Ronald Paul Pratt, 52, Pierceton, passed away at 11:49 p.m. April 10, 2015, in Warsaw Meadows Care Center, Warsaw.

CHURUBUSCO - Flora E. Beachler, 93, formerly of the North Manchester area, died at 11:05 a.m. July 1, 2007, in Miller's Merry Manor, Garrett, where she resided.

BREMEN - Madge Elinor Smith, 87, of Bremen, passed away Nov. 7, 2010, surrounded by her loving family at the Bremen Health Care Center.

Addlene Bays, 88, of Warsaw,  passed away at 3:15 a.m. July 16, 2011, in Miller’s Merry Manor, Huntington. She was born Sept. 11, 1922, in Myrtle, Ky., to Randolph “R.D.” and Sarah E. Sparks Hall. On Feb. 28, 1953, in Angola, she married Elbert “Red” Bays, who died Oct. 24, 1994.

FORT WAYNE - Gerry L. Clark-Bodas, 76, of Fort Wayne, went to be with the Lord at 7:59 p.m. June 18, 2010, in her residence.

Kathryn Lehmann, formerly of Grace Village Retirement Community, Winona Lake, died at 12:10 a.m. April 17, 2013, in Sycamore Village, Fort Wayne.

Michael L. Pearson, 55, Warsaw, died at 1:25 p.m. May 2, 2014, at his residence.Arrangements are pending at Redpath-Fruth Funeral Home, Warsaw.

Chester L. “Chet” Clampitt Jr., 76, died at 8:50 a.m. Feb. 14, 2016,  in his Warsaw home.

NORTH WEBSTER – Emmagene “Gene” Thorn, 92, of Warsaw, died at 2:05 a.m. Nov. 11, 2011, in her residence.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Leslie “Les” Gore Jr., 63,  of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., died July 11, 2011, from the result of septic shock from a bacterial infection that became virulent during his time recovering at Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Fla., from a kidney transplant.

SOUTH WHITLEY – Palmer E. Welty, 84, of South Whitley, died at 10:26 a.m. Nov. 4, 2011, in Visiting Nurse and Hospice Home, Fort Wayne.

AKRON Ð Kenneth D. Howard, 54, Argos, and formerly of Akron, died at 1:25 p.m. March 19, 2009, in St. Joseph Regional Medical Center Emergency Room, Plymouth.

BOURBON – James Eugene Weakly, 87, of 600 W. Liberty Ave., Bourbon, died at 10:25 p.m. May 19, 2012, in his residence after a four-month illness.

SYRACUSE – Ricky R. Richardson, 49, of Syracuse, died at 12:08 p.m. May 17, 2012, in Parkview Hospital, Fort Wayne.Arrangements are pending at Owen Family Funeral Home, Syracuse.

GOSHEN - Mary E. Bontrager, 65, of Goshen, died March 21, 2010.

Mary Alice Tillman, 88, of 2236 E. Hendricks St., Warsaw, passed away at 10:30 p.m. July 2, 2009, in Kosciusko Community Hospital, Warsaw.

Mary E. Cox Lauster 88, of 202 N. Union Drive, Winona Lake, passed away at 3:35 a.m. Sept. 18, 2010, in Grace Village Health Care, Winona Lake.

MENTONE - Verna O. Whitesell, 85, died at 3:35 a.m. May 14, 2007, in Mason Health And Rehab, Warsaw, where she resided.

NORTH MANCHESTER - Richard L. Middleton, 76, of North Manchester, died at 8:18 a.m. Sept. 2, 2007, in Peabody Healthcare Center, North Manchester.

COLUMBIA CITY - Eugene Allen Garwood, 86, of Larwill, died at 8:55 p.m. Jan. 15, 2009, in Parkview Whitley Hospital, Columbia City.

NORTH MANCHESTER – Geraldine M. “Gerri” Gidley Thomas, 88, North Manchester, died at 4:45 a.m. Aug. 18, 2014, in Oakbrook Village, Huntington.

David R. Hartzler, 89, of 416 W. Main St., Warsaw, died at 6:47 a.m. Oct. 30, 2007, at Heritage Park, Fort Wayne.

Merrilee R. Wagner, 76, Warsaw, passed away at 2:12 a.m. Aug. 1, 2015, at Miller’s Merry Manor, Warsaw.

NORTH WEBSTER - Sonja Jean Miller, 69, left us to be with the Lord on March 30, 2007, surrounded by her loving family, after a long and courageous battle with cancer.

Joshua Schuh, 4 months, Warsaw, passed away at 11:15 p.m. Sept. 1, 2015, at Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne, Indiana.Arrangements are pending at McHatton-Sadler Funeral Chapel, Warsaw.