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...
Lovie Mathias
Jan 1, 2014
Due to the Fulton County Snow Emergency the celebration of the life of Lovie A. Mathias has been rescheduled for 10:00 a.m. Monday, January 13, 2014 at the Good Family Funeral Home, 1200 West 18th Street. There will be a visitation an hour prior to her service. Former Akron resident, Lovie A. Mathias, 88, passed away at 3:40 a.m. on...
Sharon Johnson
Dec 30, 2013
Mrs. Sharon J. Johnson, 73, of Rochester, was surrounded by her loving family when she passed away at 6:04 AM Monday, December 30th, at Life Care Center of Rochester. On September 22, 1940, Sharon Jolene Hopkins was born in Salyersville, KY to Joe and Sadie Poe Hopkins. Growing up she shared her childhood with her sister Wanda. Later Sharon married...
Julie Tate
Dec 26, 2013
Julie A. Tate, 52, of Rochester, passed away at 1:32 PM, Thursday, December 26th, at Woodlawn Hospital. On June 12, 1961, Julie was born in South Bend to Charles Hobson and Phyllis Joyce Lane Tate. In 1979 Julie graduated from Rochester High School. She was a former employee of Rochester Metal Products and Daulton foundry of Warsaw. Julie is lovingly...
Daniel Mays
Dec 22, 2013
Daniel D. Mays, 66, of Rochester, passed away on Sunday, December 22, 2013. On May 17, 1947, Daniel David was born in East Chicago the son of Marion Layne and Betty L. Grimes Mays. Growing up he shared his childhood with two brothers Mark and David. With great pride in 1965 he graduated with his class from Morton High School...
Larry Carr
Dec 20, 2013
Rochester businessman, Larry James Carr, 63, was surrounded by his loving family when he passed away at home on Friday, December 20, 2013. His passing followed a gallant four and a half year battle with ALS/Lou Gerig's Disease. In the face of adversity he strongly persevered with a positive attitude by embracing the physical changes his disease presented. Through his...
Bob Beck
Dec 14, 2013
Mr. Robert "Bob" Beck, 58, of Rochester passed away on Saturday, December 14, 2013. Born on December 29, 1954, in Gary, Robert John Beck was a treasured son of Robert G. and Lavada Hardy Beck. As one of five children, growing up he shared his childhood with two sisters, Paula and Jennifer, and two brothers, Dan and Karl. In Rochester,...
Louis Roy Pfeiffer
Dec 9, 2013
Mr. Louis Roy Pfeiffer, 70 of Rochester, passed away at 6:04 pm, Monday, December 9th, at Woodlawn Hospital. Born in Logansport, on February 24, 1943, Louis Roy was the treasured son of Forrest W. and Frances Holle Pfeiffer. In May of 1961 Louis, a proud Wildcat, graduated from Richland Center High School. As a U.S. Navy veteran he proudly served...
Nancy Baker
Dec 6, 2013
Mrs. Nancy Ellen Baker, 88, of Rochester, passed away at 10:36 AM, Friday, December 6th, at Woodlawn Hospital. On February 26, 1925, Nancy was born in Athens to Hershel Leroy "Pete" and Mary Burnett Feece Sayger. As one of eleven children growing up during the depression years, she shared her childhood with three sisters and seven brothers. With great Bulldog...
Devon Overmyer
Dec 3, 2013
Mr. DeVon Loyd Overmyer, 90, of Kewanna, passed away at 2:11 p.m on Tuesday, December 3rd, at the home of his daughter and son-in-law Jane and Tom Johnson. On April 30, 1923, DeVon was born near Lake Bruce to Lloyd and Nora Woodcox Overmyer. Growing up as the second oldest of the Overmyer kids, Devon was always there to help...
Herbert Pohlmann
Nov 30, 2013
Mr. Herbert "Bud" Pohlmann, 84, Rochester, was surrounded by his loving family when he passed away at 4:55 AM, Saturday, November 30th, at St. Vincent's Hospital, Indianapolis. Born in Chicago on March 30, 1929, Herbert was a treasured son of Ernest Anton and Florence Olsen Pohlmann. Growing up he shared his childhood with his brother Sheldon. Following graduation from Lane...
"Sock" Kistler
Nov 29, 2013
Milton "Sock" Kistler, age 76, of Mount Hermon, KY died Friday, November 29, 2013 at the Monroe County Health and Rehab Center in Tompkinsville, KY. The Richland Center, IN native was born December 12, 1936, one of five children born to the late Wayne Coleman "Toad" Kistler and to the late Margaret Foster Kistler. Preceding him also in death was...
