Obituaries

Wilma Hasman

Wilma Hasman

Mar 13, 2011

Wilma R. Hasman, 76, Newaygo, Mich., formerly of Walton, died at 11:10 p.m. Sunday, March 13, 2011, at Spectrum Butterworth Hospital, Grand Rapids, Mich. Born March 6, 1935, in Walton, she was the daughter of Clyde and Jennie Martin Woolever. She was married June 5, 1960, in Kewanna, to LaVon R. Hasman. Wilma retired as a case worker for the...

Larry Elpers

Larry Elpers

Mar 13, 2011

Larry “Joe” Elpers , 50, Logansport, died at 4 a.m. Sunday, March 13, 2011, at his residence. Born in Logansport on Jan. 29, 1961, he was the sone of Bert and Shirley Wray Elpers. Joe was a maintenance worker for A. Raymond Tinnerman Company. Joe enjoyed playing pool and riding his Harley Davidson. Survivors include two daughters, Devin Elpers, Walton,...

George Smith

George Smith

Mar 8, 2011

George Thomas Smith, 82, Logansport, died at 3 p.m. Tuesday, March 8, 2011, in Miller’s Merry Manor. Born Aug. 25, 1928, in Sciotoville, Ohio, he was the son of James and Tillie Smith. He was married Jan. 5, 1968, in Logansport, to Anna May Smith, who preceded in death Oct. 6, 2008. George retired from Rockwell International and the U.S....

Mary Breckenridge

Mary Breckenridge

Feb 24, 2011

Mary Ellen Breckenridge, 85, Lucerne, died at 5:36 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011, at WoodBridge Health Campus. Born Aug. 15, 1925, in Logansport, she was the daughter of Roscoe L. and Erna Wendt Hinkle. In May of 1986, she married Fred Breckenridge, who survives. She worked as a legal secretary to attorney Lynn O’Neill for several years. After moving to...

Issa Dempsey

Issa Dempsey

Feb 24, 2011

Issa “Jean” Dempsey, 75, Logansport, died at 1 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011, at St. Elizabeth Central Hospital, Lafayette. Born April 1, 1935, in Clearfield, Pa., she was the daughter of Edmund and Lena Lauder Stephens. She was married May 13, 1951, in Logansport, to George W. “Bill” Dempsey. She was a homemaker and a member of the VFW Post...

Dorothy Dague

Dorothy Dague

Feb 13, 2011

Services for Dorothy Kathleen Dague, 87, will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Metea Baptist Church. She passed away Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011, at her home near Grass Creek surrounded by family. She was born Sept. 3, 1923, in Cass County to Claude and Bertha (Guy) Hamon. She graduated from Metea High School in 1941. She married Joseph W. Dague...

Judith Larimore

Judith Larimore

Feb 13, 2011

Judith A. Larimore, 70, Logansport, died at 2:20 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011, at St. Vincent Hospital Indianapolis. Born Feb. 10, 1941, in Indianapolis, she was the daughter of James A. and Margaret M. Groff Dougherty. She was married Sept. 1, 1961, in Faith Lutheran Church to Larry E. “Buck” Larimore. Judith retired in February of 1997 from Grissom Air...

Carolyn Walker

Carolyn Walker

Feb 5, 2011

Carolyn M. Walker, 76, died peacefully at Saint Vincent's Hospital in Indianapolis on Saturday, February 5, 2011. She was surrounded and comforted by family. Born August 7, 1934, in Logansport, she was the daughter of Fred and Martha Hardt. As a young girl growing up on Michigan Avenue, she was proud to be a Horney Creek Marine, as well as...

Richard Fiedler

Richard Fiedler

Feb 5, 2011

Richard Allen Fiedler, 75, died at 6:45 PM Saturday February 5, 2011 at his residence in Fort Wayne. Born June 21, 1935 in Logansport, he was the son of Ernest and Euna Lewis Fiedler. He was married July 23, 1966 in Galveston, Indiana to Dee Ann Garbert who survives. Rich was very active in Boy Scouts, he also received the...

Betty Hoff

Betty Hoff

Jan 30, 2011

Betty J. Hoff, 89, Lucerne, died at 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011, at Hickory Creek Nursing Home, Rochester. Born Oct. 13, 1921, in Cass County, she was the daughter of Claude Hamon and Bertha Guy. She was married July 20, 1937, in Kokomo, to Richard Dean Hoff, who preceded in death Oct. 1, 1992. Mrs. Hoff worked for Hart-Schafner-Marx...

