Mary Carroll Jones, 85, Warsaw, died Tuesday, March 18, 2025, at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne.

NORTH MANCHESTER – Max LaMar Metzger, a lifelong farmer, auctioneer and mason, passed away at his home on March 20, 2025, at the age of 87.

Ricky A. “Rick” Skees, 71, died Friday, March 21, 2025.

Scott Anthony VanOsdol died March 7, 2025, in Warsaw.

Diane Marie Taylor, 70, Warsaw, died Thursday, March 20, 2025. Arrangements are pending with Redpath-Fruth Funeral Home, Warsaw.

Carol Ann Sparrow, of Winona Lake, passed away peacefully on Thursday, March 20, 2025, at Grace Village Retirement Community, surrounded by her loving family at the age of 78.

Sharon L. Pletcher, of Goshen, age 79, died on Thursday, March 20, 2025, at 9:58 a.m. at her home in Waterford.

Joy Maxine Carlson, 95, died March 19, 2025.

NORTH MANCHESTER – Charles Edward Carpenter died March 18, 2025, at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne.

Max Engle, 86, Warsaw, died Thursday, March 20, 2025, at Lutheran Kosciusko Hospital.

MISSION, Texas – William “Bill” L. Hostetter, 97, passed away March 13, 2025, in McAllen, Texas.

Phillip Smith, 76, Wabash, died Wednesday, March 19, 2025, at Vernon Health and Rehab.

Carol Sparrow, 78, Winona Lake, died Thursday, March 20, 2025, at Grace Village Retirement Community.

AKRON – Jerry Lee Tinkey, 89, of rural Warsaw, passed from this life at 1:50 p.m. Tuesday, March 18, 2025, surrounded by family at Peabody Retirement Community of North Manchester.

Martha Light, age 86, of Warsaw, passed away on March 16, 2025, at Miller's Merry Manor of Warsaw.

E. Gene Blanton, Claypool, died March 15, 2025, in Claypool.

Tina McGuire, 66, Syracuse, died March 17, 2025, at home.

NORTH WEBSTER – Jeanne "Jean" Gunkel, 75, Big Barbee Lake, died March 17, 2025, at Mason Health Care.

Glade N. Rogers, age 90, of Cromwell, passed away on Sunday, March 16, 2025, at his residence.

Norman Jay Miller, age 76, of Bourbon, passed away at 10:22 p.m. on Monday night, March 17, 2025, at his residence after an extended illness.

Vida Colleen "Coke" Handgen passed peacefully on March 9, 2025, in Sarasota, Fla., after a valiant and courageous journey with Alzheimer's disease.

Martha Light, 86, Warsaw, died March 16, 2025, at Miller's Merry Manor of Warsaw

Gary Kent Williams passed away peacefully at home in Atwood on Dec. 6, 2024. He was 84 years old.

Teresa Ward, of Warsaw, passed away unexpectedly in her home on Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024, just days shy of her 75th birthday. She was born on Dec. 6, 1949, in Fort Wayne, the only daughter of Raymond and Fay Hiner Estes.

Justin Arnold Powell, 29, Warsaw, died.