Obituaries
Plymouth, Indiana and Marshall County , IN Obituaries
Local obituaries for Plymouth, Indiana and Marshall County
Dorothy L. Hoover
Oct 22, 2003
Dorothy Louise Hoover, 77, died of natural causes at her home, 14830 4th Road, Plymouth, at 10:49 p.m., on Wednesday, October 22, 2003.Born in Mishawaka, Ind., on October 10, 1926, Dorothy was the daughter of Wilber Lee and Hertha Hemming Saltzgaber. She graduated from John Adams High School, South Bend, with the class of 1944 and attended Indiana University/South Bend...
Tennie Sue Jones
Oct 21, 2003
Tennie Sue Jones, 62, a Plymouth resident most of her life, living at 611 E. LaPorte St., died in Starke Memorial Hospital, Knox, Ind., on Tuesday morning, October 21, 2003, at 7:30 a.m.Tennie was born in Plymouth, the daughter of Roger T. and Esther A. Kinney Houghton, on January 8, 1941. She attended Plymouth schools.On August 13, 1960, in Plymouth,...
Judith E. Spaulding
Oct 14, 2003
Judith E. Spaulding, of 501 Pennsylvania Ave., Plymouth, died at 1:30 a.m. in Miller’s Merry Manor, Plymouth, on Tuesday, October 14, 2003. Judith had fought a long and courageous battle with cancer and died at the age of 67.Born in Buffalo, Illinois, on November 12, 1935, Judith was the daughter of Herbert and Rachel Bell Fields. She attended Illinois schools.On...
Orval Wagoner
Oct 12, 2003
Orval C. Wagoner, 83, of 11777 Lincolnway East, Plymouth, died in the Ironwood Health and Rehabilitation Center, South Bend, at 6:20 a.m. on Sunday morning, October 12, 2003.Orval, a Plymouth resident since 1926, was born on April 13, 1920, in Irricana Alberta, Canada, to Irvin David and Elsie May Milburn Wagoner. He was first married to Virginia L. Pelkey, in...
Kenneth “Kenny” Bowman
Oct 11, 2003
Kenneth “Kenny” Bert Bowman, 77, of 7349 N. Michigan Road, died in Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth, at 2:15 a.m. on Saturday, October 11, 2003.Kenny was born and lived all of his life in Plymouth. The son of Bert Abram and Cecilia M. Huffman Bowman, he was born at home on July 30, 1926. He attended LaPaz School.He entered...
Max E. Ottow
Oct 10, 2003
Max E. Ottow, 87, 7879 Johnson St., Donaldson, Ind., died of natural causes in Pilgrim Manor, Plymouth, at 8:50 a.m. on Friday, October 10, 2003.Born in Knox, Ind., on July 26, 1916, Max was the son of Max C. and Maude A. Hapner Ottow. Max served on the U.S.S. Sarah Seas in the United States Navy during W.W. II.On April...
Stanley J. Jay
Oct 8, 2003
Stanley J. Jay, 92, a former resident of Chicago, died at 5:25 a.m. Wed. October 8, 2003 in St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth. Stan has resided in Plymouth the past 8 years and most recently at the Miller’s Merry Manor.Born the son of Polish immagrants on March 13, 1911 in Chicago, he is the son of Adam Jablonski and...
David T. Fetherolf, Jr.
Oct 8, 2003
David T. “Dave” Fetherolf, Jr., 87, died at 3:17 a.m. on Wednesday morning, October 8, 2003. Dave died in Miller’s Merry Manor, Plymouth, following a seven month illness.Dave was born in Camargo, Ill, the son of David T. Sr., and Amy Jane Bird Fetherolf on December 28, 1915. The family moved to Plymouth in the early months of 1916, where...
V. Hope Gates
Oct 7, 2003
V. Hope Gates, 89, of Candie Lane, Plymouth, died at her home at 4:15 p.m., on Tuesday, October 7, 2003.For many, Hope will be honored and remembered as the pianist and organist for her church, the First United Methodist. Her extraordinary talent for music inspired and touched the lives of many.She was born in LaPaz, Ind., the daughter of John...
Clayton “Fat” Thomas
Oct 4, 2003
Clayton S. “Fat” Thomas, 88, died at 7:20 a.m. Saturday, October 4, 2003, in the Community Hospital of Bremen.Clayton was born October 24, 1914 to Blanchard and Grace Burger Thomas in Culver, Ind. The family moved to the LaPaz area a few years later. He graduated from LaPaz High School in 1933 and lived his entire life in the LaPaz...
