Obituaries
Plymouth, Indiana and Marshall County , IN Obituaries
Local obituaries for Plymouth, Indiana and Marshall County
Harlan “Ambrose” Schroeder
May 3, 2003
Harlan D. “Ambrose” Schroeder, 76, a lifetime Marshall County resident, living at 3987 Olive Road for the past 59 years, became suddenly ill at home and died of natural causes in Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth, at 1:08 p.m. on Saturday, May 3, 2003.Ambrose was born in Plymouth on September 23, 1926. He was the son of Lewis S....
William Hall
May 1, 2003
William “Bill” Hall, 61, 15662 11th Road, Plymouth, died at his residence, following a long illness, at 2:55 a.m. on Thursday, May 1, 2003.Bill was born in Sheffield, Ala., on January 5, 1942; he was the son of Louis M. and Nina Deane Goodwin Hall. He attended Alabama schools.On July 5, 1985, in Plymouth, Bill and Rhoda Hattery were married.A...
Margaret A. Mcneal
Apr 30, 2003
Margaret Ann “Peggy” McNeal, 67, 311 Center St., Bourbon, Ind., died, after a long illness, at 2:33 p.m. on Wednesday, April 30, 2003, in Saint Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, Plymouth.Born in Lexington, Ill., on February 9, 1936, Peggy was the daughter of Frank and Eva Gayhart Farner. She attended Illinois schools.She and Richard McNeal were married on October 6, 1962,...
M. Dale Scarberry
Apr 26, 2003
M. Dale Scarberry, 76, died following an extended illness, at his residence, 233 Lake Ave., at 8 p.m. on Saturday, April 26, 2003. Dale has been a Plymouth resident since 1955, coming from Ashland, Ohio.Born in Urbana, Ohio, on December 12, 1926, Dale was the son of Oscar and Frances Esther Reams Scarberry. He attended schools in Ohio and earned...
James D. Hardy
Apr 11, 2003
James D. “Jim” Hardy, 73, of 805 Baker St., River Park, Plymouth, died of natural causes at 10:15 a.m. on Friday, April 11, 2003, in Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth.A devoted family man, Jim enjoyed making wooden toys for his 12 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. He was a great part of their life. He still is. On Monday, when...
Robert “Bob” Bartlett
Apr 9, 2003
Robert “Bob” Bartlett, 77, 16492 Pretty View Drive, a Plymouth resident since 1990, died in the Ironwood Health and Rehabilitation Center, South Bend, following an illness, at 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, April 9, 2003. A respected and beloved person with a wonderful sense of humor, his loss to the community and to his friends and family will be a big...
Phyllis Dills-Kunze
Apr 2, 2003
Phyllis Dills-Kunze, 72, of 805 Baker Street, Lot 38, Plymouth, died of a cancer related illness at 3:35 a.m. on Wednesday, April 2, 2003, at Miller’s Merry Manor, Plymouth. Phyllis was a lifelong Marshall County resident.Born on April 14, 1930, she was the daughter of Virgil M. and Pearl Pease Krouse. She graduated from Argos High School in 1948, and...
Delbert C. Stutzman
Apr 1, 2003
Delbert C. Stutzman, 96, 17796 Vine St., Tyner, a Marshall County resident most of his life, died of natural causes at 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday, April 1, 2003, in Pilgrim Manor.Delbert was born on August 11, 1906, in Goshen, Ind., the son of David D. and Ida I. Hochstetler Stutzman. One of nine boys and four girls, he grew up...
Helen Marie Jacox
Apr 1, 2003
Lifetime Plymouth resident, Helen Marie Jacox, 90, 120 E. Harrison St., Plymouth died of natural causes at Miller’s Merry Manor at 2:50 p.m. on Tuesday, April 1, 2003.Helen was born in Plymouth on August 15, 1912, the daughter of Austin F. and Mary Gertrude Stockman Holland.She graduated from Lincoln High School with the class of 1930. She attended Ball State...
Dollie Marie Biggs
Mar 25, 2003
Dollie Marie Biggs, 88, the “doll lady,” loved for her skills in refurbishing dolls for Christmas for little girls all over Marshall County, died of natural causes at 3:10 a.m. on Tuesday, March 25, 2003. A lifetime area resident, Dollie died in the Pilgrim Manor Nursing Center, 222 Parkview St., Plymouth.Born in Bremen on February 24, 1915, she was the...
