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...
Robert Sixbey
Jan 20, 2014
Mr. Robert Warren Sixbey, 93, of Rochester passed away at 11:55 AM, Monday, January 20, 2014 at his residence. On November 24, 1920, in Madison, Bob was born a treasured son of Mark and Carrie Wales Sixbey. Growing up as one of five children, he shared his childhood with two sisters, Patsy and Donna, and two brothers, Dean and Joe....
Barbara Ann Floyd Howard Depoy
Jan 20, 2014
Barbara Ann Floyd Howard DePoy, 81, of Rochester, was surrounded by her loving family when she passed away at 11:45 PM, Monday, January 20th, at her home. On September 29, 1932, Barbara Ann Floyd was born in Miami County to Ross Emery and Mary Marie Ward Floyd. Growing up she shared her childhood with a sister Marcella and a brother...
Jim M. Downs Iii
Jan 19, 2014
Rochester businessman, Mr. James "Jimmy" Morton Downs, III, 51, of Rochester passed away Sunday, January 19, 2014 at Lake Manitou from injuries due to a snowmobile accident. On January 9, 1963, Jimmy was born in Rochester to James M. Downs II and Cressia King Downs. Growing up he shared his childhood with a sister Liz. In May of 1981 with...
Barbara Frounfelter
Jan 15, 2014
Barbara Frounfelter, 88, of Rochester, IN, passed away at 1:40 AM, Wednesday, January 15th, at Woodlawn Hospital. On August 25, 1925, Barbara was born in Martinsville to Harry M. and Jeanette Brown Bain. As the Valedictorian of her class, she graduated in 1943 from Martinsville High School. Later she received her BA in Education from Indiana University. Barbara married the...
Laura Shoemaker
Jan 11, 2014
Laura Faye Shoemaker, 67, formerly of Rochester and more recently of the Woodland Group Home of Logansport, passed away at 7:30 AM on January 11, 2014 at Chase Center of Logansport. On April 29, 1946, Laura was born to Walter G. and Olga Zimmerman Shoemaker in Disko. Laura worked at McDonalds of Rochester for several years. Laura is lovingly remembered...
Gladise Collins
Jan 7, 2014
Gladise Mary Johnson Collins, 78, of Rochester passed away at 4:38 pm, Tuesday, January 7th, at Kindred Health Care of Mishawaka, following a short illness. On October 10, 1935, Gladise was born in Winamac to George and Dorthea Osborn Johnson. She attended Watervliet High School in Michigan until her senior year. Moving to Indiana, she graduated from Fulton High School...
Eddie Sriver
Jan 4, 2014
Merl Edward "Eddie" Sriver, 66, passed away unexpectedly at home on Saturday, January 4, 2014. Born in Rochester on March 1947, Merl Edward was a treasured son of Merl F. and Hilda Redinger Sriver. Growing up he shared his childhood with a brother Loy. With great Zebra pride in May of 1965, Eddie graduated with his class. On March 20,...
Phyllis Reed
Jan 3, 2014
Due to the inclement weather, services for Phyllis Reed will be on Friday, January 10. Friends may visit from 2:30-3:15 at Good Family Funeral Home, Rochester. A graveside service will be at 3:30 at the Rochester IOOF Cemetery. Mrs. Phyllis Jean Reed, 77, of Rochester, was surrounded by her loving family when she passed away on January 3rd, 2014, at...
Jack Koten
Jan 3, 2014
John A. Koten, a prominent supporter of the arts and education in Chicago and a leader in the field of public relations, died in Hinsdale, Ill., at age 84. Though Mr. Koten lived in many places during his life, he considered Rochester his home and he never lost touch with his Hoosier heritage. He summered at Lake Manitou with his...
