Obituaries
Plymouth, Indiana and Marshall County , IN Obituaries
Local obituaries for Plymouth, Indiana and Marshall County
Eugene K. Demien Sr.
Jan 9, 2002
Eugene K. “ Gene” DeMien, Sr, 77, died at his residence, 14474 Lincoln Hwy., in the loving care of his family and the Marshall County Hospice, at 6:15 a.m., Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2002. Gene, a non-smoker, was diagnosed with lung cancer in Oct. of 1999. Born in LaPorte, Ind., on Jan. 12, 1924, the son of George C. and Cecel...
Ervin G. Rhodes
Dec 28, 2001
Eighty-three year old Ervin G. Rhodes, a resident at 5000 West 37th Ave., Gary, Ind., having moved there 34 years ago from Plymouth, died following an illness at 11:30 p.m., Friday, December 28, 2001, in Plymouth’s Millers Merry Manor where he had been a patient since Thursday. Ervin was born in Lady Smith, Wis., the son of Clarence and Ruby...
Della E. A. Larson
Dec 27, 2001
Della E. A. Larson, 83, a Plymouth resident for 10 years, coming from Westmont, Ill., died at 6:50 p.m. of natural causes, on Thursday, Dec. 27, 2001, in the Pilgrim Manor Nursing Center, 222 Parkview St., Plymouth, Ind. She was born the daughter of Bernard and Hannah Wolf Burzloff in Lemont, Ill., on May 10, 1918, and attended a country...
Catherine M. Fisher
Dec 26, 2001
Catherine M. “ Katie” Fisher, 96, died, following an illness, at 10:25 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2001 at the Catherine Kasper Life Center, 9601 Union Road, Donaldson, her home since 1990. She was a former 30 year resident of Ft. Wayne, Ind., and 19 years of Merritt Island, Florida. Born on March 2, 1905, in Champaign, Ill., Katie was...
Gerald D. Bonnell
Dec 25, 2001
Gerald D. “ Blondie” Bonnell, 79, 905 E. Berkley St., Plymouth, Ind., formerly of Star City and Culver, Ind., died of natural causes in Miller’s Merry Manor, Plymouth, at 5 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2001. Born in Pulaski County, Ind., the son of Serin and Bertha Irene Marvin Bonnell, on Oct. 7, 1922, Blondie attended Fairview School in Pulaski...
Sr. Lourdes Meyer
Dec 24, 2001
Sr. Lourdes Meyer, PHJC, 88, died at 11:50 p.m., on the millennium eve of Christ’s birth, Monday, December 24, 2001, in the Catherine Kasper Home, at the Community of the Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ, Donaldson, Indiana. The daughter of William Joseph and Wilhelmine Kahroff Meyer, Sister Lourdes was born in Beckemeyer, Illinois, on January 22, 1913. She first entered...
Grace M. Baker Nifong
Dec 22, 2001
Grace M. Baker Nifong, 88, a resident of Pilgrim Manor Nursing Home, Plymouth, since Dec. 14th., died there of natural causes, at 10:55 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 22, 2001. Grace was formerly a 60-year resident of South Bend. Born in Plymouth on Aug. 30, 1913, she was a twin daughter of Samuel P. and Alta M. Foreman Baker. Her twin...
Lawrence Ladd Culbertson
Dec 22, 2001
Lawrence Ladd Culbertson, died of natural causes at 12:20 p.m., Saturday, December 22, 2001 in the Michigan Masonic Home, Alma, Michigan; where he had resided since March of 1999. Larry was born the son of Lewis H. and LeNora Belle Greene Culbertson, on December 9, 1910 in Marion, Indiana. Raised in Marion, he was a 1928 graduate of Marion High...
Sr. Roselia Laplume
Dec 16, 2001
Sister Roselia La Plume, PHJC, 89, died at 4:00 a.m. on Sunday, December 16, 2001, in the Catherine Kasper Home, at the Community of the Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ, Donaldson, Ind. The daughter of Joseph and Barbara Foog La Plume, Sister Roselia was born in Chicago, Ill., on October 9, 1912. She entered the convent on June 27, 1929,...
