Obituaries
Plymouth, Indiana and Marshall County , IN Obituaries
Local obituaries for Plymouth, Indiana and Marshall County
Lena Marie Keller
Sep 24, 2002
Lena Marie Kellar, 222 Parkview St., Plymouth, died of natural causes in Pilgrim Manor Nursing Center at 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2002. A Marshall County resident most of her life, she had lived at St. Paul’s Retirement Home in South Bend for seven years, moving to Pilgrim Manor in 1999. Lena was 103 years old.She was born in...
Sr. M. Vincenti Guettermann
Sep 20, 2002
Sr. M. Vincenti Guetterman PHJC, age 96, died at 1:00 p.m. Friday in the Catherine Kasper Home, Donaldson. Sr. Vincenti was born on September 17, 1906 in New Athens, Ill. to John and Louise Hummel Guettermann. Sister entered the Community of the Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ on July 21, 1927 and professed her first vows on June 27, 1929...
Scott Allen Lowry
Sep 19, 2002
Scott Allen Lowry, 39 a lifetime Walkerton area resident, died there Thursday evening. His death is under the investigation of the St. Joseph County Coroner’s office. Scott was born in South Bend , Ind. , the son of Gale and Sharon L. Schmeltz Lowry on April 28, 1963. He graduated from John Glenn High School in the Class of 1981....
Grace M. Koontz
Sep 16, 2002
Grace M. Koontz, 96, a lifetime resident of Marshall County , died at 8 a.m. Monday, September 16, 2002 at the Plymouth home of her daughter Mary Jane Yates-Faurote. Grace died of natural causes in the loving care of her family. She had resided at 6069 King Road , Plymouth since her marriage in1925. Grace was born April 30, 1906...
Glen M. Brown Jr.
Sep 15, 2002
Glen M. Brown, Jr., 55, 1112 Ferndale Ave., Plymouth, died at 12:30 a.m., following an illness, on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2002, in Hospice House, South Bend, Ind. Glen had moved to Plymouth from Rensselaer in 1970. He was born in Rensselaer on Oct. 7, 1946, the son of Glen M. and Ruby E. Hilton Brown. He graduated from Rensselaer High...
Sr. Teresa Wappel
Sep 14, 2002
Donaldson, Ind. – Sister Teresa Wappel, 86, a Poor Handmaid of Jesus Christ, died at 2:45 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2002, in the Catherine Kasper Home, Donaldson, Ind. Born in Chicago, Ill., on May 29, 1916, she was the daughter of Frank and Teresa Graf Wappel. She entered the convent on June 25, 1934 and professed her first vows...
Rachel A. Wenino
Sep 3, 2002
Rachel A. Wenino, a lifetime resident of Marshall County; known for her dedication as a Christian and her talent for quilting, has died at the age of 94. She died in the care of her family and the Marshall County Hospice at her home, 10249 Pretty Lake Trail, Plymouth on Tuesday, at 6:15 p.m. following a cancer related illness. On...
Mildred G. Shively
Aug 31, 2002
Mildred G. Shively, 83, of 1027 Warana Drive, Plymouth, died at 10:14 p.m. on Saturday, August 31, 2002 at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth, of natural causes. An area resident most of her life, Millie was born in Bourbon, Ind. , on July 26, 1919 , the daughter of Charles H. and Della Mae Whittemore Amones. She was a...
Loren M. Dinkledine
Aug 28, 2002
Loren Milo Dinkledine, 83, a fifty year resident of 4441 Michigan Rd. Plymouth , died following an extended illness, Wednesday at 10:35 p.m. in the St. Joseph Regional Medical Center , Plymouth . Born in Bourbon, Ind. , on March 13, 1919 , Loren was the son of Milo and Lilia Freeman Dinkledine. In 1937 he graduated from Bourbon High...
Anna Jane Stockberger
Aug 25, 2002
Anna “Jane” Stockberger, 87, a lifetime resident of Argos , died at 1:50 p.m. Sunday, August 25, 2002 in the Life Care Center , Rochester . The former Railroad St. resident had been in failing health and had resided at Argos Garden Court for the past two years. Born in Argos on June 15, 1915 , she was the daughter...
