NORTH WEBSTER – John T. Staker, 89, North Webster, died at 10:10 a.m. May 6, 2016, at Lakeland Rehab and Healthcare, Milford. Arrangements are pending at Owen Family Funeral Home, North …

NORTH MANCHESTER – Jackie Dean "Jack" Smith, 67, of Walling, Tenn., and formerly of Liberty Mills, died at 6:45 p.m. June 20, 2011, in his residence. He was born Aug. 8, 1943, in Wabash, to Elvin and Marjorie Keaffaber Smith.

PLYMOUTH – Gerald James Thomas, 100, died at 1:06 a.m. Feb. 3, 2012, in Pilgrim Manor.

SYRACUSE – Dora Ellen Burkholder, 82, of Syracuse, and formerly of New Paris, died at 1:50 p.m. Jan. 28, 2012, in Miller’s Merry Manor, Syracuse.

Donald O. Bixel, 82, Warsaw, died at 4:20 p.m. Jan. 23, 2013, in Miller’s Merry Manor, Warsaw.

NORTH MANCHESTER - Barbara Ann Cagle, 71, of North Manchester, died at 1:40 p.m. July 5, 2009, in her residence.

CLAYPOOL - Donn Richard Pierce, 74, of Palestine Lake, died Feb. 7, 2010, after a brief illness.

Darrell E. Hively, 71, Winona Lake, passed away at 3:50 p.m. May 15, 2104, at his residence.

Eugene Earl Teeter, 79, Warsaw, died at 6 p.m. July 15, 2015, in his residence.Arrangements are pending with Redpath-Fruth Funeral Home, Warsaw.

Elaine C. Rhodes, 91, of 600 N. Colfax St., Warsaw, went home to be with her Lord at 8 p.m. Oct. 29, 2008, in her residence.

NAPPANEE – Fannie Whetstone Hochstetler, 89, of 8283 N. CR 600W, Etna Green, died at 4:15 a.m. Feb. 10, 2012, in her residence.

Deborah Ann Hohman, 56, of 8404 S. 500W, Silver Lake, died at 6 a.m. May 15, 2009, in her residence.

FORT WAYNE- Wanda Hand, 86, slipped peacefully to be with her Lord April 15, 2011, at Heritage Point, Warren.

AKRON – William D. “Bill” Day, 88, rural Roann, died at 4:49 p.m. Jan. 11, 2015, at his residence.

Ben Weaver, 83, of Warsaw,  passed away at 12:35 a.m. July 16, 2012, in his residence.

BROOKSTON – Jason “Jake” C. Alberts, 44, Wolcott, passed away at 4:13 a.m. May 14, 2016, at Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Hospital of Indianapolis.

COLUMBIA CITY – Claude Ousley, 78, of Columbia City, passed away at 9:17 p.m. July 6, 2012, in his residence.

NAPPANEE - The Rev. Ross Dean Cook, 75, of 555 N. Williams St., Nappanee, died at 6:26 p.m. May 25, 2007, in Miller's Merry Manor, Wakarusa.

AKRON - Martha E. Malott, 89, of 207 W. Rochester St., Akron, died at 9:15 a.m. Aug. 2, 2010, in Hickory Creek of Rochester.

WOLCOTTVILLE - Ione Ann Kitchen, 88, of Rome City, died at 2:15 a.m. Dec. 9, 2007, in her residence with her family at her side.

ROCHESTER – Jack Bridge, 60, Terre Haute, formerly of Rochester, died May 13, 2016, at Union Hospital of Terre Haute.

NORTH MANCHESTER - Lillian M. Dickerhoff, 93, formerly of Silver Lake, died at 9:26 a.m. (CST) Oct. 11, 2009, in her residence in Munster.

Deborah A. Simmons, 68, Warsaw, died at 4:24 p.m. May 24, 2015, in her residence.Arrangements are pending at McHatton-Sadler Funeral Chapel, Warsaw.

NAPPANEE - Terri Lee Strycker, 46, of 8808 W. CR 225S, Lot 28, Kimmel, died at 10:30 a.m. March 8, 2008, in Parkview Hospital, Columbia City.

MENTONE – A. Virginia Romine Thomas, 100, formerly of rural Etna Green, died at 5 a.m March 13, 2015, at Miller’s Merry Manor, Warsaw.