Obituaries
Plymouth, Indiana and Marshall County , IN Obituaries
Local obituaries for Plymouth, Indiana and Marshall County
Jay Snyder
Dec 30, 2002
Jay Snyder, 64, a lifetime Marshall County resident and long time respected businessman, died, following an illness, at 5:10 a.m. on Monday, December 30, 2002, in St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth. Originally from Culver, Jay and his wife have lived at 6588 State Road 17 since 1977. Born in Cleveland , Ohio , on May 23, 1938 , Jay...
Melvin M. Mcneal Sr.
Dec 28, 2002
Lifetime area resident, Melvin M. “Mel” McNeal, Sr., 1110 Ohio St., Walkerton, Ind., died at 6 a.m. Saturday, December 28, 2002, in Pilgrim Manor Nursing Home following a six week battle with cancer. He was 64-years-old. Mel was born in Tyner, Ind., on September 18, 1938, the son of Woodward W. and Goldie M. Cudney McNeal. He attended Walkerton schools...
Norma F. Norton
Dec 27, 2002
Norma F. Norton, 88, 7599 Lincoln Highway, a Marshall County lifetime resident living in Plymouth since 1948, coming from Bremen, died on Friday, December 27, 2002. Norma died of natural causes at 5:20 p.m. in Pilgrim Manor Care Center. Born on September 4, 1914 , in Bremen , she was the daughter of Oscar and Almira Hochstetler Roth. She graduated...
John R. (Bob) Webster
Dec 27, 2002
Lifetime Plymouth resident, John Robert “Bob” Webster, 89, 439 Charles St. , died of natural causes after a one year illness, at 6 a.m. on Friday, December 27, 2002. Bob died in Miller’s Merry Manor, Plymouth. Born in West township on October 3, 1913 , Bob was the son of John Richard and Bessie Dee Webster. He attended Plymouth High...
Mabel Casto Dowd
Dec 25, 2002
Mabel Casto Dowd, 92, died of natural causes at 5:50 am . on Christmas morning, Wednesday, December 25, 2002, in Miller’s Merry Manor, Plymouth. Mabel spent much of her childhood in North Judson. For a time she resided in Buchanan , Mich. , but settled in the Plymouth area over 30 years ago and currently resided at 208 Cortland St....
Margaret H. Miller
Dec 23, 2002
Margaret H. Miller, 725 Poplar St., died at 9:50 p.m. of natural causes on Monday, December 23, 2002 , in the Rochester , Indiana , Life Care Center . She was 90 years old. Born in Chicago, Ill., on May 6, 1912, Margaret was the daughter of Roy C. and Anna Friend Dygert. On September 16, 1972, in Tyner, Ind.,...
Glen A. Quivey
Dec 23, 2002
Following a six year battle with Alzheimer’s and cancer, Glen A. Quivey, 1800 Hillcrest Ave., died in Pilgrim Manor Nursing Home at 8:35 p.m. on Monday, December 23, 2002. He was 81 years old. Born in Plymouth on August 6, 1921 , Glen was the son of Clarence and Nellie Irwin Quivey. He graduated from Culver High School with the...
J. Cyrus Nifong
Dec 23, 2002
Eighty-nine year old J. Cyrus “Cy” Nifong, a lifetime Marshall County resident, living a 9331 Quince Road, died, following a brief illness, at 3:20 p.m. on Monday, December 23, 2002, in Pilgrim Manor Nursing Home. Cy once said that his family was truly a pioneering family with roots that went back to the Mayflower. “We are however,” he wrote, “primarily...
Fern L. Culp
Dec 22, 2002
Fern L. Culp, 74, a lifetime area resident, died following an illness, on Sunday, December 22, 2002, at 4:05 p.m., at her residence, 1601 Kenwood Ave., Plymouth.Born in Hibbard, Ind., on May 2, 1928, Fern was the daughter of Charley and Mildred Hagenbush Bender. She graduated from Lincoln High School, Plymouth.On January 25, 1947, in Plymouth, Fern and Claude Culp...
Bernice A. Books
Dec 20, 2002
Bernice A. Books, a lifetime Marshall County resident, residing at Lot 74, 805 E. Baker St. since 1991, died unexpectedly at 1:50 p.m. on Friday, December 20, 2002 . She died in Memorial Hospital, South Bend , from complications of a fall at her home last Tuesday. An attentive and loving wife, mother and grandmother, she was 84 years old....
