Dan Cissna
Mar 29, 2014
Former Leiter's Ford resident, Mr. Dan Cissna, 74, was surrounded by his loving family when he passed away at 3:30 a.m. on March 29, 2014 at Hickory Creek of Winamac. This ended his valiant 30 year battle with multiple sclerosis. Born on December 5, 1939 near Evansville, Dan Michael was the treasured son of Waldo Emerson and Geneva Spradley Cissna....
Joan Ewing
Mar 28, 2014
Miss Joan R. Ewing, 81, of Rochester, passed away unexpectedly at 10:30 AM, Friday, March 28th, at Logansport Memorial Hospital. In Rochester on May 8, 1932, the first daughter, Joan Ruth was born to Joseph L. and Amelia Doyle Ewing. Later her sister Mary Catherine arrived making the Ewing family complete. In May of 1950, with great Zebra pride, Joan...
Steven Duff
Mar 25, 2014
Mr. Steven "Stevie" Edward Duff, 49, of Rochester passed away at 7:02 PM on Tuesday, March 25th, at Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis. On July 18, 1964, Stevie was born in Rochester to Steven "Duffy" R. and Donna Harper Duff. Growing up as the oldest of the Duff children, he shared his childhood with a sister Erin and 2 brothers, Keith and...
Nina Moore
Mar 23, 2014
Nina Isabelle Moore, 74, formerly of Rochester, passed away at 8:55 PM on Sunday, March 23, 2014 at Community Howard Regional Health Campus of Kokomo. On January 5, 1940, Nina was born in Indianapolis to Homer and Elizabeth Shore Kliene. Nina is lovingly remembered by a daughter D'Lee Jordan of Terre Haute and her children Quinten Lee Hawkey, Amelia Hawkey,...
Dortha Eads
Mar 20, 2014
Mrs. Dortha R. Eads, 78, of Rochester, was surrounded by her loving family when she passed away at 9:07 AM on Thursday, March 20, 2014 at Woodlawn Hospital of Rochester. On June 5, 1935 Dortha Ruth Hopper was born in Rochester, a cherished daughter of Alfred L. and Ruth E. Barts Hopper. As one of seven children, growing up she...
Billy Tajkowski
Mar 16, 2014
Mr. Billy Joseph Tajkowski, 73, of Rochester, IN, passed away at 7:58 PM, Sunday, March 16th, at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center of Mishawaka. On January 26, 1941, Billy was born in South Bend, a treasured son of Frank Thomas and Clara Tajkowski. Growing up as one of six, he shared his childhood with 4 sisters: Tina, Darlene, Betty Jane...
Phyllis Scobie Hardy
Mar 11, 2014
Phyllis Lucy Scobie Hardy, 94, of Rochester, passed away at 12:47 PM on March 11, 2014 at Woodlawn Hospital of Rochester. On September 3, 1919, Phyllis was born to George and Muriel Osborne Lilly in Detroit, MI Phyllis and Eldon Everett Scobie were married on December 4, 1937 in Ferndale, MI. He passed away on December 20, 1973. Their union...
Kara Brown
Mar 3, 2014
Kara C. Brown, 51, of Rochester, was surrounded by her loving family when she passed away Monday, March 3rd, at her home. On April 14, 1963, Kara was born in Indianapolis to Carl H. and Gabrielle Wendy Parentice Butgereit. Growing up she shared her childhood with a step sister Lori and a brother Kurt. With a love for dance Kara...
Dorcas Van Duyne
Feb 27, 2014
Dorcas J. Van Duyne of Rochester and formerly of Argos, passed away at 12:30 AM, Thursday, February 27, 2014 at Wynnfield Crossing of Rochester. On August 10, 1928, Dorcas was born in Fulton County to Charles and Irma O. Schertz Riddle. Growing up, she shared her childhood with a sister, Norita and a brother Charles Lee. While in elementary school,...
