Obituaries
Plymouth, Indiana and Marshall County , IN Obituaries
Local obituaries for Plymouth, Indiana and Marshall County
Lorraine Balka
Nov 15, 2005
Lorraine Jackson Balka, 90, a longtime resident of 6699 N. Michigan Road, died of natural causes at 11:50 p.m. Tuesday, November 15, 2005 in the Miller’s Merry Manor, Plymouth.Born in Morocco, Indiana on March 9, 1915, she is the daughter of Miles I. and Fannie E. (Don) Jackson. Lorraine received her education in South Bend graduating with the Central High...
Sister Maureen Freihage, P.H.J.C.
Nov 11, 2005
Sister Maureen Freihage, P.H.J.C., 99, of Union Road, Donaldson died Friday, November, 11, 2005 at 7:50 pm at the Catherine Kasper Home.Sister Maureen was born on September 3, 1906 in Chicago, Illinois to Peter and Angeline Freihage. She attended schools in Chicago, Illinois.Sister entered the convent on June 25, 1940 and professed her first vows on June 25, 1942.Sister Maureen...
Olga Catherine Wagner
Nov 9, 2005
Olga Catherine Wagner, 82, affectionately known as “Oggie,” died of natural causes at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Judy & J.R. Burger, 18120 10B Road, Plymouth. at 11:35 a.m. on Wednesday, November 9, 2005. Olga had lived with the Burgers for the past two years. A lifetime Fort Wayne resident, she was 82 years old.Born in Fort Wayne...
Bertha P. Wilhelm
Nov 5, 2005
Lifetime Argos resident, Bertha P. Wilhelm 85, died in Miller’s Merry Manor, Culver, on Saturday, November 5, 2005, at 12:58 p.m. She had formerly lived at 218 Yearick St. in Argos, Indiana.Bertha was born in Argos on May 3, 1920. She was the daughter of Omer Emerson and Cordia Mary Flagg.She graduated from Argos High School with the class of...
Joanna K. Hillman
Nov 4, 2005
Joanna Hillman has come home.The Plymouth-born native who had fought inoperable cancer of the breast and lungs courageously for over 2 ½ years, died at the home of her daughter, Jana, in Fort Wayne, Indiana, at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, November 4, 2005.Joanna, a woman of courage and conviction, would have been 77-years-old in a few weeks. She had lived...
Julia A. Johnson
Nov 4, 2005
Julia A. Johnson, 84, a lifetime Marshall County resident, living at 501 Pennsylvania Ave., Plymouth, for the past ten years, died of natural causes at 11:02 p.m. on Friday, November 4, 2005, in Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth.Julia was a homemaker a loving wife and proud mother, first and foremost. Family meant so much in her life.She was born...
Peter “Pete” John Roberts
Nov 4, 2005
Peter “Pete” John Roberts, 90, an American citizen since 1931, coming from North Wales, Great Britain, and living in Plymouth for a number of years, died at 12:45 p.m. on Thursday, November 3, 2005, in Miller’s Merry Manor, Plymouth.Pete was born on June 18, 1915, in Blaneau Ffestiniog, North Wales, Great Britian. He was the son of Robert John and...
Ryan Leigh Woodward
Oct 31, 2005
Ryan Leigh “Woody” Woodward, died at his Nappanee residence, at 3:26 a.m. on Monday, October 31, 2005. Complications from long-term asthma led to his death. He has endured much in his life of 24 years.Ryan never let anyone down. He was always considerate of others. He loved people, so much so that he wanted to help others even beyond his...
Norma Jean Clyde
Oct 28, 2005
Norma Jean Clyde, 75, a lifetime Plymouth resident, died at 11:58 a.m. on Friday, October, 28, 2005, in the Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth. Norma died following a lengthy illness. She had lived at 11223 Hawthorn Road in Plymouth.Born in Plymouth on January 20, 1930, she was the daughter of Roscoe and Florence Copp White. She graduated from Plymouth...
Victoria L. Williams
Oct 18, 2005
Victoria L. Williams, 86, of 11730 4 A Road, Plymouth, died from a stroke related illness, at 1:15 p.m. on Tuesday, October 18, 2005, in Pilgrim Manor Nursing Home, Plymouth, Ind.Victoria, a wonderful mother, wife and homemaker, was born on February 19, 1919, in Paintsville, Ky. The daughter of Smith and Chloe Reed Picklesimer, she received her education in Paintsville.On...
