Obituaries
Plymouth, Indiana and Marshall County , IN Obituaries
Local obituaries for Plymouth, Indiana and Marshall County
Gordon A. Smith
Nov 12, 2001
Gordon A. “ Gordy” Smith, 93, died of natural causes at 6:15 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 12, 2001, in the Walnut Creek Care Center, Plymouth. Gordy grew up in Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan, but had spent most of his life in the Rochester, Plymouth and Argos areas. Born the son of Curtis E. and Etta Fay Gordon Smith, he was...
Sr. Mary Francis Houin
Nov 11, 2001
‘Come Home Good and Faithful Servant.’ Sister Mary Francis Houin, PHJC, 82, died at 1:45 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 11, 2001, in the Catherine Kasper Home, at the Community of the Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ, Donaldson, Ind. The daughter of Francis and Frances Smith Houin, Sister Mary Francis was born in Plymouth, Ind., on Nov. 23, 1918. She entered...
Leroy R. Sporner
Nov 8, 2001
Leroy R. “Lee” Sporner, 63, died of natural causes at his home, 17329 9th Rd., Plymouth, on Thursday, Nov. 8, 2001. Lee had lived there since 1983, coming from German Valley, Ill. He was born on Oct. 26., 1938, in St. Mary’s, Penn., the son of Joseph A. and Emma L. Cowan Sporner. He attended St. Mary’s Elementary in Pennsylvania...
Dorolthy L. Sahlhoff
Nov 8, 2001
Lifelong Marshall County resident Dorothy L. “Dot” Sahlhoff, 56, of rural Walkerton, Ind., died at 10:57 a.m., on Thursday, November 8, 2001, at Hospice House, South Bend. Dot was born on April 19, 1945, in Plymouth. She was the daughter of Harry A. and Zulene F. Studebaker Hohman. She graduated from Bremen High School with the class of 1963 and...
Charles Roy Weigle
Nov 4, 2001
Charles ‘Roy’ Weigle, 83, a lifetime resident of Plymouth, died following an extended illness at 12:10 p.m. Sunday, November 4, 2001, in Miller’s Merry Manor, Plymouth. Roy had resided with his wife at 501 Pennsylvania Ave. Roy was born at home in North Township, Plymouth, on May 13, 1918, the son of George and Ada May Cox Weigle. He attended...
Kenneth Wayne Stewart
Nov 3, 2001
Kenneth Wayne Stewart, 516 Pennsylvania Ave., Plymouth, died unexpectedly at 11:53 a.m. on Saturday, November 3, 2001, in the Emergency Room of St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth. Wayne was 35 years old and had lived in Marshall County all of his life. He was born on November 14, 1965, in Plymouth, the son of Eugene N. Stewart, Sr. and...
Irene M. Snook
Oct 14, 2001
Lifetime Plymouth resident, Irene M. Snook, 85, died at her residence, 11540 Lincolnway East, Plymouth, in the company of her family at 9:38 a.m. on Sunday, October 14, 2001. Irene had battled a cancer-related illness since 1996. Born in Plymouth, the daughter of George H. and Martha E. Littman Towle on July 29, 1916, she grew up in West Township...
Margaret E. Welch
Oct 14, 2001
Margaret E. Welch, 92, a former Hamlet resident who had lived at Shady Rest and, for the past two years, was at Miller’s Merry Manor, Plymouth, died of natural causes, at 2:45 p.m. on Sunday, October 14, 2001. Margaret was born on January 2, 1909, in Bourbon, the daughter of Lewis O. and Pearl J. Rosebrough Hurford. She graduated from...
John Cletus White
Oct 13, 2001
John Cletus White, 90, a compassionate, thoughtful and well-respected man, died of natural causes at 2:10 a.m. on Saturday, October 13, 2001. John, who formerly lived at 16290 Pretty Lake Road, Plymouth, died in Pilgrim Manor, Plymouth. Born on January 23, 1911, in Marshall County, John was the son of John A. and Inez Dreitzler White. He graduated from Argos...
Ronnie Lee Mellott Sr.
Oct 12, 2001
Ronnie Lee “Bucky” Mellott, Sr., 46, died at 4:01 p.m. on Friday, October 12, 2001, from injuries sustained in an industrial accident at Pioneer Hybrid International, 7900 Pine Rd., Plymouth. Bucky lived at 2403 N. Michigan Rd., Plymouth, a resident here for three years, coming from Texas. Born in Austin, Texas, on September 9, 1955, Bucky was the son of...
