Obituaries
Plymouth, Indiana and Marshall County , IN Obituaries
Local obituaries for Plymouth, Indiana and Marshall County
Mary Elizabeth Karn
Mar 19, 2001
Mary Elizabeth Karn, 90, a native of North Manchester and former Plymouth resident has died. Mary died of natural causes at 11:40 a.m. Monday, March 19, 2001 in the Peabody Retirement Center, North Manchester, Indiana, where she and her husband have resided since 1995.Mary was born on August 22, 1910 in North Manchester, the daughter of Gilford and Amy Kiston...
Dorothy E. Billings
Mar 15, 2001
Dorothy E. Billings, 77, died of natural causes at 7:55 p.m., Thursday, March 15, 2001, at the Countryside Place Nursing Home, Knox, where she had been a resident since September of 1995.A former Grovertown resident, Dorothy was born at home in Tyner, Ind., on January 22, 1924. She was the daughter of Elmer R. and Matilda Holderead Cudney. She attended...
John R. Ruff Jr.
Mar 11, 2001
John R. Ruff, Jr., 67, 7791 Tulip Road, Plymouth, died at 1:10 p.m. Sunday, March 11, 2001, in Plymouth. John had fought a two-year battle with cancer, having been cared for at home by his loving family and most recently by Marshall County Hospice.John was born in Plymouth on May 24, 1933, to John F. and Mildred C. Marsh Ruff. ...
Judy Morris
Mar 9, 2001
Judy Morris, 55, a former Plymouth resident, died unexpectedly of an apparent heart attack, at her residence on the Gianiclis Air Base in Egypt at 3 p.m. on Friday, March 9, 2001.Born in Plymouth, Ind., on Nov. 29, 1945, Judy was the daughter of Guy and Vivian Leiter Slater. She was a 1963 graduate of Plymouth High School.On October 30,...
Hope R. Bixel
Mar 3, 2001
Hope R. Bixel, 94, a lifetime Marshall County resident, died of natural causes at her home, 13265 W. 6C Road, Plymouth at 11:59 p.m. on Saturday, March 3, 2001. Hope was attended by her family and the Marshall County Hospice.Born in Bourbon on September 22, 1906, Hope was the daughter of Isaiah Henry and Katie Della Highshew Grossman. She graduated...
Rebecca Kay O’Hara
Feb 28, 2001
Rebecca Kay “Becky” O’Hara, a lifetime Plymouth resident since she was seven years old, died of natural causes at the St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth, after becoming ill at her residence, 2000 Westgate Ave., on Wednesday, February 28, 2001, at 8 a.m. She was forty-five years old.Becky was born in Middletown, Ohio, on August 20, 1955. She was the...
Orville M. “Bud” Melton
Feb 18, 2001
Orville M. “Bud” Melton, 126 1/2 Michigan Rd., Argos, formerly of Kentucky, died unexpectedly of natural causes, at 8:50 p.m. on Sunday, February 18, 2001, in St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth. A resident of Argos since 1996, Bud was 65 years old.Born in Burkesville, Ky., on June 30, 1935, he was the son of Charlie Melton and Annis Davidson ...
Perma M. Geyer
Feb 18, 2001
Perma M. Geyer, 89, suffering from failing health for the past several years, died at 8:15 p.m. on Sunday, February 18, 2001, in Plymouth.A lifetime Marshall County resident, Perma had formerly lived on Indiana Ave., in Argos and was a resident of Shady Rest since August 1999.Born on May 21, 1911 in Bremen, Perma was the daughter of Frank E....
Billy L. Hesler
Feb 16, 2001
Billy L. “Bill” Hesler, 59, 614 E. LaPorte St., Plymouth, died at 9:18 a.m., after an extensive battle with cancer, on Friday, February 16, 2001, in St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth.A South Bend and Plymouth area resident all of his life, Bill was born in Clinton, IN, on August 20, 1941. He was the son of George W. and...
Madison Rae Stacy
Feb 13, 2001
Madison Rae Stacy was stillborn at 9:44 p.m. in St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth, on Tuesday, February 13, 2001.She was the daughter of Stephen and Leah Melton Stacy, 320 S. Michigan St., LaPaz, IN.Madison Rae is survived by her parents and two sisters, Savannah Lynn and Megan Lee Stacy.Her maternal grandmother, Gloria Jean and William Babendrager of Plymouth and...
