ROCHESTER – Msg. Ret. Donald J Groleau, 75, of Rochester, died July 13, 2012, in Woodlawn Hospital, Rochester, surrounded by his family.

Leslie Weary Lillis, 87, of Winona Lake, died at 5:45 a.m. June 13, 2010, in Grace Village, Winona Lake.

SYRACUSE – Raymond Leroy Barker Jr., 40, of Syracuse, died Aug. 7, 2011, as a result of an accidental drowning.

James Charles "Jim" Mikel, 44, of 658 S. Jackson St., Nappanee, died at 8:38 a.m. March 17, 2007, in Memorial Hospital, South Bend.

Sammie Gibson, 80, Warsaw, and formerly of Scottsburg, passed away at 4:01 p.m. Jan. 8, 2014, in Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne.

ARGOS – Terry William Thompson, 70, of 333 Indiana Ave., Argos, died at 2 a.m. Sept. 28, 2014, at his residence following a year-long illness.

BUCHANAN, Mich. – Merl Jackson, 68, passed away Feb. 12, 2013, in Lakeland Community Hospital, Niles, Mich.

SYRACUSE - Joyce Bond, 86, of Syracuse, died at 3 a.m. Jan. 17, 2010, in her residence.

SYRACUSE - Freda M. Watkins, 83, of North Manchester, died Aug. 6, 2010, in Parkview Hospital, Fort Wayne.

Paul W. Tschetter, 97, pastor, printer, Bible teacher, died June 22, 2014, in Phoenix, Ariz.

NAPPANEE – Owen A. Miller, 97, of 616 2nd B Road, Nappanee, died at 2:50 p.m. Dec. 23, 2011, at his residence. He had been in declining health. NAPPANEE – Owen A. Miller, 97, of 616 2nd B Road, Nappanee, died at 2:50 p.m. Dec. 23, 2011, at his residence. He had been in declining health.

June Janel Tess, 72, of 664 W. Hoppus Road, Warsaw, died at 6:35 p.m. May 14, 2009, in Select Specialty Hospital, Fort Wayne.

Gene O Whitteberry, 84, of Mentone, and formerly of Walkerton, died at 10:35 a.m. July 18, 2013, in Hickory Creek, Rochester.

NORTH WEBSTER – Jeffrey Scott “Jeff” Kawsh, 50, North Webster, died July 27, 2015, in Lexington, Tenn., from injuries suffered in a vehicle/pedestrian accident. Arrangements are pending at Owen Family Funeral Home, North Webster.

NAPPANEE – Paula Kay Zercher, 62, of 551 Maple Lane, Nappanee, died at 4 a.m. June 3, 2013, in her residence, after a six-month illness with cancer.

MENTONE - Cynthia S. Nellans, 53, of 517 N. Broadway St., Mentone, died at 1:32 p.m. Oct. 8, 2008, at University of Chicago Hospital.

Jay Pass, 60, formerly of Warsaw, passed away at 9:12 a.m. Jan. 9, 2015, at I.U. Health Goshen Hospital.

NORTH WEBSTER – Gregory S. “Greg” Wiggs, 65, North Webster, died at 9:55 p.m. July 8, 2016, at his home.

SYRACUSE – Robert J. “Bob” Rose, 79, of Leesburg, died Sept. 16, 2012, in Mason Health & Rehab, Warsaw.Arrangements are pending at Eastlund Funeral Home, Syracuse.

ETNA GREEN - Edwin D. Stutzman, 66, of 6908 W. 850N, Etna Green, died of natural causes at 10:59 p.m. Dec. 3, 2010, in the Kosciusko Community Hospital emergency room.

BOURBON - John Franklin Border, 101, died Sept. 30, 2007, in St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth.

SYRACUSE – Louise Moore Weaver, 100, died May 13, 2015, at her residence.

SYRACUSE - Archie G. Hoffert, 91, of Pierceton, died at 3:40 a.m. July 21, 2009, in Miller's Merry Manor, Syracuse.

MENTONE – Colleen K. Wise, 68, Warsaw, died at 8:30 a.m. Oct. 13, 2014, at her residence.

BOURBON – Jeanette “Jean” R. Wells, 85, Bourbon, passed away at 10:15 p.m. June 29, 2014, in Kosciusko Community Hospital, Warsaw.