Obituaries
Plymouth, Indiana and Marshall County , IN Obituaries
Local obituaries for Plymouth, Indiana and Marshall County
Wilma Martin
Aug 10, 2010
A lifetime resident of Marshall County, Wilma Mae Martin died on Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at Miller’s Merry Manor in Walkerton, Indiana. Wilma Mae, born near Bremen on February 16, 1918, was the oldest of 7 children born to Donald and Marie Annie Laurie Reese Winrotte. She graduated from LaPaz High School with the class of 1935. Wilma wanted to...
Margaret M. Sherwood
Aug 10, 2010
Margaret Mary Sherwood, 68, 317 Meadow Lane, Plymouth, died of complications from surgery at 11:11 a.m. on Tuesday, August 10, 2010, in St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Mishawaka.She will be remembered by her family and friends as being one AMAZING woman. Margaret was very patient, put others first and was the first to volunteer for any task. She managed all...
Vera R. Topel
Aug 7, 2010
Ninety-nine year old Vera R. Topel passed away in her sleep on the morning of Saturday, August 7, 2010 at her home of natural causes. Vera has made her home at the Gatewood Estates for the past 30 years.Born in Wheatfield, Indiana on September 24, 1910, she was the daughter of Peter and Ida (Danford) Heil. She was raised in...
Bonnie Boocher
Aug 6, 2010
Bonnie L. Boocher, of Winamac, died of natural causes at 7:15 p.m, on Friday, August 6, 2010 in the Unity Medical Surgical Hospital in Mishawaka, IN.Bonnie was born on October 9, 1940, in the Logansport Hospital. She was the daughter of Albert and Seville Boocher.She graduated from Kewanna High School with the class of 1960. She earned her Elementary Education...
Everett A. Wallace
Aug 5, 2010
And through his faith, though he died, he still speaks…Heb 11:4For more than 30 years, Everett Wallace taught kids how to shoot jump shots and swing a baseball bat. He also taught them about the 3 G’s (God, Good Attitude, Good Grades) and the necessity to “Keep the Faith” in Christ, despite any and all circumstances. Everett died on Thursday,...
Mary Ellen Taylor
Aug 5, 2010
Mary Ellen Taylor, 93, 11763 S.R. 17, Plymouth, died on August 5, 2010, in Miller’s Merry Manor, Plymouth.She was born to Joseph and Sarah Creasy Warner on January 24, 1917 in Risk, Illinois. Mary had spent most of her life in Plymouth. She was married to her husband, Richard, on December 14, 1940, in Plymouth.She had been employed by Allied...
John E. “Jack” Overmyer
Aug 5, 2010
John E. (Jack) Overmyer, 93, of 140 Melbourne Road, Pittsfield, MA, died at his home Thursday. He was a lifelong resident of Marshall County until moving to Massachusetts, where his sons live, in 2009.He was born February 27, 1917, in Culver, the son of Ora and Augusta Samuel Overmyer, and grew up on the family farm near Burr Oak. He...
Floyd “Wayne” Palmer
Aug 2, 2010
Floyd “Wayne” Palmer will be remembered as a family man with a giving heart and always ready to assist others. Wayne’s life was taken as a result of a vehicular accident near Peru, Indiana on Monday afternoon, August 2nd. He was 53 years old and has resided at 12401 Hillside Drive Plymouth since 1997.Wayne was born the son of Floyd...
Miguel Mendez
Jul 30, 2010
Miguel Mendez, 79, affectionately known by his family as Pa Miguel, 905 W. Madison St., died at his home at 3:10 p.m. on Friday, July 30, 2010 Miguel had by suffering from Lymphoma, a form of cancer, for some time.He was born in Santiago Capitiro, Mexico, the son of Refugio Mendez and Juana Jimenez on Feb. 27, 1931. He attended...
James Landis
Jul 20, 2010
James S. Landis, 83, of Quarryville, died Tuesday afternoon, July 20, 2010, at his residence. He was the husband of Nadine Zahm. His first wife Evelyn M. Ressler Landis died March 18, 1998. James was born in Harrisburg, a son of the late Morris B. and Ella Snyder Landis.James attended Wesley United Methodist Church.James was retired from his crop spraying...
