Obituaries
Plymouth, Indiana and Marshall County , IN Obituaries
Local obituaries for Plymouth, Indiana and Marshall County
Kevin Allen Shaffer
Jul 5, 2012
Kevin Allen Shaffer, 30, a lifetime resident of Plymouth, passed away Thursday morning, July 5th in a single car accident in Elkhart County.Kevin was born the son of Roy Allen and Mary Ann (Decker) Shaffer on December 29, 1981 in Plymouth, Indiana. He was a graduate of Plymouth High School in the Class of 2000.He will be remembered as a...
Mavis Shank
Jul 4, 2012
Lifetime Tyner area resident, Mavis (Mrs. Cedric) Shank, 93, passed away following an illness at 2:40 p.m. Wed. July 4th, at the home of her daughter in New Albany, Indiana.Mavis was born the daughter of Arbie and Eva R. (Sheaks) Reid on the family farm in Polk Township on March 19, 1919 and for most of her life never lived...
Louise E. Kelley
Jul 2, 2012
Louise Ethel Gifford Kelley, 89, a Plymouth resident since 2007, passed away at 2:40 a.m. on Monday, July 2, 2012 in Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth. She had previously lived in the state of Massachusetts, Hobart, IN; Merrillville, IN; Gary, IN and Culver, IN.The daughter of Thomas Albert and Edna Byron Myrick Gifford, Louise was born on March 12,...
Sister Bertram Boeving
Jul 2, 2012
Sister Bertram Boeving, PHJC, 83, passed away at 7:30 a.m. on Monday, July 2, 2012 at the Catherine Kasper Life Center, Donaldson.The daughter of William and Bertha Tonnies Boeving, Sister Bertram was born on October 14, 1928 in St. Louis. MO.Sister Bertram entered the convent on September 2, 1946. She professed her vows on June 25, 1949.Her ministry if life...
Hunter James Brandt
Jun 28, 2012
Hunter James Brandt, 16, of 12183 Lupine Lane, Plymouth, went to be with his Lord and Savior at 8:54 p.m., Thursday, June 28, 2012. He was born the son of James ‘Ian’ and Terri (Zieman) Brandt on October 20, 1995 in Fairmont, MN. He was a junior at Plymouth High School and would have graduated with the Class of 2014....
Kathryn W. Blocker
Jun 26, 2012
Kathryn Willadean (Mrs. Herbert) Blocker, 88, a lifetime Marshall County resident of 14393 St. Rd 10, Argos, passed away Tuesday evening, June 26, 2012 at 9:42 p.m. in the Memorial Hospital of South Bend unexpectedly following a brief illness. Since 1951, Kathryn had lived on the same family homestead where she was born to Raymond Ellsworth and Mildred Emaline (Dinsmore...
Doris I. Sliter
Jun 24, 2012
Doris I. Sliter, 77, a lifetime area resident, passed away at 6:04 a.m. on Sunday, June 24, 2012, at Miller’s Merry Manor, Plymouth.The daughter of Glen Edward and Dora Blanche Carlson Farver, Doris was born on July 5, 1934 in LaPaz. She attended LaPaz Schools.Doris had been a machine operator at Bendix in South Bend for 20 years, leaving in...
Mona M. Stetler
Jun 20, 2012
Mona M. Stetler, 66, a lifetime Plymouth resident, passed away in St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth at 4:15 p.m. on Wednesday, June 20, 2012.The daughter of Dean B. and Cecilia Kinzie Dipert, Mona was born on September 9, 1945 in Plymouth. She attended Plymouth Schools.On January 26, 1986, in Inwood, Mona and Pete Stetler were married. Pete preceded her...
Dennis V. Hostetler
Jun 19, 2012
Dennis Vaughn Hostetler, 54, an 1120 W. Madison Street resident in Plymouth for the past 23 years, passed away at his residence unexpectedly of natural causes on Tuesday, June 19, 2012.Dennis is the son of Plymouth residents, Neal R. and Roberta E. (Keiser) Hostetler, Sr. and was born there on January 2, 1958.He was a graduate of LaVille High School...
Patricia R. Mellin
Jun 18, 2012
Patricia R. (Penick) Mellin, 84, passed away peacefully on Monday, June 18th at Elkhart General Hospital. Pat was born on June 11, 1928 in Ashley, Indiana to Edwin and Dorothy (Robinett) Penick. When Pat was young, her family moved to Walkerton, Indiana, directly across the street from Pat’s classmate and future husband, Dave Mellin. Soon after they were graduated from...