Jesse W. Heflick
Mar 23, 2003
Jesse W. Heflick, 85, 12452 11th Road, Plymouth, known and respected as the sewing machine “guru” of the area, repairing and selling sewing machines, died of natural causes at 11 p.m., Sunday, March 23, 2003, in the St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth.Jesse was born in Plymouth, the son of Loftis Franklin and Nelle Edith Willard Heflick on April 21,...
Onie Bell Harrington
Mar 21, 2003
Onie Bell Harrington, 76, 11385 13th Road, Plymouth, died of natural causes at 11:23 a.m. in St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth, on Friday, March 21, 2003.Bell, as she was known, was born in Cullman, Ala., on July 7, 1926. She was the daughter of Ollie Speegle. She attended schools in Cullman.On October 30, 1949, in Bremen, Ind., Bell and...
Avis I. Howard
Mar 20, 2003
Avis I. Howard, 74, died of natural causes at 4:20 p.m. on Tuesday, March 18, 2003 , in the Bremen Health Care Center , Bremen , Ind. She was born the daughter of August and Ruth Emmons Renz, in LaPaz , Ind. , on May 20, 1928 . She graduated from LaPaz High School . On April 1, 1953 ,...
Mack Johnson, Jr.
Mar 20, 2003
Lifetime area resident, Mack Johnson, Jr., affectionately called “Junior,” died at 6:54 a.m. on Thursday, March 20, 2003. Junior died, following a heart related illness at his residence, 14735 4B Road, Plymouth. He was 75 years old. Born the son of Mack Tenant and Myrtle Huffer Johnson, in Plymouth, Ind., on October 9, 1927, Mack attended Tyner schools. He served...
Wanda J. Falconbury
Mar 13, 2003
Lifetime Plymouth resident, Wanda Jean Falconbury who would have celebrated her 72nd birthday March 14, died at 6:14 a.m., Thursday, March 13, at her home, 310 Skylane Dr., Plymouth. Wanda was born in Plymouth, the daughter of Arthur Sewell Falconbury Sr., and Ida Ilo Wolfarth Falconbury. She graduated from Plymouth High School with the class of 1949. She lived in...
Chester E. Garrison
Mar 11, 2003
Chester E. “Chet” Garrison, 83, a Marshall County resident most of his life, died from an apparent heart attack at his residence, 9358 State Road 17, Plymouth, on Tuesday, March 11, 2003, at 8:04 a.m. Chet was born in Winamac on March 9, 1920, the son of George W. and Lilly Marie Martin Garrison. He attended Knox High School. During...
Brian Adam Veger
Mar 10, 2003
Brian Adam Veger, 18, affectionately dubbed “Hillbilly,” by his many friends, died at 1:46 a.m. on Monday morning, March 10, 2003 , in a car accident in Van Wert , Ohio while enroute back to the University of Northwestern Ohio , Lima , Ohio , where he was a student. Brian had come home from school for the birth of...
Henry A. Kepler
Mar 9, 2003
Henry A. “Hank” Kepler, 89, a former longtime Argos resident, living at 423 Cricket Lane, Michigan City, Ind., for the past 2 1/2 years, has died of an apparent heart condition. Hank died at 10:42 a.m. on Sunday, March 9, 2003, in the St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth. Born in Burkett , Ind. , on June 23, 1913 ,...
Patricia Six
Mar 5, 2003
Patricia Six, 51, died at home, 918 W. LaPorte St., Plymouth, at 10:55 a.m., on Wednesday, March 5, 2003 , following a one-year battle with ovarian cancer. Patricia was an area resident for the past several years, coming from Ohio . Born February 9, 1952 in Middletown , Ohio , the daughter of Jack M. and Ina Patrick O’Hara, Patricia...
Larry J. Roahrig
Mar 4, 2003
When the people who called Larry Roahrig friend, co-worker and boss speak of him, the first thing they talk about is his honesty, dry sense of humor and deep love of and pride in his family. “He was like a brother to me,” Budd Treat of Treat’s Squire Shop where Larry worked for 36 years, said. “He was hard working...
