Obituaries

2018

Kim A. Crippen, 63, Denver, Indiana, passed away at 4:02 p.m. on Tuesday, October 9, 2018, at Lutheran Hospital, Ft. Wayne.

Born December 7, 1954, in Peru, Indiana, he was the son of Dale D. and Betty Jean Erdle Crippen.  On May 2, 1976, in Peru, Indiana, he was married to Patricia Darlene Love, and she survives....

Dec 29, 2017

John Joseph Swantner, 93, Chili, passed away at 6:36 a.m. on Friday, December 29, 2017, at Dukes Memorial Hospital, Peru.

Born on April 6, 1924, in Valley Park, Missouri, he was the oldest of five children raised by William Joseph and Lurah Suzie Long Swantner. He married the former Clarabel Chester on February 25, 1945. She preceded...

Dec 23, 2017

John Robert Mullinix, 79, Lehigh Acres, Florida, passed away on Saturday, December 23, 2017, at Hope Hospice in Lehigh Acres, Florida.

Born December 16, 1938, in Wabash County, Indiana, he was the son of Floyd F. and Elizabeth D. Donaldson Mullinix.  On November 7, 1958, at the New Salem Church of the Brethren, he was married to...

Dec 16, 2017

Harry E. Knauff, Jr., 78, Denver, Indiana, passed away on Saturday, December 16, 2017, at his daughter’s residence in Wabash County.

Born January 5, 1939, in Perrysburg, Indiana, he was the son of Harry E. Knauff, Sr. and Audrey Viola Grandstaff Knauff.  On February 16, 1958, he was married to the former Carolyn Ruth Mongosa who passed...

Dec 10, 2017

Carolyn Ruth Knauff, 78, Denver, Indiana, passed away Sunday morning, December 10, 2017, at her residence.

Born October 29, 1939, in Miami County, Indiana, she was the daughter of the late Lyman Vance and Eathel Fay Walker Mongosa.  On February 16, 1959, she was married to Harry E. Knauff, Jr., and he survives.

She was...

Dec 1, 2017

Clyde David Williams, Jr., 52, Peru, Indiana, was called home by God on Friday, December 1, 2017, at St. Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis, surrounded by his loved ones.

Born December 16, 1964, in Beckley, West Virginia, he was the son of Clyde Williams, and the former Carolyn Sue Akemon.

David worked for many years in the...

Nov 30, 2017

Pansy Pauline Dewitt, 65, Kokomo, passed away at 7:13 p.m. on Thursday, November 30, 2017, at St. Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis.

Born September 20, 1952, in Lafayette, Indiana, she was the daughter of Cara and Mary Dewitt.

Pansy was a member of Temple Baptist Church in Kokomo, Indiana.  She worked at Bona Vista in Peru and...

Nov 23, 2017

Wayne Harvey Hill, 78, Denver, Indiana, passed away at 2:58 p.m. on Thursday, November 23, 2017, at Parkview Regional Medical Center, Ft. Wayne, Indiana.

Born August 17, 1939, in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, he was the son of Grover Carl and Kathryn Eunice Brown Hill.  On May 13, 1961, in Germany, he was married to Monika Elisabeth Schork,...

Nov 20, 2017

Gertrude A. “Gertie” Hiers, 87, Mexico, passed away peacefully on Monday morning, November 20, 2017, at her residence.

Born August 1, 1930, in Mexico, Indiana, she was the daughter of Henry and Edna Miller Swayer.  On April 17, 1949, at the Mexico Church of the Brethren, she was married to Melvin Hiers, and he survives.

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Nov 18, 2017

Debra Kay Miller Cornelison, 51, Perrysburg, passed away at 6:50 p.m. on Saturday November 18, 2017, at Dukes Memorial Hospital, Peru.

Born September 2, 1966, in Logansport, Indiana, she was the daughter of Larry G. and Sonja K. Opple Miller.  On September 22, 2003, in Peru, Indiana, she was married to Claude Russell Cornelison, Jr., and he...

Nov 16, 2017

Freeman Jake Townsend, Sr., 72, Denver, passed away on Thursday morning, November 16, 2017, at his residence.

