Obituaries
Plymouth, Indiana and Marshall County , IN Obituaries
Local obituaries for Plymouth, Indiana and Marshall County
Ruth Luceil Murray
Jan 13, 2000
Ruth Luceil Murray, 75, a resident of 10835 State Road 10, Argos, for the past four months, died of natural causes at 1:20 p.m. on Thursday, January 13, 2000, in St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, Plymouth. A lifetime Marshall County resident she formerly lived at 908 Jackson St., Plymouth.Born on February 17, 1924, in West Township, Ruth was the daughter...
Ardeth B. Smith
Jan 10, 2000
Ardeth B. Smith, 89, 1750 S. Elmhurst Road, Des Plaines, Ill., for the past two years, died of natural causes on Monday, January 10, 2000, in the Holy Family Medical Center, Des Plaines, Ill.Ardeth had been a resident of Plymouth from 1928 until 1993 when she moved to Leesburg, Florida.She was born on June 19, 1910, in Rochester, Ind., the...
William L. “Butch” Gibson
Jan 9, 2000
William L. “ Butch” Gibson, 57, a lifetime resident of Plymouth, died at 10:35 a.m. on Sunday, January 9, 2000, in the Emergency Room of St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, Plymouth.Butch’s death came unexpectedly of natural causes following a sudden attack at home, 11375 11th Road, Plymouth.Born on December 28, 1942, in Plymouth, he was the son of Milton I....
Zola Zuella Taylor
Jan 7, 2000
Zola Zuella Taylor, 91, a resident of Plymouth for the past fifty years, moving from South Bend, died at 3:35 p.m. on Friday, January 7, 2000, in Miller’s Merry Manor, 600 Oakhill Ave., Plymouth. Zola formerly lived on Ewing St., Plymouth. She had been in failing health for several years.Born in Plymouth on October 20, 1908, Zola was the daughter...
Helen M. Zumbaugh
Jan 6, 2000
Helen M. Zumbaugh, 77, 926 N. Broadway, a lifetime Plymouth resident, died, following a brief illness, on Thursday, January 6, 2000, at 3:30 p.m. in the St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth.Helen was born in Plymouth on July 7, 1922, the daughter of Frank and Emma Jane Cotton Baugher. She graduated from Plymouth High School in 1941, and attended Indiana...
Fannie L. Klingerman
Jan 6, 2000
Eighty-three-year-old Fannie L. Klingerman, a Plymouth resident since she was one year old, died of natural causes at 7 p.m. on Thursday, January 6, 2000, in Miller’s Merry Manor, 600 Oakhill Ave., Plymouth.Fannie was born on July 5, 1916, in Starke County. She was the daughter of James and Elizabeth Anderson Howard. She attended Plymouth schools.On June 26, 1934, Fannie...
James W. Rice, Sr.
Jan 5, 2000
James W. Rice, Sr., 85, 11492 King Road, Plymouth, a resident of Marshall County since 1950, died, following a recent stroke, at 2:10 a.m. on Wednesday, January 5, 2000, in St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, Plymouth.Jim was born on June 16, 1914, in Ft. Wayne, Ind., the son of William and Ida Dahlman Rice. He graduated from Rolling Prairie High...
Erma Grace Pregel
Jan 4, 2000
Erma Grace Pregel, 90, died at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, January 4, 2000, at the home of her son, Dennis and his family, 5473 Redwood Road, Plymouth, where she had resided since 1997. Erma’s health had been failing for the past two years.Born in Brown Valley, Minn. on September 10, 1909, Erma was the daughter of Charles Stoddard and Grace...
Richard C. Rash
Jan 4, 2000
Richard C. Rash, a lifetime resident of LaPaz, died from an extended cancer-related illness at 7:40 a.m. on Tuesday, January 4, 2000. Richard died at his residence in the loving care of family, friends and the Marshall County Hospice. He was 66 years old.Born at home in LaPaz on February 24, 1933, he was the son of William J. Rash...
Wilma G. Beyler
Jan 3, 2000
Lifelong Plymouth resident, Wilma G. Beyler, 91, died at 3:45 a.m. of natural causes on Monday, January 3, 2000, in the Pilgrim Manor Nursing Center, 222 Parkview Drive, Plymouth, where she had lived since 1996. Wilma was a former resident of Garden Court East.Born on April 4, 1908, on the family farm north of Plymouth, she was the daughter of...
