Obituaries

Dixie Mann

Dixie J. Mann, 83, of Geneva passed away Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024, at 7:28 p.m. at Envive of Berne. She was born…

Louise Houser

Louise Houser Louise Anna (Sommer) Houser, 105, of Berne passed away Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024, at Swiss Village…

Phyllis Baumgartner

Phyllis J. Baumgartner, 98, died January 4, 2024.  She was born on June 26, 1925, to Mahlon E. Hartzler and…

Tammy Velasco

Tammy Lynn Velasco, 58, of Parker, Colorado passed away Monday morning, Jan. 1, 2024, at Parker Adventist…

Jerry Beard

Jerry L. Beard, 84, of Berne passed away Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023 at Swiss Village. He was born Dec. 18, 1939 in…

Erick Sprunger

Erick Steven Sprunger, 76, of Sacramento, California passed away peacefully at home Dec. 8, 2023, following a…

Duane Lehman

Duane Stanley Lehman, 91, was at home when he went peacefully to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,…

Eileen Daughtery

Eileen Rose (Graber) Sprunger Daugherty, 94, of Berne passed away Monday, Dec. 18, 2023, at Swiss Village in…

Gladys Bell

Gladys Marie (Middaugh) Bell, 75, of Bryant died Thursday, Dec. 28, 2023, at her residence. Visitation is from…

Stanley Hart

Stanley “Tom” Hart, 75, of Bluffton passed away Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023, at 9:30 a.m. at Ossian Health & Rehab…

Henry Graber

Henry D. Graber, 38, of Bryant died Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2023, at his residence. He was born Thursday, May 23,…

Susan Eicher

Susan S. Eicher, infant daughter of Samuel H. and Emma J.E. (Schwartz) Eicher of Decatur, died Thursday, Dec.…

Clifford Umpleby

Clifford A. “Cliff” Umpleby, 95, of Berne passed away Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023, surrounded by his family at…

Doris Foster

Gone but not forgotten, Doris Elaine Foster, 80, passed away Saturday, Dec. 23, 2023, at 9:06 a.m. following an…

Rosann Schwartz

Infant Rosann E. Schwartz, born July 2, 2022, of Rockford, Ohio, died from injuries received when the family…

Eileen Sprunger-Daugherty

Eileen Rose Sprunger-Daugherty, 94, of Berne died Monday, Dec. 18, 2023, at Swiss Village in Berne.…

Marvin Taylor

Marvin A. Taylor, 88, of Monroe passed away Monday, Dec. 18, 2023, at Adams Woodcrest in Decatur. He was born…

Betty Liechty

Betty L. Liechty, 93, of Berne was called peacefully to her heavenly home Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023, surrounded…

Bonnie Ehrsam

Bonnie K. Ehrsam, 90, of Decatur passed away Friday, Dec. 15, 2023, at Adams Woodcrest in Decatur. She was born…

Aileen Nelson

Aileen Jeanette Nelson, 85, of rural Decatur passed away Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort…

Rose Liechty

Rose Marie Liechty, 96, of Berne passed away Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, at her residence. She was born Dec. 5,…

Merlin Zurcher

Merlin D. Zurcher, 92, of Berne passed away Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, at Swiss Village in Berne. He was born Aug.…

James Adams

James L. Adams, 85, of Berne passed away Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023, at Parkview Hospital Randallia in Fort Wayne.…

Joseph A. Schwartz

Joseph “Joe” Allen Schwartz loved to build. He came by it naturally as the oldest son of Joe H. and Frances L.…