Obituaries
Plymouth, Indiana and Marshall County , IN Obituaries
Local obituaries for Plymouth, Indiana and Marshall County
Richard M. Simpson
Apr 20, 2008
Richard M. Simpson, a Marshall County area resident for the last 15 years, died of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis at his residence, 11975 11th Road, Plymouth, at 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, April 20, 2008. He was 56 years old.With all of the qualities of a good man, it was said of Richard that he only improved with age.Born in South Bend,...
Sister Claudine Magolske, P.H.J.C.
Apr 19, 2008
Sister Claudine Magolske, P.H.J.C., 85, died at 7:50 a.m. on Saturday, April 19, 2008, in Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth, IN.Sister Claudine was born in Mishawaka, IN, on November 16, 1922, the daughter of Walter L. and Rose Fratus Magolske.She had worked in nursing care and housekeeping in various Catholic facilities in Indiana and Illinois, until 1994, when she...
Rev. Robert Wesley Klatt
Apr 16, 2008
A good and faithful servant, the Rev. Robert Wesley Klatt, 86, received his Heavenly reward at 2:45 p.m. Wednesday, April 16, 2008 with his wife at his side. Robert died of natural causes in the Pilgrim Manor Care Center, Plymouth. A resident of 10201 8A Road, Plymouth, he first moved to this area from Chicago in 1968.He committed his life...
Irene M. Butler
Apr 10, 2008
Irene M. Butler, 87, of 400 ½ S. Fifth St., Plymouth, died following an illness at 11:55 p.m. on Thursday, April 10, 2008, in Miller’s Merry Manor, Plymouth. She had been a patient there for the past month..Irene had lived in Plymouth for the past 43 years, having moved here in 1965 from South Beloit, Ill.When she was able, you...
Gailen E. Johnson
Apr 4, 2008
Gailen E. Johnson, 75, Lakeville, died of natural causes in Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth, at 3:11 p.m. on Friday, April 4, 2008.Gailen was born in South Bend, Ind., on October 31, 1932. He was the son of Orley and Dorothy Hill Johnson.He attended South Bend schools.When he was 15-years-old, he lied about his age, joined a United States...
Paul V. Dipert
Apr 2, 2008
Paul Vern Dipert, 86, 230 Leslie St., Plymouth, died in Miller’s Merry Manor, Plymouth, at 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 2, 2008.Born in Walkerton, Ind., on December 13, 1921, Paul was the son of Vern and Mabel Barber Dipert.He graduated from Plymouth High School.On August 6, 1944, Paul and Beaulah Elizabeth Beyler Sherk were married. Beaulah died in 1987.A dairy...
Adaline Kucera
Mar 31, 2008
Adaline Louise Kucera, 501 Pennsylvania Ave., Plymouth, died of natural causes on Monday, March 31, 2008. She was 78-years-old and had lived in the Marshall County area for 57 years.Adaline was born on April 24, 1929, in Wanatah, Ind. She was the daughter of Jewels Warren and Lela Hancock Steinberg.Adaline graduated from Knox High School in 1948.She and Douglas Milan...
Winnifred “Winnie” Siddall
Mar 31, 2008
Winnifred “Winnie” Siddall, 80, 5625 Michigan St., Plymouth, died of natural causes in Miller’s Merry Manor, Plymouth, at 8:45 am on Monday, March 31, 2008. She was a resident of the Plymouth area for the past 30 years.Winnie was born on October 24, 1927, in Dallas, Texas, the daughter of John R. and Lura Mary Deshazo Spellacy.She graduated from Woodrow...
Margaret L. Peregrine
Mar 29, 2008
Margaret L. (Barnard) Peregrine, a Plymouth area resident for most of her life, died at 3:15 p.m. on Saturday, March 29, 2008, in Miller’s Merry Manor, Plymouth. She was 92-years-old.Margaret was born in Culver, Ind., on February 1, 1916. She was the daughter of Edward J. and Grace Fanning Bergman, the fourth of their seven children. She was a 1934...
William C. “Bill” Mallers
Mar 27, 2008
William C. “Bill” Mallers, 82, a former Bluffton resident, living at 4776 South Prairie, Bass Lake, for the past 11 years, died in the Porter Community Hospital, Valparaiso, on Thursday, March 27, 2008, at 6:38 p.m., from injuries sustained that day in a single vehicle accident. Born in Lima, Ohio, on June 6, 1925, Bill was the son of Charles...