Carlos E. Kelly Jr.
Oct 11, 2001
Carlos E. “Skeeter” Kelly, Jr., 67, 2048 W. County Line Road, Walkerton, a lifetime Marshall County area resident, was taken ill at home on Wednesday and died of an apparent heart attack at 5:54 p.m. on Thursday, October 11, 2001, in St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth. Skeeter was born in South Bend, on March 4, 1934, the son of...
Loreitta M. Beatty
Oct 5, 2001
Loreitta M. “Rita” Beatty, 66, lost her five-year battle with cancer at 1:50 a.m. on Friday, October 5, 2001. Rita died in Pilgrim Manor Nursing Home. A former resident of Clark Ave., she made her residence with her son David at 11779 9th Rd., Plymouth. She was born on April 8, 1935, in Guthrie, Minn., the daughter of Lawrence E....
Betty P. Riley
Oct 4, 2001
Betty P. Riley, 57, died, following an illness, at 9:35 a.m. on Thursday, October 4, 2001. Betty died at her residence, 7615 11th A. Road, Plymouth, in the loving care of her family and Hospice. She was born in Plymouth on May 28, 1944, the daughter of John “Jiggs” and Mary E. Cudney Hill. Betty attended Plymouth High School. On...
H. Ruth Couts
Oct 1, 2001
H. Ruth Couts, 95, a Plymouth resident most of her life, died of natural causes at 11:18 a.m. on Monday, October 1, 2001. Ruth died in the Pilgrim Manor Nursing Center, 222 Parkview St., Plymouth. She was born in South Bend, Ind., the daughter of Albert and Charity Shaw Cain, on June 3, 1906. She graduated from Howe High School...
Ruth I. Stoneburner
Sep 23, 2001
Ruth I. Stoneburner, 82, Tyner, Ind., a Marshall County resident most of her married life, coming from Springfield, Missouri, died of natural causes in Miller’s Merry Manor, Walkerton, at 7:52 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 23, 2001. Born in Springfield, Mo., on August 21, 1919, she was the daughter of Alfred and Laura Alice Huggard Chandler. She attended Springfield schools. She...
Justine Zeigler
Sep 10, 2001
Longtime Plymouth educator and resident, Justine D. Ziegler, 4839 Michigan Rd., died in St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth, of a cancer-related illness at 7:35 a.m. on Monday, September 10, 2001. She was 73 years old. Justine was born in Mishawaka on April 13, 1928, the daughter of Edward J. and Elizabeth D. Huemmer Harris. She graduated from LaPaz High...
Mildred Cramer
Sep 10, 2001
Mildred Cramer, a lifetime area resident, living on Lilac Rd., for 44 years, then in Garden Courts East and the last year at Miller’s Merry Manor, 600 Oakhill Ave., died of natural causes at the Manor at 6 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2001. Mildred was 93 years old. She was born in Linkville, Indiana on July 7, 1908, the daughter...
Floyd L. Irwin
Sep 9, 2001
Floyd L. Irwin, 95, died on Sept. 9, 2001, at the Manor Care Nursing Home in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he had lived since 1997, moving there from North Liberty, Ind. He was born on June 6, 1906, in North Township, Marshall County, to Riley E. and Rosa Ellen Berger Irwin. He attended schools in Teegarden and graduated from Walkerton...
Loretta K. Rosensteihl
Sep 7, 2001
Loretta K. Rosenstiehl, 58, died of a cancer-related illness, at 9:35 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 7, 2001, in the Hospice House of St. Joseph County. Loretta of 7928 Rose Road, Plymouth, was a Marshall County resident most of her life. She had however, lived in Melbourne, Fla. from 1984 until her recent return this spring. Loretta was born in Havre...
Esther M. Montgomery
Aug 30, 2001
Esther M. Montgomery, a lifetime Marshall County resident, living at Garden Courts East, 501 Pennsylvania Ave., Plymouth, for the past 2 1/2 years, has died. Esther, 72, died, following an illness, at 5:05 p.m. on Thursday, August 30, 2001, in Hospice House of St. Joseph County, South Bend. Esther was born in St. Joseph County on October 31, 1928. She...