Lura A. Walker
Oct 15, 2005
Lura M. Walker, 88, a Plymouth resident most of her life, died at 5:10 p.m. on Saturday, October 15, 2005 in Pilgrim Manor Nursing Center, Plymouth, following an illness.The daughter of Ernest O. and Mary Margaret Seider Holm, Lura was born on February 14, 1917 in Plymouth. She was a 1935 graduate of Plymouth High School.On September 21, 1952, in...
Helen I. Hapner
Oct 14, 2005
Helen I. Hapner, 87, a resident of Culver’s Miller’s Merry Manor for the past five years, died at 5 a.m. on Friday, October 14, 2005. Helen had been in failing health for the past several years. She had formerly lived at River Park in Plymouth. Prior to moving there, she lived 46 years in Dunlap, Ind.A devoted and very dedicated...
Paul J. “Butch” Pranger, Sr.
Oct 11, 2005
Paul J. (Butch) Pranger, Sr., 85 of 10175 Upas Road died at 12:56 pm on Tuesday October 11, 2005 in his residence surrounded by his loving family.Butch was born in Phoenix, Illinois on August 15, 1920 to Alexander and Emma Bultmann Pranger.He was a long time truck driver and retired in 1985 from the Indiana State Highway Dept.Butch was and...
Violet I. “Rusty” Mentel
Oct 9, 2005
Violet I. “Rusty” Mentel, 83, of 805 Baker St., Plymouth, died from complications from surgery in Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Ill., at 12:30 p.m. on Sunday, October 9, 2005.Rusty was known throughout Marshall County as an Avon Lady. Devoted to physical fitness, up until her death, she exercised three days a week at the Holm Fitness Forum. Born in...
Mary Catherine Splix
Oct 8, 2005
Mary Catherine Splix, 92, a lifetime Plymouth resident, formerly living in Garden Court East, died of natural causes in Miller’s Merry Manor, Plymouth, at 7:50 p.m. on Saturday, October 8, 2005.Mary was born the daughter of Andrew C. and Mary C. (Zehner) Richard on March 6, 1913, in Plymouth, Ind.She attended Linkville School and Plymouth High School.On June 16, 1930,...
Richard C. Hyatt
Oct 8, 2005
Richard C. Hyatt, 82, of 7429 Union Road, Plymouth, died of natural causes on Saturday, October 8, 2005, at 8:15 a.m. in Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth. Born in South Bend on July 21, 1923, Richard was the son of Everette L. and Inez Slocum Hyatt. He had lived in Plymouth for the past 50 years. Prior to that,...
Sylvia I. Louderback
Oct 7, 2005
Sylvia I. Louderback, 91, a Tyner resident for many years before moving to Plymouth twenty years ago, died, following an illness, in Miller’s Merry Manor, Plymouth, at 11:50 a.m. on Friday, October 7, 2005. She had previously lived at 17675 10B Road in Plymouth.Sylvia was born in North Liberty, Ind., on February 2, 1914. She was the daughter of Perry...
Margaret M. Leeper
Oct 6, 2005
Margaret M. Leeper, 88, a lifetime Marshall County resident, living at the same address for the past 53 years, died unexpectedly of natural causes, in her home, 14699 Hickory Rd., Argos, at 6 a.m. on Thursday, October 6, 2005.She was born in Burr Oak, Ind., on September 5, 1917, the daughter of Fredric N. and Dora Hissong Neidlinger. She graduated...
Peter Eugene Pesch
Oct 5, 2005
Lifetime Plymouth resident, Peter Eugene “Gene” Pesch, 79, died at his residence, 304 Baker St., at 5:45 a.m. on Wednesday, October 5, 2005. Gene had been ill for some time; he died in the loving care of his family and the Marshall County Hospice.Born April 21, 1926, in Chicago, Ill., Gene was the son of Peter Eugene and Elizabeth Buckberg...
Clara L. Ellis
Oct 4, 2005
Clara L. Ellis, 88, a former Plymouth area resident, died Tuesday morning, October 4, 2005, in the home of her son and daughter-in-law, Gary and Dianna Ellis, San Antonio, Texas. Clara had been under the loving care of her family and hospice.Born on February 2, 1917, in Marshall County, Clara was the daughter of William and Eunice Newhouse Thompson. She...