Dorothy Kaser
Dec 18, 2002
Dorothy Kaser, 71, of 222 South Street, LaPaz, who had been living with her son for the last four years died of natural causes at 6 a.m. on Tuesday, December 17, 2002, in Plymouth’s St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center. Born in Churubusco, Ind., on June 28, 1931, Dorothy was the daughter of Enoch and Ruby Arnett Cole. On September 27,...
Goldie G. Keyhoe
Dec 18, 2002
Ninety eight year old Goldie G. Kehoe went home to be with her Lord, at 12:10 p.m. Wednesday, December 18, 2002. Goldie, who has resided at the Muncie Health Care Center over the past eight years, died of natural causes in the company of her loving family. Born at Inwood, Ind. on November 3, 1904 , she is the daughter...
Robert J. Kelsey
Dec 9, 2002
Robert J. Kelsey, 70, affectionately known as Barber Bob, living at 827 Oakhill Ave., Plymouth, since 1968, died of natural causes in St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth, at 12:45 p.m., on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2002. Bob was born on Feb. 16, 1932, in Plymouth where he lived for most of his life. His parents were Isaac Jay and Mary...
Sr. Laverne Berg
Dec 8, 2002
Sister Laverne Berg, P.H.J.C., 88, died at 5:15 a.m. on Sunday, December 8, 2002, in the Catherine Kasper Home, Donaldson, Ind., where she had lived since her retirement in February of 1995. Sister Berg was born in Ft. Wayne, Ind., on January 30, 1914, the daughter of Anthony and Loretta Wyss Berg. She entered the convent on June 25, 1931...
Robert L. Huffman
Dec 5, 2002
A lifelong educator and farmer, Robert L. “Bob” Huffman, 86, of Lawrence Lake, Plymouth, and Englewood, Florida, died, following a short illness, at 3:07 p.m. on Thursday, December 5, 2002. Bob died in the Marion General Hospital, Marion, Ind. A Marshall County resident all of his life, Bob was born in Tyner, Ind., on July 20, 1916, the son of...
Martha M. Ault
Dec 4, 2002
Martha Marie Ault died of natural causes in the Walnut Creek Nursing Home, 309 Kingston Drive, Plymouth, at 6:50 p.m. on Wednesday, December 4, 2002. She had lived in Plymouth for the past eight years at 1816 Hope Blvd. , coming from Knox where she resided for 30 years, formerly living in Chicago . Martha was 96 years old. Born...
Larry D. Birk
Dec 4, 2002
Larry D. Birk, 58, died of natural causes at his residence, 4505 Olive Road, at 7:15 p.m on Wednesday, December 4, 2002. Born on March 16, 1944, Larry was the son of Ralph C. and Helena M. Fisher Birk. He attended LaPaz schools through the 9th grade. Larry was a life time resident of Marshall County and he made his...
Raymond (Pete) Stetler
Dec 2, 2002
Raymond Leroy Stetler, 60, of 1008 Jackson Heights, Plymouth, died of natural causes, at 10:15 p.m. on Sunday, December 1, 2002, in St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, Plymouth. Pete was born in Inwood, Ind., on November 9, 1942, the son of Raymond and Madeline (Lindsey) Stetler. He graduated from Lincoln High School, Plymouth, Indiana. On January 25, 1986, Pete and...
Rev. Hugh W. Campbell
Dec 1, 2002
A memorial service will be held Thursday, January 9, 2003, at 11a.m. in the Walnut Church of the Brethren, 19056 Gumwood Rd. Argos, for Rev. Hugh W. Campbell. A resident of 312 Center St. , Argos , Hugh died of natural causes on Sunday, December 1, 2002 , in St. Joseph ’s Medical Center , South Bend . The Rev....
James L. Stoops
Nov 28, 2002
James L. “Jim” Stoops, 46, living at 13473 Michigan Rd., Plymouth, has died. Before moving to Plymouth four years ago, he had lived in the South Bend – Mishawaka areas. Jim died, following an unexpected illness, at 7:35 p.m. on Thursday, November 28, 2002, in the St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth. Born in Frankfort, Ind., on April 21, 1956,...
