Obituaries
Plymouth, Indiana and Marshall County , IN Obituaries
Local obituaries for Plymouth, Indiana and Marshall County
Lauretta M. Berger
Apr 2, 2013
Lauretta May Berger, 89, of E. 6B Road, Plymouth, passed away in Pilgrim Manor at 3:09 a.m., Tuesday morning April 2, 2013.Born in Plymouth on June 1, 1923, Lauretta was the daughter of James M. and Marie Tarent Gilbert. She lived in Plymouth all of her life, graduating from the 8th grade of Webster School in 1936.On November 8, 1940,...
Michael N. Caban
Apr 1, 2013
Michael N. Caban, 65, a Plymouth resident since 1954, passed away suddenly in St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Mishawaka, at 7:46 a.m. on Monday, April 1, 2013.Born in San Sebastian, Puerto Rico, on March 9, 1948, Michael was the son of Ernesto Nunez and Angela Martinez Caban.He graduated from Plymouth High School with the class of 1967. He studied then...
William M. Biggs
Mar 31, 2013
William Monroe “Jay” Biggs went home to the Lord at 8:05 a.m. Easter morning in the company and care of his loving family. He resided at River Walk in Plymouth.Bill was born in Mishawaka, Indiana on August 11, 1929. He was the son of Royal N.R. and Nellie Bell (Young) Biggs.He attended schools in Mishawaka-Beiger-Mary Phillips, Bingham and Mishawaka High...
Betty K. Scheetz
Mar 31, 2013
Elizabeth Katherine “Betty K. Scheetz”, 94, was reunited with her family on Easter morning, Sunday, March 31, 2013, at 5:20 a.m. in the Catherine Kasper Life Center in Donaldson. A longtime Plymouth resident, she had resided at the Catherine Kasper Life Center for the last four years.The daughter of Lawrence B. and Katherine M. (Ahler) Scheetz, Betty was born on...
Clyde J. Lohse
Mar 30, 2013
Clyde John Lohse, 60, a lifetime Marshall County resident, passed away following an illness at 9:10 a.m. Saturday, March 30, 2013. Clyde died as he had wished, at home in the company and care of his loving family. For the past 31 years, Clyde has made his home in rural Argos.Clyde was born the youngest child of Wilbert H. and...
Violet M. Bella
Mar 29, 2013
Violet Mae Bella, 90, of Berkley St., Plymouth, passed away March 29, 2013.She was born in Walkerton, Indiana to Seymour and Ellen (Frette) Stull on May 9, 1922 and lived in the Plymouth/South Bend area most of her life. Violet graduated from Tyner High School with the class of 1939 and was employed by South Bend Supply Company as an...
Janet E. Taber Leap
Mar 29, 2013
Janet E. Taber Leap, 60, of Converse, passed away Friday, March 29, 2013, at her home after an illness. Jan was born June 6, 1952, in Plymouth Indiana, to Raymond and Lydia (Seghetti) Taber. Jan was a 1970 graduate of Plymouth High School and a 1974 graduate of Ball State University graduating Summa Cum Laude with a degree in education....
Gladys M. Kuhn
Mar 27, 2013
Gladys Marie Kuhn, 69, a resident of Alexander Street in Plymouth since 1986, passed away at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 27, 2013 in the Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, Mishawaka, following a brief illness.The daughter of Dwight L. and Zona E. Steininger, Gladys was born on October 2, 1943. She was a member of the 1961 graduating class of...
Edward Julius Krason
Mar 25, 2013
Edward Julius Krason, 87, passed away Monday, March 25, 2013 at his residence in Maria Center apartments, a part of The Center at Donaldson sponsored by the Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ in Donaldson, Indiana. He has made his home there since 2003 and was a former resident of St. Paul’s Retirement Center in South Bend.He was born on the...
Charles T. Ottow
Mar 23, 2013
Charles T. Ottow, 82, a Marshall county resident all his life, passed away at 7:24 a.m. on Saturday, March 23, 2013 at the Hospice House of South Bend..Charles was born in Knox, Indiana on December 8, 1930 to Max Albert Carl and Anna Maude (Hapner) Ottow. He attended Ober Elementary School until the 8th grade.On June 9, 1951, Charles married...
