MENTONE – Marilyn Wadkins, 57, Palestine, Ind., died Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026, at her mother’s residence.

Barbara J. Plotner Hedington, 92, died Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026, at Grace Village Retirement Community, Winona Lake.

NORTH MANCHESTER – John Reid Frieden, 75, North Manchester, died Aug. 30, 2026, at Timbercrest Healthcare Center in North Manchester.

Morris "Moe" Willard, age 82, of Lake Tippecanoe, Syracuse, passed away peacefully on Aug. 29, 2026.

Randy Odell, 73, Atwood, died Sept. 1, 2026, in his residence.

Richard “Rick” D. Kerr, 81, died Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026, in Pierceton.

Jackie “Jack” Jefferson, 79, Pierceton, died Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026, at his residence.

Martha J. “Marcy” Fearn, 81, died Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026, at Stillwater Hospice in Fort Wayne.

Renda Sue Adkins, age 84, of Warsaw, passed away on Aug. 29, 2026, in Claypool.

NORTH MANCHESTER – Gary Wayne Morris, 70, Columbia City, died Aug. 26, 2026.

Donald W. Moneyheffer, age 79, passed peacefully in his home on Aug. 29, 2026.

Dora Jane Chinworth Engle, born Dec. 9. 1930, in Warsaw, to Robert L. and Lillie McSherry Chinworth, died on Aug. 29, 2026, at the age of 95.

NORTH WEBSTER – Morris Willard, 82, Tippecanoe Lake, Syracuse, died Aug. 29, 2026.

NORTH MANCHESTER – Lura Dean Shepherd, 85, Silver Lake, died Aug. 30, 2026, at her home.

SYRACUSE – Deborah Miller-Jordan, 60, Syracuse, died Aug. 30, 2026.

Dora Jane Engle, 95, died Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026, at Paddock Springs Health Campus, Warsaw.

Sue Ann Cooper, 85, Columbia City, died Aug. 31, 2026, at Miller's Merry Manor of Warsaw.

NORTH MANCHESTER – Joyce Amanda Huffman Joy Baker, 93, North Manchester, died Aug. 30, 2026, at her home.

NORTH MANCHESTER – Patricia “Patti” Sue Allen, 73, passed away on Aug. 29, 2026, at Prairie Lakes Health Campus in Noblesville.

Renda Adkins, 84, Warsaw, died Aug. 29, 2026.

Kenneth Williams, 65, Warsaw, died Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, in the care of The Waters, Syracuse.

Carolyn Ann Teel Wharton, 90, of 1564 Peerman School Road, Altavista, died Thursday, August 27, 2026, at her home. She was the wife of Thomas James "Jim" Wharton for 54 years.

COLUMBIA CITY – Karen Sue Gamble, 78, of Mentone, passed away at 3:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, at Parkview Whitley Hospital, Columbia City.

Eleanor Imogene Webb, known to many as Imogene, passed away at her South Bend residence on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026, at the age of 102.

Carol Anne Freeman, of Warsaw, passed away on Thursday, Aug, 20, 2026, in the care of Stillwater Hospice, Fort Wayne, at the age of 79. As a deeply loving mother and grandmother, her family was her greatest joy and proudest achievement; she will be missed beyond measure.