Obituaries
Plymouth, Indiana and Marshall County , IN Obituaries
Local obituaries for Plymouth, Indiana and Marshall County
Zola F. Roach Collins
Feb 7, 2001
Zola F. Roach Collins, 79, a Plymouth resident from 1945 to 1966, died at 10:50 a.m., following an illness, on Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2001. She died at her residence, #2 Sandy Point, Lake Placid, Florida, where she had lived since 1994, moving there from Elkhart, her residence for 28 years after leaving Plymouth. Zola died in the loving care of...
Charles Lee “Chuck” Mchargue
Feb 7, 2001
Charles Lee “Chuck” McHargue, 75, a Marshall County resident most of his life, died of natural causes at his residence, 301 Lynn Ave., Plymouth, at 12:45 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2001.Chuck was born in Rockville, Ind., on Sept. 5, 1925, the son of Yancy Harley and Eva Lamoine Stalker McHargue. He was a 1943 graduate of Rosedale High School.During...
Gerard Paul “Jerry” Gidley
Feb 6, 2001
Gerard Paul “Jerry” Gidley has died.A “giant” of a man and a leader in the community, his love of life, intelligence and humor will be missed by all who knew him.The Mass of Christian Burial for Jerry will be at 10 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 9, 2001, in St. Michael’s Roman Catholic Church, Plymouth. The Revs. Father Anthony Gillespie and...
S. Wayne Munn
Jan 28, 2001
Lifetime Marshall County resident, S. Wayne Munn, 70, 7240 Union Road, died, following an illness, at 4:45 a.m., Sunday, January 28, 2001, in Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth.Wayne was the son of Rolland and Florence VanPherson Munn. He graduated from Tyner High School in 1948 and held many good memories from those years.Manager of the basketball team and in...
Ward Jerome “Jerry” Wilhelm
Jan 28, 2001
Ward Jerome “Jerry” Wilhelm, 70, a resident of Garden Court West Apts. since 1996, died, following an extended illness, at 2:40 p.m. on Sunday, January 28, 2001. A 50-year resident of Plymouth, Jerry died in St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth.Born on Oct. 11, 1930, in LaPorte, Ind., Jerry was the son of Ward Harlan and Katherine Cecilia Helms Wilhelm. ...
Edna Cleveland
Jan 26, 2001
Edna Cleveland, 83, a lifetime Plymouth area resident, died at 2 p.m., at her residence, 258 Elliott Ave., Plymouth, on Friday, January 26, 2001. Charles, her husband of sixty years, preceded her in death just slightly over two months ago, on November 20, 2000.Edna was born in Plymouth, the daughter of August and Sadie Rieken Huge on March 5, 1917. ...
Helen Maguerite Phebus
Jan 17, 2001
Helen Marguerite Phebus, 88, a 60 year resident of Plymouth, formerly of Etna Green, who lived the past 54 years at 331 Pennsylvania Ave., died at 9:38 p.m. on Wednesday, January 17, 2001. She died at Regency Place, Ft. Wayne, where she had been a resident since December. She had been battling a cancer-related illness since last August.She was born...
Nancy Faye Nash
Jan 12, 2001
Nancy Faye Nash, 57, died at her home, 14729 Dixon Lake Trail, Plymouth, at 9:50 a.m. Friday, January 12, 2001, in the loving care of her family and the Marshall County Hospice. Faye had lived in Marshall County since 1995, coming from the Detroit area.Born in Warren, Michigan on Sept. 27, 1943, she was the daughter of J. Charles and...
Eugene B. Calvert
Jan 9, 2001
A 74-year resident of Tyner and Marshall County, coming from Kentucky, Eugene B. “Gene” Calvert, 89, 17918 Vine St., Tyner, Ind., has died. Gene died, following an extended illness, at 12:05 p.m. in Pilgrim Manor Nursing Center on Tuesday, January 9, 2001.Born on Feb. 16, 1911, in Fleming County, Kentucky, Gene was the son of Charles Wallace and Margaret E....
Jean A. Wakeland
Jan 4, 2001
Jean A. Wakeland, 80, a Marshall County resident since 1938, coming from Idaville, Ind., died at his residence, 1260 Jarrah Rd., Bremen, under the loving care of his family and the Marshall County Hospice. Jean had suffered a lengthy cancer-related illness. He died at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, January 4, 2001.Born May 18, 1920, in Idaville, Carroll County, Ind., he...
