Obituaries
Plymouth, Indiana and Marshall County , IN Obituaries
Local obituaries for Plymouth, Indiana and Marshall County
Ralph E. Schaal
Aug 30, 2010
Lifetime Plymouth resident Ralph E. Schaal, 87, of Briarwood Avenue, died unexpectedly of natural causes on Monday August 30, 2010 at 9:48 a.m. in the St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth Campus.Ralph was born the son of Ralph Cleo and Fern (Kanarr) Schaal in Plymouth on November 22, 1922.He was a 1941 graduate from LaPaz High School.On June 16, 1945...
Janet Barenie
Aug 29, 2010
Janet Barenie, 80, died of natural causes at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, August 29, 2010, in the Catherine Kasper Home. Born in Hebron, Indiana, on May 29, 1930, she was the daughter of Oliver and Gertrude Gilson Berdine.On April 30, 1948 she took Alfred “Chuck” Barenie as her husband, he preceded her in death on November 8, 1989.Janet worked for...
Jerry Ray Josleyn
Aug 22, 2010
Jerry Ray Josleyn of Tyner, died on Sunday August 22, 2010 at 11:30 a.m. in the VA Northern Indiana Health Care Center, Marion, Indiana.He was born the son of Clyde Ray and Mable Gaynell Huggins Josleyn on January 26, 1950 in Madisonville, Kentucky.Jerry was a member of the United States Army.He enjoyed fishing, mushroom hunting, hunting for Indian Head pennies,...
Ronald Stough
Aug 22, 2010
Ronald Harold Stough, 89, a lifetime Marshall county resident, died Sunday, August 22, 2010, at his residence.The son of Earl Preston and Cecil Pearl Welch Stough, Ronald was born in Marshall County on March 20, 1921.He was a 1939 graduate of LaPaz High School.Ronald was first married to Marjorie Puterbaugh, who passed away on August 11, 1970. On January 17,...
Arthur W. Miller
Aug 21, 2010
Arthur W. Miller, 63, of 12274 3A Road, Plymouth, died suddenly on Saturday, Aug. 21, 2010, at 9:37 p.m. in the St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth.Born in Hammond, Ind. on Oct. 17, 1946, Arthur was the son of Eli and Lillian Bernice Bixel Miller.He attended LaPaz High School and graduated with the last class in 1964. He participated with...
Jeanne Ann Sheehan
Aug 20, 2010
Jeanne Ann Sheehan, 56, of Bowman Drive Mishawaka died on Friday August 20, 2010 at 2:00 AM in the St. Joseph County Hospice House.Jeanne was born the daughter of Gene M. Sherland and Therese A. “Tess” Bauer Sherland Greer in Plymouth on November 19, 1953.She attended St. Michael grade school and went on to graduate from LaVille High School with...
Luethisia “Tish” Hillman
Aug 15, 2010
Luethisia E. “Tish” Hillman, 76, a resident of 2000 Westgate Avenue, Plymouth. She passed away at 8:30 a.m. Sunday in Miller’s Merry Manor following a three week illness. There she received the highest level of care and attention.Tish was born the daughter of Harvey A. Gaines Sr. and Elizabeth E. (Watkins) Gaines on March 18, 1934 in Plymouth. She graduated...
Wilma Martin
Aug 10, 2010
A lifetime resident of Marshall County, Wilma Mae Martin died on Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at Miller’s Merry Manor in Walkerton, Indiana. Wilma Mae, born near Bremen on February 16, 1918, was the oldest of 7 children born to Donald and Marie Annie Laurie Reese Winrotte. She graduated from LaPaz High School with the class of 1935. Wilma wanted to...
Margaret M. Sherwood
Aug 10, 2010
Margaret Mary Sherwood, 68, 317 Meadow Lane, Plymouth, died of complications from surgery at 11:11 a.m. on Tuesday, August 10, 2010, in St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Mishawaka.She will be remembered by her family and friends as being one AMAZING woman. Margaret was very patient, put others first and was the first to volunteer for any task. She managed all...
Vera R. Topel
Aug 7, 2010
Ninety-nine year old Vera R. Topel passed away in her sleep on the morning of Saturday, August 7, 2010 at her home of natural causes. Vera has made her home at the Gatewood Estates for the past 30 years.Born in Wheatfield, Indiana on September 24, 1910, she was the daughter of Peter and Ida (Danford) Heil. She was raised in...
