Obituaries
Plymouth, Indiana and Marshall County , IN Obituaries
Local obituaries for Plymouth, Indiana and Marshall County
Gertrude “Rusty” Hampton
Feb 4, 2008
Long time Plymouth community resident Gertrude “Rusty” Hampton, died February 4, 2008, while wintering in Avon Park, FL. Rusty was born October 2, 1917, in Bremen, IN the daughter of Charles W. and Rapha Hardy Kling.April 3, 1937, Gertrude and Willard E. Hampton were married, in South Bend, IN.Rusty retired from the Bureau of Motor Vehicles as a Customer Service...
Phyllis Jean Slane
Jan 31, 2008
Phyllis Jean Slane of Kenwood Avenue, Plymouth passed away peacefully at 2 p.m. on Thursday, January 31, 2008 in Miller’s Merry Manor, Plymouth, of natural causes.Phyllis was born in Plymouth on May 8, 1931 to Lawrence and Ethyl (Zimmerman) Gunn. On July 16, 1960, in Plymouth she married Chuck Slane, who survives.Also surviving are a half sister, Betty Townsend of...
Joyce A. Green
Jan 30, 2008
Joyce Anglene Green, 74, died Wednesday January 30, 2008, at 6:00 pm in Miller’s Merry Manor, Plymouth.Joyce was born May 16, 1933 to William and Ollie Stewart Ballard, in Alcorn County, Mississippi. In her earlier years she worked as a cotton picker for the family farm, and then became a homemaker.She is survived by four children, two daughters Rachel &...
Marion L. Ogle
Jan 25, 2008
Marion L. Ogle, 88, died of natural causes on Friday, January 25, at 10:45 a.m. in Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, South Bend, Indiana.She was born in Mishawaka, Indiana on December 4, 1919, the daughter of Arthur R. and Josephine E. (Everett) Colley.A Mishawaka High School graduate with the class of 1939. Marion also graduated from the House of James,...
Loren F. Bules, Sr.
Jan 22, 2008
Loren F. Bules, Sr., a 33 year resident of 410 S. 6th. St., Plymouth, died at 8:35 p.m. on Monday, January 21, 2008, in the Veterans Administration Northern Indiana Health Care System in Marion, Ind. Loren, a Marshall County area resident most of his lifetime had been in failing health for the past several years. He was 69 years old.Born...
Stella K. Riffel
Jan 22, 2008
Stella K. Riffel, 54, an Argos resident for the past fourteen years, died at 7:12 a.m. from injuries sustained in an automobile accident on U.S. 31 at 19th Road on Tuesday morning, January 22, 2008.Born in Wainwright, Alberta, Canada, on November 19, 1953, Stella was the daughter of Fred and Doris Ford Younker.She graduated from high school in Canada and...
Leon Burke
Jan 22, 2008
Leon Burke, 72, of 312 Alexander Street, Plymouth died Tuesday January 22, 2008 at 9:43 am in Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, Mishawaka. Leon was born June 21, 1935 in Philadelphia, PA to Raymond and Mary (Muldoughney) Burke.51 years ago he and Mary P. Ready were married December 7, 1956 in Maryland, Pennsylvania.After graduating high school Leon joined the Navy,...
Joan Marie Miller
Jan 21, 2008
At home in the company of her loving family, Joan Marie Miller, 14469 Crest Lane, Plymouth, died of natural causes at 10:55 a.m. on Monday, January 21, 2008.Always smiling and up-beat, she will be missed by her family and her many friends.Family always came first. She adored her 12 grandchildren who called her “Mama.” She was simply Joanie to her...
L. Cpl. Cameron M. Babcock, Usmc
Jan 20, 2008
L. Cpl. Cameron M. Babcock, USMC, a lifetime Plymouth resident, died from an accidental shooting in his barracks of the 1st Marine Division at the Twentynine Palms Marine Base, California, on Sunday, January 20, 2008.He was 19-years and 10-months old.He will be remembered by his family and friends as a friendly young man with an incredible personality and a particular...
Keith D. Ash
Jan 20, 2008
Keith D. Ash, 81, a former Plymouth resident, living with his daughter at 19160 W. 14th Rd., Culver, and then a resident of Miller’s Merry Manor, Culver, for the past 2 ½ years, died of natural causes at 12:22 a.m., Sunday, January 20, 2008, in Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth.Keith was born in Winamac, Indiana, on July 15, 1926,...
