Obituaries
Plymouth, Indiana and Marshall County , IN Obituaries
Local obituaries for Plymouth, Indiana and Marshall County
Joanna K. Hillman
Nov 4, 2005
Joanna Hillman has come home.The Plymouth-born native who had fought inoperable cancer of the breast and lungs courageously for over 2 ½ years, died at the home of her daughter, Jana, in Fort Wayne, Indiana, at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, November 4, 2005.Joanna, a woman of courage and conviction, would have been 77-years-old in a few weeks. She had lived...
Julia A. Johnson
Nov 4, 2005
Julia A. Johnson, 84, a lifetime Marshall County resident, living at 501 Pennsylvania Ave., Plymouth, for the past ten years, died of natural causes at 11:02 p.m. on Friday, November 4, 2005, in Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth.Julia was a homemaker a loving wife and proud mother, first and foremost. Family meant so much in her life.She was born...
Peter “Pete” John Roberts
Nov 4, 2005
Peter “Pete” John Roberts, 90, an American citizen since 1931, coming from North Wales, Great Britain, and living in Plymouth for a number of years, died at 12:45 p.m. on Thursday, November 3, 2005, in Miller’s Merry Manor, Plymouth.Pete was born on June 18, 1915, in Blaneau Ffestiniog, North Wales, Great Britian. He was the son of Robert John and...
Ryan Leigh Woodward
Oct 31, 2005
Ryan Leigh “Woody” Woodward, died at his Nappanee residence, at 3:26 a.m. on Monday, October 31, 2005. Complications from long-term asthma led to his death. He has endured much in his life of 24 years.Ryan never let anyone down. He was always considerate of others. He loved people, so much so that he wanted to help others even beyond his...
Norma Jean Clyde
Oct 28, 2005
Norma Jean Clyde, 75, a lifetime Plymouth resident, died at 11:58 a.m. on Friday, October, 28, 2005, in the Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth. Norma died following a lengthy illness. She had lived at 11223 Hawthorn Road in Plymouth.Born in Plymouth on January 20, 1930, she was the daughter of Roscoe and Florence Copp White. She graduated from Plymouth...
Victoria L. Williams
Oct 18, 2005
Victoria L. Williams, 86, of 11730 4 A Road, Plymouth, died from a stroke related illness, at 1:15 p.m. on Tuesday, October 18, 2005, in Pilgrim Manor Nursing Home, Plymouth, Ind.Victoria, a wonderful mother, wife and homemaker, was born on February 19, 1919, in Paintsville, Ky. The daughter of Smith and Chloe Reed Picklesimer, she received her education in Paintsville.On...
Lura A. Walker
Oct 15, 2005
Lura M. Walker, 88, a Plymouth resident most of her life, died at 5:10 p.m. on Saturday, October 15, 2005 in Pilgrim Manor Nursing Center, Plymouth, following an illness.The daughter of Ernest O. and Mary Margaret Seider Holm, Lura was born on February 14, 1917 in Plymouth. She was a 1935 graduate of Plymouth High School.On September 21, 1952, in...
Helen I. Hapner
Oct 14, 2005
Helen I. Hapner, 87, a resident of Culver’s Miller’s Merry Manor for the past five years, died at 5 a.m. on Friday, October 14, 2005. Helen had been in failing health for the past several years. She had formerly lived at River Park in Plymouth. Prior to moving there, she lived 46 years in Dunlap, Ind.A devoted and very dedicated...
Paul J. “Butch” Pranger, Sr.
Oct 11, 2005
Paul J. (Butch) Pranger, Sr., 85 of 10175 Upas Road died at 12:56 pm on Tuesday October 11, 2005 in his residence surrounded by his loving family.Butch was born in Phoenix, Illinois on August 15, 1920 to Alexander and Emma Bultmann Pranger.He was a long time truck driver and retired in 1985 from the Indiana State Highway Dept.Butch was and...
Violet I. “Rusty” Mentel
Oct 9, 2005
Violet I. “Rusty” Mentel, 83, of 805 Baker St., Plymouth, died from complications from surgery in Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Ill., at 12:30 p.m. on Sunday, October 9, 2005.Rusty was known throughout Marshall County as an Avon Lady. Devoted to physical fitness, up until her death, she exercised three days a week at the Holm Fitness Forum. Born in...