Bonnie Boocher
Aug 6, 2010
Bonnie L. Boocher, of Winamac, died of natural causes at 7:15 p.m, on Friday, August 6, 2010 in the Unity Medical Surgical Hospital in Mishawaka, IN.Bonnie was born on October 9, 1940, in the Logansport Hospital. She was the daughter of Albert and Seville Boocher.She graduated from Kewanna High School with the class of 1960. She earned her Elementary Education...
Everett A. Wallace
Aug 5, 2010
And through his faith, though he died, he still speaks…Heb 11:4For more than 30 years, Everett Wallace taught kids how to shoot jump shots and swing a baseball bat. He also taught them about the 3 G’s (God, Good Attitude, Good Grades) and the necessity to “Keep the Faith” in Christ, despite any and all circumstances. Everett died on Thursday,...
Mary Ellen Taylor
Aug 5, 2010
Mary Ellen Taylor, 93, 11763 S.R. 17, Plymouth, died on August 5, 2010, in Miller’s Merry Manor, Plymouth.She was born to Joseph and Sarah Creasy Warner on January 24, 1917 in Risk, Illinois. Mary had spent most of her life in Plymouth. She was married to her husband, Richard, on December 14, 1940, in Plymouth.She had been employed by Allied...
John E. “Jack” Overmyer
Aug 5, 2010
John E. (Jack) Overmyer, 93, of 140 Melbourne Road, Pittsfield, MA, died at his home Thursday. He was a lifelong resident of Marshall County until moving to Massachusetts, where his sons live, in 2009.He was born February 27, 1917, in Culver, the son of Ora and Augusta Samuel Overmyer, and grew up on the family farm near Burr Oak. He...
Floyd “Wayne” Palmer
Aug 2, 2010
Floyd “Wayne” Palmer will be remembered as a family man with a giving heart and always ready to assist others. Wayne’s life was taken as a result of a vehicular accident near Peru, Indiana on Monday afternoon, August 2nd. He was 53 years old and has resided at 12401 Hillside Drive Plymouth since 1997.Wayne was born the son of Floyd...
Miguel Mendez
Jul 30, 2010
Miguel Mendez, 79, affectionately known by his family as Pa Miguel, 905 W. Madison St., died at his home at 3:10 p.m. on Friday, July 30, 2010 Miguel had by suffering from Lymphoma, a form of cancer, for some time.He was born in Santiago Capitiro, Mexico, the son of Refugio Mendez and Juana Jimenez on Feb. 27, 1931. He attended...
James Landis
Jul 20, 2010
James S. Landis, 83, of Quarryville, died Tuesday afternoon, July 20, 2010, at his residence. He was the husband of Nadine Zahm. His first wife Evelyn M. Ressler Landis died March 18, 1998. James was born in Harrisburg, a son of the late Morris B. and Ella Snyder Landis.James attended Wesley United Methodist Church.James was retired from his crop spraying...
Gloria Jeanne Gilbert
Jul 19, 2010
Gloria Jeanne Gilbert, 67, an area resident most of her life, died at 7:45 a.m. on Monday, July 19, 2010, at Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth.The daughter of James E. and Pauline Krouse Elliott, Gloria was born in Plymouth on August 9, 1942. She was a 1960 graduate of Columbia City High School.On April 11, 1964, Gloria and Bernard...
Sherman Prater Jr.
Jul 19, 2010
Sherman Prater Jr., 68, passed away following an extended illness at 2:50 a.m. Monday, July 19, 2010 in Hospice House of St. Joseph County. A former resident of LaPorte, he moved to Plymouth in 1990 and also maintained a winter residence in Sebring, Florida.He was born the son of Sherman Prater Sr. and Carma (Craft) Prater on March 13, 1942...
Emma Jean Favorite
Jul 15, 2010
Emma “Jean” Favorite, 85, passed away at 9:45 p.m. Thursday, July 15, 2010 in the Hospice House of Elkhart. A Pretty Lake resident since 1961, her death followed an extended illness.She was born Emma Jean Humes in Culver, Indiana, the daughter of Ernest E. and Olive G. (Grimes) Humes. She received her education in Leiters Ford, Indiana.Jean was preceded in...