Born July 24, 1945, in Lombard, Kentucky, he was the son of Troy and Ila Mae Starnes Townsend.  He was married to the former Jane Manning, and she survives.

He retired from Amtrol in Peru, Indiana.  Over the...

Nov 15, 2017

Granville D. Hattery, 85, of Rochester, Indiana, and formerly of Macy, passed away at 10:05 a.m. on Wednesday, November 15, 2017, at Woodbridge Health Campus, Logansport.

Born March 20, 1932, in Union Township, Miami County, he was the son of William Ernest and Gayle (Keim) Hattery.  On September 21, 1952, he was married to the former Anita...

Nov 6, 2017

Elsie Kathleen Canfield Delaplane, 92, a resident of Kansas City, Missouri, and formerly of Twelve Mile, Indiana, passed peacefully away surrounded by loved ones at 1:19 a.m. on Sunday, November 5, 2017, at Avonlea Care Home, Kansas City, Missouri.

Born May 11, 1925, in Chicago, Illinois, Elsie was the daughter of Herbert Harvey and Mamie Elizabeth Hurd...

Sep 30, 2017

Harold Ray Houser, age 87 of Peru, died Sept. 30, 2017 at Blair Ridge Health Complex following a recent cancer diagnosis. He was born November 15, 1929 in Peru, Indiana to Delmer and Doris Houser. He shared his childhood with one sister, Wilma (Miller). After graduating from Peru High School in 1947, he attended a trade school in St....

Sep 18, 2017

Nola Jean Boston, 90, formerly of rural Twelve Mile, passed away at 6:17 p.m. on Monday, September 18, 2017, at Northwoods Village, Kokomo.

Born February 3, 1927, in Cass County, Indiana, she was the daughter of Carl Ellis and Myrtle Hollenback Champ.  On June 22, 1956, at the Bethlehem United Methodist Church in Cass County, she was...

Aug 29, 2017

Lindsey N. Harts, 26, Kokomo, Indiana, passed away at 5:54 a.m. on Tuesday, August 29, 2017, in Kokomo.

Born September 27, 1990, in Logansport, Indiana, she was the daughter of Joseph James Harts and the former Lori Jo Boston.

She is survived by her mother, Lori Jo Wright, Kokomo; two sons, Ashtyn Harts and Jerald...

Aug 25, 2017

Autie Lucas “Luke” Ferguson, 52, Wabash, Indiana, moved on to form a new band in Heaven on Friday, August 25, 2017.

Born December 15, 1964, in Mount Gilead, Ohio, he was the son of Autie Lee and Ruth Webb Ferguson.  On June 11, 2011, Luke married his soulmate, Angela Isaac Ferguson.

Those remaining to carry...

Aug 24, 2017

Kermitt Kenneth Koistinen, 90, passed away on August 24, 2017 at Miller’s Merry Manor, Peru, IN after a brief illness.

He leaves behind two daughters, Linda (Koistinen) Astarita, Madison Heights, MI and Lori (Koistinen) Cheever and her husband, Gordon Cheever, Peru IN; four grandchildren, Amanda (Astarita) Buck and her husband, Adam Buck, Clawson, MI; Cynthia (Cheever) Brindle,...

Aug 23, 2017

Major Robert D. Benedict, USAF (Ret.), age 97, Indianapolis, passed away on Wednesday, August 23, 2017 at University Heights Health and Living Center.

Robert was born on September 14, 1919 in Denver, IN, the son of  Edward E. Benedict and Flora E. (Delp) Benedict. He was a graduate of Jefferson Township High School and University of Omaha....

Aug 23, 2017

Pauline Smith, 85, formerly of Miami County, Indiana, passed away at 10:05 p.m. on Wednesday, August 23, 2017, at NHC Health Care, Sumter, South Carolina.

Born August 11, 1932, in Kentucky, she was the daughter of Jessie and Ila Sparks Gross.

Survivors include her children, David (Linda) Palmer, Wamego, Kansas; Patricia (Steve) Malott, Peru; Lesa...