Obituaries
Plymouth, Indiana and Marshall County , IN Obituaries
Local obituaries for Plymouth, Indiana and Marshall County
Fred M. Berger
Dec 15, 2000
Lifetime area resident and farmer, Fred M. Berger, 8920 Plymouth-Goshen Trail, died, following an illness, on Friday, Dec. 15, 2000. Fred, 82-years old, died in Community Hospital of Bremen at 9:35 p.m. under the loving care of his family and the Marshall County Hospice.Born on Jan. 29, 1918, in Bremen, Fred was the son of Clem D. And Rose Clark...
Wilda J. Cruse
Dec 15, 2000
Wilda J. Cruse, 65, died at her Neidlinger Garden Court residence, 905 Berkley Street, Plymouth. She died peacefully in prayer, while in the company of her family, on Friday, Dec. 15, 2000, at 9:15 a.m. Wilda had lived in Plymouth since 1996, moving here from Knox where she had lived from 1981 to 1996.Wilda was born on April 10, 1935,...
William F. Potthoff
Dec 7, 2000
William F. “Bill” Potthoff, 61, Plymouth, having moved here five years ago from Knox, died of natural causes at his residence, 215 Water St., on Thursday, December 7, 2000 at 6 p.m.Bill was born in Chicago, on August 6, 1939. He was the son of Robert C., Sr., and Elizabeth M. Underhill Potthoff. He attended St. Sabrina School and CVS...
James L. Labas
Dec 6, 2000
James L. Labas, Venice, Florida, formerly of Plymouth, died peacefully at his home in the loving arms of his wife, Donna, at 3:44 a.m. on Wednesday, December 6, 2000. In recent years, Jim had been ill with cancer. He was 68-years old.Born the son of James E. And Marie V. Labas, Jim was born on Sept. 21, 1932, in Hammond,...
Robert Wayne Green, Sr.
Dec 1, 2000
Robert Wayne Green , Sr., 70, of Newport News, Va., formerly of Plymouth, died, following an illness, at his son Robert Jr’s residence in Newport News at 10:43 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 1, 2000.Born in Plymouth on June 26, 1930, Bob was the son of Donald Godfrey and Dorothy Beatrice Schrom Green. He attended Plymouth High School.He was a member...
Pearl J. Konkle
Dec 1, 2000
Pearl J. Konkle died at 8:35 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 1, 2000 at Pilgrim Manor Nursing Center, following an illness. She had been a resident of the Plymouth and Warsaw areas most of her life.Pearl was born in Springfield, Illinois on Oct. 24, 1918 , the daughter of Joseph and Sarah Creacy Warner. She attended Willow Shade School in Kentucky.Pearl...
Donald E. Keefer
Nov 28, 2000
Donald E. Keefer, 112 W. Owl Drive, Rochester, Ind., where he had been a resident for the past 12 years, coming from Auburn, Ind., died of a cancer-related illness at 3:25 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2000. Don, 53, died in St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, South Bend.He was born in Huntington, Ind., on December 1, 1946, the son of...
Janet R. Lee
Nov 28, 2000
Janet R. Lee, a lifetime Plymouth resident, died in the loving care of her family, friends and the Marshall County Hospice, at her residence, 807 Angel St., at 7:20 a.m. on Tuesday morning, November 28, 2000. Janet was 54 years old; she was diagnosed with cancer in March of this year.Born in Plymouth, the daughter of Frank E., Jr., and...
Dr. Jose R. Dejesus, Jr.
Nov 28, 2000
Dr. Jose R. DeJesus, Jr., M.D., 69, a highly respected Marshall County cardiologist and internist, has died. “Dr. DeJesus was a wonderful doctor; he knew the human heart like the back of his hand, ”a medical colleague said when learning of his death.Dedicated to his profession and his family, Dr. DeJesus died unexpectedly, due to medical complications, at his residence,...
Knight L. Wennerstrom Sr.
Nov 27, 2000
Knight L. Wennerstrom, Sr., 78, of 13265 7th Road, died on Monday, November 27, 2000, at 8:11 p.m., in St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth, following a sudden illness. Knight has been a resident of Plymouth since 1951, coming from Culver, Ind.He was born in Culver on Feb. 12, 1922, to August Edward and Naome Johnson Wennerstrom. He graduated from...
