Eva L. Cripe
December 27, 2013
Eva L. “Ma” Cripe, 92 of Elkhart, passed away December 27, 2013 at Eastlake Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was born February 2, 1921 in Elkhart to Lawrence and Thelma (Cathcart) Hosler. She married Othello “Pete” Cripe on April 11, 1953. He died December 6, 1997. Surviving are 2 sons, Thomas E. Mosier and Loren “Bud” Mosier and a...
Kathryn M. Stein
December 27, 2013
Kathryn M. Stein, 92, of Elkhart, passed away Friday Dec. 27, 2013 at Woodland Manor. She was born Apr. 14, 1921 in Harrison Township, IN to John and Viola (Beck) Miller. On Dec. 27, 1946 in Niles, MI. she married Phillip Stein who preceded her in death on Nov. 27, 1991. She is survived by 5 sisters: Dorothy Lehman...
Stephen K. Johnson
December 21, 2013
Stephen K. Johnson, 71 of Elkhart, passed away December 21, 2013 at Greenleaf Living Center. He was born January 8, 1942 in Elkhart to Irvin K. and Ernestine (Thorpe) Johnson. Surviving are 2 sons, Keith M. (Hannah Tindal) of Chicago and Lad S. (Katie) Johnson of St. Petersburg, FL; a grandson Isaac Johnson, 2 brothers, Roger (Susan) Johnson of...
Edward M. Halvorson
December 18, 2013
Edward M. Halvorson, 57 of Elkhart, passed away December 18, 2013 at Elkhart General Hospital. He was born September 7, 1956 in New Hampton, Iowa to Merle and Joan (Ehler) Halvorson. He married Lorna M. Ward on July 23, 1996. She survives along with 4 daughters, Pricilla (Joey) Svendsen and Krystal Halvorson of Charleston, SC and Michelle (Jory) Dyvig...
Madonna Louise Loser
December 12, 2013
Madonna Louise Loser, 84 of Elkhart, passed away Thursday, December 12, 2013 at the New Woodland Manor. She was born April 24, 1929 in Anderson to Charles D. and Hester (Free) Kelly. She married Walter “Bill” Loser on November 17, 1951. He died on October 31, 1994. Surviving are a daughter, Teresa (James) Shaffer of Elkhart; 3 grandchildren, Eli...
Bruce L. Martin
December 4, 2013
Bruce Lloyd Martin 91, of Goshen, died December, 4, 2013 in Goshen, Indiana. He was born June 7, 1922 the son of Beno & Charity (Snook) Martin, Elkhart, Indiana. He graduated from Elkhart High School in 1940 and earned his Bachelor’s degree in History Education from Goshen College in 1944. He taught History, Government, Sociology, Economics and English to...
Patricia K. Wilbur
November 16, 2013
Patricia K. “Pat” Wilbur, 84 of Elkhart, passed away November 16, 2013 at Hubbard Hill Estates. She was born April 14, 1929 in Buffalo, NY to Joseph V. and Kathryn W. (Minnich) Goddard. She married Leland “Lee” Wilbur on October 27, 1951 in Hamburg, NY. They moved to Elkhart where Pat went to work at Whitehall Laboratories until she...
Evelyn C. Smith
November 14, 2013
Evelyn C. Smith, 86 of Elkhart, passed away November 14, 2013 at Riverside Village. She was born July 12, 1927 in North Bergen, NJ to Antonio and Ruth (Hoile) Pettrillo. She married Thomas W. Smith on January 12, 1950 in Hoboken, NJ. He died August 3, 1999. Surviving are a daughter, Theresa Ann Marie Smith of Elkhart, a son,...
Josephine Papandrea Araneo
November 13, 2013
Josephine Papandrea Araneo, 96, of Elkhart, passed away Wednesday Nov. 13 at Elkhart General Hospital. She was born April 14, 1917 in Mishawaka to Stefano and Rosa (Barone) Pugliese. On August 4, 1940 she married Joseph Papandrea who preceded her in death on August 3, 1968. Then on August 20, 1977 in Elkhart she married Joseph A. Araneo who...
Doyle E. Cloud
November 9, 2013
Doyle E. Cloud, 64 of Union, MI. passed away November 9, 2013 at home. He was born on October 14, 1949 in Elkhart, IN. Survivors include his mother, Betty C. Kissinger of Union, MI., a sister, Debra (Barry) Landis of Bristol, IN., a brother Dale Cloud of Union, MI. and a nephew, Ryan Landis of Bristol, IN. He was...
