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MARTHA E. VOIROL KEYS, 86, died Thursday at Parkview Hospital. Born in Fort Wayne, she retired in 1979 as an assembler at ITT. Surviving are two sons, William of Fort Wayne and Charles E. of Deer Park, Wash.; two daughters, Janice M. Keys and Carol S. Mosley, both of Fort Wayne; 12 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; four sisters, Lucile C. Gerard, Mary M. Kramer and Doris R. Watson, all of Fort Wayne and Barbara J. DePew of Hoagland; and a brother, James C. Voirol of New Haven. Her husband, Charles M., died in 1989.
Services were at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, 1502 E. Wallen Road.
Burial in Catholic cemetery. Memorials to the church. Arrangements by D.O. McComb & Sons Pine Valley Park Funeral Home, 1320 E. Dupont Road.
Notice dated Wed, Oct. 02, 2002
JACK E. LINE, 80, died Friday at Lutheran Hospital. Born in Columbia City, he retired as a civil engineer and worked on numerous projects in the Fort Wayne area. He was a World War II Army Air Corps veteran. Surviving are his wife, Sybil D.; a son, Jeffery of Mobile, Ala.; two daughters, Leslie Line-Ith of Atlanta and Michelle Kidd of Huntington; two sisters, Kathleen Carvin of Fort Wayne and Doris Wendt of Peru; and four grandchildren.
Private family services and calling were at Myers Funeral Home, Markle Chapel. Burial in Markle cemetery, with military graveside services by VFW Post 2689 of Huntington.
Notice dated Wed, Oct. 02, 2002
BETTE M. POFFENBERGER, 83, died Monday at Hospice Home of Northeast Indiana. Born in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, she retired in 1981 from the accounting department at Dana Corp. after 26 years. Surviving are her husband, Bob; a daughter, Cindy Mainord of Fort Wayne; a son, Fritz of Carmel; and three grandchildren. Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30 a.m. Friday at St. Henry Catholic Church, 2929 E. Paulding Road, with calling one hour before services. Calling also from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at D.O. McComb & Sons Foster Park Funeral Home, 6301 Fairfield Ave. Burial in Catholic cemetery. Memorials to Visiting Nurse Service's Hospice Home of Northeast Indiana or Masses.
Notice dated Wed, Oct. 02, 2002
JOHN W. SIMMERS, 94, died Monday at Hospice Home of Northeast Indiana. Born in Chicago, he was a railroad clerk with Nickel Plate Railroad for 48 years. Surviving are a son, Dr. Udell J. of Neosho, Mo.; two daughters, Sharon M. Snow of Ossian and Diane M. Beyer of Fort Wayne; two grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. His wife, Marjorie, died in 1972. Services at 2 p.m. Friday at D.O. McComb & Sons Lakeside Park Funeral Home, 1140 Lake Ave., with calling three hours before services. Burial in Greenlawn Memorial Park. Memorials to Visiting Nurse Service's Hospice Home of Northeast Indiana or Fort Wayne Children's Zoo.
Notice dated Wed, Oct. 02, 2002
SARAH L. WARD, 16, died Monday at Mott's Children's Hospital, Ann Arbor, Mich. Born in Fort Wayne, she was a junior honors student at Carroll High School and earned the National Silver Scholastic Art Merit Award for Jewelry Design. Surviving are her parents, Carl B. and Cynthia M. Ward of Fort Wayne; and her grandparents, Rois Ward of Waterloo, and Betty Ward of Marked Tree, Ark.
Services at 1 p.m. Friday at D.O. McComb & Sons Pine Valley Park Funeral Home, 1320 E. Dupont Road. Calling from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday.
Entombment in Highland Park cemetery. Memorials to Sarah L. Ward Memorial Scholarship Fund.
