KALAMAZOO, Mich. - Loren Dale Pyle, 80, of Bloomingdale, Mich., died peacefully on May 19, 2019.

Stacy Lynn Priser, 32, and a lifetime resident of Warsaw, passed away in the loving care of her family and Heartland Hospice after bravely battling Glioblastoma.

Richard “Dick” Piper, 84, of Warsaw, Ind., passed away at 10:05 a.m. Sunday, May 26, 2019, in Kosciusko Community Hospital, Warsaw.

NAPPANEE - Kenneth L. Kobb, 67, Nappanee, died at 5:10 p.m. Wednesday, May 29, 2019, at Goshen Hospital after a brief illness with pancreatic cancer.

Mike Kelly, formerly of Warsaw, Ind., and presently of North Manchester, Ind., passed away at 6:26 p.m. on Monday, May 27, 2019, at Lutheran Hospital of Fort Wayne, Ind., at the age of 86.

Jessie Elizabeth Hamilton of Warsaw, Ind., passed away at 5:25 a.m. on Tuesday, May 28, 2019, at Miller’s Merry Manor of Warsaw at the age of 91.

ROCHESTER – Mary Jane Foley, 96, of Rochester, Ind., passed away at 4 p.m. Sunday, May 26, 2019, at Solaris Nursing Home, Port Charlotte, Fla.

NAPPANEE – Rickie Strang, 67, Nappanee, died at 7:55 a.m. Tuesday, May 28, 2019, at Elkhart General Hospital Emergency Room, of natural causes. 

AKRON – Larry W. Smith, 38, Silver Lake, died Wednesday, May 29, 2019, at Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne.

Ralph Shepherd, 78, of rural Etna Green, Ind., went to be with his Savior at 5 p.m., Tuesday, May 28, 2019, at the Meadows of Warsaw.

NAPPANEE – Robert Kent Schmeltz, 84, Syracuse, died Saturday, May 25, 2019.

Tommy E. Reffitt, 77, Pierceton, died Tuesday, May 28, 2019, at 10:16  p.m. in Kosciusko Community Hospital, Warsaw.

BOURBON – Osie Lawmaster, 78, of Pierceton, Ind., passed away Tuesday, May 28, 2019, at Indiana Health University Hospital of Indianapolis.

Helen I. Tucker, 92, of 1250 W. 146th St., Westfield, Ind., and formerly of the Argos Community passed away peacefully on Monday, May 27,2019, at 6:52 a.m. at Coppertrace Senior living in Westfield, Indiana.

Richard “Dick” Piper, age 84, of Warsaw, Ind., passed away at 10:05 a.m. Sunday, May 26, 2019, in Kosciusko Community Hospital, Warsaw.

Mike Kelly, North Manchester, formerly of Warsaw, died at 6:26 p.m. Monday, May 27, 2019, at Lutheran Hospital of Fort Wayne, at the age of 86.

Jessie Elizabeth Hamilton, 91, Warsaw, died at 5:25 a.m. Tuesday, May 28, 2019, at Miller’s Merry Manor of Warsaw.

ROCHESTER – Ryan M. Hisey, 31, of Rochester, died at 5:07 a.m., Thursday, May 16, 2019.

Connie Puckett, age 52, of Claypool, Ind., passed away Saturday, May 25, 2019, at 1:11 a.m. in Anderson, Ind.

David Fruit of Warsaw, Ind., passed away at 1:40 a.m. Sunday, May 26, 2019, at Kosciusko Community Hospital of Warsaw at the age of 54.

ROCHESTER – Mrs. Sandra "Sandie" S. Hazel, 68, of Rochester, passed away on May 24, 2019, at Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne, with husband Barry at her bed side.

Jerry A. Kreger, 80, Pierceton, died Saturday, May 25, 2019, in Lincolnshire Place, Fort Wayne.

Valena Mae Beigh of Warsaw and Winona Lake passed away at 6 a.m. Saturday, May 25, 2019, in her residence at age 93.

Karen S. Hill, age 58, of Warsaw, Ind., passed away at 1 a.m. Saturday, May 25, 2019, in her residence.

Kenneth D. Mort, age 84, of Plymouth, passed away peacefully on Saturday, May 18, 2019, in the Pilgrim Manor Nursing Home, Plymouth.