Karen A. Hileman-Erbse
Jan 3, 2001
Karen A. Hileman Erbse, 51, 525 S. Michigan St., Plymouth, died unexpectedly of an aneurysm, at 7:08 p.m., Wednesday, January 3, 2001, in Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth.Karen, born on Dec. 5, 1949, in Logansport, Ind., was the daughter of Robert L. and Marian V. Furry Hileman of Plymouth.She graduated in 1968 from Plymouth High School and was a...
Kenneth A. Treesh
Jan 3, 2001
Kenneth A. Treesh, 85, 11803 Vistula Road, Osceola, Ind., died of natural causes at 11a.m. on Wednesday, January 3, 2001, in St. Joseph Community Hospital, Mishawaka, Ind. Kenneth, formerly of the Plymouth area, had lived in Osceola for the past six years coming from Florida where he had resided for twenty years.Born in Noble County, Indiana, on April 16, 1915,...
Esther M. Williams
Jan 2, 2001
A remarkable woman admired and known for her strength of spirit and her love of life and people that touched the lives of everyone who knew her, has died.Esther M. Williams, a resident at 805 Baker St., Plymouth, for the past 12 years coming from South Bend, died in Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth, at 4:50 p.m. on Tuesday,...
Jack Wagner
Dec 31, 2000
Former Plymouth resident, Jack Wagner, 78, of Athens, Texas, died, following a sudden illness, on Sunday, Dec. 31, 2000, at 5:00 p.m. in the East Texas Medical Center, Athens.Jack was born on May 6, 1922, in South Bend, Ind. He was the son of Melvin C. and Alea Madge Bunn Wagner. He graduated from Leiter’s Ford High School in 1940.He...
Jack Wagner
Dec 31, 2000
Former Plymouth resident, Jack Wagner,78, of Athens, Texas, died, following a sudden illness, on Sunday, Dec. 31, 2000, at 5:00 p.m. in East Texas Medical Genter, Athens.Jack was born on May 6, 1922, in South Bend, Ind. He was the son of Melvin G. and Alea Madge Bunn Wagner. He graduated from Leiter’s Ford High School in 1940.He served in...
Charles D. Shipplock
Dec 30, 2000
Area resident most of his life, Charles D. “Chuck” Schipplock, 79, died of natural causes at 5 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 30, 2000, in Veteran’s Administration Hospital, Fort Wayne, Indiana.Chuck was born in rural Starke County on July 27, 1921. He was the son of Arthur and Marie A. Brueggeman Schipplock. He attended West High School and received his G.E.D....
Minnie Ada Beck
Dec 29, 2000
Minnie Ada Beck, who resided at 805 Baker St., Plymouth, since 1994, coming from LaPorte, suffered a heart attack and died at 10 p.m. in St. Mary’s Hospital, Tucson, Arizona, on Friday, Dec. 29, 2000. Minnie had spent the last several winters in Tucson. She was 77 years old.Born in Harvey, Illinois, on January 31, 1923, she was the daughter...
Minnie Ada Beck
Dec 29, 2000
Minnie Ada Beck, who resided at 805 Baker St., Plymouth, since 1994, coming from LaPorte, suffered a heart attack and died at 10 p.m. in St. Mary’s Hospital, Tucson, Arizona, on Friday, Dec. 29, 2000. Minnie had spent the last several winters in Tucson. She was 77 years old.Born in Harvey, Illinois, on January 31, 1923, she was the daughter...
Eva F. Crothers
Dec 25, 2000
Eva F. Crothers, 98, 68120 State Road 23, North Liberty, a resident of Starke and St. Joseph counties most of her life, died, following an illness, at 3:42 a.m., in Miller’s Merry Manor, Walkerton, on Christmas Day, December 25, 2000. Eva had been a resident at the Manor since October of this year.She was born in Ober, Indiana, on Oct....
Marie A. Traversa
Dec 22, 2000
Marie A. Traversa, 85, died, following an extended illness, at 1:40 a.m. on Friday, December 22, 2000, in Miller’s Merry Manor, Plymouth.Born in Chicago on October 14, 1915, she was the daughter of William and Mary (McKenna) Hanrahan. She graduated from a Chicago high school and attended business college for two years.On June 19, 1943, in Chicago, Marie and Thomas...
