Archive - 2013
April 11th
LAKEVILLE â Several members of the LaVille High School boys basketball team will be taking team work into the mission field this summer.
April 10th
Russell E. âPeteâ Peterson
Jan. 17, 1925 â April 7, 2013
ELKHART â Russell E. âPeteâ Peterson, 88, of Elkhart, passed away at 10:15 a.m. Sunday (April 7, 2013) at his home. He was born Jan. 17, 1925 in Plymouth to Edward and Susie (Clark) Peterson.
Alice May Hartman
May 8, 1934-April 7, 2013
PLYMOUTH â Alice May Hartman, 78, of Plymouth died April 7, 2013 at 7:50 a.m. in Millerâs Merry Manor, Culver following a short illness.
She was born May 8, 1934 in Culver to Ronald C. and Claribel K. (Scott) Quivey. She lived her whole life in Marshall County.
On June 20, 1959 at Poplar Grove United Methodist Church in Culver she married Darwin Hartman.
Elaine M. Erikson
April 8, 2013
WALKERTON â Elaine M. Erikson, 88, of Walkerton died Monday April 8, 2013.
She is survived by her daughter, Hollis âHollyâ (George) Elia of North Liberty.
Cremation has taken place. Nusbaum-Elkin Funeral Home, 408 Roosevelt Road, Walkerton was entrusted with arrangements.
Dorothy L. Horn
April 8, 2013
ROCHESTER â Dorothy L. Horn, 96, of Rochester died at 5:50 a.m. Monday, April 8 at Hickory Creek of Rochester.
BOURBON â Triton senior Clay Yeo can now add another first to his already impressive resume.
Yeo was selected as the first player in Trojan boys basketball history to play in the Indiana-Kentucky All-Star Series, Triton announced Tuesday. He is one of 13 Indiana seniors who will play against the Kentucky All-Stars on June 14 in Louisville, Kentucky and on June 15 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
BREMEN â It wasnât a win, but you could call Tuesdayâs softball game at Bremen a moral victory for Plymouth.
After opening the season with three straight shutouts, the Lady Pilgrims were finally able to get on the scoreboard Tuesday. Plymouth scratched out three runs in the fifth and sixth innings to cut its deficit in half after a fast start by the host Lady Lions, but back-to-back triples during a four-run sixth proved to be the backbreaker as the Lions downed the visitors, 10-3.
ROCHESTER â Gale force winds donât usually mean good news â unless youâre a pitcher.
Four pitchers found that out at Rochester on Tuesday night as the winds howled and the Zebras (5-1) and Plymouth Pilgrims (1-2) battled to a 2-1 final in a game that saw just four hits. It was a night of the pitcher.
Baseball
Bremen beats up Bethany
Wes Burkholder and Pedro Lopez combined for a one-hitter, and Eric Knepper hit a grand slam for Bremen, which made short work of the Bruins on the road at Bethany Christian Tuesday, 13-0.
Burkholder helped his own cause with two hits, including a triple, while Bobby Cornett also finished with two hits, one a double, and three RBI.
Burkholder surrendered no hits and five walks with four strikeouts in three innings for the win, the Lionsâ second of the week.
Bremen plays host to Plymouth tonight in a game scheduled for 5 p.m.
April 9th
Lydia Mae (Miller) Schmucker
April 7, 2013
NAPPANEE â Lydia Mae (Miller) Schmucker, 83, of Nappanee, died at 7:45 p.m., Sunday, April 7, 2013 at her residence.
Surviving are her children, Marvin (Ruth) Schmucker, Barbara (Jeff) Smith, both of Goshen, Raymond Schmucker, North Webster, John (Kati) Schmucker, Wakarusa, Mary Esther (Norman) Slabaugh, Etna Green, Emmon (Dana) Schmucker, Goshen, Katie Ann (Lloyd) Slabaugh, Nappanee, Daniel (Ruth) Schmucker, Wakarusa; 24 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and a sister, Susie (David) Miller, Blair, Wis.
By
Shawn McGrath, Bremen Enquirer Editor
BREMEN â Police suspect a medical problem caused a semi-tractor trailer driver to veer off U.S. 6 and down an embankment north of Bremen Monday morning.
The accident occurred at 10:44 a.m. just west of Miami Trail.
The driver was identified as 51-year-old Edward E Heward, of Romney, W.Va. He was pronounced dead at the scene, according to a press release issued by the County Cornonerâs office late Monday.
The driver was westbound on U.S. 6, west of Miami Trail, in a 2005 Freightliner at about 10:45 a.m. when he went off the roadâs north side, coming to a rest 300-400 feet from the roadway.
