Archive - Obituary
May 20th, 2013
Roy G ‘Junior’ Slagle
May 18, 2013
NAPPANEE — Roy G “Junior” Slagle, 88, died May 18, 2013.
He is survived by his wife, Ruby Slagle; two sons, Allen (Charlene) Slagle, Roy Slagle III both of Nappanee; two daughters, Sonna (Rick) Shrock of Constantine, Mich., Sue (Dan) Miller of Sarasota, Fla.; and brother, Eugene (Norma) Slagle of Wakarusa.
Visitation is from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Monday at Thompson-Lengacher & Yoder Funeral Home, Nappanee.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at the Nappanee Church of the Brethren.
May 18th
Terrence Finney
Dec. 16, 1956 - May 16, 2013
BREMEN — Terrence “T-Bone” Finney, 56, of Bremen, passed away Thursday, May 16, 2013 at Memorial Hospital in South Bend. He was born Dec. 16, 1956 to George Everett and Mary (Moon) Finney in Midland, Mich. He married Tracy Johnson on Oct. 25, 1980.
Terry graduated from IUSB with a business degree. He owned and operated Partners Construction, making a living with his owned skilled hands. Terry was also a Chicago Bears fan.
Irene Louise Fair
Dec. 28, 1937 - May 16, 2013
NORTH LIBERTY — Irene Louise Fair, 75, residing in North Liberty, passed away at 6:03 p.m. Thursday, May 16, 2013 in her home.
She was born Dec. 28, 1937 in South Bend, a daughter of Raymond and Viola (Hively) Nye, and has lived in this area all of her life.
Richard L. Felts
May 16, 2013
NAPPANEE — Richard L. “Dick” Felts, 72, of Nappanee, died Thursday, at 3:35 p.m. at his residence from a short illness.
He is survived by his wife, Zula; son, Richard Glenn (Michele) Felts of South Bend; daughter, Tammy S. (Ron) Golden of Nappanee; four grandchildren; sister, Thelma (Don) Rink of Nappanee; and brother, Steven Felts of Murphy, N.C.
May 17th
Glenn D. Amor
June 12, 1925 - May 15, 2013
PLYMOUTH — Glenn Delos Amor, 87, of Plymouth, passed away at 5:15 p.m. Wednesday, May 15, 2013, in Miller’s Merry Manor, Plymouth.
Glenn, a lifetime Marshall County resident, was born in Tyner, on the 12th of June, 1925. He was the son of Lester A. and Rosa G. (Miller) Amor.
A veteran of World War II, Glenn served in the United States Army and was a member of the American Legion Post 27 in Plymouth.
John ‘Bill’ Morris
July 8, 1928-May 13, 2013
Genna Lynae Snelling
May 12, 2013
ROCHESTER — Genna Lynae Snelling of Rochester died at Woodlawn Hospital shortly after her birth May 12, 2013.
She is survived by her parents, Ricky and Amber; sister, Gracie RaAnne; brother, Gage Michael; maternal grandparents, Gary and Laura Calvert; paternal grandmother, Cindy Gunnels.
May 16th
Marjorie Laretta Mills Darocsi
Aug. 8, 1924 – May 11, 2013
FORT WAYNE — Marjorie Laretta Mills Darocsi, 88, of Ft. Wayne passed away May 11, 2013. She was born Aug. 8, 1924, in Western Kansas to John and Susan Mills. She was a graduate of Central Bible Institute in Springfield, Mo. She then moved to Chicago, where she met John Darocsi Jr. They married in 1946. Marjorie was a licensed minister in Illinois and was on staff at the Hebrew Mission.
Charles ‘Chuck’ Hartley
May 14, 2013
HAMLET — Charles “Chuck” Hartley, 73, died Tuesday, May 14, 2013 in his home.
Survivors include his wife, Ginnie; three daughters, Cindy (Brian) Morris of South Bend, Lisa (Tom) Overmyer of Argos and Nikki (Felix) Salazar of Hamlet; nine grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; one sister, Wilma Harris of New Carlisle and two brothers, Don Hartley of LaPorte and John Hartley of Milwaukee.
May 15th
Esther B. Martin
Dec. 30, 1918-May 14, 2013
La PORTE — Mrs. Esther B. Martin, 94, of La Porte, died Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at Miller's Merry Manor in Plymouth.
She was born Dec. 30, 1918 in New Buffalo Twp., Mich., the daughter of Wheeler Meyers and Iva (Barnes) Meyers.
She was a member of Lambs Chapel United Methodist Church. Esther enjoyed sewing.
On May 20, 1939, in LaPorte, she married Merle Martin who preceded her in death Feb. 10, 2006.
