Obituaries

Elvira Luna

Elvira Luna

Jul 29, 2012

Elvira G. Luna, 61, Logansport, died at 9:30 p.m. Sunday, July 29, 2012, at IU Health Hospital, Indianapolis. Born July 12, 1951, in Matamoros, Mexico, she was the daughter of Arturo C. Garza and Ofelia Martinez. She was married April 13, 1977, in Brownsville, Texas, to Israel Luna, who survives. Elvira was employed at Tyson Foods. She enjoyed cooking and...

Don Plank

Don Plank

Jul 19, 2012

Don Elmer Plank, 80, Walton, died Thursday, July 19, 2012, at his residence. Born Feb. 9, 1932 in Cass County, he was the son of Elmer O. Plank and Pearl E. Schwaim. On Aug. 21, 1954, in Walton, he married Betty Joan Small, and she survives. He was a farmer. He was a member and elder of Calvary Presbyterian Church,...

Helen Pickering

Helen Pickering

Jul 17, 2012

WALTON — Helen L. Pickering, 81, Walton, died at 3 a.m. Tuesday, July 17, 2012, at St. Joseph Hospital, Kokomo. Born Jan. 6, 1931, in Paragon, she was the daughter of Dick and Tilda Wingler. She was married July 8, 1950, in Bringhurst, to Wayne Lee Pickering, who preceded in death Nov. 11, 1989. Helen was a homemaker. She was...

Tona Snoeberger

Tona Snoeberger

Jul 9, 2012

Tona Marie Snoeberger, 43, Muncie, died at 11:55 p.m. Monday, July 9, 2012, at St. Vincent Hospice in Indianapolis. She was born June 21, 1969, in Monticello, to Robert and Linda Karns Snoeberger. She graduated from the Indiana School for the Blind, she then continued her education graduating from Ball State University with a Bachelors degree. Tona also attended Ricks...

George Sturgeon

George Sturgeon

Jun 29, 2012

George Sturgeon, 75, Logansport, died at 4:20 a.m. Friday, June 29, 2012, at his residence. Born June 10, 1937, in Delphi, he was the son of Milo R. Sturgeon and Irene M. Zimmerman. He was married May 10, 1959, in Logansport, to Catherine L. Bodell. He was a retired foreman for Thompson Enterprises. He enjoyed fishing, wood working, and spending...

Connie Noel

Connie Noel

Jun 28, 2012

Connie J. Noel, 67, Walton, died at 4:12 p.m. Thursday, June 28, 2012, at St. Joseph Hospital, Kokomo. Born Jan. 28, 1945, in Logansport, she was the daughter of Lynn Dillman and Lena Helms. She was married March 12, 1967, in Twelve Mile, to Rex P. Noel. Connie was a homemaker and foster mother through White’s. A 1961 graduate of...

Juanita Frick

Juanita Frick

Jun 28, 2012

Juanita Ruth Samsel Frick, 96, Logansport, died at 3:55 a.m. Thursday, June 28, 2012, at Bickford Cottage in Wabash. Born Sept. 17, 1915, in Cass County, she was the daughter of Homer Samsel and Merle Stevens. She was married June 27, 1952, in Logansport, to Homer F. Frick, who preceded in death Sept. 22, 1985. She retired from H.W. Gossard...

Margaret Swan

Margaret Swan

Jun 27, 2012

Margaret Patricia Swan, 66, Logansport, died at 4:25 p.m. Wednesday, June 27, 2012, at Chase Convalescent Center, Logansport. Margaret was born Dec. 12, 1945, in Chelmsford Essex, England. She was raised by her aunt and uncle, Patricia and Allan Hills, from birth until age 20, when in 1966 she moved to the United States. Margaret served four years in the...

Christina Dewitt

Christina Dewitt

Jun 27, 2012

Christina L. DeWitt, 51, Lucerne, died at 8:40 a.m. Wednesday, June 27, 2012, at her residence. Born March 27, 1961, in Logansport, she was the daughter of Meredith D. McClure and Patricia Gibson. She was married June 12, 1982, in Metea, to David A. DeWitt. Christina worked as a kitchen and bath designer at Home Depot. A 1980 graduate of...

Margaret Strasser-Flowers

Margaret Strasser-Flowers

Jun 25, 2012

Margaret E. Reagan-Strasser-Flowers, 96, Burnettsville, died at 10:45 p.m. Monday, June 25, 2012, at Miller’s Merry Manor. Born July 10, 1915, in Lexington, Ky., she was the daughter of John Reagan and Bessie Mae Boughner. Her first marriage was in 1934 to Thomas R. Strasser, who preceded in death in 1976. Her second marriage was on Aug. 13, 1983, in...