John M. Orr
Mar 15, 2013
John M. Orr, age 84, passed away at 1:10 a.m. on Friday, March 15, 2013 at Pilgrim Manor, Plymouth.John was born in Plymouth on May 4, 1928 to Vernon Orr and Margaret Gantz Yazel. He graduated from Argos High School in 1947. John was enlisted in the US Army from 1950-1952 and served during the Korean War. After returning to...
Robert M. Dodson
Mar 12, 2013
Robert M. Dodson, 89 and a Bremen resident since 1962, passed away at 6:40 p.m. on Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at Miller’s Merry Manor, Wakarusa.Robert was born on April 16, 1923 in Plymouth to George W. and Olive R. (Schroeder) Dodson. He graduated from Plymouth High School in 1941.On June 10, 1943, Robert married Lois Clevenger in Philadelphia, PA.Robert enlisted...
Mary Ruth Girten
Mar 9, 2013
Mary Ruth Nelson Girten, 94, died peacefully at her home, surrounded by her loving family at 7:15 p.m. on Saturday, March 9, 2013.A longtime Plymouth resident, she was born on New Year’s Eve, December 31, 1918, in Plymouth, the third of eight children of Walter and Stella Mae Nelson.“Mother planned to go to a party that night,” Mary often said....
Sr. Judian Breitenbach, Phjc
Mar 7, 2013
Sister Judian Breitenbach, PHJC, 82, died March 7, 2013 at the Catherine Kasper Life Center, Donaldson, Indiana. She was born Mary Gertrude Breitenbach to Aloysius John and Augusta Catherine (Daniel) Breitenbach in LaPorte, Indiana.In 1950 she entered the Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ congregation in Donaldson, Indiana and professed first vows on July 25, 1952.A graduate of Ancilla College, Donaldson...
Annabelle K. Peregrine
Mar 5, 2013
Annabelle K. Peregrine, age 87, passed away at 1:17 p.m. on Tuesday, March 05, 2013 at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Mishawaka. Annabelle was born in Altoona, Pennsylvania on May 19, 1925 to Robert B. and Mildred B. (Estright) Cowan. She attended Bellefonte High School until the 10th grade.On April 18, 1946 in Plymouth, Annabelle married to Lawrence W. Peregrine....
Roy H. Freeman
Mar 3, 2013
Roy Howard Freeman died on March 3, 2013 at Southfield Village, South Bend, where he had lived for the past 8 years. Roy was born June 2, 1917 to Howard and Iva (Gorsline) Freeman in Walkerton. His only sibling, Mary Doan, is deceased.Roy graduated from Tyner High School in 1935. It was there that he met Helen Hoover, whom he...
Leroy L. Brouette
Mar 2, 2013
LeRoy Leonard Brouette, 82, passed away at his home at 1:26 a.m., on Saturday, March 2, 2013.Born in Blue Island, Ill. on February 3, 1931, Lee was the son of Edward Joseph and Emily W. (Burmeister) Brouette.He worked for 44 years as an engineer on a railroad.In 1951, Lee enlisted in the United States Navy and was honorably discharged in...
Iris D. Jenney
Mar 2, 2013
Iris Gerlea Jenney, 86, passed away in Memorial Hospital, South Bend, at 6:20 p.m. on Saturday, March 2, 2013. She has been a Plymouth resident of Miller’s Assisted Living since 2009 coming from Ames, Iowa. Born in Redwood, VA., on March 29, 1926, Iris was the daughter of Phil Titus and Annie Elizabeth (Chitwood) Dudley.She graduated from Callaway High School...
Sandra Potthoff
Mar 2, 2013
Sandra Lee Potthoff, age 71, passed away in her home on Saturday, March 2, 2013.Sandra was born in Ashtabula, Ohio on November 19, 1941 to Ed and Mildred (Walker) Bates. She attended high school in Rock Creek, Ohio.She married John William Morrison Jr. in Ashtabula and had a son, Billy. Billy was honorable discharged as a sergeant in the U.S....
Sharon L. Drobitsch
Mar 1, 2013
Sharon L. Drobitsch, 66, a resident of Plymouth since 1987, coming from Chicago, passed away of natural causes at 10:37 a.m. on Friday, March 1, 2013, in Miller’s Merry Manor, Plymouth.Sharon was born in Chicago on October 23, 1946, the daughter of Fred and Edna (Quinn) Menges. There she attended Wescott High School.On February 27, 1971, in Chicago, she and...