Fred Roberts
November 5, 2013
Fred Roberts, 80 of Edwardsburg, MI. passed away Nov. 5, 2013 at home. He was born on July 2, 1933 in Lehart Falls, OH. to Fred and Mabel (Geyer) Roberts Sr. He married Aletha Ermal Martin on Aug. 16, 1969 in Bremen, IN. She preceded him in death on July 9, 2011. Survivors include 3 sons; Donald (Patti) and...
Terrell L. Bertrem
November 4, 2013
Terrell L. Bertrem, 66 of Elkhart, loving husband, father and grandfather, passed away November 4, 2013 at Kindred Hospital of Northern Indiana. He was born November 28, 1946 in Waycross, Georgia to Elmer C. and Florrie (Chaney) Bertrem. He married Christine A. Knight on February 17, 1968 in Elkhart. She survives with a son, Brian (Patricia) Bertrem of Elkhart,...
Maxine "Mickey" Conrad
October 31, 2013
Maxine “Mickey” Conrad, 88 of Elkhart, passed away October 31, 2013 at Elkhart Rehabilitation Center. She was born January 16, 1925 in White County, Indiana to Max M. and Ada (Tomblin) Krallman. She married Richard N. Conrad on December 29, 1945 in Elkhart. Surviving are a daughter, Pat (Tom) Hartzler of Goshen and a son Michael (Janice) Conrad of...
Betty J. Yeoman
October 28, 2013
Betty J. Yeoman, 88, passed away Monday October 28, 2013 in Madera, CA She was born in Elkhart on December 20, 1924 to Karl and Nellie Flanders. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Richard A. Yeoman, who she married August 2, 1947, and children Andrea and David Yeoman. Betty is survived by 3 children, Richard...
Geraldine M. Huff
October 27, 2013
Gerry M. Huff, 83 of Elkhart, IN. passed away October 27, 2013 at Elkhart General Hospital. She was born on December 8, 1929 in Lawrence, MA. to William & Elizabeth (Walsh) LaMontagne. She married Philip H. Huff on May 15, 1954 in Seattle, WA. He survives along with two sons; Michael Huff of Elkhart and Bradley Huff of South...
Norman L. Johnson
October 27, 2013
Norman L. Johnson, 99, of South Bend, formerly of Elkhart, passed away October 27, 2013 at Ironwood Health and Rehabilitation Center, South Bend. He was born October 4, 1914 in South Bend to Harold C. and Ethel (Baker) Johnson. He married Alene E. Russell on June 27, 1936 in South Bend. She died on August 31, 2005. Surviving are...
Jack D. Brainard
October 24, 2013
Jack D. Brainard, 85, of Bristol, Indiana died Thursday, October 24, 2013 in Elkhart General Hospital. He was born in April 26, 1928 in Goshen, Indiana to Isabelle and Claude Brainard. He married Dortha Stucky on December 27, 1949 in Indianapolis, Indiana. She survives along with their son James (Elizabeth) Brainard, of Carmel, Indiana and daughter Carol (Robert) Jones...
Ruth C. Brewton
October 17, 2013
Ruth C. Brewton, 90, of Elkhart, passed away on Thursday, October 17, 2013 at Hubbard Hill Estates. She was born November 11, 1922 in Toledo, Ohio to Albert J. and Marie (Leffel) Fisher. She married Carroll C. Brewton Sr. on November 11, 1942. He died on December 16, 1979. Surviving are 2 sons, Claude (Kathy) Brewton of Goshen and...
Colton William Hudnall
October 14, 2013
Colton William Hudnall, 4 months, of Elkhart, passed away on October 14, 2013 at Elkhart General Hospital. He was born June 14, 2013 in Elkhart to Christopher W. and Danica J. (Dean) Hudnall. His parents survive along with a sister, Trinity Hudnall; Grandparents, Greg and Becky Dean of Bristol, Bill and Shelley Bardocz of Jackson, MI, Charles Hudnall of...
William C. Nolen
October 12, 2013
William C. Nolen, 69, of Elkhart, passed away on October 12, 2013 at Golden Living Center. He was born March 20, 1944 in Elkhart, IN. to Clyde and Marie Nolen. Surviving are cousins, B.J. Scott of Goshen, Cheryl Miller of Elkhart, Carol (William) Newman of Three Rivers, MI, Leo (Becky) Frankenberger of Bristol and Rudy Nolen of California; Aunt,...