Gloria Jeanne Gilbert
Jul 19, 2010
Gloria Jeanne Gilbert, 67, an area resident most of her life, died at 7:45 a.m. on Monday, July 19, 2010, at Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth.The daughter of James E. and Pauline Krouse Elliott, Gloria was born in Plymouth on August 9, 1942. She was a 1960 graduate of Columbia City High School.On April 11, 1964, Gloria and Bernard...
Sherman Prater Jr.
Jul 19, 2010
Sherman Prater Jr., 68, passed away following an extended illness at 2:50 a.m. Monday, July 19, 2010 in Hospice House of St. Joseph County. A former resident of LaPorte, he moved to Plymouth in 1990 and also maintained a winter residence in Sebring, Florida.He was born the son of Sherman Prater Sr. and Carma (Craft) Prater on March 13, 1942...
Emma Jean Favorite
Jul 15, 2010
Emma “Jean” Favorite, 85, passed away at 9:45 p.m. Thursday, July 15, 2010 in the Hospice House of Elkhart. A Pretty Lake resident since 1961, her death followed an extended illness.She was born Emma Jean Humes in Culver, Indiana, the daughter of Ernest E. and Olive G. (Grimes) Humes. She received her education in Leiters Ford, Indiana.Jean was preceded in...
Brent A. Troyer
Jul 13, 2010
Brent A. Troyer, 44, a Plymouth area resident all of his life, died at 2:12 p.m. on Monday, July 12, 2010, at his residence from injuries sustained in a lawn mower accident.Brent was born on October 18, 1965 in South Bend, the son of Lewis E. and Wilma Whitehead Troyer.He had worked as a production worker in different factories in...
Sister Nola Weiner, Phjc
Jul 11, 2010
Sister Nola Weiner, PHJC died July 11, 2010 after an extended illness. Sister was 98 years of age and lived in the Catherine Kasper Life Center, Donaldson, Indiana since 1992. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio on January 16, 1912 she was the daughter of James and Emma Calme Weiner. Sister entered the Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ convent on September 5,...
Kevin W. Fish
Jul 3, 2010
Kevin W. Fish, 54, a LaPaz resident all of his life, died at 6:12 a.m. on Saturday, July 3, 2010 at Memorial Hospital, South Bend from natural causes.The son of Harold and Pauline J. Crum Fish, Kevin was born on January 3, 1956 in Plymouth. He was a 1974 graduate of LaVille High School.He had worked at Gundlach Trucking before...
Joseph Procaccino
Jul 3, 2010
Joseph Procaccino, 88, of Soldotna, Alaska, died at 9:15 p.m. Saturday (July 3, 2010) at Heritage Place Nursing Home in Soldotna after an extended illness. He was born September 30, 1921 in Logansport, Indiana. Joe is survived by his wife Dorothy (Jacox) Procaccino of Soldotna, 2 sons; AJ (Donna) Procaccino, James (Sue) Procaccino, 4 step children Ellen (Carl) Kempf, Steve...
Paul E. Graham
Jun 26, 2010
Paul Graham, 77, a Plymouth area resident, died at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 26, 2010 in Pilgrim Manor Nursing Home, Plymouth.Paul was born in Dupont, Indiana on April 22, 1933. He was the son of James Frank Graham and Bernice Pender.On January 1, 1961, Paul and Norma Jean Cummins were married in Plymouth.Paul retired from the Plymouth Foundry in...
Michael H. Collmer
Jun 26, 2010
Michael H. Collmer, 57, a Queen Road resident in Plymouth since 2008, passed away unexpectedly at 6:20 p.m. on Saturday, June 26, 2010 in South Bend Memorial Hospital. He was a former resident of Niles, Michigan and came to the Plymouth area in 2007.Mike was born on April 19, 1953 in Niles, the son of Bruce H. and Evelyn Ruth...
Joe Hoff
Jun 22, 2010
Joe D.Hoff, 9259 E. 12B Road, Argos, died of natural causes at his residence at 11:40 a.m. on Tuesday, June 22, 2010.J.D. was 77 years old. He was born in Plymouth on Nov. 4, 1932, the son of Carson W. and Marjorie Gurthet Hoff.He attended Inwood School.On Sept. 16, 1965, in Bourbon, J.D. and Jennifer were married.He retired from the...
