Obituaries
Plymouth, Indiana and Marshall County , IN Obituaries
Local obituaries for Plymouth, Indiana and Marshall County
Frank Muffley
May 29, 2000
Frank Muffley, 106 S. 3rd Street, moved to Plymouth from Milford, Ind., when he was 4 years old. Frank, 70, suffered an apparent heart attack at his home on Monday, May 29, 2000, and died at 5:24 p.m. in the St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth.He was born in Milford on March 6, 1930, the son of Earl G. and...
Stanley E. Kalin, Jr.
May 28, 2000
Former Plymouth resident Stanley E. Kalin, Jr., 54, Fireside Drive, Goshen, Ind., died at 10:53 a.m. on Sunday, May 28, 2000, in Elkhart General Hospital, Elkhart, Ind.Stan was born the son of Stanley E. Sr., and Gertrude M. Ruhnow Kalin on July 1, 1945, in Hutchinson, Kansas. A 1963 graduate of Plymouth High School, he also earned a Master’s Degree...
Shirley Jean Walker
May 21, 2000
Shirley Walker, 71, a former resident of Plymouth on McLiver Drive. A resident of 16518 Fairfax Drive, Fountain Hills, Arizona, since 1989, Shirley died of natural causes, after facing illness through most of her life. She died at home on Sunday, May 21, 2000, at 3 a.m.Born in Plymouth on Feb. 5, 1929, Shirley was the daughter of Eldon Thomas...
Doris Julia Milkey
May 20, 2000
Doris Julia Milkey, 71, a lifetime resident of Plymouth, died of natural causes at her home, 11043 S. Michigan Rd., Plymouth, in the loving care of Ralph, her husband of 53 years, her family and the Marshall County Hospice.Julia died at 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 20, 2000.She was born in Plymouth, the daughter of George and Cecile Yochum DeMien,...
Terry R. Boetsma
May 20, 2000
Terry R. Boetsma, 4216 Miami Road, South Bend, a resident of Plymouth before moving to South Bend twenty years ago, died, following an illness, on Saturday, May 20, 2000, at 7:21 p.m.Terry died in St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, South Bend. He was 59 years old.Born in Plymouth on Nov. 22, 1940, Terry was the son of Earl and Mary...
Sandra Kathleen Weedling
May 20, 2000
After a courageous battle, following the third bout of cancer Sandra Kathleen Weedling, 62, has died and now rejoices in her Heavenly reward.Sandy died on Saturday, May 20, 2000, at 11:15 p.m. in the St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, Plymouth.A lifetime Marshall County resident, Sandy lived at 402 E. Adams St., Plymouth. She was born in Rochester, Ind. on Feb....
Marcia L. Snyder
May 10, 2000
Marcia Lou Snyder, 73, a LaPaz area resident since 1950, coming from Shipshewana, Ind., has died.She finished her journey and the Lord called Marcia home at 7:45 a.m., when, at her residence, 13010 W. 1st Rd., Lakeville, she died from a sudden heart attack.Born on July 1, 1926 in LaGrange, Ind., she was the daughter of Orla O. and Bessie...
James H. Farkas
May 9, 2000
James Henry Farkas, 61, 13250 S. Rose Road, died at 8:15 p.m. on Tuesday, May 9, 2000. Admitted to Pilgrim Manor only hours before his death, Jim died of natural causes.Born in Benton Harbor, Mich., he was the son of Levi F. Edgerley and the late Ruby Horton Edgerley. He attended West High School.In the United States Army for four...
Roy W. Jackson
May 4, 2000
Roy W. Jackson, 64, a one-year resident of Extenda Care Nursing Center, 2402 E. Center St., Warsaw, died at 7:20 p.m. on Thursday, May 4, 2000, in the Hospice Home of North-East Indiana at Fort Wayne. Roy died of natural causes following an illness.A former resident of Marshall and Starke Counties, Roy was born in LaPorte County on June 2,...
Mojeska A. Ellis
May 3, 2000
Mojeska Ellis, 97, 15013 Happy Trails, a resident of Plymouth, coming from Argos in 1969, has died. Mojeska died of natural causes on Wednesday, May 3, 2000, at 1:50 p.m. in St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, Plymouth.Born in Rochester, Ind., on February 10, 1903, Mojeska was the daughter of Dr. Loy L. and Lucille Clemens Anderson. She graduated from Argos...