Marvin “Mike” Ringle
Jan 14, 2008
Marvin E. “Mike” Ringle, 89, a lifetime Plymouth area resident, died of natural causes in the Catherine Kasper Life Center, Donaldson, at 6:20 p.m. on Monday, January 14, 2008.Mike was the son of Frank E. and Eldora P. Elkins Ringle. He was born in Plymouth on August 31, 1918.He attended Plymouth schools.On November 20, 1939, in Plymouth, Mike and Wilma...
Dr. Harold B. Wackerle, D.O.
Jan 13, 2008
Dr. Harold B. Wackerle, D.O, 86, went to be with his Heavenly Father, on Sunday, January 13, 2008. He died peacefully of natural causes in Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, South Bend, with Evelyn, his wife of 57 years at his bedside.Dr. Wackerle was born on September 16, 1921 in Deerfield, Mo. to Harold E. and G. Marie Beahm Wackerle....
Marion “Paul” Warner
Jan 12, 2008
Marion “Paul” Warner, 66, died Saturday, January 12, 2008. He had been a Plymouth–Culver area resident all of his life.The son of Everett and Elsie Aileen Tunish Warner, Paul was born on October 15, 1941 in Plymouth, IN.Paul graduated from Culver High School in 1959. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1963 to 1967.On July 6, 1996, Paul married...
Lowell James Cox
Jan 8, 2008
LOWELL JAMES COXJanuary 18, 1920-January 8, 2008 Plymouth – Lowell James Cox, 87, of 6689 Old US 31, died at 8:33 P.M. Tuesday January 8, 2008 at his residence of natural causes.Lowell was born January 18, 1920 in Plymouth to Edgar J. and Lura G. Snyder Cox. He graduated from LaPaz high school with the class of 1938.On November 3,...
Gordon E. “Bud” Parker
Jan 7, 2008
Gordon E. “Bud” Parker, 95, died at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, January 7, 2008, in Miller’s Merry Manor, Columbia City, IN. He had been a Plymouth resident since 1950, coming from Downers Grove, Illinois and establishing his home on the Plymouth-Goshen Trail until 1993. He moved to River Park for the next seven years and then Miller’s Merry Manor, Plymouth,...
Audrey V. Lee
Dec 30, 2007
Audrey V. Lee, 75, was received into the arms of her Savior, at 10:10 p.m. on Sunday, December 30, 2007. She passed into eternal life as she had wished, at home in the company of her loving family.Audrey was born in Baskin, Louisiana, on July 12, 1932, the daughter of Athel C. and Mammie Burch Houston.On March 12, 1949, in...
Crystal A. Lauletta
Dec 30, 2007
Crystal A. Lauletta, 39, a South Bend resident for the past ten years, formerly of Plymouth, died on Sunday, December 30, 2007, at her residence from natural causes.She was born in Chicago, Illinois on November 27, 1968, the daughter of Thomas Lee and Odean G. Gordon Lauletta. Crystal was a graduate of Plymouth High School.A homemaker, she enjoyed scrap-booking and...
Ruth Mae Mcnear
Dec 29, 2007
Ruth Mae McNear died of natural causes at 10:06 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 29, 2007, at her residence, 908 W. Washington, Plymouth, Ind. Ruth was 80-years-old.Born in Wabash County, Ind., on August 27, 1927, Ruth was the daughter of Emerson and Marjorie Wheatley McColley.She graduated from Akron High School with the class of 1945.On Nov. 5, 1949, she and Max...
Agnes R. Shei
Dec 26, 2007
Agnes R. Shei, 79, formerly of Culver, residing for the past four years at Miller’s Merry Manor, Plymouth, died there at 6:43 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2007.Born in LaCrosse, Ind., on August 31, 1928, Agnes was the daughter of Carl S. and Katherine L. (Howell) Bigler.She graduated from Hamlet High School with the class of 1946 and earned her...
Evelyn G. Burroughs
Dec 26, 2007
Evelyn G. Burroughs, 98, a lifelong resident of Marshall County, residing on W. Walnut St., Argos, Ind., died in the Culver Miller’s Merry Manor, at 5:25 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2007. Evelyn had been in failing health since October of this year.Born in Argos, Ind., on Aug. 8, 1909, Evelyn was the daughter of Willis Wright and Anna (Forsythe)...
