All Obituaries

Karen Kay Chamberlin, 77, of Elkhart passed away on May 25, 2020 at Elkhart General Hospital. Karen was born on May 30, 1942 in Benton Harbor, MI to Carlisle and Marie Dahms. She married Wesley Chamberlin on August 20, 1994 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Karen was an administrative assistant for SimplexGrinnell. She enjoyed making crafts and most currently making cards for family and friends. Karen was a loving, wife, mom, sister, grandma and great-grandma, she will be greatly missed. Karen leaves...

Dorothy Marie Hamilton, 106, of Bristol passed away on Sunday, May 24, 2020 at Greenleaf Health Campus. Dorothy was born on September 5, 1913 in Bristol, IN to Roy E. and Ada Johnson. She married Marion “Kirby” Hamilton on October 25, 1934 in Bremen. Dorothy graduated from Bristol High School. She was a loving wife and mother to her family and for a short time she worked for CTS in Elkhart. She was a member of Bristol United Methodist Church since 1948 and church membership...

Emillie “Milly” Eugenie Taylor, 71, of Elkhart passed away on Thursday, May 21, 2020 at Golden Living Center in Elkhart. She was born on October 7, 1948 in Jakarta, Indonesia to Herman and Otti van der Sijs.  Emillie moved to America in 1957 where she excelled as a violinist, studying at the Interlochen Arts Academy, became a successful business owner of her truck brokerage, Trinity Transport, and later worked as a home health aide for Elkhart General Hospital. Emillie...

Helen Shreiner, 96, of Elkhart, passed away May 20, 2020 at Elkhart Place. Helen was born July 2, 1923 in LaPorte, IN to Lee and Lieta A. (Pippenger) Willis. On Feb. 14, 1942 in Elkhart, she married Joseph J. Shreiner, Jr. who preceded her in death on Jan. 28, 2009. Surviving are her children, Becky Thompson of Middlebury, Karen (Bob) Martin of Goshen, Laura (Randy) Weaver of Frankford, DE. and Jo (Kevin) Fulmer of Middlebury, 7 grandchildren, 5 great-grandchildren, and 1 great-great...

Elizabeth “Lisa” Ann Robinson, 45, of Elkhart passed away on Tuesday, May 19, 2020 at her daughter’s home. Lisa was born on August 27, 1974 in Elkhart to Michael and Margaret Row. Lisa graduated from Elkhart Central High School class of 1992 and she went on to pursue an associate’s degree from Ivy Tech. Her greatest love was her family and she will be truly missed. Lisa is survived by her parents, Michael and Margaret Row of Elkhart; her daughters, Kaitlyn Ashley...

James F. Nagy, 78, of Goshen, passed away Saturday May 16, 2020 at Elkhart General Hospital. He was born May 24, 1941 in Elkhart to John F. and Helen Nagy. He married Linda L. Roberts on November 22, 1964 at Central Christian Church in Elkhart. James graduated from Jefferson High School class of 1959. He honorably served his country in the United States Army National Guard. He retired from NIPSCO in 2000. Retirement didn’t slow him down he enjoyed detailing cars He loved spending time...

Raymond Ralph Reitz, 88, of Elkhart passed away on Saturday, May 9, 2020 at his home surrounded by his family. He was born on August 30, 1931 to John and Ann Reitz in Galen, Michigan at his family home. He married Betty J. Chodzinski on June 11, 1955 at Emmaus Lutheran Church in South Bend in the church rectory. Ray worked for Mossberg Printing in South Bend and retired from Lithotone Inc., in Elkhart as a printer. He honorably served his country in the United States Army during the Korean...

Joyce C. Vanovich, 93, of Elkhart, passed away Friday May 8, 2020 at Greenleaf Health Campus, Elkhart. Arrangements are pending.

Donna Mae Frantz, 80, of Vicksburg, MI formerly of Elkhart, IN passed away on Friday, May 8, 2020 at Fountainview Retirement Village of Portage, Michigan. She was born on March 14, 1940 in Chicago, IL to Louis and Rose (Kuhn) Friedman. She married Jack Leon on September 12, 1958 in Bloomington, IL. Donna worked at Woodteck as a human resources director and she retired from Church World Services. She was a member of Faith United Methodist Church, the Red Hat Society, Merry Widows and Share...

Barbara L. Lung, 82, of Bristol passed away on May 7, 2020 at Greenleaf Health Campus in Elkhart. Barbara was born on October 7, 1937 in Elkhart to Frank and Louis Davis. She married Max E. Lung on April 26, 1986 at California Road Missionary Church. Barbara retired from Miles Laboratory / Bayer Corporation after 27 years of service.  Throughout the years Barbara and her husband attended California Road Missionary Church, Beulah Missionary Church and Granger Community Church. She will...