Notice dated Wed, Oct. 02, 2002
ELIZABETH CRIST, 78, died Saturday at her home. Born in Estherville, Iowa, she was a homemaker. Her husband, Richard Lee, died in 1997. Surviving are four sons, William of Atlanta, Jeffrey of Fort Wayne, Gary of Jakarta, Indonesia, and Jonathon of Los Angeles; a brother, Donald Burke of Strausberg, Va.; a sister, Marianne Ed of Houston; and six grandchildren. Services at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Plymouth Congregational Church, 501 W. Berry St. Calling immediately following the memorial service at the church. Burial in Greenlawn Memorial Park. Memorials to Hospice Home of Northeast Indiana or the Angel Corp, Washington Boulevard.
Notice dated Mon, Jun. 03, 2002
ROBERTA J. DeARMOND, 88, died Sunday at Lutheran Home. Born in Detroit, she owned and operated Brudi's Catering Service. Her husband, Bryce, preceded her in death. Surviving are a son, James Kiermaier of Wolcottville; a daughter, Cheryl Rockman of Evansville; two stepsons Fred DeArmond and Jay DeArmond, both of The Villages, Fla.; eight grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. Services at noon Wednesday at Redeemer Lutheran Church, 202 W. Rudisill Blvd., with calling one hour before services. Calling also from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at D.O.McComb & Sons Foster Park Funeral Home, 6301 S. Fairfield Ave. Burial in Greenlawn cemetery. Memorials to the church.
Notice dated Mon, Jun. 03, 2002
MARY N. HOBBS, 84, died Saturday at St. Vincent Hospice in Indianapolis. Born in St. Marys, Ohio, she was a former Fort Wayne resident. She was a homemaker. Her husband, Earley, died in 1998. Surviving are three sons, Ronald Leisure of North Carolina, Thomas Leisure of Marion, and Toby Williams of Buckner, Ark.; four daughters, Tammy Wood of Carmel, Reta Williams of Tipp City, Ohio, Denise Huffer of Burlington, and Rebecca Snow of Sheboygan, Wis.; two stepdaughters, Glenda Copeland of Nevada and Judy Collins of Rockford, Ill.; a brother, Joseph Riggs of Sebring, Fla.; 24 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren. Services at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Raven-Choate Funeral Home, Marion. Calling from 3 to 8 p.m. today. Burial at Grant Memorial Park, Marion. Memorials to the St. Vincent Hospice, 2140 W. 86th St., Indianapolis, 46288.
Notice dated Mon, Jun. 03, 2002
ESTHER H. SCHNEIDER EHRMAN, 87, died Saturday at the Lutheran Home. Born in Scottsbluff, Neb., she was an instructor at the Lutheran Hospital School of Nursing for more than 20 years. Her husband, Walter, died in 1983. Surviving are a brother, Howard H. Schneider of Fort Wayne; and seven nieces and nephews. Services at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 3705 S. Anthony Blvd., with calling two hours before services. Arrangements by Klaehn, Fahl & Melton Funeral Home, 420 W. Wayne St.
Burial in Concordia Lutheran cemetery. Memorials to the church or the Visiting Nurse Service and Hospice, Inc.
Notice dated Mon, Jun. 03, 2002
VIRGINIA COCHRAN FISCHER, 80, died Friday at Randolph Nursing Home, Winchester. Born in Connersville, she was a former Fort Wayne resident. She worked at GTE for 38 years. Surviving are a daughter, Suzan Stegall of Winchester; a brother, William Cochran of Brookville; two sisters, Joan Short of Waco, Texas, and Erma Briggs of Fort Myers, Fla.; three granddaughters; and two great-grandchildren. Services at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Walker Funeral Home, Winchester, with calling two hours before services. Burial in Dale cemetery.
Notice dated Mon, Jun. 03, 2002
BEN JOSEPH LOPEZ, 22, died Saturday at his home. Arrangements are pending at Zwick & Jahn Funeral Home in Decatur.
