Rick Nelson, 68, Warsaw, died Monday, March 2, 2026.

Janice Beard, 77, Warsaw, died March 2, 2026.

AKRON – Patricia Ellen Baker, 79, Athens, Ind., died Sunday, March 1, 2026.

Nancy Jo Lemming McDonald Prater, 83, of Tipton, formerly of Warsaw, passed away peacefully on Feb. 16, 2026, at Aperion Care in Kokomo.

Most hymns and gospel songs have a “back story” that provides material to help understand the context, the origin and the meaning of the song.

Cathleen “Cathie” Kay Newcomb Lukens, 72, of rural Rochester, died Feb. 27, 2026.

Frederick “Fred” L. Homburg, 80, of Winona Lake, passed away peacefully Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, with his wife and children at his side.

Anna Wolf Harlan, 102, died Feb. 21, 2026, in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Phyllis Joyce Baird Brown, 88, of Silver Lake, died Feb. 11, 2026.

AKRON – Donna Rose Wahlig, 86, Fort Wayne, died at 4:42 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, at Ossian Health and Rehab of Ossian.

BOURBON – Carol K. Vampner, 75, of Etna Green, passed away on Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026, at Mason Health Care of Warsaw.

Frederick “Fred” L. Homburg, 80, Winona Lake, died Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026.

Robert “Ducky” Downing, 83, of Warsaw, left us on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, for a long fishing trip in Heaven.

Patricia Jean Delinsky, age 86, of Warsaw, passed away on Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026, in Warsaw.

Thomas “Tom” Wayne Brackett Sr., 82, died Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026

Rennick "Rick" Grass, age 71, of Warsaw, a beloved husband, father, grandfather and friend, passed away on Feb. 18, 2026, in Warsaw.

Cornelia S. Moore, 92, Akron, died at 9:18 a.m. Monday, Feb. 23, 2026, at Lutheran Hospital of Fort Wayne.

AKRON – Debra Diane Clark, 69, Rochester, and formerly of Akron, died Friday, Feb. 20, 2026.

Norma Joan Buhler, formerly of Warsaw and currently of DeWitt, Mich., went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, Feb. 13, 2026. She passed peacefully in the loving care of family and Delta Retirement Center, in Delta Township, Eaton County, Mich., at the age of 89.

NORTH MANCHESTER – David Wayne Nordmann, 65, died Feb. 20, 2026, at the Peabody Healthcare Center in North Manchester.

Bevin J. Lursen, 67, of Leesburg, died at his residence on Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026, due to heart failure.

Carolyn Jayne Grow, 85, Warsaw, died Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026, in the care of Miller’s Merry Manor of Warsaw.

NORTH MANCHESTER – Timothy "Tim" Calloway, 63, North Manchester, died Feb. 20, 2026, at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne.

James Edward Jorczak, of Leesburg, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Friday, Feb. 20, 2026.

Stanley Holderman, age 92, of Warsaw, passed away surrounded by his family on Feb. 19, 2026.