Obituaries
Plymouth, Indiana and Marshall County , IN Obituaries
Local obituaries for Plymouth, Indiana and Marshall County
Brian K. Lehiy
Aug 17, 2011
Brian K. Lehiy, 46, a Upas Road resident in Plymouth, passed away Wednesday afternoon at his workplace. Brian has been a Marshall County resident most of his lifetime.Born on December 1, 1964 in Bremen, Indiana, Brian was the son of Carl R. and Betty J. (Sickmiller) Lehiy. He was a member of the Plymouth High School Class of 1983 and...
James R. Cook
Aug 17, 2011
James “Jim” Ronald Cook, 68, a former Plymouth resident, living in North Vernon, Ind. for the past 20 years, died of natural causes in the Columbus Regional Medical Center at 2:15 a.m. on Wednesday, August 17, 2011.Jim was born in Fort Worth, Texas, on April 15, 1943. He was the son of James M. and Donna Belle (Rhodes) Cook.He graduated...
Brian Kersey
Aug 14, 2011
Brian Kersey, 46, 13332 5 C Road, Plymouth, died in Memorial Hospital, South Bend, at 0:00 A.M. on Sunday, August 14, 2011.Brian, the son of Dale Kersey and Joyce Elaine Sullivan, was born in Plymouth on April 28, 1965.He graduated from Plymouth High School with the class of 1983, and he served in the United States Army.Brian worked at Eagle...
Loretta J. Campbell
Aug 13, 2011
Loretta J. Campbell, 56, died of natural causes at her residence, 754 N. Thayer, Plymouth, at 3:16 p.m. on Saturday, August 13, 2011.Loretta was born on November 30, 1954, in Morehead, Kentucky, the daughter of Chalmer and Juanita Back Wallace. She attended school until the 8th grade.She loved spending time with her family, reading, cooking, playing Bingo and going to...
Robert Hindman
Aug 13, 2011
Robert Duane Hindman, 66, of 801 S. Second St., Plymouth, died at home at 11:12 pm on Saturday August 13, 2011. Born in Plymouth, IN on November 9th, 1944, Robert was the son of Elson ‘Babe’ and Louise Hindman. He graduated in 1963 from Plymouth High School.In 1971, he married his lifelong best friend Linda Krieg Hindman. They met when...
May V. Dixon
Aug 8, 2011
May V. Dixon, 97, formerly of 480 W. Washington St., died of natural causes on August 8, 2011, in the Pilgrim Manor Nursing Home, 222 Parkview St., Plymouth, Ind.May was born in Culver, Ind., on July 10, 1914, the daughter of Roy W. and Bessie L Smith Gross.She attended West High School until the 8th grade.On Dec. 18, 1939, in...
Stanton C. Splix
Aug 6, 2011
Stanton C. Splix, 80, a 16074 Cook Lake Trail resident, passed away at 5:30 a.m. Saturday, August 6, 2011 at his home. In recent years he has suffered declining health due to congestive heart failure.Stan was born at home on April 23, 1931 in Plymouth to Donald S. and Mary C. (Richard) Splix.He graduated from Plymouth’s Lincoln High School in...
Margaret Davis
Aug 3, 2011
Margaret Davis, 95, a Plymouth resident since 1978, died at 5:35 p.m. at Miller’s Merry Manor , Plymouth.The daughter of Andrew and Margaret Jacobs, Margaret was born on January 24, 1916 in Byesville, Ohio.Margaret was a 1934 graduate of Byesville High School. She had worked as an accountant for U.C.L.A., retiring in 1978.Surviving Margaret are her daughter, Shirley Girten of...
Helen M. Freeman
Aug 2, 2011
Helen Mae Freeman was born at the home of her parents, Clarence and Hazel (Ritter) Hoover in Marshall County on January 30, 1918. She was the first of four children – Martha (Wheeler), Dwight and Dale, all deceased.Helen graduated from Tyner High School where she met the love of her life – Roy Freeman. They were married at the Pine...
Maria Del Carmen Baca
Aug 1, 2011
Maria Del Carmen Baca, 40, died of natural causes at her residence, 1100 West LaPorte Street, Plymouth, at 1:52 p.m. on Monday, August 1, 2011.Maria was born in Guanajuato, Mexico, on Sept. 16, 1970. She was the daughter of Miguel Flores and Maria Consuelo Arvizu.She attended school in Mexico until the 6th grade.On Sept. 18, 1990, in Mexico, she and...
Larry (Lightpole) Birk, Jr.