James E. Wacasey, Sr.
Jan 1, 2000
James E. Wacasey, Sr., 68, died, following a year-long battle with cancer, on Saturday, April 1, 2000, at 11 a.m.Jim died at his residence, 16082 14th Rd., Plymouth, under the loving care of the Marshall County Hospice. He had lived in the area for the past 27 years coming from Chicago, Illinois.Born in Peniel, Texas, on March 10, 1932, Jim...
Bernice A. Shively
Jan 1, 2000
Friends may gather to celebrate the life of Bernice A. Shively on Tuesday, April 4, 2000, from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. in the Johnson-Danielson Funeral Home, 1100 N. Michigan St., Plymouth. Visitation will also be held for one hour prior to the 10 a.m. services in the Plymouth Church of the Brethren, 1130 N. Michigan St., ...
Cedric E. “Keck” Shank
Jan 1, 2000
Cedric E. “Keck” Shank, 78, an area resident most of his life, died, following an illness, at 12:35 a.m. on Tuesday, February 1, 2000, in St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, Plymouth. Keck lived on Vine St., in Tyner, Ind.Born in Oceola, Ind., on July 5, 1921, he was the son of DeWitt E. and Era O’Blenis Shank. He graduated from...
Tom Gast
Jan 1, 2000
Tom Gast, 86, died, following an extended illness, at 10:42 a.m., on January 1, 2000, at his residence, 626 Ferndale Ave., Plymouth, where he had lived for one year. Tom was a resident of Grovertown, Ind., for 35 years having moved there from Valparaiso.Tom was born in Valparaiso on July 18, 1913, the son of Andrew Thomas and Hanora J....
Julia F. Addis
Dec 31, 1999
Julie F. Addis, 80, formerly of W. Adams St., Plymouth, died of natural causes on Friday, December 31, 1999, at 3:45 a.m. in the Pilgrim Manor Nursing Genter, Plymouth. Julia had been a Plymouth resident for the past 31 years coming from Junction City, Kansas.Julia was born in Seneca, Missouri on September 13, 1919. She was the daughter of Peter...
Viola M. Gerlack
Dec 31, 1999
Viola M. Gerlack, 85, 612 S. Michigan St., Plymouth, died unexpectedly from natural causes at her residence on Friday, December 31, 1999, at 9 a.m. Vi had come to Plymouth from Riverside, California, in September of 1999.She was born in South Bend, Indiana, on December 14, 1914, the daughter of Cecil and Minnie Hatfield Rowell.In October of 1951, Vi and...
Ruth K. Alfeld
Dec 26, 1999
Ruth K. Alfeld, 80, formerly of LaPaz, moving to Plymouth in 1992, and a resident in Pilgrim Manor Nursing Center, died there, following an illness, on Sunday, December 26, 1999, at 6:45 a.m.Ruth was born on July 3, 1919, in Huntington County, Indiana, the daughter of Henry W. and Fern Schultz Renz. She was a 1937 graduate of LaPaz High...
Olive Grace Alderfer
Nov 6, 1999
Olive Grace Alderfer, 87, a lifetime Plymouth resident, died of natural causes at 7:50 a.m., on Saturday, November 6, 1999, in St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, Plymouth. Olive had lived at 315 W. Garro St., Plymouth, since 1988.She was born in Plymouth on March 12, 1912, the daughter of George B. and Sarah E. Vareis Bolinger. She was educated in...
Salina Albert
Oct 28, 1999
Eighty-nine year old Salina Albert, a resident of the Bremen-LaPaz area since 1933 coming from Brazil, Indiana, died, following an illness, at 2:50 p.m. on Thursday, October 28, 1999, in the Bremen Health Care Center.Salina was born on March 30, 1910, in Brazil, Indiana. She was the daughter of Thomas P. and Lucy E. Webster Black. She attended schools in...
Chester L. Abair
Jan 19, 1999
Chester L. “Chet” Abair, 73, of 10309 E. 8A Road, Plymouth’ diedon Tuesday, January 19, 1999, at 2:15 p.m. Chet died unexpectedly of natural causes in the Emergency Room of St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, Plymouth, after becoming ill at home.Born the son of Russell and Luella Powers Abair in Argos, Ind., on October 27, 1925, Chet was a member...