Notice dated Mon, Jun. 03, 2002
WILLIE D. SIMMONS, 64, died Thursday at Parkview Hospital, Fort Wayne. Born in Belzoni, Miss., he retired from Norfolk & Western railroad and had worked at Summit Cleaning Service. Surviving are his wife, Dora; a daughter, Barbara Pearson of Fort Wayne; three sons, William Bowman, Willie Simmons Jr. and Benjamin Simmons, all of Florida; three brothers, Benjamin Shaw and Harrison Shaw, both of Fort Wayne, and Jerome Shaw of Clarksdale, Miss.; and four sisters, Daisey Lafloura of Chicago, Catherine Shaw and Mary Hill, both of Fort Wayne, and Shirley Watzel of Orlando, Fla.; six grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Services at 11 a.m. Wednesday at The Way of Holiness Church of God in Christ, 3101 Phoenix Ave. Calling one hour before services. Burial in Lindenwood cemetery. Arrangements by Micheaux Funeral Home, 1338 Eliza St.
Notice dated Mon, Jun. 03, 2002
TERRY C. WEAGLEY, 54, died Saturday at her home in Marion. Born in Vincennes, she was a teacher at Jones Middle School in Marion for 33 years. Surviving are her husband, Daniel; her father, Jack Druckemiller of Fort Wayne; a son, Jack Daniel "J.D." Weagley of Marion; and a brother, Anthony Druckemiller of Fort Wayne. Services at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Needham-Storey-Wampner Funeral Service, Marion. Memorials to the Marion General Hospital Oncology, 441 N. Wabash Ave., Marion, 46952.
Notice dated Mon, Jun. 03, 2002
RUSTY ALLEN BENNETT, 44, died Wednesday at home. Born in Ripley, W.Va., he was a carpenter. Surviving are a daughter, Brea Richey of Fort Wayne; his mother, Betty Gibson of Fort Wayne; his father, Roy Lee Bennett of West Virginia; his stepfather, Charles Gibson of Fort Wayne; four sisters, Flora and Tammy, both of Fort Wayne and Krissy Bennett and Melissa Bennett, both of West Virginia; and two brothers, George Wright of Fort Wayne and Roy Bennett of West Virginia. Services at 2 p.m. Friday at D.O. McComb & Sons Lakeside Park Funeral Home, 1140 Lake Ave., with calling one hour before services. Burial in Lindenwood cemetery.
Notice dated Thu, Jul. 11, 2002
ALFREDA IRENE BARROW ETCHASON, 92, of Norwalk, Calif., formerly of Fort Wayne, died Saturday at La Mirada Hills Nursing Home, La Mirada Hills, Calif. Born in Fort Wayne, she was a draftsman for North American Rockwell, later Boeing Co., of Los Angeles. Surviving are four children, Audrey Craig and Marilyn Slagle, both of Fort Wayne, Shirley Armstrong of Auburn and Steven Sutton of Downey, Calif.; 18 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; and seven great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a son, David Sutton. Graveside services at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Lindenwood cemetery Chapel, 2324 W. Main St. No calling.
Memorials to American Cancer Society or donor's choice. Arrangements by Zrelak Funeral Home, Los Angeles.
Notice dated Thu, Jul. 11, 2002
WILFRED G. HEIDENREICH, 93, died Tuesday at home. Born in Fort Wayne, he retired in 1975 from maintenance at the Greater Fort Wayne Chamber of Commerce after 15 years. His wife, Stella K., died in 1999. Surviving is a son, Robert L. of Fort Wayne. Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m. Friday at St. Peter's Catholic Church, 518 E. DeWald St., with calling one hour before services. Calling also from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. today at Tom Mungovan Funeral Home, 2221 S. Calhoun St., with rosary at 3:30 p.m. Burial in Catholic cemetery. Memorials to Masses and gifts to the church.
