William Lee “Bill” Kruger, 82, North Webster, passed away at 11:24 p.m. Friday, Dec. 29, 2017, at Miller’s Merry Manor, Columbia City.

Wesley “Korndog” Korn, 62, Warsaw, passed away at 10:28 p.m. Friday, Dec. 29, 2017, in his residence.

Benjamin Rice, 53, Muncie, formerly of the Bremen area, died unexpectedly of natural causes on Dec. 25, 2017, at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital, Muncie. 

Douglas W. "Doug" Aden, 91, Syracuse, died Dec. 28, 2017, at his daughter's home in Tulsa, Okla.

Barbara Doty Shelton Purrington, 88, formerly of Warsaw, died at 3 a.m. Dec. 24, 2017, in Conroe (Texas) Health Care Center.

Stephen E. Lines, 66, Atwood, passed away Dec. 24, 2017, at Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne.

Austin James Grindle, Warsaw, passed away unexpectedly at 2:56 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2017, at Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne, at the age of 23.

Buddy Lee Parum was born in Winchester, Ark., on June 4, 1938.

Ilene Carol Snider, 77, Indianapolis, passed away the afternoon of Dec. 23, 2017.

A. Dean Timbers, Warsaw, passed away at 12:30 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2017, at his residence at the age of 87.

Justin “Dean” Burnworth, 38, Fort Wayne, passed away Sunday, Dec. 24, 2017, at his residence.

Diane Kay Parker, 63, Warsaw, passed away at 4 a.m. Dec. 25, 2017, at Mason Health and Rehabilitation Center, Warsaw.

Eloise DeLaCruz, 62, Larwill, passed away at 10:35 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2017, at her sister’s home in Pierceton.

Ledford Benton, 82, North Manchester, died at 2:03 p.m. Dec. 25, 2017, in Peabody Healthcare Center, North Manchester.

Eloise DeLaCruz, 62, Larwill, died Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2017, at her sister’s home in Pierceton.

Judy Buehle, 79, Warsaw, died just before 6 a.m. Monday, Dec. 25, 2017, in Miller’s Merry Manor, Warsaw.

Alfred Ira Fred “Minnie” Miner, 84, Bourbon, passed away Dec. 24, 2017, in the very home he was born in, with his family by his side.

Velda Fulford, 95, Syracuse, passed away Dec. 24, 2017, at the Courtyard Healthcare Center.

Larry J. Wahlig, 79, Fort Wayne, formerly of the Akron and Gilead areas, died at 4:57 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 24, 2017, at Parkview Hospital Randallia, Fort Wayne.

Lee “Buddy” Parnum, 79, Warsaw Meadows Care Center, died at 5:10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 23, 2017.

Dorothy E. Haack, 94, Rochester, died Dec. 20, 2017, at Woodlawn Hospital, Rochester.

Deborah J. Mefford, 56, North Manchester, died at 1:25 a.m. Dec. 22, 2017, in her residence.

J. Bruce Bricker passed away at 2:29 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 23, 2017, in Fort Wayne at Visiting Nurse and Hospice Home. He was surrounded by love from his family at the time of his passing.

Zenal Brown, 81, Nappanee, died at 10:45 a.m. Monday, Dec. 25, 2017, at her son’s residence after a short illness.

Timothy Lantz, 60, Syracuse, passed away Dec. 17, 2017, at his home.