MENTONE – Dale Blackford, 89, Tippecanoe, died at 8:30 a.m. Dec. 26, 2014, at his residence.

MT. MORRIS, Ill. - Allen Edgar Burd, of Mt. Morris, Ill., died Feb. 29, 2008

Dennis L. “Den” Applegate, 49, Warsaw, died at 11:52 a.m. Nov. 24, 2013, in Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne.

MILFORD – Roger A. Elliott, 69, of Milford, and formerly of Nappanee, passed away Feb.28, 2012, in Lakeland Rehabilitation and Healthcare.

Herman A. “Herm” Ritenour, 81, died at 8:50 p.m. Jan. 13, 2016, in Peabody Retirement Community, North Manchester.

NAPPANEE – Floyd Samuel Bender, 74, of 5117 Beech Road, Bremen, died at 5:08 a.m. Sept. 3, 2011, in St. Joseph Medical Center, South Bend, where he was a patient since Friday.

Glenn D. Riemersma, 64, Pierceton, died at 8 a.m. Oct. 14, 2011, in his residence. He was born March 18, 1947, in Warsaw, to Cornileus and Ruby Fern Babcock Riemersma. He was a truck driver for …

ROCHESTER - Amanda Helen Biltz, 64, of 419 Jefferson St., Rochester, died at 2:30 p.m. Nov. 18, 2010, in Woodlawn Hospital, Rochester.

Irene M. Bennett, 88, of Decatur, Ala., and formerly of Rolling Prairie, died Jan. 12, 2011, in Summerford Nursing Home, Falkville, Ala.

LEESBURG – Al Reed Robinson, 86, Leesburg, passed away at 5:30 a.m. Jan. 25, 2016, at Peabody Retirement Community, North Manchester.

COLUMBIA CITY - Alma A. Snyder, 95, of Winona Lake, died at 1:18 p.m. Dec. 17, 2010, in Kosciusko Community Hospital, Warsaw.

Larry Lee Hull, 65, of Warsaw, died at 11:15 a.m. March 31, 2009, in Leesburg, where he was found slumped over the wheel of his truck.

RUSSIAVILLE Ð Edith Copeland Brown, 87, of Burnettsville, died at 8:05 p.m., March 18, 2009, at her home.

MILFORD – Ollie Rochester, 54, Cromwell, died June 28, 2011, at Indiana University Goshen Hospital. He was born Dec. 9, 1956, in San Antonio, Texas, to Ollie and Edalia Antu Rochester. He married Brenda Smith, who preceded him in death.

COLUMBIA CITY - Gloria J. Cook, 82, of Columbia City, died at 4:42 p.m. March 9, 2010, in Parkview Whitley Hospital.

SYRACUSE - Evelyn P. Leer Jones, 93, of Syracuse, died at 4:23 a.m. Jan. 27, 2008, in Goshen General Hospital.

Barney Martin Bumbaugh, 78, of North Manchester, died at 9:10 p.m. June 11, 2011, in his residence. He was born April 19, 1933, in Warsaw, to Girrard M. “Judd” and Ethel F. Deerwester Bumbaugh, who preceded him in death. On Nov. 13, 1954, he married the love of his life, Dorothy Jo McDonald.

Roberto Espinoza Jr., 62, of Warsaw, passed away at 5:30 p.m.  Feb. 3, 2014, in his residence.

John McClements, 91, died at 8:55 p.m. Aug. 27, 2013, at Mason Health and Rehab, Warsaw.Arrangements are pending at Redpath-Fruth Funeral Home, Warsaw.

SYRACUSE - Michael L. Liberti, 61, formerly of Syracuse, left this earth to be with the Lord Feb. 25, 2011, in University Park Nursing Center, Fort Wayne.

Terry L. Swoverland, 48, of Leesburg, passed away at 5:40 a.m. June 4, 2013, in his residence.

BOURBON – Ernest E. “Ernie” Watkins, 91, Morganton, N.C., and formerly of Bourbon, passed away Dec. 4, 2013.

Elaine Hawley, 72, of Warsaw, died Sept. 13, 2013, in Fort Wayne.

ROCHESTER – Patrick Brian McCarty, 50, of 4461  Boicourt, Rochester, died at 12:47 p.m. March 17, 2012.

BOURBON - Ken Allen Steinman, 50, of 9660 Cedar Road, Bourbon, died Nov. 7, 2007, in his sister's residence in Argos, after an illness.