Obituaries
Plymouth, Indiana and Marshall County , IN Obituaries
Local obituaries for Plymouth, Indiana and Marshall County
Eugene O. Thornburg
Sep 7, 2004
Eugene O. “Gene” Thornburg, 75, of 11819 Queen Road, a Plymouth area resident most of his life, died unexpectedly of natural causes, in Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth, at 2:36 p.m. on Tuesday, September 7, 2004.Gene was born in Walkerton, Ind., on August 2, 1929, the son of Homer O. and Ethel Hilterbrand Thornburg. He graduated from West High...
Deborah L. Johnson
Sep 6, 2004
Deborah L. “Debbie” Johnson, of 209 Maryland St., North Judson, Ind., died at 2:18 am on Monday, September 6, 2004. Debbie, 48, died at her residence under the loving care of her family and hospice.Born on April 28, 1956 in Knox, Ind., Debbie was the daughter of Bill Miller, Sr. and Lounette Clark Back.After receiving her G.E.D., she received an...
Chelse B. Slemp
Aug 20, 2004
Chelse B. Slemp, 75, died in Miller’s Merry Manor, Plymouth at 6:05 a.m. on Friday, August 20, 2004, following complications from a series of strokes. Formerly of South Bend, he had been a longtime resident of 20655 W. 9th Road, Plymouth.Born on August 14, 1929 in Jonesville, Virginia; he was the son Echol J. and Ora Mae Crumley Slemp. He...
Robert William Relos
Aug 8, 2004
Robert William Relos, 46, 11066 Forest Drive, Plymouth, died on August 8, 2004, at his mother’s residence on McLiver St., following a long and courageous battle with cancer.He will be very much missed. His family was his life and he loved and was loved by them all.Born on September 20, 1957, in South Bend, Ind., Bob was the son of...
Patricia A. Scarberry
Aug 8, 2004
Patricia A. “Pat” Scarberry, 72, died, following a prolonged illness, at her home, 233 E. Lake Ave., Plymouth, at 12:20 a.m. on Sunday, August 8, 2004. Pat had lived in Plymouth for 49 years, moving here in 1955, from Ashland, Ohio.The daughter of Carl and Catherine Morgan Chambers, Pat was born in Urbana, Ohio, on December 10, 1931. she attended...
Sergeant Patrick W. Strickland
Aug 6, 2004
TAPSThanks and praise. For our days,‘Neath the sun. Neath the stars.‘ Neath the sky.As we go, This we know.God is nigh.Sergeant Patrick “Pat” Wayne Strickland, 19008 6B Road, Plymouth, died at 8:10 p.m. on Friday, August 6, 2004, in Parkview Hospital, Fort Wayne, Ind., as a result of an automobile accident. Pat was 26 years old.Born the son of Bo...
Richard “Dick” Wenino
Jul 30, 2004
Lifetime Plymouth resident, Richard C. “Dick” Wenino, 77, 1105 N. Michigan St., Plymouth, died in Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth, at 12:15 a.m. on Friday, July 30, 2004.A 1946 graduate of Plymouth High School, Dick was born in Chicago, Ill., on February 4, 1927. He was the son of Harry E. and Marie Elizabeth Dehner Wenino.During World War II,...
Leo R. Houin
Jul 28, 2004
Leo R. Houin, 80, died at 7:03 a.m. on Wednesday, July 28, 2004, following several years of a courageous battle against cancer. Leo died in Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth. He had lived at 11386 Sunnylane Drive since 1991, in the Forest Hills subdivision that he developed.Born on his family’s Plymouth homestead on June 9, 1924, Leo was the...
Willard E. Hand
Jul 25, 2004
A Marshall County resident all of his life, Willard E. “Bill” Hand, 86, died, at his residence, 12333 S.R. 17, Plymouth, Ind., following an illness, at 7:10 a.m., on Sunday, July 25, 2004.Born in Bourbon, Ind., on October 14, 1917, Bill was the son of William E. and Mary E. Hand-Shumaker. He attended Bremen schools.On the 27th of October, 1935,...
Marjorie Ann Weeks
Jul 24, 2004
Marj Weeks, 82, formerly of Plymouth, Indiana, passed away Saturday July 24, 2004 at Midland House 3940 E. 56th St. Indianapolis, Indiana 46220. Born Jane Dryden Maloney on February 6, 1922, in Detroit, Michigan, to Louise (Dryden) Bixby and Arthur (Don) Maloney of South Bend, Marj graduated from Riley High School in South Bend in 1940. She attended Kalamazoo College...
