Obituaries
Plymouth, Indiana and Marshall County , IN Obituaries
Local obituaries for Plymouth, Indiana and Marshall County
Celia M. Beehler
Nov 6, 2010
Celia M. Beehler, 86, a lifetime Marshall County resident, died at 6:15 a.m. on Saturday, November 6, 2010, in Miller’s Merry Manor, Plymouth.The daughter of Edward and Orpha P. Jackman Harsh, Celia was born in Marshall County on October 21, 1924. She was a 1942 graduate of Plymouth High School and graduated from nurse’s training in 1946.On December 7, 1952,...
Esther E. Oliver
Nov 5, 2010
The Chicago White Sox have lost one of their most enthusiastic fans. In an interview in 2005, she is quoted as saying that she had been “a fan forever.”Esther E. Oliver, 94, died of natural causes in Pilgrim Manor, Plymouth, on Friday, Nov. 5, 2010, at 12:10 p.m. Born in Chicago, Esther was the daughter of Axel and Tekla Tengelin...
Raymond L. Borggren
Nov 3, 2010
Raymond L. Borggren, 86, died at 3:05 p.m., on Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010. in our Lady of Peace Hospital, Mishawaka, Indiana.He was the son of August “Gus” and Selma Marie (Mattern) Borggren.A graduate of Grovertown High School with the 11-member class of 1942, he played coronet in the high school band.He worked with his dad on the farm until, deferred...
Guadalupe “Lupe” Duenez
Nov 2, 2010
Guadalupe “Lupe” Duenez, 67, a Plymouth resident most of her life, died at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, November 2, 2010 at Memorial Hospital, South Bend.The daughter of Jesus L. and Eudelia ”Lela” Garza Duenez, Lupe was born on January 10, 1943 in Mexico.Lupe retired from Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth, after working for 28 years as a nurse’s aide.An...
Marjorie “Mudge” Vanvactor
Oct 31, 2010
Marjorie (Mudge) Van Vactor, 79, a lifelong resident of Plymouth, IN, passed away surrounded by her family at 6:58 p.m., October 31, 2010, at Pilgrim Manor after an extended illness.Mudge was born on October 21, 1931 in Plymouth to F. John and Ada L. (Goss) Hutchings. She graduated from Plymouth High School and on June 12, 1949, she married Harold...
T. Edward Ummel
Oct 28, 2010
T. Edward “Ted” Ummel, 18255 Michigan Rd., Argos, after a courageous battle with acute myeloid luekemia, diagnosed in June of this year, died unexpectedly in the I. U. Medical Center, Indianapolis at 4:30 a.m. on Thursday, October 28, 2010.In his blog on CaringBridge.org, Ted wrote that he had been blessed to have had an uneventful medical history with no surgeries...
Mildred A. Phillips
Oct 21, 2010
Mildred A. (Bradley) Phillips, 97, a kind and gentle person, followed the path that God had laid for her at 9:50 a.m. Thursday, October 21, 2010. A lifetime Marshall County resident, Mildred was a resident at the Pilgrim Manor Nursing Home in Plymouth where she passed after experiencing declining health the past two years.Mildred was born on July 31, 1913,...
David R. Thomas
Oct 20, 2010
David R. Thomas, a lifetime Plymouth resident, died at 10:38 a.m. on Wednesday, October 20, 2010 at Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth.The son of Charles C. and Florence I. Welborn Thomas, Dave was born in Plymouth on October 1, 1943.Dave graduated from Plymouth High School with the class of 1961 and attended Manchester College for a year.On October 4,...
Melba Kreighbaum
Oct 16, 2010
Melba Jane (Miller) Kreighbaum, 85, died at 12:50 a.m. of natural causes on October 16, 2010, at the Silver Oaks Health Campus, Columbus, Indiana .Melba Jane was born in Argos, Indiana, on November 5, 1924, the daughter of Roy H. and Mojeska A. Anderson Miller. She graduated from Argos High School with the class of 1943.On March 26, 1944, in...
Violet Ray
Oct 13, 2010
On Wednesday evening, October 13th, God saw that Violet J. Ray was getting tired and a cure was not to be; so he put His arms around her, and whispered, “Come with Me.”At the age of 71, Violet passed away at 10:10 p.m. in the company of her family at her Kewanna residence of the past 15 years.She was born...
