Obituaries
Plymouth, Indiana and Marshall County , IN Obituaries
Local obituaries for Plymouth, Indiana and Marshall County
Ina B. Hoeffer
Dec 18, 2000
Ina B. Hoeffer, 79, formerly of 17627 Main St. of Tyner, died at 5:35 p.m. Monday, December 18, 2000 in Pilgrim Manor Nursing Center. She had been in failing health for the past five years. Ina was a lifetime resident of Marshall County.Born July 27, 1921 in her family home of Tyner, she was the daughter of William D. and...
Mabel L. Miller
Dec 18, 2000
Mabel L. Miller, 83, 10893 S. Michigan Road, a Plymouth resident most of her lifetime, died, following an illness, at 6:30 a.m., on Monday, Dec. 18, 2000, at Pilgrim Manor where she had been a resident since May.Mabel was born in Tippecanoe, Ind., on Oct. 4, 1917, the daughter of Roy Reese and Ethel Worsham Parsons. She graduated from Plymouth...
Joy Lee Shepperd
Dec 18, 2000
Joy Lee Shepperd, 62, of 824 N. Plum Street, Plymouth has gone to be with her parents, two sisters and two brothers who preceded her in death. She died of natural causes at 2:40 a.m. Monday, December 18, 2000.Born the daughter of Perry and Ivory (Cole) Shepperd on September 11, 1938 at home in Kniman, Indiana. Joy was a lifetime...
John R. Karch
Dec 16, 2000
John R. “Jack” Karch, 73, formerly of Plymouth and residing since 1988, at 20839 Whispering Creek Ct., South Bend, died in Memorial Hospital, following an illness, at 8:47 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 16, 2000.Born on April 26, 1927, in Gary, Indiana, Jack was the son of John W. and Grace K. Knapp Karch. He graduated from Gary Horace Mann High...
Fred M. Berger
Dec 15, 2000
Lifetime area resident and farmer, Fred M. Berger, 8920 Plymouth-Goshen Trail, died, following an illness, on Friday, Dec. 15, 2000. Fred, 82-years old, died in Community Hospital of Bremen at 9:35 p.m. under the loving care of his family and the Marshall County Hospice.Born on Jan. 29, 1918, in Bremen, Fred was the son of Clem D. And Rose Clark...
Wilda J. Cruse
Dec 15, 2000
Wilda J. Cruse, 65, died at her Neidlinger Garden Court residence, 905 Berkley Street, Plymouth. She died peacefully in prayer, while in the company of her family, on Friday, Dec. 15, 2000, at 9:15 a.m. Wilda had lived in Plymouth since 1996, moving here from Knox where she had lived from 1981 to 1996.Wilda was born on April 10, 1935,...
William F. Potthoff
Dec 7, 2000
William F. “Bill” Potthoff, 61, Plymouth, having moved here five years ago from Knox, died of natural causes at his residence, 215 Water St., on Thursday, December 7, 2000 at 6 p.m.Bill was born in Chicago, on August 6, 1939. He was the son of Robert C., Sr., and Elizabeth M. Underhill Potthoff. He attended St. Sabrina School and CVS...
James L. Labas
Dec 6, 2000
James L. Labas, Venice, Florida, formerly of Plymouth, died peacefully at his home in the loving arms of his wife, Donna, at 3:44 a.m. on Wednesday, December 6, 2000. In recent years, Jim had been ill with cancer. He was 68-years old.Born the son of James E. And Marie V. Labas, Jim was born on Sept. 21, 1932, in Hammond,...
Robert Wayne Green, Sr.
Dec 1, 2000
Robert Wayne Green , Sr., 70, of Newport News, Va., formerly of Plymouth, died, following an illness, at his son Robert Jr’s residence in Newport News at 10:43 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 1, 2000.Born in Plymouth on June 26, 1930, Bob was the son of Donald Godfrey and Dorothy Beatrice Schrom Green. He attended Plymouth High School.He was a member...
Pearl J. Konkle
Dec 1, 2000
Pearl J. Konkle died at 8:35 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 1, 2000 at Pilgrim Manor Nursing Center, following an illness. She had been a resident of the Plymouth and Warsaw areas most of her life.Pearl was born in Springfield, Illinois on Oct. 24, 1918 , the daughter of Joseph and Sarah Creacy Warner. She attended Willow Shade School in Kentucky.Pearl...
