Phyllis J. Swanson Howard, 79, Rochester, died Oct. 4, 2016, at her residence.

Jesse Mullins, 85, Macy, died at 6:17 a.m. Oct. 5, 2016, at his residence.

Florence Elizabeth Slabaugh, 101, passed away at 6:15 p.m. Oct. 2, 2016, at Miller’s Merry Manor, Wakarusa.

Doris Elizabeth Moody, 87, Warsaw, passed away at 5:40 a.m. Oct. 3, 2016,  in her residence after a short battle with mesothelioma.

Payton Scott Tenney, 13, passed away Oct. 2, 2016, at his Columbia City home.

Stanley Richard Galbreath, 87, passed away Sept. 29, 2016, after a short illness.

Julie A. Munson, 65, Warsaw, passed away at 1:07 p.m.  Sept. 30, 2016, in her residence.

Larry S. Bowers, 77, Warsaw, passed away at 9:55 p.m. Oct. 2, 2016, surrounded by the love of his family.

Laura Shepherd, 63, Lakeland, died at 2:04 p.m. Sept. 30, 2016, at Lakeland Regional Health Campus.

Nancy Sue Peugh, 74, Winona Lake, passed away Sept. 28, 2016, at Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne.

Jane E. Dryer Mannan, 59, Warsaw, passed away Sept. 29, 2016. She was born to Ray and Mary Ellen Dryer. She was married to John C. Mannan, who preceded her in death. She was a member of Warsaw High …

Abby Jean “Ebbie” Daugherty, 53, Warsaw, passed away at 8 p.m. Sept. 29, 2106, in her residence. On Aug. 13, 1963, in Warsaw, she was born to Devonda Marsillett. On April 1, 1979, in …

Jacqueline O. Walter, 96, Warsaw, passed away at 5:35 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016, in Miller’s Merry Manor, Warsaw. On Sept. 26, 1920, she was born in Marion, to Arthur and Irene Phillips …

AKRON – Joel Mathias, 54, Akron, died at 4:30 p.m., Sept. 30, 2016, at Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne. Arrangements are pending at Hartzler Funeral Home, Akron.

Abby Daugherty, 53, died at 8 p.m. Sept. 29, 2016, in her residence. Arrangements are pending at McHatton-Sadler Funeral Chapel, Warsaw.

Loyd J. Wadkins, 60, Silver Lake, died at 7:45 a.m. Sept. 28, 2016, at St. Joseph Hospital, Fort Wayne. His parents were Nero and Minerva Robinson Wadkins. On June 20, 1980, in Elwood, he married Kathryn Stage, who survives in Silver Lake. No services are planned.

Jack E. Conaway, 70, formerly of Rochester, died Sept. 25, 2016, at Emory Hospital Systems of Atlanta. He was born June 12, 1946, in Michigan City, to Joseph E. and Dorothy P. Butts Conaway. He married Patricia C. Severns; they divorced. He  married Nancy J. Kindig, who died May 24, 2011.

Ardith L. Adams, 78, Rochester, died at 12:17 p.m. Sept. 28, 2016, at Center for Hospice Care of South Bend. She was born June 28, 1938, in Muskegon, Mich., to Fay J. and Mildred Elizabeth Grossenbacher Bathrick. On May 12, 1957, in Rochester, she married William A. "Bill" Adams, who survives. 

– GeNelle Ruth Smoker, 75, Rochester, died at 7:14 a.m. Sept. 29, 2016, at her residence.  She was born Dec. 25, 1940, in Kewanna, to Arnold L. and Ione Reed Zellers.

 Nancy Sue Peugh, 74, Winona Lake, died Sept. 28, 2016, at Lutheran Hospital of Fort Wayne.  She was born June 17, 1942, in Akron, Ohio, to Delbert and LaVerna Ellen Davis Orndorf. On June 5, 1965, she was married to Roger Dennis Peugh, who survives. 

Vanoma I. “Judy” McFadden, 85, rural Claypool, died at 3:30 p.m. Sept. 28, 2016, at Kosciusko Community Hospital, Warsaw. She was born Aug. 27, 1931, in Howell, Mich., to Jc and Nellie Kaiser Sprague. On Nov. 10, 1951, in Millville, Mich., she married Dr. Orville L. McFadden, who survives.

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Randy E. England, 59, South Whitley, passed away at 9:24 p.m. Sept. 26, 2016, in his residence.   He was born Dec. 27, 1956, in Warsaw, to Orville Eugene and Bonnie Lou Shoemaker England. On Oct. 25, 1974, in Packerton, he married Sarah Compton , who survives in South Whitley. They were married 41 years.

Loyd J. Wadkins, 60, Silver Lake,  died at 7:45 a.m. Sept. 28, 2016, at St. Joseph Hospital of Fort Wayne.

Nancy Sue Peugh, 74, Winona Lake, died Sept. 28, 2016, at Lutheran Hospital of Fort Wayne.