Clara Mckenzie

Clara Mckenzie

Jun 22, 2012

Clara G. McKenzie, 96, Logansport, died at 6:57 p.m. Friday, June 22, 2012, at Miller’s Merry Manor in Logansport. Clara was born May 14, 1916, in Royal Center to George W. Kidd and Ethel Grace Adams. She was a retired factory employee at Delco and a member of the VFW Post 3790 and American Legion Post 60 Ladies auxiliaries. She...

Clarence Bechdol

Clarence Bechdol

Jun 21, 2012

Clarence M. “Bud” Bechdol, 81, Twelve Mile, died at 5:20 p.m. Thursday, June 21, 2012, at Miller’s Merry Manor. Born Oct. 1, 1930, in Logansport, he was the son of Homer C. Bechdol and Edith Leona Humphrey. He was married Dec. 10, 1950, in Star City, to Margaret Ann Bonnell, who preceded in death Sept. 29, 2010. Bud retired from...

John Allison

John Allison

Jun 20, 2012

John J. Allison, 93, Clearwater, Fla., formerly of Logansport, died at 9:26 a.m. Wednesday, June 20, 2012, at his residence. Born Sept. 27, 1918, in Cass County, he was the son of Jud Allison and Oma Lanning. He was married April 6, 1947, in Galveston, to Marian M. Shaff, who preceded in death Aug. 10, 2006. John retired in 1981...

David Collins

David Collins

Jun 18, 2012

David Victor “Pickle” Collins, 74, Logansport, died at 2:40 p.m. Monday, June 18, 2012, at St. Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis. Born March 5, 1938, in Logansport, he was the son of Ted Collins and Martha M. Moss. He was married May 23, 1990, in Logansport, to Betty L. Koeniger. He retired in 2000 from General Tire after 37 years of service...

Patricia Snay

Patricia Snay

Jun 18, 2012

Patricia Snay, 72, Indianapolis, formerly of Logansport, died at 7:40 a.m. Monday, June 18, 2012, in her residence. Born Feb. 1, 1940, in Bucyrus, Ohio, she was the daughter of Isaac Williams and Bessie Doolittle. She was retired and enjoyed sewing, playing bingo as well as Facebook games. Surviving are daughters, Billie Weese and husband, Roy, Indianapolis, Renee Abbott and...

Lois Burgess

Lois Burgess

Jun 18, 2012

Lois Irene Burgess, 73, Logansport, died at 1:47 p.m. Monday, June 18, 2012, at St. Vincent Hospital Indianapolis. Born March 22, 1939, in Logansport, she was the daughter of George A. Friskey and Lola L. Ault. Lois was married to John R. Burgess, who preceded in death March 3, 1999. Lois was a homemaker. She enjoyed gardening, cooking and taking...

Nancy Rutschmann

Nancy Rutschmann

Jun 17, 2012

Nancy L. Ander Rutschmann, 64, Logansport, died at 8:15 a.m. Sunday, June 17, 2012, at Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis. Born Dec. 16, 1947, in Dayton, Ohio, she was the daughter of George Ander and Erma Rosengarten. She was married Jan. 30, 1971, in Dayton, Ohio, to Donald F. Rutschmann, Ed.D. Nancy was a homemaker. She was a 1965 graduate of Meadowdale...

Lola Friskey

Lola Friskey

Jun 17, 2012

Lola L. Friskey, 94, Logansport, died at 8:28 p.m. Sunday, June 17, 2012, at Logansport Memorial Hospital. Born Oct. 9, 1917, in Brown County, she was the daughter of Clarence Ault and Zona Sturgeon. She was married in 1935 in Nashville to George A. Friskey, who preceded in death in 1953. She was retired from Logansport State Hospital as an...

Robert Berkshire

Robert Berkshire

Jun 15, 2012

LOGANSPORT — Robert “Bob” D. Berkshire, 84, Logansport, passed away at 1:25 p.m. Friday, June 15, 2012, at his residence. He was born Sept. 17, 1927, in Star City to Willard Berkshire and Myrtle Spears. He married Evelyn B. Rothermel on Feb. 9, 1951, in Logansport. Bob was a proud retired teamster that owned and operated seven semi-tractors during his...

Susie Pugh

Susie Pugh

Jun 12, 2012

Susie O. Pugh, 96, Logansport, died at 8:23 a.m. Tuesday, June 12, 2012, at Miller’s Merry Manor, Logansport. Born Sept. 26, 1915, in Franklin County, Va., she was the daughter of Charles T. Scott and Bessie Fisher. She was married Dec. 11, 1934, in Logansport, to Russell J. Pugh, who preceded her in death Sept. 25, 1985. She was a...

Share by: