Obituaries
Plymouth, Indiana and Marshall County , IN Obituaries
Local obituaries for Plymouth, Indiana and Marshall County
George W. Mlnarik, Jr.
Feb 2, 2004
George W. Mlnarik, 73, of 11960E. 150N., Plymouth, Ind., died unexpectedly from natural causes at his residence.Born in Chicago, Ill., on May 23, 1930, George was the son of George W. and Elizabeth E. Cox Mlnarik, Sr.. He graduated from Knox High School.George served his country in the U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict. He later worked for many years...
Mary Kathryn Grandlinard
Feb 1, 2004
Mary Kathryn Grandlinard, 86, living at 8484 S.R. 10, Argos, Ind., died in the Hospice House, Roseland, Ind., at 10:50 a.m. on Sunday, February 1, 2004.Born in Portland, Ind., on October 7, 1917, Mary was the daughter of Ray and Imogene Merrill Rittenhouse. She attended school in Bryant, Ind.On June 6, 1936, in Portland, she and former Bluffton resident, Rev....
Robert C. Cook
Jan 30, 2004
Robert “Bob” Cook, 83, a lifetime Plymouth resident, died suddenly, of natural causes, at 8:27 a.m., Friday, January 30, 2004. Bob died at his home, 7238 Lilac Road, Plymouth.A friendly and familiar fixture in the city of Plymouth, Bob Cook was born here on November 1, 1920. He was the son of Fredrick and Cecile (Chase) Cook.He graduated from Plymouth...
Josephine E. Spiewak
Jan 27, 2004
Josephine E. “Jo” Spiewak, 86, died of natural causes at her residence 15649 14th Road, Plymouth, at 12:50 p.m. on Tuesday, January 27, 2004.A homemaker and mother to her children and grandchildren, she was much loved and will be greatly missed.Jo was born in Lublin, Wis., on February 2, 1917. She was the daughter of Michael and Veronica Swistak Kozikowski....
Bernard D. Kaiser
Jan 18, 2004
Bernard D. “Bernie” Kaiser, 87, formerly of Cook Lake Trail, living in South Bend, prior to 1977, died of natural causes in the Bremen Health Care Center at 10 p.m. Sunday, January 18, 2004. Bernie was born in Chicago on May 30, 1916, the son of Mathias and Frances Lynch Kaiser. Raised in Knox, Ind., he graduated from Knox High...
Mearlie Manuwal
Jan 17, 2004
Mearlie Manuwal, 15771 14th Rd., Plymouth, a lifetime Plymouth resident, died of natural causes at 5:26 p.m. on Saturday, January 17, 2004, in the Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth.Mearlie, 92, had lived with her son, Dale and his wife, Carolyn, since June of 2000.Born in Plymouth, the daughter of Reuben and Emily Singleton McKesson on June 16, 1911, Mearlie...
Richard Glen Listenberger
Jan 14, 2004
Richard “Dick” Glen Listenberger, living for the past 20 years in the home he was born in, 914 Thayer St., Plymouth, died in Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth, at 10:23 p.m. on Wednesday, January 14, 2004. Dick died after a courageous 2 1/2 year battle with lung cancer. He was one day shy of being 69 years old, dying...
Helen I. Sauer
Jan 13, 2004
Helen I. Sauer, 81, died at 10:07 a.m., Tuesday, January 13, 2004, at the Pulaski Health Care Center, Winamac, Ind. She had been a resident of Winamac for the last three years. The daughter of Russell and Hazel Parks Marsh, Helen was born on August 30, 1922, in Warsaw, Ind. She spent most of her life in the Warsaw and...
Sr. Jerome Hagen P.H.J.C.
Jan 12, 2004
Sister Jerome Hagen, PHJC, of St. Henry Convent, Chicago, Ill., died on Monday, January 12, 2004 in the St. Francis Hospital, Evanston, Illinois. Sister Jerome celebrated her 85th birthday on Sunday, January 11th.The daughter of Henry and Cecilia Huelsmann Hagen, Sister Jerome was born in Breese, Ill., on January 11, 1919.She entered the convent on September 27, 1937, and professed...
Ruth L. Kennedy
Jan 10, 2004
Ruth L. Kennedy, 86, of 14637, died of natural causes at 6:06 p.m. on Saturday, January 10, 2004, in the Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth.Born in Lakeville, Ind., on September 23, 1917, Ruth was the daughter of John and Alma Miller Smith. She attended Lakeville High School.On June 10, 1937, Ruth and Lewis Kennedy were married by Father Eberlee...