Jul 28, 2011
Larry Dwight “Light Pole” Birk, Jr, 48, of 10682 Hawthorne, Lot 21, died at his residence on Thursday, July28, 2011.Larry was born in Plymouth on February 16, 1963, the son of Larry and Margaret Schmeltz Birk, Jr.He graduated from Plymouth High School with the class of 1981.“Light Pole” enjoyed watching racing on TV and attended the New Paris Speedway regularly.He...
Harold Rowe
Jul 26, 2011
Harold “Jack” Rowe, 94, 12453 11th Rd., died at 9:45 am on Tuesday, July 26, 2011, in Millers Merry Manor, Plymouth.Jack was born in La Paz, Ind., on March 8, 1917. He was the son of Francis M. and Pearl A. Flesher Rowe.He graduated from LaPaz High School with the class of 1935.A construction worker in Porter County, Jack retired...
Fern O. Nifong
Jul 26, 2011
Fern Nifong, 89, a lifetime Marshall County resident, formerly of Juniper Road, Argos, Indiana, died of natural causes at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, July 26, 2011, in Millers Merry Manor, Plymouth, Indiana.Fern was born in Marshall County on May 28, 1922. She was the fourth child of seven children born to Frederick and Dora Hissong Neidlinger.Fern started school at Inwood....
Barbara A. Myszkowski
Jul 23, 2011
Former Chicago area resident, Barbara Ann Myszkowski, 71, finished her race into the arms of Jesus at 4:10 p.m. Saturday, July 23, 2011 in Miller’s Merry Manor, Plymouth. Barbara has been in the gentle care of her family and the Miller’s staff since 2009 and more recently the Center for Hospice Care.Barbara was born the eldest child of Peter Paul...
James W. Walker
Jul 22, 2011
Lifetime Plymouth resident James W. Walker, 56, of 711 Magnetic Parkway, passed away unexpectedly at 2:40 a.m. Friday in the emergency room of St. Joseph Regional Medical Center – Plymouth Campus. His death has been attributed to heat stroke.Jim was a caring person who volunteered his time and construction talent helping build Habitat for Humanity houses in Plymouth and surrounding...
Lowell R. Greenlee
Jul 17, 2011
Longtime Plymouth businessman, Lowell R. Greenlee, 86, passed away Sunday morning, July 17, 2011 at 5:50 a.m. in the Bremen Health Care of natural causes. Lowell was an Olive Trail resident in Plymouth for the past 50 years.He was born in Plymouth on February 26, 1925, the son of Robert E. and Rena M. (Lawrence) Greenlee.Lowell graduated from West High...
Dorothy B. (Dottie) Conger
Jul 13, 2011
Dorothy (Dottie) Conger, 84, of Plymouth passed away on Wednesday, July 13, 2011.She is survived by three children – Steven (Donna) B. Conger, Sue(David) Underwood, Marsha Duncan, four grandchildren – Corey Duncan, Tai Duncan, Samantha Duncan, Dustin Underwood, and one great grandson – Max Duncan.On August 14, 1949, Dr. William H. Conger of Plymouth and Dorothy B. Cowgill were married...
Dorothy Wringer
Jul 12, 2011
Dorothy Lillian Wringer, 79, of 891 Tamarack Rd., Walkerton, Ind., died at 10:10 p.m. on Tuesday, July 12, 2011.A lifetime area resident, Dorothy was born at home, west of Walkerton, on Sept. 25, 1931. She was the daughter of Henry and Lillian Segert Rough. She was the oldest of nine children and was the family caregiver. She graduated in 1949...
Jimmie Dale Cummins
Jul 10, 2011
Jimmie Dale Cummins, 64, an area resident most of his life passed away at 8:01 p.m. on Sunday, July 10, 2011, at his residence.The son of Harry B. and Sylvia Brannam Cummins, Jimmie was born on August 11, 1946 in Sullivan, Indiana.He was a 1965 graduate of Plymouth High School. Jimmie served in the U.S. Air Force from 1965 to...
Eugene R. Christiansen
Jul 7, 2011
Longtime Plymouth resident, Eugene R. Christiansen, 89, passed to his eternal home at 7:20 a.m. Thursday, July 7, 2011 in Parkview Hospital, Ft. Wayne from complications of a stroke last Sunday evening. He had recently moved to Kingston at Dupont – Memory Care Unit in Ft. Wayne. Since 2003, Gene had resided at Grace Village at Winona Lake, Indiana, but...
