North Manchester — Kathryn J. “Kay” Bellinger was born Feb. 19, 1924, in French Equatorial Africa to missionaries Dr. Orville and Charlotte Hillegas Jobson. She was raised by her Uncle Ralph and Aunt Ruth Kimmel Smoker in New Paris from 18 months of age when her parents returned to Africa.  She is survived by her husband of 72 years, William O. Bellinger, whom she married at First Brethren Church, New Paris, on June 29, 1945.  Kay graduated from Germantown Dispensary and Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pa. She was a registered, certified nurse in Indiana and Pennsylvania. She worked as a surgery nurse in LaPorte and as a clinic nurse at the Walkerton Medical Clinic until moving to North Manchester in 1964. There she became school nurse for Manchester Community Schools and worked 22 years before retiring in 1986.

BOURBON — Jerry L. Fink, 59, Tippecanoe, passed away at 4:45 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 5, 2017, in Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne. Jerry was born June 9, 1958, in Goshen, to Milton and Kitty Dills Fink. He was a graduate of NorthWood High School and worked for over 36 years at Zimmer Biomet in knee moldings. 

Amy Lucile Burley, 92, formerly of Winona Lake, passed away at 6:50 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017, at Peabody Retirement Community, North Manchester.  Arrangements are pending with Redpath-Fruth Funeral Home, Warsaw.

Latanna Thompson, 62, passed away at 9:05 p.m. Friday, Aug. 4, 2017, in Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne.

Jack Franklin Lewis, 81, Rochester, passed away at 9 p.m. Aug. 5, 2017, at Visiting Nurse Hospice Home, Fort Wayne.

Jerry L. Fink, 59, Tippecanoe, passed away at 4:17 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 5, in Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne.

Curt Baptist Henriott, 58, Rochester, passed away at 6:30 a.m. Aug. 3, 2017, at the University of Cincinnati (Ohio) Medical Center.

Jack F. Lewis, 81, Rochester, passed away  at 9 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 5, at the Visiting Nurse Hospice Home, Fort Wayne. 

Keith A.W. Kleespie, 74, Columbia City, died at 3:35 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 5, 2017, at Miller’s at Oak Pointe.

Larry L. Sutton, 66, Akron, passed away July 31, 2017, at his residence.

Latanna Thompson, 62, Huntington, formerly of Warsaw, died at 9:05 p.m. Friday, Aug. 4, 2017, in Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne.

Jack James Racolta, 81, a resident of Bourbon, passed away at 4:45 a.m. Aug. 4, 2017, in Morning View Nursing Home, South Bend.

John “Ed” Davis, 85, Warsaw, formerly of West Burlington, Iowa, died Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017.

ROCHESTER — Jackie Jay “JJ” Shuey II, 45, Rochester, died Aug. 4, 2017, in Fulton County due to injuries from a motor vehicle accident.

Katherine Podsiadly, 97, Warsaw, passed away at 1 p.m. Tuesday, July 25, 2017, at Parkview Regional Hospital, Fort Wayne.

SYRACUSE — Nelson Hoover, 86, New Paris, passed away Aug. 4, 2017, at Courtyard Healthcare, Goshen.

ROCHESTER — Curt Henriott, 58, Rochester, passed away Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017, at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center of Ohio.

NORTH WEBSTER — Vera M. Platt, 79, Warsaw, passed away at 9:10 a.m. Aug. 4, 2017, at Miller’s Merry Manor, Warsaw.

John “Ed” Davis, 85, Warsaw, formerly of West Burlington, Iowa, died Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017.

SYRACUSE — Josephine H. “Jo” Butler, 80, Syracuse, passed away at 9:13 a.m. Friday, Aug. 4, 2017, at Community North Hospital, Indianapolis.

Bill R. Bays, 75, passed away peacefully Thursday morning, Aug. 3, 2017, at Parkview Whitley Hospital, Columbia City.

William “Bill” Ewing Tidmore Jr., a resident of Fort Myers, Fla., since 2005, passed away Thursday, July 27, 2017, at Gulf Coast Medical Center following a sudden illness.

Gerald E. “Chris” Chrisenberry, 83, Lansing, Mich., passed away Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017.

Vera M. Platt, 79, Leesburg, passed away Friday, Aug. 4, 2017, at Miller’s Merry Manor, Warsaw.

Josephine “Jo” Butler, 80, Syracuse, passed away  Friday, Aug. 4, 2017, at Community Hospital North, Indianapolis.