John E. Hammersley, 86, Ocala, Fla., and formerly of Warsaw, passed away Dec. 30, 2013, at Legacy Hospice House, Ocala.

Dewey Calhoun, 85, of 7925 E. CR 1050S, South Whitley, died at 11:55 a.m. Aug. 28, 2011, in his residence. Arrangements are pending at Redpath-Fruth Funeral Home, Warsaw.

Walter Martin, 88, died at 6 a.m. Dec. 4, 2012, in Grace Village Health Care.

ROCHESTER – Barbara J. Butcher, 77, of Rochester, died at 2:20 p.m. Feb. 25, 2012, in Life Care Center, Rochester.

ANDERSON – Mary C. McCleary Velie, 77, of Anderson, and formerly of this area, died Oct. 23, 2012, in Miller’s Merry Manor. Arrangements are pending at Robert Loose Funeral Homes, South Chapel, Anderson. 

Joseph Earl Beebe, 70, passed away Oct. 17, 2014, in Casa Grande, Ariz., after a long battle with heart disease.

ROCHESTER – Earl Gaerte, 67, of 615 Monroe St., Rochester, died at 8:53 a.m. Aug. 8, 2011, in Rivercrest Specialty Hospital, Mishawaka. He was born Dec. 20, 1943, in Rochester, to Claude Emmond and Catherine Marie Michael Gaerte. On March 14, 1965, in Akron, he married  Alice Faye Smith, who died June 18, 2005.

NORTH WEBSTER – Deborah L. “Debby” Richcreek, 62, North Webster, passed away at 2:06 p.m. Jan. 4, 2015, in Lutheran Hospital of Indiana, Fort Wayne.

Maraleigh Joye Brindle, 79, of 300 E. Prairie St., Warsaw, died at 5:24 a.m. April 18, 2007, in Warsaw Meadows, Warsaw.

NORTH WEBSTER – Douglas “Doug” Merrill, 56, Pierceton, died at 12:30 p.m. Nov. 28, 2015, at I.U. Goshen Hospital. Arrangements are pending at Owen Family Funeral Home, North Webster.

MENTONE - Viola Berthene Babcock, 86, passed away in her sleep Oct. 16, 2010. For 85 of those years she enjoyed extraordinary good health. Her last year was a trial after suffering a heart attack November 2009. She did rally however and was able to spend her last months in her home at Retired Tigers. She loved it there.

Eugene “Gene” Thomas Heidenreich, 87, passed away Dec. 8, 2015, with his family by his side.

Larry Kovar, 91, Leesburg, passed away Sept. 11, 2014, at his home.

ROCHESTER – Ernest Parke Baxter, 84, died Nov. 3, 2012, in his residence, surrounded by his loving family.

PIERCETON – Norman E. Busz, 80, of Warsaw, died at 4:55 a.m. May 23, 2013, in Miller’s Merry Manor, Warsaw. Arrangements are pending at McHatton-Sadler Funeral Chapel, Pierceton.

Conrad “Connie” Anderson, 76, Warsaw, died, June 22, 2012, in his home surrounded by close family and firends. Arrangements are pending Titus Funeral Home, Warsaw.

Evelyn M. Hyde, 69, passed away at 11:10 p.m. Feb. 13, 2014, in Kosciusko Community Hospital, Warsaw.

NORTH MANCHESTER - Charles T. "Tom" Wilson, 61, of North Manchester, died at 2:15 a.m. Sept. 7, 2009, in his residence.

LIGONIER - Earl L. Galloway, 88, of Kimmell, died at 1:05 p.m. April 6, 2010, in Kosciusko Community Hospital, Warsaw, of natural causes.

ROCHESTER - William Eugene "Curly" Baker, 82 of 2843 N. CR 400W, Rochester, died at 11:58 p.m. Jan. 17, 2010, in the emergency room of Woodlawn Hospital, Rochester.

Steve Snyder, 51, passed away May 30, 2013, in Parkview Regional Medical Center.

Margaret M. Smith, 85, of Cromwell, died Feb. 2, 2012, in her residence. Arrangements are pending at Owen Family Funeral Home.

AUBURN - Anel L. Klopenstein, 96, died Feb. 6, 2009, in Betz Nursing Home, Auburn.

Mary Elizabeth "Liz" Wardle, 90, of 1634 S. County Farm Road, Warsaw, passed away with her family by her side at 5:43 p.m. Oct. 25, 2010, in Miller's Merry Manor, Warsaw.

BOURBON – Karen Faith Anthony, 48, of Bourbon, died Oct. 19, 2011, in Hospice House of South Bend,  after an extended illness.