MILFORD - David Leroy Hillery, 79, of Milford, passed away Dec. 1, 2010, in Golden Living Center, Elkhart.

AKRON – Ruth E. Burch, 92, of  836 E. Grant St., Marion, and formerly of Disko, died at 7:20 a.m.  July 16, 2011, in her residence. She was born Nov. 10, 1918, in Huntington County, to Fred Charles   and Alice Bradford. On Dec. 28, 1952, in Wabash, she married Estel G. Burch, who died March 10, 1994.

SYRACUSE – Rita E. Piotrowski, 73, Syracuse, passed away peacefully in her sleep Aug. 30, 2014, at her residence.

NAPPANEE – Joe Dean Yoder, son of John Dale and Vera Ann Yoder, of 10066 W. Hepton Road, Nappanee, died peacefully at birth at 8:19 p.m. April 10, 2012, as a result of polycystic kidney disease.

NORTH WEBSTER – Marion R. Rauschenbach, 92, of Jeffersonville, and formerly of Leesburg, went to her heavenly home March 12, 2012.

Dawn Phelps, 51, of Warsaw, passed away at 5:15 p.m. March 19, 2011, in Elkhart General Hospital.

Phyllis Marie Heckaman Swick,  77, of Pierceton, passed away at 11 p.m. Nov. 23, 2012, in Grace Village Health Care, Winona Lake.

NORTH MANCHESTER – Eldred M. Metzger, 97, Claypool, died at 6:48 a.m. June 30, 2014, in Kosciusko Community Hospital, Warsaw.

ROCHESTER - Jordan Cole Horn, 12, of 3408 S. CR 1000E, Akron, died at 7:52 p.m. Aug. 30, 2007, from injuries suffered in a motor vehicle accident at the intersection of CRs 225 S. and 175E, Akron.

NORTH WEBSTER – Paul Smith, 90, of Leesburg, died at 2:20 a.m. Aug. 25, 2012, in Miller’s Merry Manor, Syracuse.

Lucy Whiteneck, 96, of 314 W. Winona Ave., Warsaw, died at 7:05 p.m. April 28, 2009, in Kosciusko Community Hospital, Warsaw.

Sue Ellen Jackson, 65, of 920 Anchorage Road, Warsaw, died at 11:20 p.m. April 15, 2008, in Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne.

David L. Henderson, 77, Warsaw, died at 10:15 a.m. July 12, 2014, in his residence.

NORTH MANCHESTER – Karl Francis Merritt, 76, North Manchester, passed away Nov. 23, 2014. 

The following people were preliminarily charged and booked into the Kosciusko County Jail:

NORTH MANCHESTER – Ruth H. Bendsen Rowe, 86, North Manchester, died at 7:25 p.m. May 13, 2012, in Timbercrest Healthcare Center, North Manchester.

FORT WAYNE - Clarence M. "Moose" Lock, 65, of Fort Wayne, died Jan. 23, 2011, in University Park Nursing Center.

Dixie Mikel, of Bremen, and formerly of Atwood, died at 9:26 p.m. May 29, 2013, in her residence.Arrangements are pending at McHatton-Sadler Funeral Chapel, Warsaw.

MENTONE – Rita J. Gayheart, 55, Warsaw, died unexpectedly at 11 a.m. Dec. 29, 2014, in Parkview Whitley Hospital, Columbia City.

BOURBON - Lois Eileen Monesmith, 81, passed away Jan. 15, 2010, in Grace Village, after losing her battle with cancer.

Georgina Herrera, 46, of Warsaw, died at 9 a.m. Jan. 18, 2009, in her residence.

William Russell “Russ” Ogden, 88, Winona Lake, went home to be with his Lord and Savior at 1:15 p.m. Sept. 11, 2013, in Grace Village Health Care, Winona Lake.

SYRACUSE - Jean A. Davis, 86, of North Webster, died Aug. 28, 2010, in her son's residence in Leesburg.

Evelyn Jane Tinkey, 81, of Warsaw, died at 8 a.m. Nov. 15, 2012, in Elkhart General Hospital.Arrangements are pending at Redpath-Fruth Funeral Home, Warsaw.

Donald E. Ogden, 88, Winona Lake, passed away at 4:32 a.m. June 27, 2015, at Kosciusko Community Hospital, Warsaw.