Gary L. Paxton
Jun 18, 2012
Gary L. Paxton, 60, a resident of Peach Road, Plymouth, formerly of Rochester, died of natural causes, at his home, at 10:45 p.m. on Monday, June 18, 2012. Gary had been in the care of the Center for Hospice and his family.Gary was born in Rochester, Indiana on November 12, 1951. His surviving parents are Edward L. Paxton, Rochester, and...
Stacey E. Bonnell
Jun 10, 2012
Stacey E. Bonnell, 48, a Plymouth resident since the late 1980’s, coming from Monticello,entered into rest at 4:43 a.m. Sunday, June 10, 2012 at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth, following a heart related illness.The son of Donald E. and Christina A. Brockman Bonnell, Stacey was born in Monticello on December 16, 1963. He was a 1983 graduate of Twin...
John Bottorff
Jun 8, 2012
John E. Bottorff, 51, of Plymouth died of natural causes in St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth, on Friday, June 8, 2012, at 2:58 a.m.John was born in Knox, IN. on August 1, 1960. He was the son of Don L. and Anita L. Sellers Bottorff.On May 14, 1994, in their home in Plymouth, John and Connie A. Balsley were...
Lois K. Rohrer
Jun 7, 2012
Lois K. Rohrer, 80, a Gibson St. resident, passed away of natural causes in St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth, at 8:06 p.m. on Thursday, June 7, 2012.Lois was born in Plymouth on September 13, 1931, to Harry E. and Goldie N. (Reed) Rohrer.She graduated from Plymouth’s Lincoln High School with the Class of 1949 and then attended Manchester College.Lois...
Glen Miller
Jun 5, 2012
Glen Miller, 53, a West Garro Street resident in Plymouth, died unexpectedly at his home on Tuesday morning at 8:22 a.m. A former resident of Midlothian, Illinois, Glen has made Plymouth his home for the past ten years.He was born in Chicago, Illinois on June 1, 1959, the son of Leonard Yudis and Margaret A. (Purvis) Miller. He was adopted...
Helen L. Richey
Jun 4, 2012
Helen L. Richey, 91, a Plymouth resident since 1999, formerly of Walkerton, passed away at 12:15 a.m. on Monday, June 4, 2012, in Miller’s Merry Manor. The daughter of Harry Lloyd and Ida Louise Rinker, Helen was born on February 14, 1921 at LaCrosse, Indiana. A 1939 graduate of Union Township High School, LaPorte County, she was president of her...
Donna L. Martin
Jun 2, 2012
Donna Loraine (Roberts) Martin, 60, died unexpectedly of natural causes at her Argos home on Saturday, June 2, 2012.She was born on June 24, 1951 in McLeansboro, Illinois to Fred and Hazel E. (Mayberry) Roberts. She was raised in the care of her mother Hazel and Frank Gasner. The family settled in the Minnesota community of New Ulm. She graduated...
Marion C. Jolly
May 30, 2012
A Cook Lake resident since 1954, Marion C. Jolly, 81, passed away at 1:34 a.m. Wednesday, May 30, 2012 of a cancer related illness in Memorial Hospital, South Bend. As a Christian man he was a dedicated husband, supportive father, grandfather, helpful neighbor and friend to many.Marion was born in Stillwell, Indiana on January 5, 1931, the only son of...
Nancy Shepherd
May 26, 2012
Nancy Shepherd, 75 of Lapaz died on Saturday May 26, 2012 at home surrounded by her family.Nancy was born the daughter of John C. and Lottie L. Logan Snyder on March 24, 1937 in Sulfur, Kentucky. She grew up on a huge farm in Kentucky, where she learned to swim even before she could walk. She graduated from Tremble County...
Katherine D. Ottow Sallee
May 26, 2012
Katherine Diane (Ottow) Sallee, 57, passed away on Saturday, May 26, 2012 at her home in Starke County after a long fight with cancer.Kathy was born in Fort Mead, Maryland to Charles T. and Velma R. (Samuels) Ottow on September 30, 1954. She graduated from Plymouth High School with the Class of 1972.Her husband Vince Sallee of Knox, Indiana has...