Carl E. “Chuck” Beutel
Sep 28, 2003
Lifetime Bremen resident and former owner of the Wooden Peel Restaurant, Carl E. “Chuck” Beutel, 71, died of natural causes at his residence on Sunday at 11 a.m. in the company of his daughter and caregiver.Born in Bremen, Ind., on May 4, 1932, he was the son of German immigrants, Ernest and Marie Beutel and graduated from Madison Township High...
Debra A. Rensberger
Sep 21, 2003
Debra A. Greenlee Rensberger, 44, a resident of Vancouver, Washington over the past 15 years and formerly of Plymouth, died at 10:40 a.m. (Pacific Time) on Sunday, September 21, 2003.Debbie had been courageously battling cancer for two years. She died in her home in the presence and care of her loving family. Her parents, Jerry and Jean Greenlee of Plymouth,...
Sumiko Born
Sep 19, 2003
Sumiko Born, 70, 609 Lake Ave., an area resident for most of her life, died as a result of an unexpected illness, at 1:04 p.m. on Friday, September 19, 2003, in St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth.Sumiko was born on January 11, 1933, in Osaka, Japan. She attended Japanese schools.On July 18, 1957, in Naha, Okinawa, Sumiko and George A....
Anna R. Rost
Sep 16, 2003
Anna R. Rost, 78, of Garden Courts East, Plymouth, died of natural causes in her home in the loving care of her family at 9:40 a.m. on Tuesday, September 16, 2003.Psalms 46:1 “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.” Born in York, Penn., on April 4, 1925, to Lydia L. Wert Patterson, Anna attended schools...
Henry L. “Hank” Rensberger
Sep 13, 2003
Henry L. “Hank” Rensberger, 83, a Marshall County resident most of his life, living at 10830 9A Road, Plymouth, since 1974, has died.A patient in Woodlawn Hospital, Rochester, since last Thursday, Henry died, following an illness, at 10:22 p.m. on Saturday, September 13, 2003. Born in Bremen on September 22, 1919, Henry was the son of Grover and Ida Mae...
Harold Price
Sep 10, 2003
Harold Price, 89, of 5200 8th Road, Bourbon, Ind., died at 4:55 p.m. in the Bremen Health Care Center, Bremen, Ind., on Wednesday, September 10, 2003.Born on November 12, 1913, in the home later he lived in, he was the son of Charles Nelson and Lota Susan Bell Price.Harold graduated from Bourbon High School in 1932.On New Year’s Eve, December...
Keith J. Nash
Sep 10, 2003
Keith Nash, 82, a respected and admired decorator and house painter for over fifty-two years has died. His death was due to cancer, diagnosed 11 years ago and yet Keith never lost faith.Keith died at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, September 10, 2003, at his home on 900 Bailey Street, Plymouth. His family was by his side.Born in Walkerton, Ind., on...
Dale A. “Bing” Morris
Sep 9, 2003
Dale A. “Bing” Morris, 71, died at 3:10 a.m. on Tuesday, September 9, 2003. A patient in the Veterans Administration Hospital since last Friday, Bing had been in failing health for the past several years. A lifetime Plymouth resident, he lived at 1034 Ed Cook Blvd., and had enjoyed spending some winters in Punta Gorda, Fla.Bing was born in Plymouth...
James P. Rospopo Sr.
Sep 7, 2003
James P. “Jim” Rospopo, 64, died at his home, 19909 Gumwood Road, Argos, Ind., at 10:05 a.m. on Sunday morning, September 7, 2003. Jim passed away, following an extended illness, in the loving care of his family and the Marshall County Hospice.Born in Mishawaka, Ind., on April 5, 1939, he was the son of John P. and Florence J. Eberlien...
Carol I. Rininger
Sep 7, 2003
Carol I. Rininger, 70, died at her home, 5006 N. Michigan Road, Plymouth, Ind., at 11:00 p.m. on Sunday, September 7, 2003, in the loving care of her family and the Marshall County Hospice.The daughter of John Melvin and Nellie Maude Landes Sample, Carol was born on July 3, 1933 in Jacksonville, Ill. She attended Mishawaka High School, Mishawaka, Ind.On...