Donald A. Rowe
Oct 13, 2010
Donald A. Rowe, 67 of 11288 Shady Lane Drive Plymouth died on Wednesday, October 13, 2010 at 8:45 pm in Memorial Hospital, South Bend after a three year battle with cancer. He had been a resident of Plymouth since 1978 coming from Starke County.He was born at home in Bass Lake, Indiana on August 11, 1943 to Harold C. and...
Nina C. Schafer
Oct 4, 2010
Nina C. Schafer, 95, lifetime Bremen area resident, died at 8:15 p.m. on Monday, October 4, 2010 at her residence.Nina was born at home on August 10, 1915, the youngest of four children of Walter and Eva Kaiser Albert.She was a 1933 graduate of LaPaz High School.On June 24, 1939, Nina and Howard E. “Bob” Schafer were married in South...
Gerald R. Basehoar
Sep 30, 2010
Gerald R. “Bob” Basehoar, 69, a Plymouth resident the past seven years, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, September 30, 2010 at 2:30 p.m. in the St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Mishawaka.Bob was born on November 15, 1940, in Hanover, Pennsylvania, the son of Millard L. and Laura S. (Sentz) Basehoar. Raised in Princeville, Illinois, he graduated from Princeville High School...
Jeffrey A. White, Sr.
Sep 26, 2010
Jeffrey A. White, Sr., 48, a resident of Conger St. Plymouth, died unexpectedly at 12:05 a.m. Sunday in the emergency room of St. Joseph Regional Medical Center – Plymouth Campus. His death was due to an apparent heart attack.Jeff was born the son of Robert E. and Helen A. (Carrol) White on March 28, 1962 in Charleston, West Virginia. He...
Geraldine M. Hoeffler
Sep 22, 2010
Geraldine M. “Gerry” Hoeffler, 83, 16492 Pretty View Drive, Plymouth, passed away Wednesday afternoon in the Our Lady of Peace Hospital, Mishawaka. Her death came unexpected to her family who has long witnessed her battle of multiple illnesses with courage and dignity while never uttering a word of complaint.Gerry was born on August 5, 1927 in Royal Oak, Michigan, the...
Richard K. Reese, Sr.
Sep 19, 2010
Richard K. “Dick” Reese, 81, a resident of 10B Road for the past 56 years, died at his home on Sunday evening following an illness. Dick has been a lifetime Marshall County resident.He was born in Bremen, Indiana on June 8, 1929 the son of David and Violet (Hepler) Reese. Dick attended LaPaz High School and like many young men...
Patti J. Cox
Sep 18, 2010
Patti J. Cox, 51, of 13616 6C Road died unexpectedly on Saturday, September 18, 2010 at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.She was born on November 11, 1958 in South Bend, Indiana to David L. and Wilma Jean McGowan. Patti was a 1977 graduate of LaVille High School and attended college in Pittsburg, Pa, before graduating from Michiana College of...
Beverly J. Baltes
Sep 18, 2010
Beverly J. Baltes, 75, a resident of S. Seventh Street Plymouth since 1987, passed away at 4:45 a.m. Saturday, September 18, 2010 in her residence following an extended illness in the care of her family and the Center for Hospice Care.Bev was born the daughter of George R. and Ethel D. (Parrish) Clayton in LaPorte, Indiana on November 19, 1934....
Doris May Rovenstine
Sep 16, 2010
Doris May Rovenstine, 98, passed away at 12:10 a.m., of natural causes in the Miller’s Merry Manor, Plymouth. A former resident of the communities of Bourbon and Bremen, she has made her home for the past five years in the Miller’s Assisted Living Center in Plymouth.She was born in Crawfordsville, Indiana the daughter of Jesse S. and Ethel E. (Campbell)...
Rex Allen, Sr.
Sep 15, 2010
Rex Allen, Sr., 61, died of natural causes at his home at 2 a.m. on Wednesday, September 15, 2010.Born on February 5, 1949, in Curtis, Michigan, Rex was the son of Alvin and Marian Etoile Griffith Allen.On December 24, 1966, in Knox, Indiana Rex took Nancy Gilbert as his bride.Rex worked and retired from the Indiana State Highway Department. He...