Mary Catherine Splix
Oct 8, 2005
Mary Catherine Splix, 92, a lifetime Plymouth resident, formerly living in Garden Court East, died of natural causes in Miller’s Merry Manor, Plymouth, at 7:50 p.m. on Saturday, October 8, 2005.Mary was born the daughter of Andrew C. and Mary C. (Zehner) Richard on March 6, 1913, in Plymouth, Ind.She attended Linkville School and Plymouth High School.On June 16, 1930,...
Richard C. Hyatt
Oct 8, 2005
Richard C. Hyatt, 82, of 7429 Union Road, Plymouth, died of natural causes on Saturday, October 8, 2005, at 8:15 a.m. in Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth. Born in South Bend on July 21, 1923, Richard was the son of Everette L. and Inez Slocum Hyatt. He had lived in Plymouth for the past 50 years. Prior to that,...
Sylvia I. Louderback
Oct 7, 2005
Sylvia I. Louderback, 91, a Tyner resident for many years before moving to Plymouth twenty years ago, died, following an illness, in Miller’s Merry Manor, Plymouth, at 11:50 a.m. on Friday, October 7, 2005. She had previously lived at 17675 10B Road in Plymouth.Sylvia was born in North Liberty, Ind., on February 2, 1914. She was the daughter of Perry...
Margaret M. Leeper
Oct 6, 2005
Margaret M. Leeper, 88, a lifetime Marshall County resident, living at the same address for the past 53 years, died unexpectedly of natural causes, in her home, 14699 Hickory Rd., Argos, at 6 a.m. on Thursday, October 6, 2005.She was born in Burr Oak, Ind., on September 5, 1917, the daughter of Fredric N. and Dora Hissong Neidlinger. She graduated...
Peter Eugene Pesch
Oct 5, 2005
Lifetime Plymouth resident, Peter Eugene “Gene” Pesch, 79, died at his residence, 304 Baker St., at 5:45 a.m. on Wednesday, October 5, 2005. Gene had been ill for some time; he died in the loving care of his family and the Marshall County Hospice.Born April 21, 1926, in Chicago, Ill., Gene was the son of Peter Eugene and Elizabeth Buckberg...
Clara L. Ellis
Oct 4, 2005
Clara L. Ellis, 88, a former Plymouth area resident, died Tuesday morning, October 4, 2005, in the home of her son and daughter-in-law, Gary and Dianna Ellis, San Antonio, Texas. Clara had been under the loving care of her family and hospice.Born on February 2, 1917, in Marshall County, Clara was the daughter of William and Eunice Newhouse Thompson. She...
Mary Ruth Snyder
Sep 24, 2005
Mary Ruth Snyder, 85, died of natural causes at 3:25 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005, in Miller’s Merry Manor, 600 Oakhill Ave., Plymouth, Ind.Mary Ruth was born in Argos, Ind., on February 6, 1920. She was the daughter of Henry Ellsworth and Verna M. Clevenger Snyder.She graduated in 1938 from Argos High School.Mary Ruth had many interests. She loved...
Russell L. Neidlinger
Sep 22, 2005
Russell L. Neidlinger, 81, died at 8:15 p.m. on Thursday, September 22, 2005, in Grace Village, Winona Lake, IN., from complications of Alzheimers disease. He had lived in the Plymouth, Bremen and Warsaw areas all of his life.Born in Plymouth on February 27, 1924, Russell was the son of Fred N. and Dora A. Hissong Neidlinger. He attended Plymouth schools....
Albertus M. Drake
Sep 19, 2005
Albertus M. Drake, 92, died Monday, September 19, 2005, in the home of his daughter surrounded by his loving family in Lakeland, Florida. A former Plymouth resident, he had been a Marshall County resident most of his life.Born on September 11, 1913 in Tyner, Albertus was the son of Albert M. and Josephine M. Campbell Drake. He was a 1932...
Sister Lucia Constantino
Sep 16, 2005
Sr. Lucia Constantino, 90, died at 5:20 a.m. Friday, September 16, 2005 in the Catherine Kasper Life Center, Donaldson, Indiana, where she has resided since October of 1999.Sister was born in Niles Center, Ill., on October 16, 1914, the daughter of Antonio and Lucia Quida Constantino.On June 25, 1946, she entered the convent and professed her first vows on June...
