Obituaries
Plymouth, Indiana and Marshall County , IN Obituaries
Local obituaries for Plymouth, Indiana and Marshall County
I. Jay Read
Apr 20, 2011
Lifetime Plymouth resident and businessman, Ivan Jay Read, 79, passed away after a lifelong battle with chronic pulmonary disease at 10:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 20, 2011 at the Leesburg home of his daughter Beth in the company and care of his family.The son of Ivan and Daisy M. (Stuber) Read, Jay was born March 23rd 1932 at the family’s...
James A. Flower
Apr 17, 2011
James A. Flower, 69, died at 6 p.m. of natural causes at his residence on Dickson St., Plymouth, on Sunday, April 17, 2011.Jim was born on April 11, 1942, in Detroit, Mich. He was the son of Ulysses Allison Flower and Margaret Thelma Withington . He attended school in Detroit.On July 19, 1961, Jim and Vernell Bach were married in...
Raymond E. Beck
Apr 17, 2011
Raymond E. Beck, 90, a Plymouth resident since 1994, coming from LaPorte, died at 10:30 p.m. Sunday, April 17, 2011 at the Carriage Way residence he made with his son and family.The son of Fred S. and Lela Smith Beck, Ray was born in Dayville, Oregon on February 26, 1921. He later moved with his family to the Chicago suburb...
Clara B. Baker
Apr 17, 2011
Clara Berneice Baker, 94, a lifetime Plymouth resident, died at 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, April 17, 2011 at Miller’s Merry Manor, Plymouth.The daughter of Grover and May Coyle Rensberger, she was born on August 20, 1916 in Plymouth. She attended Linkville School.Clara was first married to Carroll Baker who preceded her in death on February 8, 1957. She then married...
June (Tharp) Gilligan
Apr 16, 2011
A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, June 30th in the New Oakhill Cemetery on South Michigan Street, Plymouth. The Rev. Kerry O’Brien, pastor of the Trinity United Methodist Church will officiate. If inclement weather the service will be held in the New Oakhill Chapel.June Tharp was born in 1930 to Marvin Tharp and Mary Spencer...
Marvin C. Miller
Apr 16, 2011
Marvin C. Miller, 73, a resident of Menominee Trail, Plymouth, died following an illness on Saturday, April 16, 2011 at 12:15 a.m. in Hospice House of St. Joseph County.Born on August 11, 1937 in Mishawaka, Indiana, he was the only child of Wilbur F. and Ferrel M. (Jones) Miller. After moving to Plymouth he graduated from Lincoln High School in...
Clayton Klingerman
Apr 15, 2011
Clayton E. Klingerman, 64, formerly of Bremen, passed away suddenly at his Rochester home Friday evening, April 15, 2011 due to an apparent heart attack.Clayton was born in Bremen, the son of Chester Earl and Catherine Elma (Williams) Klingerman on October 18, 1946. He was raised on the farm where he came to appreciate the outdoors, livestock and animals of...
Kenneth L. Luse
Apr 11, 2011
Kenneth L. Luse, 80, a lifetime Plymouth resident, passed away in the company of his family following an extended illness on Monday, April 11, 2011 at 12:25 p.m. Ken resided with his loving wife Mary of 61 years, on Redbud Drive.Ken had many friends and was a regular at the McDonald’s morning coffee club. Ken’s comic nature never knew a...
Joyce I. Dawson
Apr 9, 2011
Joyce I. Dawson, 85, of Heber City, Utah, formerly of Plymouth, Ind., died of natural causes in the Rocky Mountain Care Center, Heber City, Utah.Joyce was born in South Bend, Ind., on July 14, 1925. She was the daughter of Ray and Nancy Yoder Granning. She attended South Bend Schools.On March 3, 1946, in South Bend, she and Charles E....
John Robert Keating
Apr 8, 2011
John Robert Keating, 48, died of natural causes at his home at 12:46 p.m. on Friday, April 8, 2011.Born in Chicago, Ill. on June 13, 1962, John was the son of Patrick and Dorothy Lett Keating.He attended and graduated from the Chicago Public School System.John is survived by his mother, Dorothy, of Plymouth.Three brothers, Patrick and Brian Keating, Plymouth, and...