Dr. Clark Mcclure
Jan 10, 2004
Dr. Clark ‘Mac’ McClure, M.D., 81, a longtime physician in Knox, Ind., died of heart failure at his home, 5100 North Ocean Blvd.,33308, at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, January 10, 2004. Mac died with his wife, Carolyn Kizer McClure, several family members and hospice nurses at his side.A graduate of Bloomington, Ind., High School, Mac graduated from Indiana University and...
Tommie E. Samuels
Jan 6, 2004
Tommie E. Samuels, a lifetime area resident, living at 20759 W. 11A Road, Plymouth, died, following an illness, in Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth, at 9:29 a.m. on Tuesday, January 6, 2004. Tommie was 68 years old.He was born in Plymouth, the son of Evert “Jack” and Goldia Gross Samuels, on October 8, 1935. He attended West High School...
Robert E. “Bob” Pendergast
Jan 6, 2004
Robert E. “Bob” Pendergast of 10200 Pretty Lake Trail, Plymouth, Ind. passed away on January 6, 2004 at Miller’s Merry Manor in Culver, Ind. after enduring an extended illness. He lived in Plymouth since 1956.Bob was born on March 3, 1924 in Brockton, Massachusetts where he grew up as the first of two sons of Edward and Arlene (Johnson) Pendergast.He...
Roland F. Carr
Jan 5, 2004
Lifetime area resident Roland F. Carr, 69, died at his residence, 213 Pierce St., Plymouth, at 10:48 p.m. on Monday, January 5, 2004. Roland died, following an illness, under the loving care of his family and the Starke County Hospice.He was born on October 30, 1934, in Rochester, Ind., the son of Lester H. and Effie C. Burkett Carr. He...
Gladys M. Dodson
Dec 31, 2003
Gladys Marie Dodson, 84, formerly of 805 Baker St. in River Park, died at 5:55 p.m. on Wednesday, December 31, 2003, in St. Anthony Memorial Hospital, in Michigan City, Indiana. Gladys was born on August 29, 1919, in Sheldon, Ill., the daughter of Charles and Ruth Hendress Coughenour. She grew up in Iroquois County and graduated from Watseka, Ill. High...
Floyd A. Morlock
Dec 30, 2003
Lifetime area resident Floyd A. Morlock, 91, died of natural causes in Pilgrim Manor Nursing Center, Plymouth, at 1:10 p.m. on Tuesday, December 30, 2003. Floyd had resided on W. 9th Road, Plymouth, for many years..Born in West Township, on March 9, 1912, Floyd was the son of Howard and Ethel Ringer Morlock. He attended West Township school.On February 13,...
Loretta H. Ruff
Dec 30, 2003
Loretta H. Ruff, 92, an area resident most of her life, living on Woodbury Drive, died at 9:45 p.m. on Tuesday, December 30, 2003, in Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth.Born in Toledo, Ohio, on July 12, 1911, Loretta was the daughter of Arthur and Minnie Thayer Handy. She attended Plymouth High School.On February 11, 1930, in South Bend, Ind.,...
Manferd Houghton
Dec 28, 2003
The piano at Garden Court West may not sound the same. It will not hear the likes again of the ragtime and honky tonk music of the country boy who tickled the ivories so joyously.Manferd Houghton, Jr., 86, an area native who never had a lesson and who was a regular entertainer for the folks at the Nutrition Centers around...
James “Dennis” Elliott
Dec 26, 2003
Dennis Elliott, 59, a lifetime Plymouth resident, living at 805 Baker St., River Park since 1996, died in St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth, at 10:27 a.m. on Friday, December 26, 2003. Dennis has endured cancer related illnesses since January of 1996.Born in Plymouth on September 22, 1944, Dennis was the son of James E. and Violet G. Fear Elliott.He...
Agnes L. Mayse
Dec 26, 2003
Agnes L. Mayse, 90, a resident of Pilgrim Manor, 222 Parkview Drive, since April of 1999, died there of natural causes at 9:50 p.m., on Friday, December 26, 2003. Agnes was formerly from the Kokomo area and had lived in Plymouth since 1938, most recently on Thayer St.Born in New London, Ind., on September 30, 1913, Agnes was the daughter...