Hayven Hecht
Feb 21, 2014
Infant Hayven Su-Jean Hecht passed away at 8:20 AM, Friday, February 21st, at Woodlawn Hospital. Hayven Su-Jean was born in Rochester, on February 21, 2014, at 7:10 AM to Harley Harold and Maria Su McMenamin Hecht. She is survived by her parents Harley and Maria Hecht of Rochester; a brother Russell Harley Harold Hecht, age 2 of Rochester; and a...
Jennifer Beck
Feb 14, 2014
Miss Jennifer L. Beck, 49, of Warsaw, passed away at 5:00 AM on February 14, 2014 at Koscuisko Community Hospital of Warsaw. On November 3, 1964, Jennifer was born in Gary, a cherished daughter of Robert G. and Lavada Hardy Beck. As the youngest of five growing up she shared her childhood with a sister Paula and three brothers, Dan,...
James Davis
Feb 10, 2014
James H. Davis, 67, of Rochester, passed away at 8:40 AM, Monday, February 10th, at Lutheran Hospital of Fort Wayne. On February 28, 1946, James was born in Lorado, West Virginia to Albert L. and Violet Rose Burgess Davis. James is lovingly remembered by two sisters: Bernice E. Ross and Brenda Sue Prince, both of Rochester; and several nieces and...
Jana Green
Feb 7, 2014
Jana Marie (Bahney) Green, 52, of Kokomo, embraced her eternal reward on Friday, February 7, 2014, at 5:54 pm at Howard Community Hospital following a short illness. On September 21, 1961, Jana was born in Peru, Indiana, to Marvin and Janice Bahney. Jana attended Rochester High School and graduated from Mansfield College, Austin, Texas, in 1990. She was a current...
Kitty Kesler
Jan 31, 2014
Kitty L. Kesler, 68, of Rochester, passed away Friday, January 31st, at her residence. On December 20, 1945, Kitty was born in Fulton County to Otis and Betty G. Lowe Sayger. Kitty is lovingly remembered by her husband Jim; a son Blake E. Kesler and wife Stacey of Kewanna; two grandchildren: Lyndy Szmara and husband Zach, and Zachery "Zek" Kesler;...
Frances Westwood
Jan 30, 2014
Frances Ellen Westwood, 83, of Rochester was surrounded by her loving family when she passed away at 1:40 AM, Thursday, January 30th, at Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne. Not long after the Depression, on May 8, 1930, Frances was born in St. Joseph County, a cherished daughter of Theodore and Mattie Stubbs Barth. Growing up she shared her childhood...
Larry Simpson
Jan 28, 2014
Jack of all trades, master of some, Larry D. Simpson, 74, was surrounded by his loving family when he passed away at home on Tuesday, January 28, 2014 at 11:39 a.m. His passing followed a gallant battle from various cancers spanning nearly 9 years. Larry Simpson was proof that while cancer has the ability to ravage the body it cannot...
John Lindstrom
Jan 27, 2014
Surrounded by his loving family, John Robert Lindstrom, 60, of Indianapolis, formerly of Litchfield, CT, passed away at 3:35 PM, Monday, January 27th, at Community Hospital North, Indianapolis. On June 25, 1953 John was born in Torrington, CT. He was the treasured son of Leonard and Barbara Fuller Lindstrom. Growing up he shared his childhood with two sisters Cindy and...
Robert Newcomer
Jan 25, 2014
Mr. Robert Newcomer, 75, of Rochester was surrounded by his loving family when he passed away at his home at 2:00 a.m. on January 25, 2014. On June 7, 1938, Bob was born in Rochester, a treasured son of Robert Vernon and Margaret Lucile Hamman Newcomer. Growing up as the oldest of three children, he shared his childhood with a...
Loy Sriver
Jan 22, 2014
Mr. Loy F. Sriver, 76, of Rochester, passed away at 4:05 PM on Wednesday, January 22, 2014 at Parkview Regional Medical Center of Fort Wayne. Born in Rochester, on August 22, 1937, Loy was a treasured son of Merle Edward and Mary Hilda Redinger Sriver. The oldest of three children Loy shared his childhood with a brother Eddie and a...