Sister Helen Wojciechowicz
Mar 26, 2008
Sister Helen Wojciechowicz, 67, died at 12:30 a.m. on Wednesday, March 8, 2008, in the St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth, IN. She was born in Chicago, IL. on June 25, 1940, the daughter of Phil and Mary Agnes O’Grady Wycko.Sister Helen, was a nurse, she started her nursing career at St. Anne Hospital in 1964. She was a nurse...
Pearl Rice
Mar 24, 2008
Pearl I. Rice, age 97 of Lake Station went home to be with her Lord, Monday, March 24, 2008. She was a Lake Station resident since 1984 and was formerly of Warsaw, IN. She worked for the Warsaw School System, Jantzen’s Sportswear, Kresge’s Five and Dime and the Dune’s Acres Club House Restaurant. She also volunteered at the KC Hospital...
Gladys B. Mangun
Mar 24, 2008
Gladys Shenefield Mangun, died of natural causes in Miller’s Merry Manor, Plymouth, at 10:10 a.m. on Monday, March 24, 2008.She was 104 years-old.A devout Christian woman all of her life, she said that the “the Lord will take me when He was ready.” She lovingly would tell her God that she has been here long enough.“I want to go home,”...
Margaret Maxine Olson
Mar 23, 2008
Margaret Maxine Olson, 67, 15405 Tuxedo Drive, died of natural causes in Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth, having fought a courageous eight year battle against an incurable lung condition, at 10:03 p.m. on Sunday, March 23, 2008.An attractive, intelligent, vibrant woman with a lot of determination and a great sense of humor, Margaret was born on August 14, 1940,...
Wreatha L. Weigle
Mar 19, 2008
Wreatha L. Weigle, 87, a Plymouth resident since 1938, coming from Veedersburg, Indiana, died in Miller’s Merry Manor, Plymouth at 8:05 p.m. on Wednesday, March 19, 2008.Wreatha was born in Veedersburg on June 7, 1920. She was the daughter of Ray and Berniece I. Leath Rusk.She graduated from Veedersburg High School with the class of 1938.On March 28, 1941, in...
David “Dave” Thompson
Mar 18, 2008
David “Dave” Thompson, 57, of Tomahawk Trail, Plymouth, died as a result of an accident in Louisville, Kentucky, at 5:42 p.m., on Tuesday, March 18, 2008.Born in Plymouth on December 2, 1950, Dave was the son of Melvin E. and Faith Joanne Volrath Thompson.He was a 1969 graduate of LaVille High School.On June 14, 1996, in Plymouth, Dave and Rachel...
Donna L. Perkins
Mar 18, 2008
Donna L. Perkins, 67, a resident or Millers Merry Manor, Plymouth, died of natural causes in Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, South Bend, at 1:52 p.m. on Tuesday, March, 18, 2008.Donna was born in Oakland, Calif., the daughter of Lowell Q. and Barbara D. Farrington Burbank on May 29, 1940. She and Ernest Perkins were married in 1958, Ernest died...
Genevieve Hoke
Mar 14, 2008
Genevieve M. Hoke, 93, died in Miller’s Merry Manor, Plymouth, of natural causes at 1 p.m. on Friday, March 14, 2008.Born in Chicago, Ill., on June 30, 1914, she was the daughter of Frank W. and Jenny M. Chamberlain Backus.When she was eight-years-old, the family moved to West Township. She lived there until entering the nursing home in January of...
Margaret Emelie Deprez
Mar 3, 2008
Margaret Emilie DePrez, 84, a longtime Pennsylvania Ave., Plymouth resident and employee of Marshall County Welfare Office, died at her home on Monday morning March 3rd.She was born in Shelbyville, Indiana on October 30, 1923. She was the daughter of Karl J. DePrez of Shelbyville, Indiana and Mary McDannold Lamb DePrez of New London, Missouri. She had two sisters, Mary...
Gertrude W. Connolly
Mar 2, 2008
Gertrude Wilson Connolly, 96, died at 9:35 p.m. on Sunday, March 2, 2008 in Miller’s Merry Manor, where she had been a resident for over 14 years. Before coming to Plymouth, Gertrude had been a resident of Elkhart for many years.Born on March 25, 1911, in Providence, Rhode Island, she was the daughter of Frank R. and Ruth May Russell...
