Obituaries
Plymouth, Indiana and Marshall County , IN Obituaries
Local obituaries for Plymouth, Indiana and Marshall County
Richard A. Bibler
Oct 31, 2006
Richard A. Bibler 79, died October 30, 2006 at Jordan’s Nursing home, Bridgman, Michigan.Richard was a former Plymouth, IN; South Bend, IN and Milford, IN resident.He is survived by his wife, Beverly; daughter Kim Wilkins; son Randy (Madge) Bibler all of Berrien Springs, MI and son Scott (Jill) Bibler of Kouts, IN. Richard is also survived by 6 grandchildren, Nathan...
H. Byron Landholt
Oct 29, 2006
H. Byron Landholt, died of natural causes on October 29, 2006, in Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth. He was 88-years old.A loving husband and father, Byron was a life-long music lover. He sang as a soloist in college and performed in several churches.Highly respected, Byron was the Executive Director of hospitals in Illinois, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Michigan and New York.Born...
Darrel C. Harmon
Oct 28, 2006
Darrel C. Harmon, 85, 600 W. Oakhill Avenue, Plymouth, died of natural causes at Miller’s Merry Manor, Plymouth, on Saturday, October 28, 2006.Darrel was born in Rensselaer, Indiana, on August 20, 1921, the son of Curtis and Lucy Alberts Harmon. He had lived in Plymouth since 1953.He graduated from Remington High School and served over three years in the Army...
Geneva “Ginny” Caudill
Oct 26, 2006
Geneva “Ginny” Caudill, 9770 Pine Road, Plymouth, died of natural causes in Memorial Hospital, South Bend at 4:20 a.m. on Thursday, October 26, 2006. Ginny was just over a month shy of her 82nd birthday, having been born on November 30, 1924.She was married to William Caudill, Jr., in Dayton, Ohio, on January 20, 1942. William died on February 28,...
Albert “Al” Kuchel
Oct 24, 2006
Albert “Al” Kuchel, 81, a Plymouth area resident most of his life, died in Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth, following a one week illness, at 5:42 a.m. on Tuesday, October 24, 2006.Born in Marinette, Wisconsin, on November 26, 1924, he was the son of Peter and Johanna Mueller Kuchel. He attended Grovertown schools.A United States Marine, Al served in...
Wayne Ringer
Oct 21, 2006
Wayne Ringer, 70, 18702 West 4B Road, Walkerton, Indiana, died of natural causes in Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, South Bend, at 2:02 p.m. on Saturday, October 21, 2006.Faith and family were the two most important things in Wayne’s life.A graduate of Argos High School with the class of 1953, Wayne was the son of Roy and Ruth Bowdy Ringer....
Ruth L. Johnston
Oct 20, 2006
Ruth L. Johnston, 87, of 805 Baker Street, Lot 82, died of natural causes at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, October 20, 2006.She was known as a loving and kind Christian person and was always a devoted caregiver to those who were in need of help.Born on October 15, 1919, in North Liberty, Indiana, she was the daughter of Lawrence D....
Wilma Rosetta Walters
Oct 17, 2006
Wilma Rosetta Walters, 658 Windmill Drive, Plymouth, died at 8:45 a.m. on Tuesday, October 17, 2006, in the Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth. Wilma was 70 years old.Born in Elkhart, Indiana, on May 24, 1936, she was the daughter of Harry S. “Bert” and Mabel Marie “Peggy Uhl Kemble. She graduated from High school and attended Harper Community College...
Marjorie M. Morcombe
Oct 16, 2006
Marjorie M. Morcombe, a resident of Miller’s Merry Manor since July of 2004, died there of natural causes at 1:15 a.m. on Monday, October 16, 2006.Called “Mrs. Republican,” by her friends, Marjorie, a strikingly beautiful woman, intelligent and witty, was 98-years-old.Standing 5 feet 8, with blonde hair and blue eyes, Marjorie carried herself as the model she once was.Born in...
Richard D. Cox
Oct 9, 2006
Richard Dale Cox, 77, a lifetime resident of Marshall County, living at 10701 Iris Road and a former resident of Lawrence Lake, died at 4:38 p.m. on Monday, October 9, 2006, in Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth, from complications following surgery.The son of Elmer and Ilo Stone Cox, Richard was born at home in Plymouth on August 29, 1929....
Sr. Claretta Blattner, P.H.J.C.