Mary Milner Osborne
Apr 1, 2011
Mary Milner Osborne, 83, of Hillcrest Ave., Plymouth, died in St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Mishawaka,at 11:35 a.m. on Friday, April 1, 2011. Mary was born in Argos on Sept. 14, 1927. She was the daughter of Ross Vernon and Carrie Catherine Eaton Snoke.She graduated from Plymouth High School with the class of 1945, and married Robert Milner, who died...
John Earl Kellar
Mar 31, 2011
John E. Kellar, 81, of Granger, Indiana, passed away at 5:25 p.m. on Thursday, March 31, 2011 in St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Mishawaka, after an illness. He was born in Plymouth, Indiana on December 3, 1929 to James Earl and Lena Marie (Harley) Kellar, both of whom preceded him in death. He was also preceded in death by his...
Michael Paul Haag
Mar 31, 2011
Michael Paul Haag, 57, died of natural causes at 5:36 p.m. at his residence, on Thursday, March 31, 2011.Michael was born on May 27, 1953 in Plymouth. He was the son of Paul K. (Bud) and Betty Shafer Haag.He graduated from Plymouth High School with the class of 1971. While in high school, he was president of the F.F.AOn September...
Leona E. Webster
Mar 31, 2011
Leona Elaine Webster, 320 E. LaPorte St., Plymouth, an area resident since 1945, died a natural death in Miller’s Merry Manor, Walkerton, at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 31, 2011.Leona was born in Morton Grove, Ill., on June 20, 1925, the daughter of George and Emma Brecht Gabel. She attended schools in Morton Grove and Niles, Ill.On January 20, 1945,...
Connie L. Ullery
Mar 28, 2011
Lifetime Marshall County resident Connie Lee Ullery, passed away on Monday, March 28, 2011 at 1:31 p.m. in the Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis, Ind. Connie has bravely faced her health issues over the past several years. Connie was born in Plymouth on October 23, 1944. She was the daughter of Howard E. and Nina C. (Albert) Schafer.She graduated from...
Garneta Light
Mar 27, 2011
Garneta Light, 81, died of natural causes in Miller’s Merry Manor, 635 Oakhill Ave., at 11:20 p.m. on Sunday, March 27, 2011.Garneta was born on May 28, 1929, in Tyner, Ind., the daughter of Ray and Agnes Rupel Stull. She graduated from Tyner High School.She was first married to Don Balsley and later married Willard Light.Garneta was the dietician at...
Arthur D. Lawrence
Mar 26, 2011
Lifetime Plymouth resident and respected dairy farmer, Arthur D. Lawrence, 96, passed away Saturday afternoon in the St. Joseph Regional Medical Center – Plymouth.Art was born on October 2, 1914 in Plymouth, the son of Alfred C. and Junette (Low) Lawrence. He graduated from Plymouth Lincoln High School in 1932.On May 23, 1944 in Knox he took as his bride...
Josephine Baker
Mar 22, 2011
Former Plymouth resident, Josephine Eleanor Baker, after a long illness, was called home to be with her Lord from her son’s home in Portage, Michigan, at 7:29 a.m. on Tuesday, March 22, 2011.Born on June 15, 1934, to Paul and Pauline (Ritter) Lamprecht, in Ft. Wayne Ind., she moved to the Plymouth area in 1951. She went to Bremen schools...
Leona M. Gridley
Mar 20, 2011
Leona M. Gridley passed away peacefully in her sleep on the morning of Sunday, March 20, 2011. Leona has been a Ewing Street resident in Plymouth for the past 48 years and a Marshall County resident most of her lifetime. Although her physical age was 91, Leona was proud that her appearance and activities – which included an occasional Harley...
William Wheat
Mar 19, 2011
William “Bill” Wheat, 62, died at 4:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 19, 2011 at his residence in Plymouth, from natural causes.The son of William F. and Henrietta Blair Wheat, Bill was born in Lexington, Kentucky on February 15, 1949.Bill graduated from Lexington High School. After graduation, he served in the U. S. Army in VietnamOn August 19, 1985, Bill and...
