER, 79, of Montpelier, died Saturday, May 12, 2007.
AUDREY M. WHITE, 96, of LaGrange, died Saturday, May 12, 2007.
WRIGHT, PATRICIA L. :Funeral service is 11 a.m. today at Smith & Brown Funeral Home,
Hicksville, Ohio.
PATRICIA L. WRIGHT, 68, of Mark Center, Ohio, died Friday, May 11, 2007. Funeral service
is 11 a.m. Tuesday at Smith & Brown Funeral Home, Hicksville, Ohio.
STANLEY ZERA, 58, of Fort Wayne, passed away Friday, May 11, 2007.
I keep these on file so if you need a copy please let me know. Thanks! Rick B