Carl A. Sheets
May 2, 2000
Carl A. Sheets, 95, 1020 Lincolnway East, died of colon cancer at 3:10 p.m. on Tuesday, May 2, 2000, in Pilgrim Manor Nursing Home. Carl had lived in Plymouth since 1948, coming from Rochester.He was born on May 21, 1904, in Tiosa, Fulton County, the son of Clarence Edgar and Alma Videl Sheets. He graduated from Richland Center High School...
Walter A. Dodson
May 1, 2000
Walter Alvin Dodson, 71, a lifetime Marshall County resident who lived for the past 13 years at 310 Skylane Drive, Plymouth, has died.Walter, who had a cancer-related illness for the past several years, died at 9:20 a.m. on Monday, May 1, 2000, in Pilgrim Manor Nursing Home, 222 Parkview St., Plymouth.Born at home in Plymouth on June 15, 1928, Walter...
Laura M. Magnuson
Apr 26, 2000
Laura M. Magnuson 69, of 1850 North Linden Road, Plymouth, Ind., went to be with her Lord at 6:50 p.m., Wednesday, April 26, 2000. Laura died at her home, where she had resided the past 48 years; in the presence and care of her family and the Marshall County Hospice.Born on May 12, 1930, in Galien, Mich., the daughter of...
Louis Gene Wilson
Apr 22, 2000
Louis Gene Wilson, 62, a 30-year resident of Indianapolis, coming from Ft. Wayne, Ind., died at his home, 1304 Tecumseh St., on Saturday, April 22, 2000 at 1:40 p.m.Gene was born at home in Kewanna, Ind., on February 20, 1938, the son of Hugh H. and Zora A. Neff Wilson. He graduated from Kewanna High School in 1956 and then...
Howard D. Roush
Apr 18, 2000
Howard D. Roush, 86, of 1371 Pine Road, Plymouth, a lifetime Marshall County resident, has died.The owner/operator of “Howard Roush Door Sales” until January 1, 2000, Howard died of natural causes following an illness, at 2:25 p.m. on Tuesday, April 18, 2000, in the Bremen Health Care Center where he had been a patient since February 2 of this year.Born...
Russell C. Eck
Apr 12, 2000
Russell C. Eck, Maple Road of Plymouth, 73, died at I2:15 a.m., Wednesday, April 12, 2000 in his home following a cancer-related illness. He had lived in the Plymouth area since 1959.Born October 1, 1926 in Noblesville, he was the son of Leonard and Irene Fitzpatrick Eck. He graduated from High School in Cicero, Indiana and Purdue University with honors...
Lonnie L. Wright
Apr 12, 2000
Lonnie L. Wright, 81, of 805 Baker Street, Lot 40 of River Park, formerly of Hope Boulevard, Plymouth, Indiana died of congestive heart failure on Wednesday, April 12, 2000, at 8:45 p.m. at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, Plymouth.Born in Boaz, Kentucky, on February 24, 1919, Lonnie was the son of Lonnie L. and Carrie Dodson Wright. Lonnie graduated from...
Hazel M. Burns
Apr 11, 2000
Hazel M. Burns, 85 of 928 S. Michigan Street Plymouth, died of natural causes at9:14 p.m. Tuesday, April 11, 2000 in the St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth Campus.A lifetime resident of Marshall County, she was born on September 23, l9l4 the daughter of Jesse and Lulu Whitesell Newman. Hazel graduated with the Plymouth Lincoln High School Class of 1934....
James S. Shepherd
Apr 6, 2000
James S. Shepherd, 72, died at 7:30 a.m., on Thursday, April 6, 2000, of apparent heart failure in the Emergency Room of St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, Plymouth. James lived at 12168 U.S. Hwy.6, Plymouth. A resident of the Plymouth-LaPaz area for the past 14 years, James had come from Indianapolis and Bedford, Kentucky where he was born.Born on January...
Dorothy M. Balsley
Apr 5, 2000
Dorothy M. Balsley, Lilac Road, Plymouth, died unexpectedly, of natural causes, on Wednesday, April 5, 2000, at 3:46 a.m. in Parkview Hospital, Ft. Wayne, Indiana. She was 71 years old and had lived in Marshall County since 1968, coming from St. Joseph’s County.Born November 21, 1928 in Mishawaka, she was the daughter of Irvin Arthur and Mary Morwiser Schrader. She...