Ruth Macklen

Ruth Macklen

Jan 26, 2011

Ruth M. Macklen, 104, Logansport, died at 12:28 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011, at Miller’s Merry Manor. Born May 12, 1906, in Burnettsville, she was the daughter of Leroy and Annie Wirick Liston. She was married June 11, 1924, in Logansport, to Joseph Macklen, who preceded in death Dec. 3, 1943. Ruth worked as a title researcher for the BMV...

James Guy

James Guy

Jan 23, 2011

James L. Guy, 69, Logansport, died at 9:45 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 23, 2011, at his residence. Born May 22, 1941, in Cass County, he was the son of James Delton and Amanda Luella Smith Guy. He was married April 30, 1960, in the home of the Rev. Virden Graham, to Carmen K. Strasser, who survives. He worked eight years for...

Dewitt Stuart

Dewitt Stuart

Jan 22, 2011

PERU — DeWitt “Jay” Stuart, 88, Peru, died at 10:33 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 22, 2011, at his residence. Born in Cass County on April 29, 1922, he was the son of DeWitt Stuart Sr. Mary Margaret Sheetz Stuart. On Jan. 8, 1965, he married Mary Catherine Selleck in Logansport. He retired from Arone Hardware in 2010 after eight years of...

William Pottenger

William Pottenger

Jan 18, 2011

William Dale “Hooker” Pottenger, 85, Macy, died at 5:03 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2011, in Chase Center. Born April 5, 1925, in Miami County, he was the son of Charles and Marie Clingenpeel Pottenger. He retired from Exide Battery Corporation. He was a member of Perrysburg Baptist Church, was a veteran of the U.S. Army serving in World War II...

E. Arven

E. Arven

Jan 12, 2011

E. Dean Arven, 93, Logansport, died at 5:32 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011, at Howard Regional Health System in Kokomo. Born Feb. 27, 1917, in Fulton County, he was the son of Orval and Lenora Fry Arven. His first marriage was on Sept. 4, 1941, in Rochester, to Dixie L. Harvey, who preceded in death on March 15, 2000. His...

John Rhoades

John Rhoades

Jan 10, 2011

John F. Rhoades, 87, Logansport, died at 1:23 a.m. Monday, Jan. 10, 2011, in Community Hospital North, Indianapolis.John F. Rhoades, 87, Logansport, died at 1:23 a.m. Monday, Jan. 10, 2011, in Community Hospital North, Indianapolis. Born Jan. 25, 1923, in Cass County, he was the son of John Lester Rhoades and Bernice Anderson. He was married April 3, 1943, in...

Robert Molden

Robert Molden

Jan 7, 2011

Robert L. “Moldy” Molden Jr., 67, O’Fallon, Ill., formerly of Logansport, died at 1:50 a.m. Friday, Jan. 7, 2011, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis. Born May 24, 1943, in Peru, he was the son of Robert L. Molden Sr. and Lula B. Smith. He was married May 24, 1986, in Logansport, to Ruby A. Sanders. Bob was formerly employed at...

Theresa Crume

Theresa Crume

Dec 31, 2010

Theresa A. Crume, 37, Logansport, passed away at 12:30 a.m. Friday, Dec. 31, 2010, at Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne. Born Jan. 19, 1973, in Kokomo, she was the daughter of Marvin Forrester and Lois Williams. On May 9, 1999, in Delphi, she married Jeremy J. Crume, who survives. Crume was a homemaker. Also surviving are sons, William Forrester and...

Judith Beall

Judith Beall

Dec 23, 2010

Judith M. Beall, 90, Logansport, died at 8:50 a.m., Thursday, Dec. 23, 2010, in Yellow Rose Unit of Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis. Born March 25, 1920, in Walton, she was the daughter of Wilbur Bechdol and Esther Asbaugh. She was married on Nov. 11, 1940, in Walton, to Charles E. Beall, who preceded in death Dec. 26, 1975. A homemaker and...

Connie Phillips

Connie Phillips

Dec 22, 2010

Connie S. Phillips, 58, Royal Center, died at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010, in her residence. Born Feb. 6, 1952, in Logansport, she was the daughter of Marion Wallace and Esther Catherine Bickett Beecher. She was married June 12, 1971, in Royal Center, to Ken A. Phillips. She was a special education teacher in Buckland, Alaska. Connie loved her...

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