Notice dated Thu, Jul. 11, 2002
GLADYS OVERMYER, 94, of Venice, Fla., formerly of Fort Wayne, died Tuesday at her daughter's home in Venice. She was a homemaker. Her husband, Arthur, died in 1980. Surviving are six children, Gene Overmyer of Lake Lure, N.C., Bill Overmyer and Sarah Hunnefeld, both of Fort Wayne, Peg Smith of Charlotte, N.C., Cheri Lezan of Winston-Salem, N.C., and Norma Overmyer of Venice; 15 grandchildren; and 20 great-grandchildren. Mass at 10:30 a.m. at St. Jude Catholic Church, East State Boulevard at Randallia Drive, with calling one hour before services. Calling also from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at C.M. Sloan & Sons Funeral Home, 1327 N. Wells St. Burial in IOOF cemetery, New Haven. Memorials to Turnstone Center for Disabled Children and Adults Inc., 3320 N. Clinton St., Fort Wayne, IN 46805.
Notice dated Thu, Jul. 11, 2002
CARLOS TOWNSEND SR., 68, of Dade City, Fla., formerly of Fort Wayne, died July 2 at Harvest Park Specialty Care Center, Dade City. Born in West Virginia, he retired as a mechanic. Surviving are eight sons, Carlos Townsend Jr., Isaac Townsend, Eddie M. Townsend, Lamont F. Townsend, Jason B. Townsend, James GoVan and Gordon Martin, all of Fort Wayne, and Carlos Andre Miller of Dade City; two daughters, Tiffany L. Townsend of Fort Wayne and Vaun Miller of Tampa, Fla.; 11 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and a sister, Mildred Bruce of East St. Louis. He was preceded in death by a son, Dewayne Townsend. Services at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Carmichael Funeral Service, 831 E. Jefferson Blvd. Calling from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at The Way of Holiness Church of God in Christ, 2101 Phenie St. Burial in Concordia cemetery.
Notice dated Thu, Jul. 11, 2002
CHARLES R. WOLFE, 88, died April 29 at Morton Plant Hospital, Clearwater, Fla. Born in Fort Wayne, he retired in 1962 from the Fort Wayne Police Department after 22 years and was elected to two terms as Wayne Township constable. Surviving are his wife, Ruth E.; a son, Leon of Largo, Fla.; three grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Graveside services at 1 p.m. Saturday at Prairie Grove cemetery, 6312 Old Trail Road. Calling from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday at Southwest Fire District Training Center, 7001 Old Trail Road. Memorials to Fort Wayne Police Athletic League. Arrangements by National Cremation Society, Largo, Fla.
Notice dated Thu, Jul. 11, 2002
GIOVANNA "BONNIE" BRAUN ARCHER, 78, died Wednesday at home. Born in Fort Wayne, she was a homemaker. Surviving are her husband, Richard; three sons, James of Daytona Beach, Fla., John of Fort Wayne and Jack of Summerville, S.C.; a sister, Marcelene Smally of Hernando, Fla.; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Her son, Joe, died in 1995.
No services or calling. Burial in Lindenwood cemetery. Arrangements by C.M. Sloan & Sons Funeral Home, 1327 N. Wells St.
Notice dated Fri, Jul. 12, 2002
MARGARET D. BADDERS, 87, died Wednesday at Lutheran Hospital. Born in St. Henry, Ohio, she was a homemaker. Surviving are two sons, Larry of Fort Wayne and Tom of Huntertown; two daughters, Nancy Moore of Ossian and Ginger Perriguey of Fort Wayne; two brothers, Paul Bonvillian of Celina, Ohio, and Dick Bonvillian of Fort Recovery, Ohio; 15 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild. Her husband, James W., died in 1972. Services at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at D.O. McComb & Sons Lakeside Park Funeral Home, 1140 Lake Ave., with calling one hour before services. Calling also from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. today. Burial in Catholic cemetery. Memorials to donor's choice.
Notice dated Fri, Jul. 12, 2002