Phoebe Ann Haag
Feb 9, 2001
Ninety-one year old Phoebe Ann Haag, a resident of Walnut Creek Care Center since 1994, died of natural causes at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, February 9, 2001, in the Center. She formerly lived on West 6th Road in Plymouth.Born in Weesaw Twp., Berrien, County Michigan, on April 26, 1909, Phoebe was the daughter of William R. and Mary Smith Wyant.On...
Robert W. Wilson
Feb 9, 2001
Robert W. “Bob” Wilson, 83, ill with cancer for the past 6 months, died at the home of his daughter, Pat, in New Port Richey, Florida, at 10:04 p.m. on Friday, February 9, 2001, in the loving care of his family and the Hernando-Pasco Hospice of Florida.Bob, lived in Plymouth from 1942 to 1958, and was a former resident of...
Zola F. Roach Collins
Feb 7, 2001
Zola F. Roach Collins, 79, a Plymouth resident from 1945 to 1966, died at 10:50 a.m., following an illness, on Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2001. She died at her residence, #2 Sandy Point, Lake Placid, Florida, where she had lived since 1994, moving there from Elkhart, her residence for 28 years after leaving Plymouth. Zola died in the loving care of...
Charles Lee “Chuck” Mchargue
Feb 7, 2001
Charles Lee “Chuck” McHargue, 75, a Marshall County resident most of his life, died of natural causes at his residence, 301 Lynn Ave., Plymouth, at 12:45 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2001.Chuck was born in Rockville, Ind., on Sept. 5, 1925, the son of Yancy Harley and Eva Lamoine Stalker McHargue. He was a 1943 graduate of Rosedale High School.During...
Gerard Paul “Jerry” Gidley
Feb 6, 2001
Gerard Paul “Jerry” Gidley has died.A “giant” of a man and a leader in the community, his love of life, intelligence and humor will be missed by all who knew him.The Mass of Christian Burial for Jerry will be at 10 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 9, 2001, in St. Michael’s Roman Catholic Church, Plymouth. The Revs. Father Anthony Gillespie and...
S. Wayne Munn
Jan 28, 2001
Lifetime Marshall County resident, S. Wayne Munn, 70, 7240 Union Road, died, following an illness, at 4:45 a.m., Sunday, January 28, 2001, in Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth.Wayne was the son of Rolland and Florence VanPherson Munn. He graduated from Tyner High School in 1948 and held many good memories from those years.Manager of the basketball team and in...
Ward Jerome “Jerry” Wilhelm
Jan 28, 2001
Ward Jerome “Jerry” Wilhelm, 70, a resident of Garden Court West Apts. since 1996, died, following an extended illness, at 2:40 p.m. on Sunday, January 28, 2001. A 50-year resident of Plymouth, Jerry died in St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth.Born on Oct. 11, 1930, in LaPorte, Ind., Jerry was the son of Ward Harlan and Katherine Cecilia Helms Wilhelm. ...
Edna Cleveland
Jan 26, 2001
Edna Cleveland, 83, a lifetime Plymouth area resident, died at 2 p.m., at her residence, 258 Elliott Ave., Plymouth, on Friday, January 26, 2001. Charles, her husband of sixty years, preceded her in death just slightly over two months ago, on November 20, 2000.Edna was born in Plymouth, the daughter of August and Sadie Rieken Huge on March 5, 1917. ...
Helen Maguerite Phebus
Jan 17, 2001
Helen Marguerite Phebus, 88, a 60 year resident of Plymouth, formerly of Etna Green, who lived the past 54 years at 331 Pennsylvania Ave., died at 9:38 p.m. on Wednesday, January 17, 2001. She died at Regency Place, Ft. Wayne, where she had been a resident since December. She had been battling a cancer-related illness since last August.She was born...
Nancy Faye Nash
Jan 12, 2001
Nancy Faye Nash, 57, died at her home, 14729 Dixon Lake Trail, Plymouth, at 9:50 a.m. Friday, January 12, 2001, in the loving care of her family and the Marshall County Hospice. Faye had lived in Marshall County since 1995, coming from the Detroit area.Born in Warren, Michigan on Sept. 27, 1943, she was the daughter of J. Charles and...
