MENTONE – Patricia Mettler, 77, of 9572 W. CR 700S, Claypool, died Feb. 15, 2012, in her residence. Arrangements are pending at King Memorial Home, Mentone.

Irma Shaffer Dorrough, departed this life Oct. 18, 2011.

Lewis “Dobie” Slone Jr., 75, Warsaw, passed away at 4:20 p.m.  Nov. 6, 2015, at Vibra Hospital, Fort Wayne.

SYRACUSE – Winona Turpin, 86, formerly of North Webster, passed away Sept. 30, 2015 at the Oschner Medical Center, Slidell, La.

Ronald D. “Reggie” Plank, 63, of Silver Lake, died June 25, 2013, in his residence.

BOURBON – Carol J. Lemler, 74, of rural Tippecanoe, died at 7:20 a.m.  June 19, 2011, in Life Care Center, Rochester. She was born Jan. 20, 1937, in Bourbon, to Kenneth and Anna Larson Redman. On June 29, 1955, she married Richard A. Lemler, who survives.

SYRACUSE – Steven Knight, 28, of Bridgeview, Ill., and formerly of this area, died Oct. 13, 2012, in his residence.Arrangements are pending at Eastlund Funeral Home, Syracuse.

Virginia Pearl Huffman, 91, died at 10:20 p.m. July 9, 2010, at Grace Village Healthcare, Winona Lake.

MENTONE - Ethel L. Weltz, 90, of 108 E. Main St., Burket, and formerly of Elkhart, died at 8:28 p.m. July 28, 2007, in Kosciusko Community Hospital, Warsaw.

Worth Thomas Ganshorn, 88, of 8 EMS B61K, Warsaw, died at 6:24 p.m. Oct. 12, 2008, in Grace Village Retirement Community - Healthcare, Winona Lake.

PLYMOUTH – Billy James Smith, 88, a lifetime Plymouth resident, passed away June 28, 2016, in St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Mishawaka.

ROCHESTER – Loren L. Beatty, 84, Rochester, died May 20, 2014, at his residence.

PIERCETON – Russell D. Erne, 75, Kosciusko County, died Dec. 2, 2014, at his residence.

AKRON - Elizabeth Faye Marie Easterday, daughter of Gordon N. Jr. and Rochelle D. Maggart Easterday, of Warsaw, was stillborn April 4, 2009, in Kosciusko Community Hospital, Warsaw.

Corbin J. Reffitt, 68, of 900 Provident Drive, Warsaw, died at 10:10 p.m. Oct. 27, 2008, in Mason Health and Rehab, Warsaw.

BOURBON - Anna L. Low, 87, of Niles, Mich., died Oct. 4, 2010, in her residence, of natural causes.

NORTH MANCHESTER – Lewis A. Gale, 84, North Manchester, died at 6:15 a.m. Dec. 29, 2015, in Peabody Retirement Community, North Manchester.

Matthew Benjamin Clemens was stillborn in DuPont Hospital, Fort Wayne, at 12:49 p.m. Oct. 26, 2014, to Adam M. and Megan L. Beck Clemens, Warsaw.

Linda Lou Jeffersen Howard, 54, Pierceton, passed away at 7:45 a.m.  Feb. 17, 2016, in her residence.

COLUMBIA CITY – Former U.S. Navy sailor Clarice E. “Mitch” Mitchell, 94, lifted his earthly anchor at 6:10 p.m. April 10, 2015, at Mason Health and Rehab, Warsaw, and will report for duty with his Heavenly Father.

Norma Hancock Matthes, 68, of 185 Grace Village Drive, Winona Lake, died at 9:20 p.m. May 2, 2008, in Grace Village Health Care, Winona Lake.

NORTH WEBSTER – Richard “Dick” Mitchell, of Warsaw, died at 8:10 a.m. Jan. 16, 2012, in his residence. Arrangements are pending at Owen Family Funeral Home, North Webster.

ROCHESTER – Craig “Sam” Foster, 61, Kewanna, died Jan. 9, 2015, at Woodlawn Hospital.Arrangements are pending at the Good Family Funeral Home, Rochester.

Belinda Gail Southall, 54, of 1911 Miami Drive, Warsaw, died at 4:05 p.m. April 29, 2011, in Kosciusko Community Hospital, Warsaw.

NORTH MANCHESTER – Ronald D. Malott, 92, North Manchester, died at 6:15 a.m. April 21, 2014, in Peabody Healthcare Center, North Manchester.