Oct 9, 2006
Sr. Claretta Blattner, 88, died at 9:30 a.m. on Monday, October 9, 2006, in Catherine Kasper Life Center, Donaldson, IN.She was born in Topeka, Kansas, on January 9, 1918, the daughter of Joseph and Theophilia Meier Blattner.Sr. Claretta was a dedicated teacher and principal for many years.She is survived by a sister-in-law, Bernadine Blattner, a brother-in-law, Henry Fetta, two nieces:...
Elson “Babe” Hindman
Oct 8, 2006
Elson “Babe” Hindman, 86, of 6700 N. Oak Road, Plymouth, died at Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center of natural causes at 12:40 a.m. on Sunday, October 8, 2006.Born in Bremen, Indiana, on May 25, 1920, “Babe” was the son of Floyd and Molly Brockman Hindman. He attended LaPaz School.An Army veteran, he served in World War II in the African...
Dustin Lee Ronk
Oct 6, 2006
Dustin Lee Ronk, 10, 12856 Queen Road, Plymouth, died at 9:52 p.m. on Friday, October 6, 2006, at Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth, as a result of an A.T.V. accident.The beloved son of Rodney L. and Catherine Jean Baker Ronk, Dustin was born in Plymouth on August 20, 1996. In the fourth grade at Menominee School, he was a...
Gerald Maze
Sep 22, 2006
Gerald W. Maze, 60 of Fruitland Park, Florida, formally of Koontz Lake, Indiana, passed away at 8:20 am, Friday, September 22, 2006 in Leesburg Memorial Hospital, Leesburg, Florida, after extended illness.He was retired from Northern Telcom, as engineering technician, with 25 years of service, also a Vietnam Veteran in the U.S. army.He was born July 22, 1946 in Plymouth, Indiana....
Lois Jean Weidner
Sep 19, 2006
Lois Jean Weidner, 75, of 722 E. LaPorte St., Plymouth, died at 10:12 a.m. on Tuesday, September 19, 2006, in the Saint Joseph Medical Center, Plymouth following a cancer related illness.Lois was born the daughter of Cecil J. and Esther E. (Cool) Umbaugh in Argos, Indiana on September 25, 1930. From the time she was born, she always wore a...
Dennis C. Shock
Sep 4, 2006
A family grieves at the unexplainable loss of a son, brother, father and lifetime Plymouth resident; Dennis C. “Denny” Shock who’s life ended unexpectedly at the age of 50.Denny died at 5:20 a.m. Monday September 4, 2006 in the Ft. Wayne Burn Unit of St. Joseph Medical Center.He was born in Plymouth on January 15, 1956, the son of Elvin...
James H. Whiteman
Sep 2, 2006
James H. Whiteman, 71, of 14607 W. 4B Road, Plymouth died at 4:02 p.m. Saturday, September 2nd in the St. Joseph Regional Medical Center – Plymouth Campus. Jim had experienced failing health in recent years.Jim was born on October 16, 1934 in Logansport, Indiana, the son of Charles L. Whiteman and Evelyn Barr Whiteman Silvers. He has resided in Marshall...
Fawn Joseph Fritz
Aug 31, 2006
Fawn Joseph Fritz, 85, died at 7:15 p.m. on Thursday, August 31, 2006, in Memorial Hospital, South Bend, from complications of a sudden stroke on Tuesday, August 15th. He had been a South Bend resident for over 50 years, having moved there from Plymouth.The son of William Charles and Mary Etta Gilvin Fritz, Fawn was born at home in Plymouth...
Edietha May Groves
Aug 30, 2006
Edietha May Groves, 83, a former Plymouth, Indiana resident, died Wednesday, August 30, 2006 in Laurel Ridge Healthcare, Clovis, New Mexico.Edietha was born April 1, 1923 in Concordia, Kansas to Graydon and Mable Kinnon Norris.On October 21, 1945, Edietha and M.H. McKinney, Jr. were married in Modesto, California. M.H. preceded her in death in January, 1973. She then married Robert...
Leticia C. Kersey
Aug 28, 2006
Leticia C. “Letty” Kersey, 61, of Skylane Drive, Plymouth, IN, died at 2:50 a.m. Monday, August 28, 2006 in Regency Place of South Bend.Letty was born on November 6, 1944 in the Phillipines, where she had attended Cosmotology school. On September 9, 1989, Letty and Dale E. Kersey, Jr., were married in Culver, IN.From 1987 to 1989, Letty had worked...
