Obituaries

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Dec 17, 2010

Maxine Tharp, 62, Logansport, died at 3:30 a.m. Friday, Dec. 17, 2010, in her residence. Born March 5, 1948, in Harlan, Ky., she was the daughter of Cecil and Arlene Mason Webb. She was married in 1972 in Logansport to Royce K. Tharp. Maxine retired from General Tire after 34 years of service. Mrs. Tharp enjoyed reading, watching TV and...

Dec 14, 2010

Lewis L. Glassburn, 78, Walton, died at 3:29 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010, in Logansport Memorial Hospital. Born Feb. 17, 1932, in Miami County, he was the son of Ray H. and Mae Baker Glassburn. He was married Aug. 5, 1951, in Miami Baptist Church at Adamsboro to Doris J. Read. Lewis retired in 2001 as an equipment operator for...

Dec 13, 2010

John David “Dave” Houk, 76, passed away at 9 p.m. Monday, Dec. 13, 2010, at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Mishawaka. He was born April 11, 1934, in Logansport, to Edward P. and Florence Minneman Houk. Dave received his elementary education at Daniel Webster and St. Vincent schools in Logansport. Following the death of his mother, Dave attended and graduated...

Dec 13, 2010

Dec 10, 2010

Roger Lee Lough Sr., 65, Logansport, died at 5:05 p.m. Friday, Dec. 10, 2010, at St. Vincent Heart Center of Indiana in Indianapolis. The son of Betty L. Lough and stepfather Carl Testerman, he was born Dec. 26, 1944, in Cleveland. He worked in a plastic molding foundry in Ohio. Roger was a Navy veteran of Vietnam. He was a...

Dec 7, 2010

Margie J. Muckenfuss, 85, of Lafayette, formerly of Logansport, died at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010, at her daughter’s residence in Elkhart. Born Feb. 26, 1925, in Fulton, she was the daughter of the late Robert R. Crain and Ruth Insley. Her marriage was to Paul Muckenfuss in September of 1954 in Logansport. He preceded her in death Jan....

Dec 7, 2010

Arthur James “Jim” Hickey, 77, Lucerne, died at 2:46 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010, in Logansport Memorial Hospital. Born Aug. 8, 1933, in Cass County, he was the son of John Edmund and Cecelia Baker Hickey. He was married June 18, 1955, in the Lucerne Parish House, to Mary Louise Snider. Jim retired from GTE after 30 years of service....

Dec 6, 2010

Donald E. Duddy, 82, Logansport, died at 9:16 a.m. Monday, Dec. 6, 2010, in Logansport Memorial Hospital. Born July 25, 1928, in Monticello, he was the son of Floyd and Irene Guy Duddy. He was married Nov. 26, 1950, in Logansport, to Beverly Gene Baker, who preceded in death on Aug. 26, 1988. Don retired in 1990 from Conrail Railroad...

Dec 4, 2010

Dec 3, 2010

Brenda Joyce Hoch, 64, Kokomo, died at 10:38 p.m. Friday, Dec. 3, 2010, in St. Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis. She was born Feb. 2, 1946, in Chattanooga, Tenn., the daughter of Marion Francis Hall and Hazel Newberry. On Sept. 24, 1983, in Logansport, she married Victor L. Hoch. Brenda was a homemaker and enjoyed reading, movies, and spending time with family....