Donald E. Keefer
Nov 28, 2000
Donald E. Keefer, 112 W. Owl Drive, Rochester, Ind., where he had been a resident for the past 12 years, coming from Auburn, Ind., died of a cancer-related illness at 3:25 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2000. Don, 53, died in St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, South Bend.He was born in Huntington, Ind., on December 1, 1946, the son of...
Janet R. Lee
Nov 28, 2000
Janet R. Lee, a lifetime Plymouth resident, died in the loving care of her family, friends and the Marshall County Hospice, at her residence, 807 Angel St., at 7:20 a.m. on Tuesday morning, November 28, 2000. Janet was 54 years old; she was diagnosed with cancer in March of this year.Born in Plymouth, the daughter of Frank E., Jr., and...
Dr. Jose R. Dejesus, Jr.
Nov 28, 2000
Dr. Jose R. DeJesus, Jr., M.D., 69, a highly respected Marshall County cardiologist and internist, has died. “Dr. DeJesus was a wonderful doctor; he knew the human heart like the back of his hand, ”a medical colleague said when learning of his death.Dedicated to his profession and his family, Dr. DeJesus died unexpectedly, due to medical complications, at his residence,...
Knight L. Wennerstrom Sr.
Nov 27, 2000
Knight L. Wennerstrom, Sr., 78, of 13265 7th Road, died on Monday, November 27, 2000, at 8:11 p.m., in St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth, following a sudden illness. Knight has been a resident of Plymouth since 1951, coming from Culver, Ind.He was born in Culver on Feb. 12, 1922, to August Edward and Naome Johnson Wennerstrom. He graduated from...
Leal J. Long
Nov 24, 2000
Leal J. Long, 805 Baker Street, died at 8:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 24, 2000, in Pilgrim Manor Nursing Center. He was four days shy of his 85th birthday.Leal was born in Plymouth on Nov. 28, 1915, the son of Neal and Nellie E. Linn Long. He attended school in Plymouth and graduated from high school in Michigan in 1933.On...
Charles A. Cleveland
Nov 20, 2000
Ninety-two-year-old Charles A. Cleveland, 258 Elliot Ave., Plymouth, a Walkerton and Plymouth resident most of his life, died at 11:10 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 20, 2000, in Pilgrim Manor Nursing Center, following a lengthy illness.Charles was born on Aug. 27, 1908, in Tennant, Iowa. He was the son of J.W. and Mary Wyatt Cleveland. He attended various schools in Indiana.A...
Jeanne P. Skahill
Nov 19, 2000
Jeanne P. Skahill, 85, died of natural causes, following a sudden illness at 8 a.m. on Sunday, November 19, 2000, in St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth. Jeanne was a resident in the Orchard Wing at Miller’s Merry Manor, 600 Oakhill Avenue, coming from Venice, Florida, in May of 1997.She was born in Brooklyn, New York, on August 8, 1915,...
Alberta Marie Mire Gilbert
Nov 11, 2000
Alberta Marie Mire Gilbert, 88, who had made her home with her niece, Linda and George Smith, 13595 6 C Road, Plymouth, Indiana for the past six years, coming from Lake Charles, La., has died. Marie died of natural causes at 2:30 a.m. on Sunday, November 19, 2000, in St. Joseph Community Hospital, Mishawaka, Ind.Born on May 15, 1912, in...
Geraldine May Shafer
Nov 5, 2000
Lifetime Plymouth resident, Geraldine “Jeannie” May Shafer, 69, 850 N. Oak Rd., Plymouth, died in Miller’s Merry Manor, following a sudden illness, at 12:30 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 5, 2000.Born on November 8, 1930 in Plymouth, she was the daughter of Melvin and Ella A. Earl Booker. She graduated from Lincoln High School in the class of 1947.On June 12,...
Harold C. Pontius
Nov 4, 2000
Harold C. Pontius, 94, a lifetime resident of the Walkerton area, died, following a brief illness, at 9:15 p.m., on Saturday, Nov. 4, 2000, in Miller’s Merry Manor, Plymouth. He was a resident of Walkerton, living at 19842 W. 3B Road.Born on Dec. 6, 1905, in Walkerton, Harold was the son of Lawrence and Lucy Killian Pontius. He attended Tyner...
