NORTH MANCHESTER – Joseph “Joe” Shepherd, 59, North Manchester, died April 4, 2024, at Miller’s Merry Manor in Warsaw.

Geneal Heagy Mellott, 86, peacefully passed away on Wednesday evening, April 3, 2024, at Grace Village Retirement in Winona Lake.

Charles “Chuck” Lynch, of Warsaw/Leesburg, passed away at 6:30 a.m. on Monday, April 1, 2024, at Peabody Retirement Community in North Manchester, at the age of 59.

MENTONE – Victor Donald Waech, 87, of Mentone, passed peacefully at 6:45 p.m. Friday, March 22, 2024, at East Lake Nursing and Rehabilitation of Elkhart.

Lila Carmen O’Connell, of Pierceton, passed away at 2:03 a.m. on Saturday, March 30, 2024, at Parkview Kosciusko Hospital in Warsaw, at the age of 98.

NORTH WEBSTER – Debra Anderson, 66, Milford, died April 3, 2024.

NORTH MANCHESTER – Braelynn Michelle Rae Roberts was born into this world surrounded by love on April 1, 2024.

Mary Louise Robbins, age 96, of Warsaw, passed away at Cedar Creek Assisted Living on March 28, 2024.

SYRACUSE – Kathy Henwood, Syracuse, died Thursday, March 28, 2024, at the Stillwater Hospice Home in Fort Wayne.

NORTH WEBSTER – Debra Anderson, 66, Milford, died April 3, 2024.

NORTH MANCHESTER – Joyce Arlene Frantz, 86, North Manchester, died April 2, 2024.

COLUMBIA CITY – Roger Allen Drudge, 74, of Columbia City, passed away suddenly at 8:45 a.m. Tuesday, April 2, 2024, at his home.

Rowdy Wayne Clark, born Jan. 16, 2002, in Socorro, N.M., passed away on March 23, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. He tragically lost his life in a motorcycle accident in Clarksville, Tenn.

Michelle Osborn Harter, age 48, of Kimmell, and previously of Warsaw, died April 1, 2024, at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne.

Philip "Phil" Heinzman, age 82, of Pierceton, passed away at home on Sunday, March 31, 2024.

Thelma Irene Walton, of Warsaw, passed away at Grace Village Health Care in Winona Lake at 4:25 a.m. on Friday, March 29, 2024, at the age of 85.

NORTH WEBSTER – Mary L. Ulmer, 98, Winona Lake, died Monday, April 1, 2024, at Grace Village.

Lila Carmen O’Connell, 98, Pierceton, died at 2:03 a.m. Saturday, March 30, 2024, at Parkview Kosciusko Hospital in Warsaw.

AKRON – Joyce E. Vance, 78, Akron, died at 3:30 a.m. Monday, April 1, 2024, at Peabody Retirement Community of North Manchester.

Charles “Chuck” Lynch, 59, of Warsaw/Leesburg, died at 6:30 a.m. Monday, April 1, 2024, at Peabody Retirement Community in North Manchester.

Elizabeth Anne Draving, born March 24, 1935, to Robert and Anne Schneider, of Warsaw, Ind., formerly of Warren and Rochester, Mich., passed away on March 29, 2024. at the age of 89.

Michelle Reneé Osborn-Harter, 48, died Monday, April 1, 2024, at Parkview Regional Medical Center.

Allen E. Breed, a resident of Grace Village Retirement Community, Winona Lake, passed away peacefully at Grace Village Healthcare with family and friends by his side on Monday, March 4, 2024, at the age of 99. His strength, his love for others and his vitality for life will continue to live through those whom he loved.

Philip L. Heinzman, 82, rural Pierceton, died Sunday, March 31, 2024, at home.

MILFORD – John Michael Tobin, age 88, of Dewart Lake, passed away on Tuesday, March 26, 2024, at Parkview Regional Hospital in Fort Wayne.