Obituaries
Plymouth, Indiana and Marshall County , IN Obituaries
Local obituaries for Plymouth, Indiana and Marshall County
Marie R. Summers
May 20, 2006
Marie R. Summers, 86 of Walkerton and a lifetime Marshall County resident, died peacefully of natural causes at 1:53 p.m. at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth Campus.Marie was born on September 12, 1919 to Oran and Estella Pippenger Ruff in her parent’s home in Plymouth, IndianaShe graduated with the class of 1937 as the class valedictorian from West High...
Jack D. Ross
May 19, 2006
Jack D. Ross, 56 died following a tragic illness early Friday morning, May 19, 2006.Jack was born on March 3, 1950 to Wayne and Lucille (Burkholder) Ross. He was raised on a farm near Walkerton, Indiana and graduated from John Glenn High School in 1968. He then attended Tri-State University.He married Jana Smith in Breckenridge, Colorado in 1974. He worked...
Susan I. Knepper
May 15, 2006
Susan I. Knepper of Meadow Lane, Plymouth, died, following an extended illness, at 2:50 a.m. on Monday, May 15, 2006, in the Hospice House of St. Joseph County.She was 60 years old.Susan was born in South Bend, Indiana, on April 9, 1946. She was the daughter of Welcome and Carol Thornton Strang.She attended West High School in Plymouth and graduated...
Fern Tressa Kilian
May 14, 2006
Fern Tressa (Landis) Kilian, 88, passed into the presence of her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Sunday, May 14th at the Bremen Health Care Center. She was born April 23, 1918 in Detroit, Michigan to Alta (Tavernier) and Edgar Landis, the second child and oldest of the remaining seven children.On October 14, 1937 she married Richard C. Kilian and...
Ernest “Hank” Perkins, Sr.
May 10, 2006
Ernest “Hank” Perkins, Sr., 69, a Marshall County resident for the past 40 years, died of natural causes at 12:07 p.m. on Wednesday, May 10, 2006, in the Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth.Born in Wolf County, Kentucky, on May 29, 1936, he was the son of Henry and Lucinda Oditt Perkins. He attended schools in Kentucky.Hank served his country...
Elizabeth B. Feece
May 10, 2006
A lifetime Plymouth area resident, Elizabeth B. (Betty) Feece, 88, died at 9:45 a.m. on Wednesday, May 10, 2006, in Miller’s Merry Manor, Plymouth. The family wishes to acknowledge the loving care provide by the nursing staff of the Terrace Wing.Born in Royal Center, Indiana, on March 2, 1918, she was the daughter of Fred A. and Florence E. Mullendore...
Patsy Lu Fretz
May 5, 2006
Patsy Lu “Patty” Fretz, 67, a lifetime area resident, living at 308 E. Plum St., in Argos, Indiana, died of natural causes at 6:22 a.m. on Friday, May 5, 2006, in Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth.Patty was born in Argos on August 30, 1938. She was the daughter of Robert E. and Flossie I. Yeazel Denney. She graduated from...
Nellie A. (Hartman) Siekmann
May 1, 2006
Nellie A. Hartman Siekmann, a resident of Edwardsburg, Michigan, since 1971, died of natural causes at 5:15 a.m. on Monday, May 1, 2006, in Buchanan Meadows, Buchanan, Michigan.She was 92 years old.Born in Berne, Indiana, on March 13, 1914, Nellie was the daughter of Edward F. and Olive O. Teeter Elliott. She attended Argos schools.On October 12th 1932, Nellie and...
Marvin E. Warner
May 1, 2006
Marvin E. Warner, 68, a Plymouth area resident most of his life, died at 9:10 a.m. on Monday, May 1, 2006, in the Pilgrim Manor Care Center, Plymouth.Marvin was born on August 3, 1937 in Peru, Indiana, the son of Irvin W. and Opal L. Vice Warner. He attended Plymouth schools.He had worked at Pilgrim Farms for many years. An...
Carol T. Strang
Apr 29, 2006
Carol T. Strang, a resident of Pilgrim Manor, 22 Parkview Ave., Plymouth, died of natural causes at 4:20 p.m on Saturday, April 29, 2006. She was 94 years old.Carol was born in a house on the St. Joseph-Marshall County line in Lakeville, Indiana, the daughter of Walter and Pansy Rowe Thornton on July 13, 1911.She attended County Line School through...