Patricia Sue (Jung) Cook
Jul 24, 2004
Patricia “Pat” (Jung) Cook, 1011 N. Center Street, Plymouth, died in Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth, following an extended illness, at 8:15 a.m., on Saturday, July 24, 2004. She was 69 years old and had lived most of her life in Marshall County.Pat was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on February 1, 1935. She was the daughter of H.E.G....
Harvey Gaines, Jr.
Jul 22, 2004
Harvey Gaines, Jr., a lifetime Plymouth area resident died at 11:15 a.m. Thursday, July 22, 2004, in the Plymouth Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, where he had been a patient for one week.The son of Harvey and Elizabeth E. Watkins Gaines, Sr., Harvey was born on May 22, 1932, in Plymouth. He attended Plymouth schools.Harvey was a tree trimmer, known to...
Marilyn Anne “Sis” Klein
Jul 22, 2004
Marilyn Anne “Sis” Klein, 69, a Plymouth area resident most of her life, passed away Thursday, July 22, 2004, in the Catherine Kasper Life Center, Donaldson.Born on April 11, 1935, in South Bend, Ind., Marilyn was born the daughter of Jerry H. and Mary Early Auer. She was a graduate of Lakeville High School and continued her education as an...
Charles H. Dennison
Jul 10, 2004
Charles H. “Chuck” Dennison, of 2662 Michigan Road, Plymouth, died at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, July 10, 2004 in his home, after a courageous battle with cancer.Chuck was born in Westin, West Virginia, on January 18, 1929, the son of Herbert and Grace Westfall Dennison.He served seventeen years in the military, three years in the U.S. Marine Corps and fourteen years...
Almeda B. Sherwood
Jul 2, 2004
Almeda Bernice Sherwood, 89, a former resident of Bremen, Wakarusa, South Bend and Plymouth from 1945 to 1996, moving to Clarksville, Ind., in 1996, died on Friday, July 2, 2004, in the Wedgewood Health Care Center, Clarksville, Ind.Born in Bremen, Ind., on January 29, 1915, Almeda was the daughter of Dorsey Dee and C. Estella Mae Hodges Whiteman. She graduated...
Alice Books
Jul 1, 2004
Alice Books, 65, 18549 W. 6B Road, Plymouth, died of natural causes at 3:50 a.m. on Thursday, July 1, 2004, in St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth.Born in LaPorte County on January 28, 1939, Alice was the third child born to Howard Glen and Viola Eva Nelson Ramsby.She was first married to John G. Nieubuurt of Walkerton, Ind. Seven children...
Ethel B. Sanders
Jun 27, 2004
Former Marshall County resident Ethel B. Sanders, 85, died Sunday, June 27, 2004, at Greenwood Village South, Greenwood, Indiana.Ethel was born the daughter of Chester W. and Flossie Davenport Sanders on October 9, 1918 in Marshall County.She had worked at the State Exchange Bank in Culver for many years.Ethel is survived by two sisters: Lucile V. Sanders and Florence E....
Helen A. Watters
Jun 24, 2004
Helen A. Watters, 81, a resident of the Plymouth area since 1947, died on Thursday, June 24, 2004, at 10:23 a.m., in the Pilgrim Manor Nursing Home, 222 Parkview St., Plymouth.Helen was born on December 29, 1922, in Buchanan, Mich. She was the daughter of William and Hazel I. Blanchard Hibnar. She graduated in 1940, from Niles High School, Niles,...
Robert D. “Bob” Kaiser
Jun 21, 2004
Robert D. “Bob” Kaiser, 76, of West 1st Rd., Walkerton, Ind., died after a long and courageous battle with cancer at 3:30 p.m. on Monday, June 21, 2004, in Memorial Hospital, South Bend.Born in LaPaz, Ind., on April 26, 1928, Bob was the son of Walter L. and Lillian A. Divine Kaiser. He graduated from Tyner High School with the...
Belva L. Large
Jun 12, 2004
Belva L. Large, 92, a resident of Bremen Manor for the past five years, died at 3:45 p.m. on Saturday, June 12, 2004 in Memorial Hospital, South Bend. She had been a resident of Leesburg, Florida for many years before moving to Bremen.Born on March 1, 1912, in Rochester, Ind., Belva was the daughter of Lewis H. and Readah Baldwin...