Geraldine Zimmerman
Aug 23, 2002
Geraldine Zimmerman, 76, a resident of 125 Elliott Ave. Plymouth , died at her home following a cancer related illness, at 3:35 p.m. Friday, August 23, 2002 , in the care of her family and the Marshall County Hospice. Born in Bourbon on December 16, 1925 , she was a twin daughter of Charles H. and Della Mae Whittemore Amones....
Sylvia J. Hepler
Aug 22, 2002
Sylvia J. Hepler, 96, a former resident of Plymouth , died at 7:45 a.m. Thursday, August 22, 2002 at Brighton Gardens Care Facility, Omaha , Nebraska. She has resided in Omaha since 1990, going there from Plymouth . Born October 23, 1905 in Union Township , she was raised in the Plymouth area the daughter of Irvin W. and Flora...
Lillie Rhoade Sullivan
Aug 17, 2002
PLYMOUTH – Lillie Mae Harness Rhoade Sullivan, age 82, of Plymouth, went home to be with her Heavenly Father on Aug. 17, 2002. She had been a patient at Miller’s Merry Manor in Plymouth after a brief illness. She was born in Starke County on Feb. 14, 1920, the “valentine daughter” of the late Sylvester Bert and Laura Pearl (Stutsman)...
John H. Hull
Aug 16, 2002
Plymouth- John H. Hull, 74, of 715 Bayless St., was a Plymouth resident most of his life. John died, following an illness, at 11:40 a.m., Friday, August 16, 2002, in Porter Memorial Hospital, Valparaiso, Ind. Born the son of Homer and Edna E. Neff Hull on Sept. 20, 1927, in Hanna, Ind., John graduated from Hanna High School and continued...
Newell W. Yoder
Aug 10, 2002
Likable and respected former manager of Yoder’s Sports Center store, Newell W. Yoder, 84, has died. Newell, a lifetime resident of this area, died, following an extended illness, at 10:20 p.m. on Saturday, August 10, 2002 , at his home, 12590 11B Rd., in the care of his family. Born in Nappanee , Ind. , on Sept. 2, 1917 ,...
Gertrude B. Garrison
Aug 6, 2002
Gertrude B. Garrison, 82, a longtime Oak Road resident, died following a brief illness, at 8:50 a.m. Tuesday, August 6, 2002 in the Pilgrim Manor Nursing Home, Plymouth. A lifetime area resident, she has made 805 Baker Street, River Park her home the past two years. Born in Bremen, Indiana, on October 21, 1919 , she was the daughter of...
Leslie T. Urbanek
Aug 4, 2002
Leslie T. Urbanek, 57, of 11217 10th Road, died of natural causes in St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth, at 9:50 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 4, 2002. Leslie, the son of Thaddeus E. and Virginia E. Simon Urbanek, was born in Chicago, Ill., on May 1, 1945. He graduated from St. Francis DeSales High School in Chicago, Ill. Never married, Leslie...
Thomas B. Showers Sr.
Jul 29, 2002
Thomas B. Showers, Sr., 77, a resident of Plymouth, Ind. since March of 2001, coming from the Kansas City / Independence , Mo. area, died of natural causes at his residence, 2535 N. Michigan St. , Plymouth , at 6:54 p.m. on Monday, July 29, 2002 . Born in Mountain View, Mo., on April 19, 1925, Thomas was the son...
Marvin J. Kraft
Jul 24, 2002
Marvin J. Kraft, 82, 10372 Pretty Lake Trail, died following an illness, in St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth , at 5:10 a.m. on Wednesday, July 24, 2002. Born in Michigan City, Ind., on July 9, 1920, he was the son of Joseph and Carrie Baessler Kraft. He graduated from Niles high School, Niles, Mich. in 1938 and from Michigan...
Fern Alice Hill
Jul 23, 2002
Fern Alice Hill, 72, a lifetime Marshall County resident, died at 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 23, 2002. Fern, formerly of Academy Drive , Culver, died in Pilgrim Manor, 222 Parkview Drive , Plymouth , where she had been a resident. Born on Jan. 14, 1930 , in Tyner, Ind. , she was the daughter of Guy and Gertrude “Gertie”...