Mary Elizabeth “Betty” Jackson
Apr 29, 2006
Mary Elizabeth (Betty) Jackson died at 2:15 a.m. on Saturday, April 29, 2006, in Miller’s Merry Manor, Plymouth, where she had lived for the past five years.She would have been 103-years-old on July 7th.Betty said in an interview three years ago that she had “enjoyed her life, with her family and her God as the cornerstone.”An active full-time elementary school...
Mildred Ellen Young
Apr 21, 2006
Mildred Ellen Young, 79, a lifetime area resident living on Baker St., Plymouth, died of natural causes at 11:57 a.m. on Friday, April 21, 2006, in Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth.Mildred was born in Marshall County on August 5, 1926. She was the daughter of Floyd R. and Sarah Burden Roberts.She graduated from Plymouth High School with the class...
Buddy Lee Seese
Apr 21, 2006
Buddy Lee Seese, 65, a Plymouth resident for 42 years, formerly living in Culver for 19 years, died of natural causes in St. Joe Regional Medical Center Plymouth, Indiana, at 6:45 pm on Friday, April 21, 2006.The son of Clarence (Bud) Seese and Violet Bickel Seese, Buddy graduated from Culver High School with the class of 1959.On June 4, 1960,...
Jerry D. Greenlee
Apr 21, 2006
Lifetime Plymouth resident Jerry D. Greenlee, 73, has died following an illness. Jerry who was a former Marshall Co. sheriff, businessman and public servant, passed away on Friday, April 21, 2006 at 3:45 p.m.Jerry died of a cancer related illness in his home, 241 Juniper Lane, Plymouth. His devoted family, along with many comforting friends and Hospice volunteers have provided...
Ralph L. Ward
Apr 17, 2006
Ralph L. Ward, 69, died of natural causes at 5:40 p.m. on Monday, April 17, 2006, in Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth. Residing on W. 14B. Road, Ralph was a resident of Marshall County most of his life.The son of Charles l. and Bessie Biggs Ward, Ralph was born on April 6, 1037 in Mishawaka, Indiana. He attended Mishawaka...
Donald L. Swihart
Apr 13, 2006
Donald L. “Don” Swihart, 81, died in Pilgrim Manor, after an extended illness, at 11:30 A.M. Thursday, April 13, 2006. Don, a resident of 2108 Meadow Lane had lived in the LaPaz area since 1968.Born in Rochester, Indiana on August 14, 1924, he is the son of Sumner F. and Clara A. Ackles Swihart. He attended Marshall County schools.On March...
Adine Peregrine
Apr 11, 2006
Adine Peregrine, a lifetime Marshall County resident, died at her home, 4291 N. Michigan St., Plymouth, at 6:45 p.m. on Tuesday, April 11, 2006.She was 97-years-old.Born in Plymouth on April 3, 1909, Adine was the daughter of John R. and Rosa Anders Snyder.She went to Plymouth schools until the 10th grade.Adine and Wallace F. Peregrine were married in Plymouth on...
Raymond E. Uhlig, Sr.
Apr 10, 2006
Raymond E. Uhlig, Sr., 76, died peacefully at 7:05 am in his home, 14465 Crest Lane, under the care of Hospice, on Monday, April 10, 2006.Born in Peru, Indiana, Raymond was the son of Paul and Carrie Berger Uhlig.He graduated from Peru High School.Raymond moved to Plymouth in 1951On November 19, 1976, Raymond and Juanita Yoder were married in Plymouth.Raymond...
Arvada P. Goodyear
Apr 9, 2006
Arvada P. Goodyear, a resident of the Orchard Wing of Miller’s Merry Manor, 635 Oakhill Avenue, Plymouth, for the past five years, died, after an extended illness with Parkinson’s disease, at 5:35 a.m. on Sunday, April 9, 2006.Arvada would have been 91 on her next birthday.A resident of Marshall County for most of her life, Arvada was born in Plymouth,...
Leona Hammel
Apr 8, 2006
Leona Hammel, 400 W. Washington St. died of natural causes in Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth, at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 8, 2006, just 16 days before her 85th birthday.Leona was born in North Dakota on April 24, 1921. She was the daughter of Irvin and Ethel Patton Bottorff. She went to school in Plymouth.She was married to...