Shirley M. Morlock
Dec 10, 2001
Lifetime resident, Shirley M. Morlock, 87, 18374 W. 9th. Rd., Plymouth, died from natural causes at 10:50 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 10, 2001, in the Pilgrim Manor Nursing Center. Born on Nov. 24, 1914, in Marshall County, Shirley was the daughter of Lloyd and Ruth Abair. She graduated from Lincoln High School with the class of 1933. On Feb. 13,...
Sr. Mary Ellen Schuhmacher
Dec 3, 2001
Sister Mary Ellen Schuhmacher, PHJC, 91, died at 11:00 p.m. on Monday, December 3, 2001, in the Catherine Kasper Home, at the Community of the Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ, Donaldson, Ind. The daughter of John and Mary Harbough Schuhmacher, Sister Mary Ellen was born in Hecker, Ill., on June 14, 1910. She entered the convent on June 28, 1928,...
Evelyn M. Dolph
Dec 3, 2001
Evelyn M. Dolph, 74, a lifetime resident of Marshall County, died of natural causes at her residence, 187 Pine Road, Plymouth, at 12:05 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 3, 2001. Evelyn was born on Mar. 8, 1927, the daughter of Clem H. and Myra A. Seltenright Dolph. She was a Tyner High School graduate. Years later Evelyn was involved in nursing...
Lavon R. Balmer
Dec 3, 2001
LaVon R. “Von” Balmer, 85, 406 E. Jefferson St., Bourbon, died suddenly of natural causes on Monday, Dec. 3, 2001. Von, a Bourbon resident for the past nine years, formerly of the Cass Lake, Minn. area for 20 years, died in the Bremen Community Hospital at 11:50 a.m. Von was born in Plymouth on May 21, 1916. He was the...
William Sweeney
Dec 2, 2001
Services for William Sweeney are under the direction of Schroeder-Lauer Funeral Home, 3227 Ridge Road, Lansing, Ill. Ph. 708-474-0024
Richard C. Kuskye
Dec 2, 2001
Lifetime Plymouth resident, Richard C. “Rich” Kuskye, 71, died at 3:45 a.m. Sunday Dec. 2, 2001 in the St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth. His death was attributed to complications following emergency surgery on November 16. Rich was born in South Bend, Ind. the son of Lawrence and Mildred A. Richardson Kuskye. Raised in West Township, Rich graduated from West...
Vesta Mae Dixon
Dec 2, 2001
Services for Vesta Mae Dixon, mother of Robert Dixon, Plymouth, are under the direction of Palmer and Sons Funeral Home, 1016 Church St., Gowrie, Iowa. Ph. 515-352-3121
Clara M. Mangun
Nov 29, 2001
Clara M. Mangun, 80, a Plymouth resident most of her life, formerly of W. Jackson St., died at 7:15 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2001. Clara, a resident of Miller’s Merry Manor, 600 Oakhill Ave., Plymouth, for the past two years, died at the nursing home following an extended illness. She was born on Jan. 12, 1921, in Plymouth, the...
Robert L. Berger
Nov 28, 2001
Lifetime Marshall County resident, Robert L. “Bob” Berger, 63, was diagnosed with a cancer related illness in the spring of 2001. Bob died at home in the loving care of his family and the Marshall County Hospice at 8:35 a.m. on Wednesday, November 28, 2001. He died at 7439 Jarrah Road, Plymouth, in the home once belonging to his late...
Harold R. Krou
Nov 26, 2001
Harold R. Krou, 61, who resided with his brother Bob at 1218 N. Plum Street, Plymouth for the past 30 years, has died of natural causes in the St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, South Bend, on Monday, November 26, 2001 at 3:15 a.m. A lifetime resident of Plymouth, Harold was born the son of Edward C. and Edna D. Dague...
Lee F. Thompson
Nov 25, 2001
Lee F. Thompson, 81, a 309 Lewis St., resident for the past 41 years coming to Plymouth from southern Illinois, died following an extended illness on Sunday, Nov. 25, 2001. Lee died in St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, South Bend, at 11 p.m. He was born on December 17, 1919, in Carrier Mills, Ill., the son of Ernest and Anna...
