Obituaries

Daryll Burkhalter

Daryll Burkhalter, 75, of rural Pennville passed away on Thursday, November 23, 2017 at his home. He was born…

Thomas A. Baker

Thomas A. Baker, 69, of Decatur passed away on Saturday, November 25, 2017 at his residence. He was born on…

Violet L. Steffen

Violet L. Steffen, 94, of Decatur passed away at 1:43 p.m. on Thursday, November 23, 2017 at her residence. She…

Rita G. Byer

Rita G. Byer, 77 of Willshire, Ohio died at 11:45 a.m. on Tuesday, November 21, 2017 at Chalet Village Health &…

Robert B. Hanni

Robert “Bob” B. Hanni, 91, passed away on Wednesday, November 15, 2017 at White Oak Health Campus in…

Curt Claassen

Rev. Curt Claassen, 99 of Berne entered into the presence of his precious Savior, Jesus Christ on Wednesday,…

Sam S. Schwartz

Sam S. Schwartz, 1 month, of rural Monroe died on Thursday, November 16, 2017 at home. He was born on October…

Leonard J. Schwartz

Leonard J. Schwartz, 89, of Berne passed away Sunday, November 12, 2017 at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne. He…

Iona Melchi

Iona Melchi, 92, passed away on Saturday, November 11, 2017 in Fort Wayne. She was born in Berne to Harvey and…

Robin K. La Rue

Rev. Robin Kent La Rue, 75, received his eternal reward Sunday, November 12, 2017 surrounded by his family,…

Linda S. Hamrick

Linda S. Hamrick, 63, of Craigville passed away on Saturday, November 11, 2017 at her residence. She was born…

Kathy Gray

Kathy Gray, 70, of Portland died on Friday, November 10, 2017 at her residence. She was born on Tuesday, May…

David A. Teeple

David Allen Teeple, 63, of Berne was called to his heavenly home at 7:16 p.m. on Tuesday, November 7, 2017 at…

Hitomi Huey

Hitomi Huey, 87, of Portland passed away on Sunday, November 5, 2017 at her residence. She was born on January…

Nan Sue Habegger

Nan Sue Habegger, 66, of Mt. Juliet, Tennessee passed away on Friday, October 13, 2017 to Walter and Geraldine…

Nathan K. Christner

Nathan K. Christner, infant, of rural Geneva, died on Saturday, November 4, 2017 at DuPont Hospital in Fort…

Lela Vorhees

Lela Vorhees, 91, of Lakeland, Florida passed away on Monday, October 30, 2017 at Lakeland Regional Health in…

Virg Gierhart

Virg Gierhart, 74, of Bryant passed away at 11:47 a.m. on Tuesday, October 31, 2017 at his residence. He was…

Pauline Ineichen

Pauline Ineichen, 90, of Portland died on Sunday, October 29, 2017 at Persimmon Ridge in Portland. She was born…

Maxine Burgess

Maxine Burgess, 83, of Geneva died on Sunday, October 29, 2017 at Swiss Village in Berne. She was born on…

Tillman W. Sprunger

Tillman “Tim” W. Sprunger, 96, a lifelong resident of Berne, went to his heavenly home on Thursday, October 26,…

Dorothy I. Tumbleson

Dorothy I. Tumbleson, 90, of Decatur, formerly of Berne, passed away on Monday, October 23, 2017 at Woodcrest…

Mary Ann Bailey

Mary Ann Bailey, 86, of rural Geneva died on Sunday, October 22, 2017 at Swiss Village in Berne. She was born…

Gene Bluhm

Gene R. Bluhm, 81, of Monroe, died Sunday, October 15, 2017 at Swiss Village in Berne. He was born on December…