Leal J. Long
Nov 24, 2000
Leal J. Long, 805 Baker Street, died at 8:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 24, 2000, in Pilgrim Manor Nursing Center. He was four days shy of his 85th birthday.Leal was born in Plymouth on Nov. 28, 1915, the son of Neal and Nellie E. Linn Long. He attended school in Plymouth and graduated from high school in Michigan in 1933.On...
Charles A. Cleveland
Nov 20, 2000
Ninety-two-year-old Charles A. Cleveland, 258 Elliot Ave., Plymouth, a Walkerton and Plymouth resident most of his life, died at 11:10 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 20, 2000, in Pilgrim Manor Nursing Center, following a lengthy illness.Charles was born on Aug. 27, 1908, in Tennant, Iowa. He was the son of J.W. and Mary Wyatt Cleveland. He attended various schools in Indiana.A...
Jeanne P. Skahill
Nov 19, 2000
Jeanne P. Skahill, 85, died of natural causes, following a sudden illness at 8 a.m. on Sunday, November 19, 2000, in St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth. Jeanne was a resident in the Orchard Wing at Miller’s Merry Manor, 600 Oakhill Avenue, coming from Venice, Florida, in May of 1997.She was born in Brooklyn, New York, on August 8, 1915,...
Alberta Marie Mire Gilbert
Nov 11, 2000
Alberta Marie Mire Gilbert, 88, who had made her home with her niece, Linda and George Smith, 13595 6 C Road, Plymouth, Indiana for the past six years, coming from Lake Charles, La., has died. Marie died of natural causes at 2:30 a.m. on Sunday, November 19, 2000, in St. Joseph Community Hospital, Mishawaka, Ind.Born on May 15, 1912, in...
Geraldine May Shafer
Nov 5, 2000
Lifetime Plymouth resident, Geraldine “Jeannie” May Shafer, 69, 850 N. Oak Rd., Plymouth, died in Miller’s Merry Manor, following a sudden illness, at 12:30 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 5, 2000.Born on November 8, 1930 in Plymouth, she was the daughter of Melvin and Ella A. Earl Booker. She graduated from Lincoln High School in the class of 1947.On June 12,...
Harold C. Pontius
Nov 4, 2000
Harold C. Pontius, 94, a lifetime resident of the Walkerton area, died, following a brief illness, at 9:15 p.m., on Saturday, Nov. 4, 2000, in Miller’s Merry Manor, Plymouth. He was a resident of Walkerton, living at 19842 W. 3B Road.Born on Dec. 6, 1905, in Walkerton, Harold was the son of Lawrence and Lucy Killian Pontius. He attended Tyner...
Loretta A. Pozorski
Nov 4, 2000
Loretta A. Pozorski, 73, 10649 South Michigan Rd., Plymouth, a resident since 1949, coming from Hamlet, died of a cancer-related illness, on Saturday, Nov. 4, 2000. Loretta died at 1:15 a.m. in Miller’s Merry Manor, Plymouth, where she had been a patient since Friday.Born in Hamlet, Ind., on May 21, 1927, she was the daughter of Edwin R. And Lela...
George B. Demont
Oct 31, 2000
War Veteran, civic leader and outstanding citizen, George B. DeMont has died. The 83-year-old lifetime area resident died of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s related illnesses at 1:15 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2000, in Pilgrim Manor Nursing Center. He lived at 2211 Hillcrest Ave., Plymouth.Born on Jan. 13, 1917, in Rochester, George was the son of Earl G. And Alta Carrie...
Marjorie Helen Smith
Oct 31, 2000
Marjorie Helen Smith, 96, an area resident most of her life, died following a brief illness, on Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2000. Marjorie died at 1:20 a.m. in St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, Plymouth.She was born on April 10, 1904, at Bass Lake, Ind., the daughter of Merlin O. and Orta C. Wamsley Cobler. She attended a country school at Bass...
Lena Mae Houin
Oct 30, 2000
Lena Mae Houin, 12350 W. 11thRoad of Plymouth, 81, died at 3:30 a.m. Monday, October 30, 2000 at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth following a brief illness. She was a lifetime Marshall County resident, growing up in Lapaz.Born May 19, 1919 in Plymouth, she was the daughter of Clarence R. and Lauretta Abair Baker. She graduated from Lapaz High...
