Tab R. Van Meter, 60, Rochester, died Friday, Jan. 26, 2018.

James "Jim" Allen Thomas, 76,  Warsaw, died Saturday Jan. 27, 2018, at 2 p.m. at his residence where he had been in declining health.

Helen Cramer, 86, of Rochester, died at 10:50 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018, at Visiting Nurse Hospice of Fort Wayne.

 Janet Kay Nuell, 71, Warsaw, died at 1:24 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 28, 2018, at Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne.

Betty J. Hinton, 92, Fort Wayne, formerly of North Webster, died at 9:30 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 28, 2018, at Golden Years Homestead in Fort Wayne.

The Rev. John W. Zielasko, Winona Lake, went home to be with his Lord and Savior at 6:57 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 27, 2018, at his residence at the age of 96.

Betty Ellen Miner, 97, a lifetime Kosciusko County resident, passed away quietly just before 6 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2018, in Mason Health and Rehabilitation Center, Warsaw.

Glenn D. Shriver, 85, Rochester, died Saturday, Jan. 27, 2018, at the Richard A. Roudebush VA Hospital in Indianapolis. He was born to Jesse and Dora Loughman Shriver on May 13, 1932, in Rochester.

Gary W. Troutman, 68, Rochester, died Sunday, Jan, 29, 2018, at Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne. 

Stephen "Steve" Jones, 55, Leesburg, died at 3:47 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 28, 2018, at his home.

Betty J. Hinton, 92, Fort Wayne, formerly of North Webster, died at 9:30 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 28, 2018, at Golden Years Homestead in Fort Wayne.

Wilma Craig, 66, Warsaw, died at 7:31 p.m. Friday, Jan. 26, 2018, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne.

Christina Marie "Chris" Deaton, 56, Pierceton, formerly of Omaha, Neb., passed away at 2:50 p.m. Jan. 25, 2018, at her residen

Brian Lee Ford, 58, of rural Roann, died at 11:55 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018, in Lagro. He was born March 27, 1959, in Wabash, to Basil Floyd and Marjorie B. Trice Ford. Brian was a 1977 graduate of Northfield High School and attended Ohio State University. He was a millwright, retiring after 32 years. He married Tilly Bedwell at the Dora Christian Church in rural Lagro on Feb. 29, 1980. 

Eleanor LaFern Gates passed away quietly Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018, at 5:20 p.m. She was 95 years old and a lifelong Kosciusko County resident. Eleanor was born on Dec. 27, 1922, in North Webster, and was one of three daughters born to George and Nellie Mock Tenney. She would graduate from North Webster High School and was married to Howard Kenneth Gates on Oct. 6, 1940. Together they shared nearly 65 years before Howard’s death on Dec. 27, 2004.

Tara Sue Puckett, 43, Warsaw, passed away peacefully in her sleep at 8:05 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 27, 2018, in her home. She was born May 16, 1974, in Warsaw, to Kenneth and Susan Holderman Puckett.

Harold Eugene Julian, 98, Warsaw, died at 10:40 a.m. Friday, Jan. 26, 2018, at Millers Merry Manor, Warsaw. He was born March 7, 1919, to Everett and Loma English Julian in Pierceton. He married Margaret Eloise Rose on Nov. 2, 1940, in Warsaw. She preceded him in death.

Ardis Iona Haines left her family home in Warsaw and went to be with the Lord on Saturday, Jan. 27, 2018, just before 5 p.m. She was 98 years old. Born in Dwight, Ill., Ardis was one of four children born to Ralph E. and Delta M. Thomas Beiswanger.

Betty Ellen Miner, 97, a lifetime Kosciusko County resident, passed away quietly just before 6 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2018, in Mason Health and Rehabilitation Center, Warsaw.

Janet D. Simpson, 73, Silver Lake, died Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018, at her residence.

JoAnn Baker, 78, of Winona Lake, passed away Friday, Jan. 26, 2018, at 5:45 a.m. in Grace Village Retirement Community, Winona Lake. She was born June 29, 1939, in Gowanda, N.Y., to Raymond and Helen Marie Barton Fulton.

Jon Allen Miller, 80, Warsaw, passed away at 12:37 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018, at Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne. He was born June 25, 1937, along with his twin brother Jan, to Kenneth …

JoAnn Baker, 78, Winona Lake, died at 5:45 a.m. today, Jan. 26, 2018, in Grace Village Retirement Community, Winona Lake. Arrangements are pending with McHatton-Sadler Funeral Chapel, Warsaw. To sign …

Clark Barefoot, 62, Olathe, Kan., husband of former Warsaw resident Brenda Clay Barefoot, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2018. Survivors include his stepchildren, former Warsaw residents Staci …

Eleanor L. Gates, 95, Warsaw, died at 5:20 p.m. Thursday, ?Jan. 25, 2018, at Grace Village Health Care, Winona Lake. Arrangements are pending at Titus Funeral ?Home, Warsaw.