Obituaries
Plymouth, Indiana and Marshall County , IN Obituaries
Local obituaries for Plymouth, Indiana and Marshall County
Mabel C. Eby
Jul 10, 2002
Mabel C. Eby, 87, LaPaz, Ind., a resident since 1951, coming from Elkhart County with a short stay in St. Joseph County, has died. Mabel died of natural causes in the caring company of her family at 7:14 p.m. on Wednesday, July 10, 2002 , in the Bremen Health Care Center . She was born in St. Joseph County, the...
Orville L. Blessing
Jul 10, 2002
Culver – Orville L. Blessing, 75, a Culver resident for the past 45 years, coming from Knox, Ind., died at 5:30 a.m., Wednesday, July 10, 2002, following a courageous four-year battle with cancer. Orville died at his residence, 17563 14B Road, Culver, under the tender and loving care of his family and the Marshall County Hospice. Born in Chicago, Ill.,...
Pearl A. Stutzman
Jul 1, 2002
Pearl A. Stutzman, 82, 501 Pennsylvania Ave., Plymouth, an area resident since Aug. of 1946, coming from South Bend, died, following an illness, at 9:40 a.m. on Monday, July 1, 2002, in Walnut Creek Care Center, Plymouth. Pearl was born on Sept. 16, 1919, in South Bend, Ind., the daughter of Herman F. and Ida M. Eichorst Wendt. She attended...
Jonathan B. Ross
Jun 29, 2002
Jonathan B. Ross, a loving son and brother, who would have celebrated his 22nd birthday in six weeks, died on U.S. 6, east of Walkerton, at 9 p.m. on Saturday, June 29, 2002. His permanent address was 16931 6th Rd., Plymouth, Ind. Born in Mishawaka, Jonathan was the son of Jack D. and Jana Smith Ross. He graduated from John...
Leonard W. O’Dell
Jun 21, 2002
Leonard W. O’Dell, 92, died of natural causes at 6:15 a.m., Friday, June 21, 2002 at the Pilgrim Manor Nursing Home, Plymouth . He was born in Crawfordsville , Indiana , the son of John and Mary Johnson O’Dell. Leonard moved to California in 1926 and worked in my different fields. He was a farmer and served on the Los...
Walter Woolley
Jun 20, 2002
Walter Woolley, 87, a lifetime Marshall County resident, died of natural causes in Walnut Creek Nursing Center, 309 Kingston Dr., Plymouth, at 9:15 a.m., on Thursday, June 20, 2002. Walter, the son of Arthur T. and Lilly Truex Woolley, was born in Culver, Ind., on Sept. 19, 1914. He attended Plymouth schools. On Nov. 2, 1941, in Niles, Mich., Walter...
Mary Virginia Thomas
Jun 19, 2002
Lifetime Plymouth resident, Mary Virginia Thomas, 80, died as a result of an extended illness at 3:05 p.m. on Wednesday, June 19, 2002. Mary died at her home, 12328 W. 11th Rd., Plymouth, in the dedicated care of her family and the Marshall County Hospice. She was born in Plymouth , the daughter of Milton and Angela McLochlin Bottorff Aug....
Mary Ruth Longmire
Jun 16, 2002
Mary Ruth Longmire, 67, 600 Washington, Wabash, Ind., formerly of Knoxville, Tennessee died of natural causes at 2:03 p.m. on Sunday, June 16, 2002, in the American Living Center, Wabash, Ind. Mary Ruth was born on Dec. 9, 1934, in Knoxville, Tenn. She was the daughter of Sherman and Shirley Brunch Holmes. A homemaker who enjoyed gardening, Mary Ruth loved...
Susan C. (Scarberry) Massey
Jun 13, 2002
Susan “Susie” Carol Scarberry Massey, 1300 Fountain Ave., Evansville, Ind., died unexpectedly at 6:04 a.m. on Thursday, June 13, 2002, due to an aortic aneurysm. Susie, a former Plymouth resident, died in Deaconess Hospital, Evansville. She was 33 years old. Susie was born in Plymouth on July 11, 1968. She was the daughter of M. Dale and Patricia A. Chambers...
Sr. Theodorita Schotzko
Jun 11, 2002
Sister Theodorita Schotzko, PHJC, 85, a member of the Community of the Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ, Donaldson, Ind., died Tuesday evening, June 11, 2002 in Lakeview Hospital, Stillwater, Minnesota. The daughter of Theodore and Barbara Gimpl Schotzko, Sister Theodorita was born in Springfield , Minnesota on November 6, 1916. She entered the convent on June 25, 1934 and professed...
Esther L. Shaffer
Jun 5, 2002
Esther L. Shaffer, 82, Shalley Drive., Plymouth , passed away at 11:45 a.m. on Wednesday, June 5, 2002. Esther had been in failing health for the past year; she died in Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, South Bend . Born in Bourbon, Ind., on Aug. 6, 1919 , she was the daughter of Lawrence and Pearl A. Miller Grossman. She...
Olen S. Roahrig
Jun 4, 2002
Olen S. “Oley” Roahrig, 84, widely known in the area farming community, died at 7:16 p.m. on Tuesday, June 4, 2002. Oley died in the Bremen Hospital of natural causes. Born the son of Ernest and Hazel Carpenter Roahrig on June 6, 1917 , Oley graduated from Plymouth ’s Lincoln High School with the class of 1936. Three years later,...
Howard P. (John) Weedling
Jun 2, 2002
Howard P. “John” Weedling, Jr., 67, a Plymouth resident most of his life, died, at 5:39 a.m. on Sunday, June 2, 2002 , having been diagnosed with cancer this past year. John died at his residence, 402 E. Adams St., Plymouth . His death is under investigation by the Marshall County Coroner. He was born in Plymouth on Oct. 21,...
Linda G. Speirs
Jun 2, 2002
Linda G. Speirs, 47, lovingly called “Cookie,” by her family and many friends, died, following a lupus related illness, at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 2, 2002, in St. Margaret’s Hospital, Hammond, Ind. Born on April 5, 1955, in Houston, Scotland, Cookie was the beloved daughter of Thomas and Gwen Monroe Speirs. The family came to the United States from...
Verl E. Roose
Jun 1, 2002
Verl Eldon Roose, 83, of 1060 Lincolnway East, Plymouth, died at 8:26 a.m. on Saturday, June 1, 2002, in Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth. Verl was born on Mar. 25, 1919, the son of Clarence O. and Emma Mae Stouder Roose. He was a veteran of World War II, serving in the military for four years. On May 16,...
Everett (Pat) Miller
Jun 1, 2002
Everett E. “Pat” Miller, 86, a Plymouth resident for the past 62 years, living in River Park, 805 Baker St., Lot 7, since 1994, died of natural causes at 7:40 a.m. on Sat., June 1, 2002, in Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth. He was born in Mentone , Ind. , on July 18, 1915 , the son of Everett...
Bertha M. Wallskog
May 29, 2002
Bertha Mae Wallskog, living at 1323 Lake Ave., Plymouth since 1955, died of natural causes, at 4:10 a.m. on Sunday, December 29, 2002. Bertha died in St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth. A lifetime Marshall County resident, she was 91 years old. Born in her family’s North Township home near LaPaz, on May 29, 1911 , she was the daughter...
Bictoria Bernice Odaffer
May 29, 2002
Victoria Bernice “Bea” Odaffer, 99, four months shy of her 100th birthday, died of natural causes at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 29, 2002 , in the Pilgrim Manor Nursing Home, Plymouth . Bea, formerly lived in the Ardmore area in South Bend and had also resided in Mishawaka ’s 100 Center. She had been a resident of Pilgrim Manor...
Aloysius J. Hahn
May 26, 2002
Aloysius J. (Lou) Hahn, 90, died of natural causes at 1:32 p.m. on Sunday, May 26, 2002, in the Catherine Kasper Home, Donaldson, Ind. Born on April 2, 1912 , in Chicago , Ill. , Lou was the son of Aloysius and Caroline Gollatz Hahn. He received his high school and college education at St. Joseph Seminary in Westmont, Ill....
Gerald D. (Jerry) Benway
May 25, 2002
Gerald D. “Jerry” Benway, 59, a Marshall County resident for 25 years, coming from Vermont, died, following an illness, on Saturday, May 25, 2002. Jerry died at 8:30 p.m. at his residence, 404 Simon St., Plymouth, in the care of his family and the Marshall County Hospice. Born the son of Donald and Pauline Thompson Benway on Feb. 5, 1943,...
